Paper sheet handling apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9472039-B2
Application number	US-201213419922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2012
Priority date	Sep 7, 2011
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

According to one embodiment, paper sheet handling apparatus includes inspecting module configured to detect denominations and directions of paper sheets, accumulating modules configured to accumulate paper sheets, storing module configured to store setting information in which accumulating modules are associated with denominations and directions of paper sheets, sorting module configured to specify accumulating module which accumulates paper sheets based on denomination and direction and setting information and to convey paper sheets to specified accumulating module, controlling module configured to display setting screen by displaying module based on setting information and to update setting information based on operation input to operating module.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A paper sheet handling apparatus configured to count papers sheets, comprising:
a taking-in module configured to take in the paper sheets and a batch card one by one from a bundle in which the paper sheets and the batch card having identifying information are placed in an overlapping manner;
a conveying module configured to convey the paper sheets and the batch cards taken in by the taking-in module;
an inspecting module configured to detect denomination, direction, and fitness status of the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying module, acquire a count result, and detect the identifying information from the batch card;
a batch card processing module configured to associate the count result with the identifying information;
accumulating modules configured to accumulate the paper sheets detected by the inspecting module;
a storing module configured to store setting information in which the accumulating modules are associated with the denomination, the direction, and the fitness status of the paper sheets to be accumulated;
a sorting module configured to specify the accumulating module which accumulates the paper sheets based on the denomination and the direction detected by the inspecting module and the setting information and to convey the paper sheets to the specified accumulating module;
an operating module configured to accept an operation;
a displaying module configured to display various kinds of information; and
a controlling module configured to display a setting screen by the displaying module based on the setting information stored in the storing module and to update the setting information based on the operation input to the operating module, the setting screen including a menu for setting the denomination of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules, a menu for setting the direction of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules, and a menu for setting the fitness status of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules;
wherein the menu for setting the direction of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules includes, as set items, a first posture in which a front surface of the paper sheet is directed upward and an upper end of the paper sheet is directed forward of a conveyance direction, a second posture in which a front surface of the paper sheet is directed upward and a lower end of the paper sheet is directed forward of the conveyance direction, a third posture in which a back surface of the paper sheet is directed downward and an upper end of the paper sheet is directed forward of the conveyance direction, and a fourth posture in which a front surface of the paper sheet is directed downward and a lower end of the paper sheet is directed forward of the conveyance direction.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sorting module has an inverting module configured to invert a front side and a back side of the paper sheet and an upper end and a lower end of the same, and
the controlling module uniforms the directions of the paper sheets according to the direction set in the setting information using the inverting module.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the inspecting module detects generations of the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying module,
the storing module stores information indicating the generations of the paper sheets to be accumulated with the accumulating module by associating the information indicating the generations with the setting information, and
the sorting module specifies the accumulating module which accumulates the paper sheets based on the denomination, the direction, the fitness status, and the generation detected by the inspecting module and the setting information, and conveys the paper sheets to the specified accumulating module.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein the controlling module uses the displaying module to display the setting screen, the setting screen further including a menu for setting the generations of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules.

Assignees

• Sato Masashi
• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Sato Masashi

Classifications

• G07D11/20

  Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling · CPC title

• G07D11/50 Primary

  Sorting or counting valuable papers · CPC title

• G07D11/0051

  Physics · mapped topic

• G07D11/0084 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic