JP2003205919A - Packaged item processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a packaged item processing apparatus capable of simplifying its configuration and being effective for a recycle of a packaging material. <P>SOLUTION: A packaged item processing apparatus has a packaged item conveyor 59 for use in moving a bundle of paper sheets by a transparent material to a predetermined position. A printing part 60 is arranged at a position opposing against an upper surface of a packaged item F moved to the predetermined position. The printing part 60 has a CCD camera 81 for taking a photograph of the bundle through the packaging material, a printer 83 for printing a bar-code at the surface of the packaging material and a bar-code reader 84 for verifying and reading the bar-code printed on the packaging material. An image photographed with the bundle in the packaging material by CCD camera 81 is processed and a position of the large band is discriminated as a printable area. Then, the packaged item F is moved in such a way that the printer 83 oppositely faces against the printable area and a bar-code is printed on the surface of the packaging material placed in the printable area. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a package processing apparatus for processing a package in which a plurality of articles are aligned and packaged, and more particularly, a plurality of bundles of a plurality of paper sheets are aligned. The present invention relates to a package processing device for processing a package packaged by a transparent packaging material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a package processing apparatus, a bundle of a plurality of paper sheets bound by a binding band is arranged in two rows of 5 bundles each and is wrapped by a transparent packaging material. There is known a device that attaches a label, which is a bar coded and printed attribute information on a bundle inside, to a predetermined position.

In this apparatus, a plain label is taken out from a stocker, a bar code relating to the attributes of the package is printed, and the label is attached to a predetermined position on the surface of the packaging material of the package. The number of labels to be attached is plural.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, a stocker for preparing a plurality of plain labels to be attached to the surface of the packaging material or a label on which predetermined information is printed is provided on the surface of the packaging material. There is a problem in that a complicated mechanism for attaching to a plurality of places is required, which complicates the device configuration and increases the cost.

Further, when recycling a packaging material to which a plurality of labels are attached, a step of separating the packaging material and the label is required, and there is a problem that the recycling process becomes complicated and the cost required for recycling increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a package processing apparatus which can simplify the apparatus configuration and is advantageous for recycling packaging materials.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a package processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a moving mechanism for aligning a plurality of articles and moving a package wrapped by a transparent packaging material. A camera for photographing an article in a package moved to a position through a transparent packaging material, an image processing unit for analyzing the photographed image to determine a printable area on the surface of the packaging material, and an image processing A printing unit that prints predetermined information on the surface of the packaging material in the printable area determined by the unit and a reading unit that reads the printed information for confirmation are provided.

Further, the package processing apparatus of the present invention comprises a moving mechanism for arranging a plurality of bundles in which a plurality of paper sheets are bound by a binding band and moving the package wrapped by a transparent packaging material, and a predetermined mechanism. A camera for photographing the bundle in the package moved to the position through the transparent packaging material, an image processing unit for analyzing the photographed image and determining a printable area on the surface of the packaging material, and image processing A printing unit that prints predetermined information on the surface of the packaging material in the printable area determined by the unit and a reading unit that reads the printed information for confirmation are provided.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a perspective view of a paper sheet processing apparatus 1.

The paper sheet processing apparatus 1 receives a packaged product in which a predetermined number of bundles of a predetermined number of paper sheets are collected and packaged, the package is ruptured, and the inner bundle is taken out and taken out. The state of the bundle is inspected and sent out to the processing machine in the subsequent stage, and the bundle of bundles sent out from the unsealed bundle extractor 2 is released, and the sheets are inspected one by one, and the inspection is completed. A plurality of detailed inspecting machines 7 that re-bundle a predetermined number of reusable paper sheets into a bundle, and the state of the bundle bundled by each detailed inspecting machine 7 is inspected and a predetermined number of sheets are accumulated, and heat shrinking is performed. And the inspection packaging machine 3 for packaging with a transparent transparent film-shaped packaging material.

[0012] One ends of the tear-and-bundle extractor 2 and the inspection and packaging machine 3 are connected by a conveyor 4, and a main conveyor 5 extends from substantially the center of the conveyor 4. Each of the detailed inspection machines 7 is connected via a plurality of sub-conveyors 6 branched from the main conveyor 5.

Then, the package loaded through the unsealing bundle unloading machine 2 is unsealed here and the inner bundle is taken out,
The condition of the taken out bundle is inspected and sent out. The bundle sent out from the breaking bundle extracting device 2 is supplied to each detailed inspection device 7 via the conveyor 4, the main conveyor 5, and the sub-conveyor 6. The bundle supplied to the detailed inspection machine 7 is unbound here, and the paper sheets are taken out one by one and inspected, and only a predetermined number of paper sheets determined to be reusable as a result of the inspection are accumulated. Are united again. The bundle subjected to the detailed inspection bundled by the detailed inspection machine 7 is sent to the inspection packaging machine 3 via the sub-conveyor 6, the main conveyor 5, and the conveyor 4. The state of the bundle sent to the inspection packaging machine 3 is inspected here, and a predetermined number of bundles are collected and re-packaged with a packaging material.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the package F taken out from the paper sheet processing apparatus 1 via the inspection packaging machine 3. Further, in FIG. 3, the paper sheets P stored in the package F are shown.
FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a stack T of sheets, and FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a dummy bundle Q housed in the package F instead of the bundle T of paper sheets.

The bundle T of paper sheets P shown in FIG.
Small bundles H, which are 0 sheets of paper P sealed with small strips k, are collected along the stacking direction of the paper sheets P, and two large strips K (vertical strip K1
And a horizontal band K2) (bundling band).

The package F shown in FIG. 2 is a bundle T shown in FIG.
5 sheets are arranged in two rows along the short side direction of the paper sheets P so that the stacking direction of the paper sheets P is along the vertical direction, and are wrapped with a transparent packaging material f having heat shrinkability. To be done. At two points on the upper surface of the package F and a pair of side surfaces facing each other, bar codes C that are numerical values of the attribute information of the package F are printed on the surface of the packaging material f. Further, the bar code C printed on the pair of side surfaces has predetermined character information adjacently printed for visual confirmation by an operator.

Further, the dummy bundle Q shown in FIG. 4 is loaded in the package F to adjust the appearance of the package F when the bundle T to be packaged as the package F is less than 10. The external dimensions and weight of the bundle T are set to be approximately the same as the bundle T. The dummy bundle Q is formed of a resin block and has two penetrating holes q1 and q2. When the dummy bundle Q is loaded in the package F, the dummy bundle Q is arranged such that its two through holes q1 and q2 extend in the vertical direction.

The structure and operation of the inspection packaging machine 3 will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. 5 to 8. It should be noted that, here, the detailed description of the breached bundle unloader 2, the conveyor 4, the main conveyor 5, the sub-conveyor 6, and the detailed inspection machine 7 will be omitted.

FIG. 5 shows the internal construction of the inspection packaging machine 3 in detail. Further, FIG. 6 schematically shows the configuration of the printing unit 60 incorporated in the inspection packaging machine 3. Also,
FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of a control system for controlling the operation of the inspection packaging machine 3. Furthermore, in FIG.
The flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG.

In the inspection and packaging machine 3, a bundle T of reusable paper sheets that have been inspected in detail by the detailed inspection machine 7 and re-bundled is provided on the lower side of the main conveyor 5 (see FIG. 5). Are sequentially added via. In the bundle T on the supply conveyor 5b, the paper sheets accumulated at both ends thereof are located at the front and rear ends in the transport direction, and the surface including the edges along the longitudinal direction of the paper sheets is parallel to the transport surface. It is placed and conveyed on the supply conveyor 5b in such a posture that

A bundle T fed through the supply conveyor 5b
Are transferred onto the bundle rotating unit 42 arranged adjacent to the end of the supply conveyor 5b, where the transport direction is 90
It is rotated once (FIG. 8, step 1). The bundle T rotated in the conveying direction by the bundle rotating unit 42 is transferred onto the bundle conveyor 43 arranged at a substantially right angle to the supply conveyor 5b, and this time, the edge of the paper sheet along the lateral direction is conveyed. The surface including the side is conveyed in a posture facing the conveying direction. The bundle conveyer 43 is arranged in parallel with and adjacent to the dummy bundle buffer conveyer 47 extending from the above-mentioned burst bundle extractor 2 and at the same height. It is arranged in a conveyor 4 which is connected to 3 and 3.

The bundle T conveyed to the end of the bundle conveyor 43
Are transferred onto a lifter 44 arranged adjacent to the end of the bundle conveyor 43. At this time, the lifter 44 is
It has been moved to its lower end position in advance. Then, after the lifter 44 having the bundle T placed thereon is lifted from its lower end position to its upper end position, the bundle T is moved from above the lifter 44 to the bundle conveyor 45.
Transferred to the top. The bundle conveyor 45 extends in a direction substantially orthogonal to the bundle conveyor 43, and is arranged at a position above the bundle conveyor 43 and the dummy bundle buffer conveyor 47.

On the other hand, the dummy bundle Q stored on the dummy bundle buffer conveyor 47 is appropriately sent to the lifter 44 according to a supply command from the control unit 100 (FIG. 7) of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1. Also in this case, the lifter 44 is waiting at the lower end position. The dummy bundle Q fed onto the lifter 44 is lifted by raising the lifter 44 to a predetermined position, and like the bundle T of paper sheets, the lifter 44 is lifted.
Is sent from above to the bundle conveyor 45.

The bundle T sent onto the bundle conveyor 45 is
While being conveyed by the bundle conveyor 45, it is inspected by the first bundle appearance inspection unit 48 arranged above the bundle conveyor 45 (step 2). Here, the appearance of the bundle T, such as the position of the vertical strip K1 that bundles the bundle T and the number of small strips k, is inspected.

The bundle T passed through the first bundle visual inspection section 48
Irrespective of the result of the inspection in step 2,
It is delivered to the bundle standing portion 49 arranged adjacent to the end of the bundle 5. The bundle T delivered to the bundle standing portion 49 is placed in a posture such that the paper sheets at the ends are located on the upper surface and the lower surface.
It is rotated and stands up.

Then, only for the bundle T which is determined to be a normal bundle in step 2, the stamps 50 arranged above the bundle standing portion 49 are used to form the vertical strips K1 and the horizontal strips K2 of the bundle T.
A confirmation mark Y as shown in FIG. 3 is imprinted on the intersection of (step 3). In other words, the confirmation mark Y as shown in FIG. 3 is not imprinted on the bundle T determined to have an abnormality in the bundle state in step 2.

The stamping portion 50 has a stamp elastically supported by a spring member (not shown), and the stamp is lowered toward the upper surface of the bundle T which is erected by the bundle raising portion 49, so that the stamps are bundled. After the confirmation mark is affixed by being pressed against the intersection of the vertical strip K1 and the horizontal strip K2 of T, the stamp is raised and returned to a predetermined standby position.

At this time, the bundle T on which the confirmation mark Y is imprinted is
Since the first bundle appearance inspection unit 48 has confirmed that the vertical strip K1 of the two large strips K is wound at the specified position, the winding position is confirmed at this point. Even if the horizontal strip K2 that is not aligned is displaced from the specified position, the confirmation mark is surely stamped on the vertical strip K1, and the stamp of the stamp part 50 is dislocated from the large strip K. The surface of the paper sheet P is not pushed and the paper sheet P is not contaminated.

Further, both the normal bundle T having the confirmation mark Y imprinted at the rising portion 49 as in step 3 and the abnormal bundle T having no confirmation mark Y imprinted are both on the downstream side of the rising portion 49. Is transferred onto the branch stage 51 adjacent to the. Then, the normal bundle T having the confirmation mark Y imprinted thereon by the second bundle visual inspection section 52 disposed above the branch stage 51.
The stamping surface is inspected only for (step 4).

The second bundle visual inspection unit 52 takes in an image of the upper surface of the normal bundle T on which the confirmation mark Y is imprinted, and based on this image information, the vertical strips K1 and the horizontal strips K2 are set to the prescribed positions. It is inspected whether or not there is, and it is inspected whether or not the confirmation mark Y is imprinted at the prescribed position.

As a result of the inspection in step 4, the vertical band K1 of the bundle T
It is confirmed that the horizontal band K2 is wound at the specified position, and the confirmation mark Y is imprinted at the specified position on the large band K.
It is transferred onto the alignment table 54 of the bundle stacking unit 53 adjacent to 1 and is aligned in two rows of 5 bundles at predetermined positions on the alignment table 54 (step 5). At this time, all bundles T are
The paper sheets P are placed on the alignment table 54 so as to be parallel to the table.

On the other hand, as a result of the inspection in step 4, the vertical strip K1
, Or at least one of the positions of the confirmation marks Y is confirmed to be out of the specified position, and as a result of the inspection in step 2, it is determined to be abnormal and the imprinting unit 50 is detected. The bundle T for which the confirmation mark Y is not stamped in (1) is accumulated as an excluded bundle in the excluded bundle accumulating unit 55 adjacent to the branch stage 51 (step 6).

The rejected bundle T accumulated on the rejected bundle accumulating portion 55 as in step 6 is taken out by the operator by opening the cover (not shown) of the inspection packaging machine 3, and the abnormal portion is visually confirmed and corrected. Possible locations are manually corrected by the operator (step 7). Modified bundle T modified in this way
Is manually inserted by the operator from the front side of the alignment stage 54 adjacent to the exclusion bundle stacking unit 55 (step 8) and processed in the same manner as the normal bundle T described above.

By the way, in the visual inspection of the exclusion bundle T in step 7, the operator first confirms whether or not the confirmation mark Y is imprinted at the intersection of the large band K of the exclusion bundle T. Then, with respect to the exclusion bundle T having the confirmation mark Y imprinted thereon, the operator confirms whether or not the horizontal band K2 is wound at the prescribed position, and whether or not the confirmation mark Y is provided at the prescribed position. Check if That is, in the case of the rejected bundle T with the confirmation mark Y imprinted, it is a bundle that has already been confirmed by the first bundle appearance inspection unit 48 that the number of small bands k and the position of the vertical band K1 are normal. Therefore, the exclusion bundle T on which the confirmation mark Y is affixed is the inspection item described above.

On the other hand, for the rejected bundle T on which the confirmation mark Y is not affixed, the operator must check the small band k of the rejected bundle T.
It is necessary to confirm whether or not the number of lines is a specified number and whether or not the vertical band K1 and the horizontal band K2 are wound at the specified position.

That is, as in the present embodiment, the confirmation mark Y is imprinted only on the bundle T for which the number of the small strips k and the position of the vertical strip K1 are confirmed in the first bundle appearance inspection section 48, and the confirmation mark Y is formed. By inspecting only the bundle T imprinted with the second appearance inspection unit 52, the first and second bundle appearance inspection units 4
The correction processing by the operator of the excluded bundle T that has been determined to be abnormal after passing through 8 and 52 can be efficiently performed as described above. Specifically, it is possible to reduce the number of inspection items for the exclusion bundle T on which the confirmation mark Y is imprinted.

By the way, the bundles T aligned on the alignment table 54 of the bundle stacking unit 53 in step 5 are arranged in two rows of five bundles as shown in FIG. It is sent into the adjacent packaging unit 56. At this time, the bundle T sent to the packaging unit 56 must be sent in a state where 10 bundles are aligned. Therefore, when the bundle T of paper sheets placed on the alignment table 54 is less than 10 bundles at the end of work, the dummy bundle Q is added to the bundle T of paper sheets to make 10 bundles. .

The required number of dummy bundles Q are taken out from the dummy bundle buffer conveyor 47 in accordance with a supply command issued from the control unit 100 of the paper sheet processing apparatus 1, and the lifter 44, the bundle conveyor 45, the bundle raising section 49, and It is sent to the alignment table 54 of the bundle stacking unit 53 via the branch stage 51. At this time, the dummy bundle Q is placed on the alignment table 54 so that the two holes q1 and q2 (FIG. 4) thereof extend substantially vertically. The dummy bundle Q sent onto the alignment table 54 in this way is a bundle T of paper sheets.
And aligned, and sent as 10 bundles to the packaging unit 56.

The 10 bundles sent to the wrapping portion 56 are covered with a heat-shrinkable transparent wrapping material f such as polyethylene on the front surface, the upper surface and the lower surface along the feeding direction, and the 10 bundles are placed on the rear surface side. The extended packaging materials f are melt-bonded by a heat fusion device (not shown) and simultaneously cut at a predetermined position. The packaging material f thus wound in a tubular shape is folded on the side surfaces of the 10 bundles and heat-bonded at a predetermined portion.

The 10 bundles wrapped with the packaging material f in the packaging unit 56 as described above are sent to the heat shrinking unit 57 adjacent to the packaging unit 56, where hot air is blown to heat shrink. As a result, the packaging material f is brought into close contact with the 10 bundles to form the packaged product F (step 9).

In the dummy bundle number confirmation unit 58, the thus formed package F has a dummy bundle Q in the package F.
Is confirmed (step 10). The dummy bundle number confirmation unit 58 has a transmission type photoelectric sensor group having an optical axis extending in the vertical direction, and detects a dummy bundle Q having holes q1 and q2 extending in the optical axis direction.

The package F for which the number of dummy bundles Q in the package F has been confirmed by the dummy bundle number confirming unit 58 is the heat shrinking unit 5.
It is sent to the printing units 60 and 61 adjacent to the printer 7.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, one printing unit 60 has a package conveyor 59 having a plurality of rollers.
It has a CCD camera 81 for taking an image of the bundle T (and the dummy bundle Q) in the package F moved to a predetermined processing position via the (moving mechanism) via the transparent packaging material f. Two light source lamps 82 that illuminate the bundle T (and the dummy bundle Q) in the package F are provided near the CCD camera 81.

Further, the printing section 60 is an ink jet printer 83 (printing section) which prints information on the attributes of the bundle T in the form of a bar code on the surface of the packaging material f of the package F.
Also, it has a bar code reader 84 (reading unit) for verify-reading the bar code directly printed on the surface of the packaging material.

The CCD camera 8 of the printing unit 60 on one side
1, the light source lamp 82, the printer 83, and the barcode reader 84 are provided in a predetermined positional relationship at positions facing the upper surface of the package F that is moved to a predetermined position by the package conveyor 59 and stopped. .

Further, the printing unit 60 has a CCD camera 8
An image processing unit 90 that analyzes the image captured in 1 to determine the printable area on the surface of the packaging material f is connected. In the present embodiment, the image processing unit 90 analyzes the photographed image, and the area A (FIG. 2) in which the vertical band K1 of the bundle T is wound at a predetermined position in the package F and other areas. Regions are cut out separately, feature values such as average brightness and standard deviation of each region are calculated, and the results are compared to determine the vertical band K.
Determine the position of 1. In the image processing unit 90, the vertical strip K1
A blank area of the strip in which the confirmation mark Y is not imprinted is determined as a printable area.

The other printing unit 61 is also the printing unit 60 described above.
It has the same configuration as. However, all the components of the printing unit 61 are arranged at positions facing the side surface of the package F moved to a predetermined position via the package conveyor 59.
In addition, the above-mentioned package conveyor 59, each printing unit 60, 61
CCD camera 81, light source lamp 82, printer 83,
The barcode reader 84 and the image processing unit 90 function as the components of the package processing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Then, the package F is transferred to the package conveyor 59.
When it is sent to a predetermined processing position and stopped by
The light source lamp 82 of each of the printing units 60 and 61 causes the package F
The left side surface and the upper surface along the feeding direction are illuminated, and the images of the upper surface and the left side surface are captured by the CCD camera 81. The image of the package F taken by each CCD camera 81 is analyzed by the image processing unit 90, and a plain portion of the area in which the vertical band K1 is wound and the confirmation mark Y is not pressed is a printable area. To be judged.

