RU2620940C2 - Paper sheet processing device and paper sheet processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: textile, paper.

SUBSTANCE: paper sheet processing device includes: a capture unit configured to capture paper sheets into paper sheet processing device, a transport unit configured to transport paper sheets captured by the capture unit, a plurality of stack units configured to stack paper sheets transported by the transport unit, and recognizing and counting unit configured to recognize and count paper sheets transported by the transport unit. Paper sheet processing device includes an additional input unit configured to enter transaction information, a storage unit configured to store transaction information and historical data, including the result calculated by the recognizing and counting unit coupled to each other, a sorting pattern forming unit configured to generate sorting pattern corresponding to transactional information, for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stack units, on the basis of historical data, and a control unit configured to control the transport unit in such way that the paper sheets captured by the capture unit are stacked in a plurality of stack units according to a sorting pattern.

EFFECT: ability to handle paper sheets which can generate a sorting pattern that corresponds to the content of paper sheets which have been provided by each customer, without any individual tuning operation by the operator.

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Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a paper sheet processing device configured to process paper sheets, and a paper sheet processing system having a paper sheet processing device and an external device configured to communicate with a paper sheet processing device.

BACKGROUND

Organizational processing of banknotes by using a banknote processing device is performed in a bank center for collecting banknotes from a plurality of bank branches, in a banknote collection center for collecting banknotes from a plurality of clients using an armored car company, or in a bank (bank branch) where a plurality of clients give banknotes . Organizational processing is performed by sorting banknotes from multiple transactions sequentially by using a banknote processing device. As an example of a specific method for organizing banknotes, for example, banknotes are sorted by denomination, and banknotes of each denomination are divided into banknotes for return to circulation and banknotes not for return to circulation.

In order to carry out organizational processing efficiently, it is necessary to form a sorting template consisting of the appropriate combination: face value, unsuitability, orientation, and the like, for a banknote to be folded in feet in a plurality of stacking blocks in feet. However, it requires trial attempts by the operator to select, and / or operator experience, to form such an appropriate sorting pattern. Also, it takes a long time to form it.

A banknote processing apparatus that can generate a sorting pattern within a short time without using trial attempts to select and / or operator experience has been disclosed in WO 2009/122504. The banknote processing device disclosed in WO 2009/122504 includes: a receiving unit configured to receive banknotes; a recognition unit configured to recognize the type of each of the banknotes received in the reception unit, and to count the amount of each type; a component share data generating unit configured to generate component share data corresponding to a component share of the respective banknote types based on the calculated results by the recognition unit (for example, the calculated results by using “selective banknotes”); a unit for generating sorting templates configured to generate a sorting template based on data of component fractions; and a display unit configured to display a sorting pattern generated by the sorting pattern generation unit.

In addition, WO 2009/122504 provides another type of banknote processing device, which includes: a receiving unit configured to accept banknotes; a recognition unit configured to recognize the type of each of the banknotes received in the reception unit, and to count the amount of each type; a storage unit configured to store historical data corresponding to the history of the calculated results by the recognition unit; a component share data generation unit configured to generate component share data corresponding to a component share of respective banknote types based on historical data stored in the storage unit; a unit for generating sorting templates configured to generate a sorting template based on data of component fractions; and a display unit configured to display a sorting pattern generated by the sorting pattern generation unit.

In general, the component fraction of the respective banknote types for each transaction depends on the characteristics of the transaction. For example, component shares in relation to face value and / or unsuitability may be different for the respective customers who give out banknotes. As an example, with respect to banknotes that are given in a store operating with many expensive products, such as a general store, a household appliance store or a furniture store, the proportion of banknotes of a higher denomination is high, while the proportion of banknotes of a lower denomination is high in respect of banknotes given in a store operating with many inexpensive products, such as a retail store, a traffic fines kiosk, or food shop. In addition, the proportion of unusable banknotes is likely to be high for banknotes that are processed in the food market or the like.

Here, when a banknote processing apparatus disclosed in WO 2009/122504 is used, historical data is generated based on sample banknotes and / or based on “all” transactions over a period of time. Thus, an “average” sorting pattern is formed. Therefore, even when the banknote processing apparatus disclosed in WO 2009/1222504 is used, a sorting pattern is not always formed appropriately for each component fraction of the respective banknote types that each customer provides.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. An object of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing device configured to process paper sheets, which can generate a sorting pattern corresponding to contents of paper sheets that were provided by each client, without any individual setting operation by an operator; and a paper sheet processing system having a paper sheet processing device and an external device configured to communicate with a paper sheet processing device.

A paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a gripping unit configured to pick up paper sheets in a paper sheet processing apparatus; a conveyance unit configured to transport paper sheets captured by the capture unit; a plurality of stacking units configured to stack paper sheets transported by the transport unit; a recognition and counting unit configured to recognize and count paper sheets transported by the transport unit; an input unit configured to enter transactional transaction information; a storage unit configured to store transactional information and historical data including a calculated result by a recognition and counting unit in combination with each other; a sorting template generation unit configured to generate a sorting template corresponding to transactional information for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking blocks based on historical data; and a control unit configured to control the conveyance unit so that paper sheets captured by the capture unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the sorting pattern generation unit may be configured to generate a sorting pattern based on historical data corresponding to transactional information inputted by the input unit.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the history data may include quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, a plurality of stacking units may include a stacking unit of paper sheets to be stacked, configured to stack paper sheets to be stacked, a stacking unit may further be provided. configured to pack paper sheets stacked in a stacking unit into stacks of paper sheets to be stacked and form a stack of paper foxes s, and the sorting template generation unit can be configured to generate a sorting template so that, based on quantitative information about the respective types, paper sheets of the type whose quantity is large are stacked in the stacking unit in the stacks of paper sheets to be stacked .

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, a discarding region can be further provided in which paper sheets to be discarded are transported, and the sorting pattern forming unit may be configured to generate a sorting pattern such that the number of paper sheets to be transported to the discarding region, is the smallest.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the history data may include: face up and face down quantitative information, which refers to the number of face up paper sheets and face down paper sheets, orientation quantitative information that refers to the number of paper sheets of each orientation, or quantitative information about the validity, which refers to the number of suitable paper sheets and unusable paper sheets.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, the paper sheets may be banknotes, and the history data may include: quantitative currency information, which refers to the number of banknotes for each currency, quantitative information about the face, which refers to the number of banknotes for each face value , quantitative version information, which refers to the number of banknotes for each version, or quantitative information about issue banks, which refers to the number of paper sheets in each of the issuing bank.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, transaction information may include customer information that identifies the customer as a party to the transaction.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, transaction information may include customer category information that identifies the customer category as a party to the transaction.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus of the present invention, the transaction information may include customer employee information that identifies the employee for the customer as a party to the transaction.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, transaction information may include pre-processing information that relates to a processing apparatus that processed the paper sheets before the transaction.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the transaction information may include transaction time / period information that relates to a transaction time or a transaction period.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the input unit may include a reader unit configured to read a storage medium in which transaction information has been stored.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the recognition and counting unit may be configured to read a separator card in which transaction information has been stored, and the recognition and counting unit may be configured to serve as an input unit.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the sorting pattern generation unit may be configured to generate a plurality of sorting patterns, an output unit configured to output a plurality of sorting patterns may be provided, a selection unit configured to select one sorting pattern from a plurality may be provided. sorting templates, and the control unit can be configured to control the transportation unit k, that paper sheets captured by the picking unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern selected by the picker.

In the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention, the output unit may be configured to output a plurality of sorting patterns in combination with corresponding estimated processing times based on the plurality of sorting patterns.

A paper sheet processing system according to the present invention includes: a paper sheet processing device including a pickup unit configured to pick up paper sheets in a paper sheet processing unit, a conveying unit configured to transport paper sheets captured by the pickup unit, a plurality stacking units configured to stack paper sheets transported by the transport unit , com- recognition and counting unit configured to recognize and count up the paper sheets conveyed by the transport unit, and a control unit configured to control the transport unit; and an external device configured to communicate with a paper sheet processing device; wherein the paper sheet processing system further includes: an input unit configured to enter transactional transaction information; a storage unit configured to store transactional information and historical data including a calculated result by a recognition and counting unit in combination with each other; and a sorting pattern generation unit configured to generate a sorting pattern corresponding to transactional information for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking blocks based on historical data; and the control unit is configured to control the conveying unit so that the paper sheets captured by the capture unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern.

In the paper sheet processing system according to the present invention, the sorting pattern generation unit may be configured to generate a sorting pattern based on historical data corresponding to transactional information inputted by the input unit.

In the paper sheet processing system of the present invention, a plurality of paper sheet processing devices can be provided, and the external device can be a host control device configured to record historical data of respective paper sheet processing devices.

In the paper sheet processing system of the present invention, the input unit may include a reader unit configured to read a storage medium in which transaction information has been stored.

In the paper sheet processing system of the present invention, the recognition and counting unit may be configured to read a separator card in which transaction information has been stored, and the recognition and counting unit may be configured to serve as an input unit.

According to the present invention, in a storage unit, transactional information related to a transaction and historical data including calculated results by a recognition and counting unit are stored in combination with each other. After that, for subsequent processing, when transactional information is entered in the input unit, the sorting template generation unit generates a sorting template for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking units based on historical data corresponding to the entered transactional information. Then, the control unit controls the conveying unit so that the paper sheets captured by the picking unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to form a sorting pattern corresponding to the contents of the paper sheets that were provided by each client, without any individual setting operation by the operator, and thus it is possible to sort and stack paper sheets in a plurality of blocks folding in the foot according to the sorting pattern.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view showing the structure of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a representation of a functional block of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 (A) is a view showing an example of historical data regarding paper sheets used in the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 (B) is a view showing an example of historical data regarding banknotes used in a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of transactional information used in a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a sort processing flow executed in a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of historical data when paper sheets are euro banknotes;

FIG. 8 is a view showing the result of organizational processing for the example shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a sort processing flow executed in a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a modified example of the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view showing the structure of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view showing the structure of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

FIRST IMPLEMENTATION

<STRUCTURE>

A first embodiment of a paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present invention is described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 to 9 are representations for describing a first embodiment of the present invention. "Paper sheets" of this application means banknotes, checks, coupons or the like. As a typical example, they mean banknotes.

The paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is used for organizational processing for organizing paper sheets, for example, in a bank center for collecting banknotes from a plurality of bank branches, in a banknote collection center for collecting banknotes from a plurality of clients using an armored car company, or in a bank (bank branch), where many customers give out banknotes. For example, paper sheets, such as banknotes, are brought to a banking center and / or banknote collection center such that the paper sheets are contained in a collection bag to which a transfer form is attached. On the transfer form, the following is described: user name, such as store name or store number, user employee name, such as cashier name or employee number, total amount of banknote money contained in the bag, the number of banknotes for each denomination, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment includes: a housing 1, a loading unit 11 located on the housing 1 into which a plurality of paper sheets are placed; a capture unit 10 configured to capture a plurality of paper sheets placed in the loading unit 11, one by one, in the housing 1; a conveying unit 70 configured to transport paper sheets that have been picked up into the housing 1 by means of a gripping unit 10; a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d configured to stack paper sheets that have been transported by the transport unit 70; a recognition and counting unit 55, configured to recognize and count paper sheets transported by the conveyance unit 70; discarding units 61a, 61b for discarding paper sheets that are not to be stacked in a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d; and a touch panel (input and output unit) 59 into which predetermined information is input and / or from which predetermined information is output. The paper sheets to be discarded may be transported to one or more of the plurality of stacking units 60a-60d. In this case, such stacking units 60a-60d and discarding units 61a, 61b form discarding areas into which paper sheets to be discarded are transported.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of separating elements 71 are provided in the conveying unit 70 for suitable separation of the paper sheets transported by the conveying unit 70. In addition, in the conveying unit 70, a plurality of passage sensors 72 are provided configured to detect a paper sheet that passes through the conveying unit 70.

The paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment further includes a paper sheet turning unit 90, 95 configured to rotate the paper sheets upside down. The paper sheet turning unit 90, 95 has a transverse direction turning unit 95 that flips the paper sheets that have been transported upside down when turned over with respect to their transversal direction, and a longitudinal direction turning unit 90 that turns the paper sheets that have been transported by the transport unit 70, upside down when turning them in relation to their longitudinal direction. A detailed method for the method of turning paper sheets upside down by the transverse direction reversing unit 95 and the longitudinal direction reversing unit 90 is disclosed in WO 2010/097954, therefore, a detailed description is omitted.

The paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment further includes two stacking units of paper sheets 200, 300. Each of the paper sheet stacking units 200, 300 has: a plurality of stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stackable paper sheets configured to stack paper sheets to be stacked that were transported by block 70 transportation; a stacking unit 250, 350 configured to pack paper sheets stacked in stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c into stacks of paper sheets to be stacked to form a stack of paper sheets; transportation unit 220, 320 before stacking for transporting paper sheets to be stacked from stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c to stack paper sheets to be stacked in stacking unit 210, 310; block 260, 360 folding in stacks of bundles of paper sheets, configured to contain packaged paper sheets; and a transportation unit 270, 370 after stacking in packs for transporting a stack of paper sheets from block 250, 350 of stacking in packs into block 260, 360 of stacking stacks of paper sheets in stacks. The stack of paper sheets contained in the stacking unit 260, 360 of stacks of paper sheets can be output to the stack output opening 280, 380 (see FIG. 1), which is described below, by the stacking unit 260 of stacks of paper sheets.

Two of the stacking units 210a-210c in stacks of paper sheets to be stacked are used for stacking paper sheets, and the remaining one is used as a backup. For example, when paper sheets to be stacked are stacked in stacking units 210a and 210b in stacks of paper sheets to be stacked, if a stacking operation for paper sheets folded in stacking units 210a of stacked paper stacks of sheets is performed automatically, the stacking unit 210a in stacks of paper sheets to be stacked cannot be used to fold additional paper sheets there. Then, paper sheets that are the same as paper sheets that were folded in the stacking unit 210a of stacks of paper sheets to be stacked according to their type, orientation, face up / face down, unusable, and so on, are transported c and are stacked in the stacking unit 210c of stacks of paper sheets to be stacked. Similarly, two of the stacking units 310a-310c of stacks of paper sheets to be stacked are used to stack paper sheets, and the remaining one is used as a backup. Thus, the stacking operation of paper sheets may be performed without stopping the paper sheet processing apparatus 100.

As shown in FIG. 2, the transport unit 220, 320 before stacking has: a hand-manipulator unit 221, 321 configured to hold paper sheets folded in folding units 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacking paper sheets to be stacked; a horizontal movement mechanism 222, 322, configured to move the arm-arm unit 221, 321 in its forward and backward direction (horizontal direction); and a vertical movement mechanism 223, 323 configured to move the arm-arm unit 221, 321 in its up and down direction (vertical direction).

The transport unit 270, 370 after stacking in bundles has: a transport holding unit 271, 371 configured to hold and transport a stack of paper sheets packaged by the bundle unit 250, 350; block 272, 372 lifting packs of paper sheets, configured to transport upwardly a bundle of paper sheets held and transported by the holding block 271, 371 transportation; and a push mechanism 275, 375 configured to push a stack of paper sheets transported by the stacking paper stack lifting unit 272, 372 toward the stack output port 280, 380 (in the front direction of the device).

The stacking unit 250, 350 wraps the packaging tape around a predetermined number of paper sheets, for example, one hundred paper sheets that are held by the transport holding unit 271, 371, and then fastens the packaging tape with a loop to pack the paper sheets to form a stack of paper sheets .

As shown in FIG. 1, the stacking unit 200, 300 of stacking paper sheets additionally has: a bundle outlet opening 280, 380 configured to unload a stack of paper sheets towards the operator; and a fraction return unit 285, 385 configured to unload a portion of the paper sheets that were folded into the stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c in stacks of paper sheets to be stacked at the end of the transaction, towards the operator.

As shown in FIG. 3, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment further includes: a storage unit 56 configured to store transactional transaction information and historical data including the counted result by the recognition and counting unit 55 in combination with each other; an input unit 57 configured to enter transactional information; a sorting pattern forming unit 51 configured to generate a sorting pattern for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking stacking units 60a-60d based on historical data corresponding to transactional information inputted by the input unit 57; and a control unit 50 configured to control the conveyance unit 70 so that paper sheets captured by the capture unit 10 are stacked in a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d according to the sorting pattern.

Historical data includes various information. For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (A), historical data includes: quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type, quantitative information about the face up and face down, which refers to the number of paper sheets face up, and paper sheets face down, quantitative information about the orientation, which refers to the number of paper sheets of each orientation, quantitative information about the validity, which refers to the number of usable paper sheets and worthless paper sheets, and so on. When the paper sheets are banknotes, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), historical data may include: quantitative information about the currency, which refers to the number of banknotes for each currency, quantitative information about the version, which refers to the number of banknotes for each version, quantitative information about issuing banks, which refers to the number paper sheets for each issuing bank, and so on, in addition to quantitative information about the face value, which refers to the number of banknotes for each face value, quantitative information about face up and face down, which refers to the number of banknotes face up, and banknotes face down, quantitative information about the orientation, which refers to the number of banknotes of each orientation, quantitative information about the validity, which refers to the number of banknotes for each type of unusability.

The above historical data is stored in the storage unit 56 in combination with transactional information. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, transactional information includes: customer information that identifies the customer as a party to the transaction; customer category information that identifies the customer category as a party to the transaction; employee-client information that identifies the employee for the client as a party to the transaction; and so on. In addition, transactional information may include: pre-processing information that relates to a processing device that processed paper sheets before a transaction; and / or transaction time / period information that relates to a transaction time or a transaction period.

Here, the transaction information stored in the storage unit 56 is transaction information that has been completed in the past, and the transaction information entered by the input unit 57 is transaction information to be completed in the future. In addition, for example, the pre-processing information stored in the storage unit 56 is information about a processing device that processed paper sheets before a transaction that was completed in the past, and the pre-processing information inputted by the input unit 57 is information about the processing device that processed paper sheets before a transaction to be completed in the future. Further, transaction time / period information stored in the storage unit 56 is transaction time information that has been completed in the past, or transaction period that has been completed in the past, and transaction time / period information inputted by the input unit 57 is information about the time of the transaction to be completed in the future, or the period of the transaction to be completed in the future.

Here, the information of the client (recipient of the service) is information representing the individual client (recipient of the service), such as the name of the bank, the name of the bank branch, the name of the department store, the name of the department of the general store, the name of the retail store, the name of the department of the retail store, or the like. Customer category information is information representing the category to which the customer belongs, such as a bank, department store, retail store, or the like. The employee-client information is information representing a specific employee for the client, such as, for example, the employee’s name, employee number, or the like. The pre-processing information is information from which it is possible to determine what processing was performed on the paper sheets before they were delivered to the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, such as, for example, a sorting device for failure or a sorting device face up / face down. Transaction time / period information is information representing the time of a transaction that was completed in the past, or the time of a transaction to be completed in the future, such as fourteen hours, or the period of a transaction that was completed in the past, or the period of a transaction to be completed in the future, such as weekends at the end of the week, end of the month, summer, July, or the like.

The input unit 57 is not limited, provided that it is possible to enter transactional information through the input unit 57. For example, the input unit 57 may be a reader 57a (see FIG. 2), such as a card reader or a barcode reader that can read a recording medium such as a magnetic card or an IC card in which transaction information is stored, or a transmission form on which transactional information is printed. The above-described touch panel 59 may serve as an input unit. In the present embodiment, the input unit 57 is a read unit 57a. In another embodiment, different from the present embodiment, the recognition and counting unit 55 may read a separator card in which transaction information is stored, so that the recognition and counting unit 55 can function as an input unit 57.

The sorting pattern generation unit 51 may generate various sorting patterns. Examples are described below.

As an example, when the history data includes quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type, the sorting template generator 51 can generate a sorting template such that, based on the quantitative information about the corresponding types, paper sheets of the type whose quantity is large are stacked in stacks in block 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacked stacks of paper sheets to be stacked. Thus, when the respective types of paper sheets are the respective denominations of banknotes and the history data includes quantitative information about the denomination, which refers to the number of banknotes for each denomination, the sorting pattern generator 51 can generate a sorting pattern such that, based on the quantitative information about in denomination, banknotes in denomination, whose quantity is large, are stacked in stacks in block 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacked stacks of paper sheets to be stacked.

As another example, the sorting pattern generator 51 can generate a sorting pattern such that the number of paper sheets to be transported to the drop region is the smallest. As described above, the drop area is the area into which paper sheets to be dropped are transported. Typically, the drop area is drop units 61a, 61b, but the drop area may include a portion of the stacking units 60a-60d.

In some countries, it is necessary to align the banknotes in the same orientation when the banknotes are returned to the central bank. Thus, in organizational processing, it makes sense to align the orientation of banknotes.

<WORK AND EFFECT>

Next, the operation and effects of the present embodiment are described as described above.

[SORT PROCESSING STREAM]

The sorting processing flow in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is described with reference to FIG. 6.

First, a plurality of paper sheets to be sorted are placed in the loading unit 11. At this time, the fact that the paper sheets are placed in the loading unit 11 is detected by a sensor (not shown).

Next, the operator enters transaction information related to the paper sheets placed in the loading unit 11 (see step S1 in FIG. 6). The transaction information entered includes: customer information that identifies the customer as a party to the transaction; customer category information that identifies the customer category as a party to the transaction; employee-client information that identifies the employee for the client as a party to the transaction; pre-processing information that relates to a processing device that processed paper sheets prior to the transaction to be completed; and / or transaction time / period information that relates to the time of the transaction to be completed or the period of the transaction to be completed.

When the transactional information is entered, the history data associated with the transactional information is read out by the sorting pattern generator 51 (see step S2 in FIG. 6). As shown in FIG. 4 (A), historical data includes: quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type, quantitative information about the face up and face down, which refers to the number of paper sheets face up, and paper sheets face down, quantitative information about the orientation, which refers to the number of paper sheets of each orientation, quantitative information about the validity, which refers to the number of usable paper sheets and worthless paper sheets, and so on. When the paper sheets are banknotes, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), historical data may include: quantitative information about the face value, which refers to the number of banknotes for each face value, quantitative information about the face up and face down, which refers to the number of banknotes face up, and banknotes face down, quantitative information about the orientation, which refers to the number of banknotes of each orientation, quantitative information about the validity, which refers to the number of banknotes for each type of unfitness, quantitative For information about the currency, which refers to the number of banknotes for each currency, quantitative information about the version, which refers to the number of notes for each version, quantitative information on the banks of issue, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each issuing bank, and so on.

Further, on the basis of the read data of the history, by means of the sorting template generation unit 51, it is determined which category is used for sorting processing among types (face values when paper sheets are banknotes), types face up and face down, orientation types, types defectiveness, currencies, printing types, issuing banks, and so on, and it is also determined which sorting pattern is used for a certain category (see step S3 in FIG. 6).

When a sorting pattern is determined, a specific sorting pattern is displayed on the touch panel 59 (see step S4 in FIG. 6).

When the operator wants to perform sorting processing in accordance with the sorting pattern, the operator enters a command to perform sorting processing in accordance with the sorting pattern on the touch panel 59 (see step S5 in FIG. 6). On the other hand, when the operator enters a command to not execute sorting processing according to the sorting pattern, another sorting pattern is generated (see steps S5 and S3 in FIG. 6), and thus, the generated excellent sorting pattern is displayed on the touch panel 59 (see step S4 in FIG. 6).

When a command is issued to execute sorting processing in accordance with the sorting pattern described above, paper sheets are recognized, counted and sorted according to the sorting pattern until all paper sheets placed in loading block 11 are transported (see steps S10 and S11 on Fig. 6).

After all the paper sheets placed in the loading unit 11 have been transported from there, then it is determined by the control unit 50 whether or not it is necessary to perform sorting processing in accordance with the same sorting pattern or another different sorting pattern. When it is necessary to perform sorting processing, the next necessary sorting pattern is generated and displayed on the touch panel 59 (see steps S20 and S3 and S4 in FIG. 6), or a previously generated sort pattern is displayed on the touch panel 59 (see steps S20 and S4 in Fig. 6). On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not necessary to perform subsequent sorting processing, sorting processing (organizational operation) for paper sheets is completed. After the sorting processing has been completed, the history data is updated based on the entered transaction information and the calculated results (see step S21 in FIG. 6).

The following describes the effects of the present embodiment.

[BASIC EFFECTS]

According to the present embodiment, in the storage unit 56, transactional information related to the transaction and historical data including the counted results by the recognition and counting unit 55 are stored in combination with each other. Thereafter, for subsequent processing, when the transactional information is input in the input unit 57, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 generates a sorting pattern for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d based on historical data corresponding to the transactional information entered by block 57 input. Then, the control unit 50 controls the conveying unit so that the paper sheets captured by the pickup unit 10 are stacked in a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d according to the sorting pattern. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to form a sorting pattern corresponding to the contents of the paper sheets that were provided by each client, without any individual adjustment operation by the operator, and thus it is possible to sort and stack paper sheets into stacks stacking units 60a-60d according to the sorting pattern.

THIS ITEM IS DESCRIBED BELOW.

An organizational operation by the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is performed by sorting paper sheets, such as banknotes from a plurality of transactions, in sequence. In order to carry out organizational processing efficiently, it is necessary to form a sorting template consisting of an appropriate combination: type (e.g., banknote value), unsuitability, orientation and the like, for paper sheets to be stacked in stacks in stacking units 60a-60d. However, it requires trial attempts by the operator to select, and / or operator experience, to form such an appropriate sorting pattern. Also, it takes a long time to form it.

It is true that a banknote processing apparatus that can generate a sorting pattern within a short time without using trial attempts to select and / or operator experience is disclosed in WO 2009/122504. However, in general, the component fraction of the respective banknote types for each transaction depends on the characteristics of the transaction. For example, component shares in relation to face value and / or unsuitability may be different for the respective customers who give out banknotes. As an example, with respect to banknotes that are given in a store operating with many expensive products, such as a general store, a household appliance store or a furniture store, the proportion of banknotes of a higher denomination is high, while the proportion of banknotes of a lower denomination is high in respect of banknotes given in a store operating with many inexpensive products, such as a retail store, a traffic fines kiosk, or food shop. In addition, the proportion of unusable banknotes is likely to be high for banknotes that are processed in the food market or the like.

Here, when a banknote processing apparatus disclosed in WO 2009/122504 is used, historical data is generated based on sample banknotes and / or based on “all” transactions over a period of time. Thus, an “average” sorting pattern is formed. Therefore, even when the banknote processing apparatus disclosed in WO 2009/1222504 is used, a sorting pattern is not always formed appropriately for each component fraction of the respective banknote types that each customer provides.

Here, according to the present embodiment, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 generates a sorting pattern for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking stacking units 60a-60d based on the history data corresponding to the transaction information inputted by the input unit 57, so that the paper sheets are sorted and stacked in a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d according to the sorting pattern. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to form a sorting pattern corresponding to the contents of the paper sheets that were provided by each client, without any individual adjustment operation by the operator, and thus it is possible to sort and stack paper sheets into stacks stacking units 60a-60d according to the sorting pattern.

In addition, the respective customers who brought the paper sheets may belong to different categories. According to the present embodiment, a sorting pattern may be generated using the category to which each customer belongs. For example, in a bank, only valid banknotes are returned in circulation. Thus, it is not necessary to sort banknotes in relation to unfit if the banknotes are brought from the bank. According to the present embodiment, when the fact that the banknotes were brought by the bank is inputted in the input unit 57, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 can generate the sorting pattern without any sorting consideration with respect to unfit.

[SORTING PATTERN]

As a sorting template, when the history data includes quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type, the sorting template generation unit 51 generates a sorting template such that, based on the quantitative information about the corresponding types, paper sheets of the type whose quantity is large are stacked in stacks in block 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacked stacks of paper sheets to be stacked. By using this method, paper sheets of the type whose quantity is estimated to be large among the paper sheets to be processed at this time can be stacked in stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacked paper sheets to be stacked. Thus, paper sheets of the type whose quantity is large can be automatically packaged so that the organizational processing of paper sheets can be performed quickly and efficiently.

In detail, paper sheets that are not necessarily stackable are stacked in a plurality of stacked stacking units 60a-60d. At this time, in order to confirm the number of sorted paper sheets, it is often necessary to perform batch processing, while the sorting processing is temporarily stopped when a predetermined number of paper sheets are folded (for example, one hundred paper sheets). After the paper sheet sorting processing is temporarily stopped and a predetermined number of paper sheets are captured from the stacking units 60a-60d, the sorting processing is resumed. Here, paper sheets of a type whose quantity is large among the processed paper sheets are likely to reach a predetermined quantity so early that it will be necessary to frequently stop the paper sheet processing apparatus. That is, it can be said that it is difficult to perform organizational processing of paper sheets quickly and efficiently. In contrast, according to the present method, paper sheets of a type whose quantity is estimated to be large among the paper sheets to be processed at this time can be stacked in stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacked paper sheets to be stacked and, in this way, they can be automatically packaged in bundles by the stacking unit 250, 350 without stopping the paper sheet processing apparatus 100. That is, it can be said, according to the present method, the operation of stacking paper sheets of the type, whose number is large among the processed paper sheets, can be automatically performed, so that it is possible to perform organizational processing of paper sheets quickly and efficiently.

Here, when the types of paper sheets are denominations and the history data includes quantitative information about the denomination, which refers to the number of banknotes for each denomination, the sorting pattern generator 51 can generate a sorting pattern such that, based on the quantitative information about the denomination, banknotes with a denomination whose quantity is large are stacked in stacks in block 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacked stacks of paper sheets to be stacked. According to the present method, banknotes of a denomination whose quantity is estimated to be large among the banknotes to be processed at this time can be stacked in stacks in the stacking unit 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacking paper sheets to be stacked, and thus is It is possible to carry out organizational processing of banknotes quickly and efficiently.

With reference to FIG. 7 and 8, a case is described in which the paper sheets are euro banknotes and the function of the paper sheet turning units 90, 95 is not used.

FIG. 7 shows the quantitative information about the face value (fractions of the respective nominal values) and the quantitative information about the orientation (the fraction of the types of orientation), which are calculated from the history data based on the transaction information entered by the input unit 57. In addition, the actual number of banknotes to be processed for this transaction is shown for both each denomination and each orientation. For the shares of the respective denominations, a share of 50 euros is 55.9%, a share of 20 euros is 26.5%, a share of 10 euros is 12.0%, and a share of 100 euros is 3.7%. With respect to the shares of the corresponding orientation types for all face values, the share of direction A is 20%, the share of direction B is 40%, the share of direction C is 30%, and the share of direction D is 10%. The apparatus used includes two stacking units of paper sheets 200, 300, and each of stacking units of paper sheets 200, 300 can process two types of paper sheets. Thus, four denominations, whose shares are large, are assigned to the stacking unit 210a-210c, 310a-310c of stacking paper sheets to be stacked in order to carry out organizational processing quickly and efficiently. Additionally, in order to ensure uniformity in the number of paper sheets to be stacked for blocks of 200, 300, stacking paper sheets, banknotes of 50 euros, whose share is the largest, and banknotes of 100 euros, whose share is the fourth largest, (the sum of these shares is 59.6 %) are transported to and stacked in the stacking unit 210a-210c of stackable paper sheets for the stacking unit 200 of paper sheets and a banknote of 20 euros, whose share is the second largest, and banknotes of 10 euros, whose share is three rd highest (the sum of these fractions equals 38.5%) are transported to and stacked in the stack 310a-310c in the folding unit in the stack to be stacking of paper sheets in the stacking unit 300 the bundle of paper sheets. If other denominations are assigned to the stacking blocks 60a-60d, one of the stacking blocks 60a-60d is not used. Thus, 5 euro banknotes, whose share is rated as the fifth highest, are sorted by orientation types into two stacking units 60a, 60b. Here, 5 euro banknotes of orientation type A and orientation type C are transported in and stacked in the feet in the stacking unit 60a, and 5 euro banknotes of orientation type B and orientation type D are transported in and stacked in the stacks in the stacking unit 60b. In this way, uniformity of the number of banknotes to be folded in the stacks in the stacking units 60a, 60b is ensured. In detail, the proportion of euro banknotes to be stacked in each stacking unit 60a, 60b may be adjusted to 50%.

A sorting pattern generated by the sorting pattern generating unit 51 in accordance with the above steps is shown in FIG. 8, together with the actual counted banknote quantities and stopping numbers of the paper sheet processing apparatus 100, during organizational processing using the sorting pattern.

Here, euro banknotes were processed whose quantity was 13805. As shown in FIG. 8, in order to pack 5 euro banknotes that were stacked in stacking units 60a, 60b, the function of transporting paper sheets to stacking units 60a and the function of transporting paper sheets to stacking units 60b were stopped once respectively. Other banknotes were not stopped for organizational processing.

Further, in contrast to the method described above, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 can generate a sorting pattern such that the number of paper sheets to be transported to the drop region is the smallest. Thus, more paper sheets can be sorted into stacking units 60a-60d by sorting processing at a time, so that it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing.

That is, it can be said that the organizational processing for paper sheets may not be completed by sorting processing at a time, and the second organizational (sorting) processing may be performed for discarded banknotes using another different sorting template. When many organizational processes like this are performed, if the number of discarded paper sheets is large, the number of banknotes to be processed (sorted) during the subsequent organizational processing is large, which increases the time and labor required for many organizational processes. In contrast, according to the present method, since the sorting pattern is generated based on the historical data so that the number of paper sheets to be transported to the drop area is the smallest, more paper sheets can be sorted into stacking units 60a-60d by one sorting processing times without dropping, so it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing.

Here, when the history data includes quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type, as described above, it is sufficient that the sorting pattern generator 51 generates a sorting pattern such that, based on the quantitative information about the corresponding types, paper sheets of types whose quantities are larger are stacked in stacks in stacking units 210a-210c, 310a-310c in stacks of paper sheets to be stacked in series. In this case, paper sheets whose quantities are large are processed by the first organizational processing. Thus, the number of discarded paper sheets that require a second organizational processing can be made small, so that the total time for the first and second organizational processing can be shortened.

In addition, as another way, when a customer uses paper sheets in a market or the like, if it is highly likely that damaged paper sheets (UNFIT notes as described below) are included in the brought paper sheets, it is recommended that paper sheets be sorted mainly based on types of unusability, instead of sorting paper sheets based on common types of paper sheets (or banknote denominations). In this case, for example, the fact that the proportion of damaged (unusable) paper sheets is high can be read from historical data by inputting customer information, customer category information, or customer employee information from input unit 57. For example, unfit notes of 50 euros, unfit notes of 20 euros, unfit notes of 10 euros, and unfit notes of 100 euros can be stacked in blocks 210a-210c, 310a-310c of folded into the stacks of paper sheets to be stacked and automatically packed in packs by blocks 250, 350 packs. Here, by sorting banknotes based on the types of defectiveness, banknotes can be sorted into: banknotes that cannot be used at an ATM located in a financial institution such as a bank and cannot be received in the operating room of a financial organization such as a bank (so called banknotes "UNFIT"); banknotes that cannot be used in ATM located in a financial institution such as a bank, but can be accepted in the operating room of a financial organization such as a bank (the so-called “Teller-FIT” banknotes); and banknotes that can be used in an ATM located in a financial institution such as a bank, and can be received in the operating room of a financial organization such as a bank (so-called “ATM-FIT” banknotes).

[BACKGROUND DATA]

As shown in FIG. 4 (A), historical data includes: quantitative information about the respective types of paper sheets, quantitative information about face up and face down paper sheets, quantitative information about the orientation of the paper sheets, quantitative information about the validity of the paper sheets, and so on. When the paper sheets are banknotes, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), historical data may include: quantitative information about the face value of banknotes, quantitative information about face up and face down banknotes, quantitative information about the orientation of banknotes, quantitative information about the validity of banknotes, quantitative information about the currency of banknotes, quantitative information banknote version, quantitative information about banknote issuing banks, and so on. All information included in historical data may be suitably used for subsequent sorting processes.

For example, when it is desirable to sort banknotes by denomination, it is possible to use the quantitative information on the denomination of banknotes stored in the storage unit 56. When it is desirable to sort banknotes by type face up and face down, it is possible to use quantitative information about face up and face down banknotes stored in the storage unit 56. When it is desirable to sort banknotes by orientation type, it is possible to use quantitative information about the orientation of banknotes stored in the storage unit 56. When it is desirable to sort banknotes by type of unsuitability, it is possible to use quantitative information about the validity of banknotes stored in the storage unit 56. When you want to sort banknotes by currency, it is possible to use quantitative information about the currency of banknotes stored in the storage unit 56. When it is desirable to sort banknotes by print type, it is possible to use quantitative version information of banknotes stored in the storage unit 56. When it is desirable to sort banknotes by emission banks, it is possible to use quantitative information about emission banks of banknotes stored in the storage unit 56.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, various types of information are included in the history data. Thus, it is possible to generate a sorting pattern based on various historical data by using this information in its entirety.

[TRANSACTION INFORMATION]

As shown in FIG. 5, transactional information associated with the above historical data includes: customer information; customer category information; customer employee information; pre-processing information; and / or transaction time / period information.

When customer information is used as transactional information, a sorting template is generated based on specific historical data for the customer. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with precision.

When customer category information is used as transactional information, a sorting template is generated based on historical data for the category to which the customer belongs. The trend of the types of paper sheets (specifically, the trend of banknote denominations) that are brought in by the client, in general, depends on the category to which the client belongs. In detail, with respect to banknotes brought from a store operating with many expensive products, such as a general store, a hardware store or a furniture store, the share of banknotes with a higher denomination is high, while the share of banknotes with a lower denomination is high with respect to banknotes brought from a store operating with many inexpensive products, such as a retail store, a traffic fines kiosk, or a grocery store. According to the present method, it is possible to generate an average sorting pattern for the category to which the customer belongs, based on data sets whose quantity is larger than the quantity in the case when customer information is used, as described above. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with precision.

When customer employee information is used as transactional information, it is possible to generate a sorting pattern reflected by a particular employee custom, for example, aligning paper sheet orientations, uniformizing face-up and face-down paper sheets, or the like. In this case, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with greater accuracy.

That is, it can be said that a certain employee as a client may have a predefined custom: aligning the orientations of paper sheets, uniformizing face-up and face-down paper sheets, or the like, before bringing the paper sheets to a bank office or cash settlement center. According to the present method, the employee-client information is used as transactional information, and the sorting template is generated by the sorting template generation unit 51 by using the history data associated with the employee-customer information. Therefore, it is possible to form a sorting pattern reflected by an employee's custom regarding alignment of paper sheet orientations, uniformity with face up and face down of paper sheets, or the like. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with greater accuracy.

When the pre-processing information is used as transactional information, it is possible to determine what processing of the paper sheets was carried out before they were delivered to the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the present embodiment. Thus, given the processing that has already been performed, it is possible to form a sorting pattern so as not to execute the processing already performed again. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with greater accuracy.

When the time / period information of the transaction is used as transactional information, it is possible to form a sorting pattern considering the time of the transaction or the period of the transaction. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing.

That is, it can be said, the contents of the paper sheets that are delivered may be different depending on the time of the transaction (for example, in the early afternoon, at midnight) or the period of the transaction (for example, weekends at the end of the week, end of the month, peak season, off-season time). According to this method, it is possible to form a suitable sorting pattern depending on the time of the transaction or the period of the transaction.

Even if the customer is one and the same, the customer category is the same or the employee as the customer is the same, the contents of the paper sheets that are delivered may vary depending on the time of the transaction or the period of the transaction. Thus, transactional information regarding transaction time and / or transaction period is introduced in addition to customer information, customer category information and / or customer employee information, so that historical data is read when transaction time and / or transaction period is taken into account in addition to information customer, customer category information and / or customer employee information. Thus, it is possible to form a suitable sorting pattern with greater accuracy.

In a certain sightseeing area, the number of banknotes given can vary widely during the respective periods. Thus, for the client in the sightseeing area, it is recommended to create a sorting template based on historical data during the same period last year as the transaction period.

It is possible to use any combination of: customer-related information, such as customer information, customer category information, and customer-employee information; pre-processing information; and transaction time / period information. As described above, both customer related information and transaction time / period information can be used. Alternatively, both customer-related information and pre-processing information can be used, and all of the customer-related information, pre-processing information, and transaction time / period information can be used. When the number of combinations is large, it is possible to form a more suitable sorting pattern, so it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with greater accuracy.

[BLOCK 57 INPUT]

When the input unit 57 has a read unit 57a that can read the recording medium, it may prevent the operator from entering transaction information incorrectly, as opposed to the case where the operator directly enters the transaction information through an input terminal such as a touch panel 59 or the like . Thus, it is possible to perform organizational processing based on the correct transactional information.

When the recognition and counting unit 55 reads a separator card in which transaction information is stored, so that the recognition and counting unit 55 functions as an input unit 57, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 can receive transactional information only by transporting the separator by the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 . Thus, it is possible to direct the sorting template generation unit 51 to obtain transactional information in a simple operation.

Modified Example of First Embodiment

Next, a modified example of the first embodiment is described below.

In the above embodiment, the sorting pattern generator 51 forms one sorting pattern. However, in this modified example, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 generates a plurality of sorting patterns.

Then, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 of the modified example further includes: an output unit configured to output a plurality of sorting patterns; and a selection unit configured to select one sorting pattern from a plurality of sorting patterns. The output unit is not limited to this particular method, provided that the output unit can output a plurality of sorting patterns. The selection unit is also not limited to a specific method, provided that the selection unit can select one sorting pattern from a plurality of sorting patterns. In a modified example, the touch panel 59 serves both as an output unit and as a selection unit.

The control unit 50 controls the conveying unit 70 so that paper sheets captured from the picking unit 10 are stacked in a plurality of stacking units 60a-60d according to a sorting pattern selected by the touch panel (selection unit) 59. Many sorting patterns output by the touch panel (output unit) 59 is generated using the history data stored in the storage unit 56 by reading them. Here, the history data that has been read consists, for example, of a combination of customer-related information, such as customer information, customer category information and customer-employee information, and transaction time / period information. That is, it can be said, for the client who brought the paper sheets, historical data based on the processing result of yesterday, historical data based on the processing result on the same day of the last week, historical data based on the processing result in the same period of the last year, average historical data for one month, average historical data for one year, and so on, are read and displayed on the touch panel (output unit) 59.

In addition, the touch panel (output unit) 59 of the modified example is configured to output a plurality of sorting patterns in combination with corresponding estimated processing times based on the plurality of sorting patterns. Here, for example, each estimated processing time is calculated by multiplying the average processing time required to process one paper sheet in accordance with the selected sorting pattern by the number of paper sheets to be actually processed. The number of paper sheets to be actually processed may be included in the transaction information and may be read from the entered transaction information. Alternatively, the number of paper sheets to be actually processed may be read in the input unit 57 from a transfer form or the like attached to the collection bag that contains the paper sheets that have been delivered. Alternatively, the number of paper sheets to be processed may be manually entered on the touch panel 59.

Another structure of the modified example is essentially the same as the structure of the above-described embodiment. In a modified example, the same parts as in the above embodiment are shown by the same reference numerals, and a detailed description thereof is omitted. Also, according to the modified example, the same effects can be achieved as in the above embodiment. Only the important parts of the effects of the modified example are described below.

The sorting processing flow in the paper sheet processing apparatus according to the modified example is described with reference to FIG. 9.

First, a plurality of paper sheets to be sorted are placed in the loading unit 11. At this time, the fact that the paper sheets are placed in the loading unit 11 is detected by a sensor (not shown).

Next, the operator enters transaction information related to the paper sheets placed in the loading unit 11 (see step S1 in FIG. 9).

When the transaction information is input, the history data associated with the transaction information is read out by the sorting pattern generator 51 (see step S2 in FIG. 9).

Further, based on the read history data, a plurality of sorting patterns are generated by the sorting pattern generation unit 51 (see step S3 in FIG. 9).

After a plurality of sorting patterns have been generated, a plurality of sorting patterns are displayed on the touch panel 59 (see step S4a in FIG. 9).

Next, the operator selects and determines one sorting pattern, according to which the operator wants to perform sorting processing (see step S5 in Fig. 9).

After one sorting pattern has been selected and determined, sorting processing is performed according to the sorting pattern until all paper sheets placed in the loading unit 11 are transported (see steps S10 and S11 in FIG. 9).

After all the paper sheets placed in the loading unit 11 have been transported from there, it is further determined whether or not it is necessary to perform sorting processing in accordance with the same sorting pattern or another different sorting pattern. When it is necessary to perform sorting processing, the following necessary one or more sorting patterns are generated and displayed on the touch panel 59 (see steps S20 and S3a and S4a in FIG. 9) or previously formed sorting patterns are displayed on the touch panel 59 (see steps S20 and S4a in Fig. 9). Here, when there are several sorting patterns, the operator selects one sorting pattern (see step S5a in FIG. 9). When there is only one sorting pattern, the sorting pattern is determined automatically. On the other hand, when it is determined that it is not necessary to perform subsequent sorting processing, sorting processing (organizational operation) for paper sheets is completed. After the sorting processing has been completed, the history data is updated based on the entered transaction information and the calculated results (see step S21 in Fig. 9).

According to a modified example, multiple sorting patterns are output, and the operator selects one sorting pattern from among them. Thus, it is possible to form (determine) the most appropriate sorting pattern by using the experience of an operator or the like.

The operator can select the sorting pattern whose estimated processing time is the shortest by using the touch panel (selection box) 59. Alternatively, the operator can choose another sorting pattern according to which the operator evaluates that the processing time is shorter, considering the time and / or a transaction period, assuming that the estimated processing time output by the touch panel (output unit) 59 is longer. For example, in a certain area of sightseeing, the number of banknotes given can vary widely in the respective periods. Thus, for paper sheets that were brought by the client in the sightseeing area, the operator can select a sorting template that matches the history data based on processing from the same period last year, regardless of the estimated processing time.

Here, in a modified example, not only a plurality of sorting patterns are output, but also corresponding estimated processing times associated with the plurality of sorting patterns. In this way, the operator can take into account the corresponding estimated processing times when the operator selects one sorting pattern. For example, if an operator doubts what to choose, the operator can choose one sorting pattern whose estimated processing time is the shortest, without any consideration.

An additionally modified example of the first embodiment

In one embodiment of the present invention, the step of entering transactional information to form a sorting template is optional. The method in which the sorting template is generated without using the entered transactional information is described based on the sorting processing shown as shown in FIG. 9. Thus, the step of “reading historical data associated with transactional information” in FIG. 9 (see step S2 in FIG. 9) is skipped. Instead, in the step of “generating a plurality of sorting patterns based on historical data” (see step S3 in FIG. 9), a plurality of sorting patterns are generated regardless of the transaction information of the transaction to be completed from the current point in time.

For example, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 generates a plurality of sorting patterns for the respective categories to which the customers belong. As an example, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 generates a sorting pattern for banks, a sorting pattern for department stores, and a sorting pattern for retail stores. These sorting templates are displayed on the touch panel 59 in combination with the corresponding categories to which the customers belong. Since the operator knows the category to which the client of the current transaction belongs, the operator can select the appropriate sorting pattern from the generated and displayed three sorting patterns.

As another example, for example, when the number of clients is small, the sorting pattern generation unit 51 generates a plurality of sorting patterns for the respective clients based on the corresponding historical data corresponding to the respective clients. Thus, the sorting patterns generated by the sorting pattern forming unit 51 are displayed on the touch panel 59 in combination with the respective customer names. Since the operator knows the client name of the current transaction, the operator can choose a sorting pattern for the client from among the many sorting patterns. Thus, the transaction information entered in step S1 is used to update the history data (see step S21 in FIG. 9).

SECOND EMBODIMENT

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention is described below.

In a first embodiment, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 has a storage unit 56, an input unit 57, and a sorting pattern generating unit 51. However, in order to achieve the effects of the present invention, it is not required that the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 have all of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57, and the sorting pattern forming unit 51. Thus, in the second embodiment, an external device 500 configured to communicate with the paper sheet processing apparatus 100, as shown in FIG. 10, has any of a storage unit 56, an input unit 57, and a sorting pattern generating unit 51. The external device 500 is, for example, an individual control device configured to manage information about paper sheet processing apparatuses 100.

Another structure of the second embodiment is essentially the same as the structure of the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, the same parts as in the first embodiment are shown by the same reference numerals, and a detailed description thereof is omitted.

In the first method, the paper sheet processing device 100 has any two of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57, and the sorting template forming unit 51, and the external device 500 connected to the paper sheet processing device 100 has the remaining one of them.

Specifically, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have an input unit 57 and a sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external device 500 may have a storage unit 56. Alternatively, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have a storage unit 56 and a sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external apparatus 500 may have an input unit 57. Alternatively, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have a storage unit 56 and an input unit 57, and the external device 500 may have a sorting pattern generating unit 51.

In the second method, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 has any of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57, and the sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external device 500 connected to the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 has the other two among them.

Specifically, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have a storage unit 56, and the external device 500 may have an input unit 57 and a sorting pattern generating unit 51. Alternatively, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have an input unit 57, and the external device 500 may have a storage unit 56 and a sorting pattern generating unit 51. Alternatively, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have a sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external apparatus 500 may have a storage unit 56 and an input unit 57.

In the third method, the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 has none of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57, and the sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external device 500 connected to the paper sheet processing apparatus 100 has all of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57 and block 51 for forming sorting patterns.

Here, it is not required that the number of external devices be a unit. Many external devices can be used.