The package conveyer 59 is arranged so that the printable area on the upper surface of the package F faces the printer 83 of the printing section 60 and the printable area on the left side of the package F faces the printer 83 of the printing section 61. It is driven and the package F is moved. Thereafter, the printer 83 prints attribute information such as the bar code C on the right side of the left side surface and the upper surface of the package F along the feeding direction (step 11).

Each bar code C printed on the package F is
At that position, the barcode reader 84 of the printing units 60 and 61
Each is read by and the print contents are confirmed (step 12). Alternatively, the barcode C is read at a position slightly moved from the print position. At this time,
Since the bar code C is printed on the surface part of the packaging material f covered on the outer side of the plain part of the vertical strip K1, the bar code C and the pattern of the bundle T and the confirmation mark Y do not overlap each other, and noise is prevented. The barcode C can be read with almost no components.

In this way, the package F on which the bar code C is printed on the upper surface and the left side surface and which has been verify-read is transferred to the package rotating unit 62 provided adjacent to the printing units 60 and 61. To be done. Package rotating unit 62
The package F transferred to is rotated here by 180 degrees and then returned to the printing units 60 and 61 again.

Then, in the printing units 60 and 61, images of the top surface and the side surface of the fed package F are photographed,
The printable area on the surface of the packaging material is determined, the above-described bar code C is printed again, and the print content of each bar code C is read and confirmed. At this point, four bar codes C are printed on the surface of the packaging material f of the package F. The package F on which the four bar codes C are printed in this manner is transferred to the package rotating unit 62 again.

As a result of reading the bar code in step 12, it is determined that the printed contents are normal.
After being rotated by 90 degrees in the package rotating unit 62 (step 13), it is delivered to the package conveyor 63 and discharged outside the machine (step 14).

On the other hand, as a result of the reading in step 12,
The package F for which the barcode cannot be read and the package F for which the count result of the dummy bundle Q in step 10 does not match the data sent from the control unit are rotated by 90 degrees in the package rotating unit 62, It is transferred onto the excluded package stacking unit 64 adjacent to the package rotating unit 62 (step 15). The excluded package discharged to the excluded package stacking unit 64 is taken out of the machine by the manual operation of the operator,
The packaging material f has been tampered with and the inside state has been confirmed.
After the correction is made, the sheets are reloaded into the inspection packaging machine 3 from the front side of the alignment table 54 (step 16).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the bar code C indicating the attribute information regarding the bundle T in the package F is directly printed on the surface of the packaging material f, when the packaging material f is recycled, The step of peeling the label printed with the barcode from the packaging material f as in the conventional case is unnecessary, and the cost required for recycling can be reduced. Further, unlike the conventional case, a complicated mechanism for attaching the label to the surface of the packaging material f is not required, and the device configuration can be simplified. Further, the label itself attached to the packaging material f is not necessary, and the cost can be further reduced.

Further, according to this embodiment, when the bar code C is printed on the surface of the packaging material of the package F, it is printed on the packaging material f outside the position where the large belt K is wound. It is possible to prevent the pattern of the paper sheet P from being detected as a noise component without the bar code C being detected by being overlapped with the paper sheet P inside when verify-reading the bar code C. Further, in the present embodiment, the area where the confirmation mark Y is not imprinted in the vertical strip K1 is determined as the printable area, so that it is possible to prevent the confirmation mark Y from being overlapped with the barcode C and detected. .