According to the second embodiment, the same effects as in the first embodiment can also be achieved. The description of the same effects is not repeated, since the same effects have already been described with respect to the first embodiment.

THIRD EMBODIMENT

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention is described below.

In a second embodiment, one external device 500 is provided for one paper sheet processing device 100. In a third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, there are a plurality of paper sheet processing apparatuses 100, and one external device 500 is provided for the plurality of paper sheet processing apparatuses 100.

In the third embodiment, the external device 500 serves as a host control device that takes into account the history data of the respective paper sheet processing apparatus 100.

Another structure of the third embodiment is substantially the same as the structure of the second embodiment. In the third embodiment, the same parts as in the second embodiment are shown by the same reference numerals, and a detailed description thereof is omitted.

In a third embodiment, each paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have all of a storage unit 56, an input unit 57, and a sorting pattern generating unit 51. Alternatively, each paper sheet processing device 100 may have any two of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57, and the sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external device 500 may have the remaining one of them. Alternatively, each paper sheet processing apparatus 100 may have any of a storage unit 56, an input unit 57, and a sorting pattern generating unit 51, and the external device 500 may have the remaining two of them. Alternatively, each paper sheet processing device 100 may have none of the storage unit 56, the input unit 57, and the sorting pattern forming unit 51, and the external device 500 may have all of: the storage unit 56, the input unit 57 and the sorting pattern forming unit 51, which serve for each paper sheet processing apparatus 100.

According to the third embodiment, as well as the second embodiment, the same effects can be achieved as in the first embodiment. The description of the same effects is not repeated, since the same effects have already been described with respect to the first embodiment.

According to a third embodiment, the external device 500 processes the history data of the respective paper sheet processing apparatus 100. Thus, it is possible to form a sorting pattern based on historical data sets whose quantity is larger. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with greater accuracy. That is, it can be said according to the third embodiment that the history data of the respective paper sheet processing apparatuses 100 are collectively controlled by the external device 500. Thus, with respect to paper sheets that have been processed by the various paper sheet processing apparatuses 100, it is possible to store and manage historical data and transaction data associated with historical data. As a result, it is possible to generate a sorting template based on historical data sets whose quantity is larger, that is, it can be said, it is possible to generate a corresponding sorting template based on more reliable data. Thus, it is possible to reduce the time and labor required for organizational processing with greater accuracy.

In conclusion, the description of the above relevant embodiments and the disclosure of the drawings are only illustrative to explain the present invention defined in the attached claims. The scope of the claims of the present invention is not limited to the description of the above relevant embodiments and the disclosure of the drawings.

Claims (63)

1. A paper sheet processing apparatus comprising: a capture unit configured to capture paper sheets into a paper sheet processing apparatus; a conveyance unit configured to transport paper sheets captured by the capture unit; a plurality of stacking units configured to stack paper sheets transported by the transport unit; a recognition and counting unit configured to recognize and count paper sheets transported by the transport unit; an input unit configured to enter transactional transaction information; a storage unit configured to store transactional information and historical data, including the calculated result of paper sheets by means of a recognition and counting unit, in combination with each other; a sorting pattern generation unit configured to generate a sorting pattern corresponding to that entered by the transaction information input unit for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking stacks based on historical data stored in the storage unit; and a control unit configured to control the conveyance unit so that paper sheets captured by the capture unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern. 2. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which historical data includes quantitative information about the respective types, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each type. 3. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 2, in which a plurality of stacking units includes a stacking unit of stacks of paper sheets to be stacked, configured to stack stacks of paper sheets to be stacked, additionally provided is a stacking unit configured to stack paper sheets folded in a stacking unit into stacks of paper sheets to be stacked to form a stack of paper sheets, and the sorting template generation unit is configured to generate a sorting template so that, based on quantitative information about the respective types, paper sheets of the type whose quantity is large are stacked in the stacking unit in the stacks of paper sheets to be stacked. 4. The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a discarding region into which paper sheets to be discarded are transported, wherein the unit for generating sorting templates is configured to generate a sorting template so that the number of paper sheets to be transported to the drop area is the smallest. 5. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which historical data include: quantitative information about face up and face down, which refers to the number of paper sheets face up, and paper sheets face down, quantitative information about the orientation, which refers to the number of paper sheets of each orientation, or quantitative Shelf life information, which refers to the quantities of eligible paper sheets and unusable paper sheets. 6. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which paper sheets are banknotes, and historical data includes: quantitative information about the currency, which refers to the number of banknotes for each currency, quantitative information about the face value, which refers to the number of banknotes for each face value, quantitative information about the version, which refers to the number of banknotes for each version, or quantitative information on issuing banks, which refers to the number of paper sheets for each issuing bank. 7. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which transactional information includes customer information that identifies the customer as a party to the transaction. 8. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which transactional information includes customer category information that identifies the customer category as a party to the transaction. 9. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which Transactional information includes customer-employee information that identifies the employee for the customer as a party to the transaction. 10. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which transactional information includes pre-processing information that relates to a processing device that processed paper sheets before a transaction. 11. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which transactional information includes transaction time / period information, which refers to a transaction time or a transaction period. 12. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which the input unit includes a read unit configured to read a storage medium in which transaction information has been stored. 13. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which the recognition and counting unit is configured to read a separator card in which transaction information has been stored, and the recognition and counting unit is configured to serve as an input unit. 14. The device for processing paper sheets according to claim 1, in which the unit for generating sorting patterns is configured to generate a plurality of sorting patterns, an output unit configured to output multiple sorting patterns is provided, there is provided a selection unit configured to select one sorting pattern from a plurality of sorting patterns, and the control unit is configured to control the conveyance unit so that paper sheets captured by the capture unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern selected by the selection unit. 15. The paper sheet processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the output unit is configured to output a plurality of sorting patterns in combination with corresponding estimated processing time periods based on the plurality of sorting patterns. 16. A paper sheet processing system, comprising: a paper sheet processing device that collects paper sheets and organizes paper sheets; and an external device configured to communicate with a paper sheet processing device, wherein the paper sheet processing apparatus includes a capture unit configured to capture paper sheets into a paper sheet processing apparatus, a conveyance unit configured to transport paper sheets captured by the capture unit, a plurality of stacking units configured to stack paper sheets transported by the transport unit, a recognition and counting unit configured to recognize and count paper sheets transported by the transport unit, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance unit so that paper sheets captured by the capture unit are stacked in a plurality of stacking units according to the sorting pattern; wherein any of the paper sheet processing apparatus and the external device comprises: an input unit configured to enter transactional transaction information; a storage unit configured to store transactional information and historical data, including the calculated result of paper sheets by means of a recognition and counting unit, in combination with each other; and a sorting template generation unit configured to generate a sorting template corresponding to transactional information input by the input unit for paper sheets to be stacked in a plurality of stacking stacks based on historical data. 17. The paper sheet processing system of claim 16, wherein a plurality of paper sheet processing devices are provided, and the external device is a host control device configured to record historical data of respective paper sheet processing devices. 18. The paper sheet processing system of claim 17, wherein the input unit includes a read unit configured to read a storage medium in which transaction information has been stored. 19. The paper sheet processing system of claim 17, wherein the recognition and counting unit is configured to read a separator card in which transaction information has been stored, and the recognition and counting unit is configured to serve as an input unit.

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