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the package F is moved one-dimensionally by the package conveyor 59 so that the printer 83 faces the printable area.
The package F may be moved three-dimensionally so that the printable area faces the printer 83.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the portion of the packaging material f coated on the large band K of the bundle T is determined as the printable area and the bar code C is printed. When the dummy bundle Q is included in F, the barcode C may be printed on the outside of the packaging material f covering the dummy bundle Q. Further, if the paper sheet P itself has a plain portion having a sufficient size for printing, the barcode C may be printed by using that portion as a printable area, and the barcode can be read by the barcode reader 84 even if it is not plain. An area with a few patterns may be determined as a printable area.

[0060]

As described above, since the package processing apparatus of the present invention has the above-described configuration and operation, the configuration of the apparatus can be simplified and the conventionally required label becomes unnecessary. The packaging material can be recycled at a relatively low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a paper sheet processing apparatus including a package processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a package taken out from an inspection packaging machine incorporated in the paper sheet processing apparatus of FIG.

3 is a perspective view showing a bundle of paper sheets included in the package of FIG.

4 is a perspective view showing a dummy bundle included in the package of FIG.

5 is a schematic perspective view showing an internal structure of an inspection and packaging machine incorporated in the paper sheet processing apparatus of FIG.

6 is a schematic perspective view showing a configuration of a package processing apparatus incorporated in the inspection packaging machine of FIG.

7 is a block diagram showing a control system for controlling the operation of the inspection packaging machine of FIG.

8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the inspection packaging machine of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paper sheet processing apparatus, 2 ... Break-bundle extractor, 3 ... Inspection packaging machine, 4 ... Conveyor, 5 ... Main conveyor, 6 ... Sub-conveyor, 7 ... Detailed inspection machine, 59 ... Package conveyor, 60,
61 ... Printing unit, 81 ... CCD camera, 82 ... Light source lamp, 83 ... Printer, 84 ... Bar code reader, 90 ...
Image processing unit, f ... Packaging material, F ... Package, T ... Bundle.

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A moving mechanism for arranging a plurality of articles and moving a package wrapped with a transparent packaging material, and photographing the articles in the package moved to a predetermined position through the transparent packaging material. A camera, an image processing unit that analyzes the captured image to determine the printable area on the surface of the packaging material, and prints predetermined information on the packaging material surface in the printable area determined by the image processing unit A package processing apparatus comprising a printing section and a reading section for reading printed information for confirmation. 2. The image processing unit determines, as a printable region, an area having a small pattern of an article such that the information printed on the surface of the packaging material by the printing unit can be read by the reading unit. Package processing equipment. 3. The package processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit determines a plain portion of an article as a printable area. 4. The package processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the printing unit prints a bar code on the surface of the packaging material, and the reading unit reads the bar code printed on the surface of the packaging material. 5. The package processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving mechanism moves the package so that the printing unit faces the surface of the packaging material in the printable area determined by the image processing unit. 6. The package processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a lamp that illuminates an article in the package moved to a predetermined position. 7. A moving mechanism for arranging a plurality of bundles obtained by binding a plurality of paper sheets with a binding band and moving a package wrapped with a transparent packaging material, and a moving mechanism within the package moved to a predetermined position. A camera that shoots the bundle through a transparent packaging material, an image processing unit that analyzes the captured image to determine the printable area on the surface of the packaging material, and a printable area that is determined by the image processing unit A package processing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints predetermined information on the surface of a packaging material; and a reading unit that reads the printed information for confirmation. 8. The print processing unit according to claim 7, wherein the image processing unit determines, as a printable region, an area having a small number of bundle patterns such that the information printed on the surface of the packaging material by the printing unit can be read by the reading unit. Package processing equipment. 9. The package processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image processing unit determines a binding band portion of a bundle in the package as a printable area. 10. The package processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image processing unit determines a plain portion of a binding band of a bundle in the package as a printable area. 11. The package processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the printing unit prints a barcode on the surface of the packaging material, and the reading unit reads the barcode printed on the surface of the packaging material. 12. The package processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the moving mechanism moves the package so that the printing section faces the surface of the packaging material in the printable area determined by the image processing section. 13. The package processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a lamp that illuminates a bundle in the package moved to a predetermined position.