Sheets processing apparatus and sheets processing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9799157-B2
Application number	US-201414577620-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2014
Priority date	Sep 29, 2004
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

A sheet processing apparatus including a table to be loaded a first and a second banknote group partitioned by a header card recording the bar code number in the piling direction of the banknotes, a take-in portion to take in the banknotes of the first and second banknote groups loaded on the table and the header card, a discrimination portion to count the banknotes taken in by the take-in portion and discriminate the kind thereof, a plurality of stackers to sort and stack the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination portion on the basis of the kink thereof, and a sensor to detect the header card taken in by the take-in portion. The sheet processing apparatus additionally includes a controller to control so as to stop the taking-in of the second banknote group on the basis of detection of the header card by the sensor and after a lapse of a predetermined time, to start the taking-in of the second banknote group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A processing system, comprising:
a document processing device, including a memory configured to store source identification information for at least two banknote groups in a sequence, the document processing device being configured to:
accept the at least two banknote groups in a loading portion,
perform multiple batch processing of the at least two banknote groups in a sequence consistent with the sequence of the source identification information for the at least two banknote groups, when the source identification information is stored in the memory,
initiate conveyance of the at least two banknote groups through the document processing device, one banknote at a time, in said sequence consistent with the sequence of the source identification information for the at least two banknote groups, when the source identification information is stored in the memory, and
obtain characteristic information from each banknote of the at least two banknote groups;

a bundling portion configured to bundle the conveyed banknotes, the bundling portion including:
at least a first stacker and a second stacker being horizontally arranged along a line, each of the at least first stacker and the second stacker being configured to:
stack and sort the conveyed banknotes by banknote type based on the stored source identification information,
alternately receive a predetermined number of the conveyed banknotes, and
when a number of the conveyed banknotes stacked in the first stacker has reached the predetermined number, said banknotes are conveyed to the bundling portion and bundled, and the second stacker starts to receive subsequent conveyed banknotes; and

a switching gate configured to switch a banknote conveying direction to at least a first direction and a second direction,
the first stacker being installed along the first direction, and
the second stacker being installed along the second direction; and

a rejection portion configured to:
reload, onto the loading portion, rejected banknotes with a first separator card, or with a second separator card, or with the first and the second separator cards, which correspond to accumulated rejected banknotes,
take in the rejected banknotes and one or more of the first and the second separator cards at a take-in portion,
read card discriminating information of the one or more of the first and the second separator cards taken in at the take-in portion,
count individually the rejected banknotes taken in by the take-in portion to generate counting addition data, and
add the counting addition data to prior counting data of nonrejected banknotes using the card discriminating information as a key to update the prior counting data.

2. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the document processing device is further configured to pause the initiated conveyance between each group of the at least two banknote groups conveyed through the document processing device, and
wherein the stored source identification information includes the prior counting data for distinguishing between types of banknotes among the at least two banknote groups.

3. The processing system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the loading portion includes an insert port, a table, and a pressing plate, and
wherein the document processing device is further configured to accept, at the loading portion, a banknote group of the at least two banknote groups with the first separator card, or with the second separator card, or with the first and the second separator cards, in a standing position on the table and held by the pressing plate.

4. A processing method by a document processing device including a memory configured to store source identification information for at least two banknote groups in a sequence, a loading portion, a bundling portion configured to bundle conveyed banknotes and including at least a first stacker and a second stacker, a rejection portion, and a take-in portion, the method comprising:
accepting the at least two banknote groups in the loading portion;
performing multiple batch processing of the at least two banknote groups in a sequence consistent with the sequence of the source identification information for the at least two banknote groups, when the source identification information is stored in the memory;
conveying the at least two banknote groups through the document processing device, one banknote at a time, in said sequence consistent with the sequence of the source identification information for the at least two banknote groups, when the source identification information is stored in the memory;
obtaining characteristic information from each banknote of the at least two banknote groups;
bundling the conveyed banknotes, wherein said first stacker and said second stacker are horizontally arranged along a line;
stacking and sorting the conveyed banknotes by banknote type based on the stored source identification information;
alternately receiving a predetermined number of the conveyed banknotes;
conveying said banknotes, when a number of the conveyed banknotes stacked in the first stacker reaches the predetermined number, to the bundling portion and bundling said banknotes, and the second stacker begins receiving subsequent conveyed banknotes, the conveying including switching, by a switching gate, a banknote conveying direction to at least a first direction and a second direction, the first stacker being installed along the first direction, and the second stacker being installed along the second direction;
reloading, onto the loading portion, rejected banknotes with a first separator card, or with a second separator card, or with the first separator card and the second separator card, said rejected banknotes corresponding to accumulated rejected banknotes;
taking in, at the take-in portion, said rejected banknotes and one or more of the first separator card and the second separator card;
reading card discriminating information of the one or more of the first separator card and the second separator card taken in at the take-in portion;
counting individually said rejected banknotes taken in by the take-in portion and generating counting addition data; and
adding the generated counting addition data to prior counting data of nonrejected banknotes using the card discriminating information as a key to update the prior counting data.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Otsuka Toru

Classifications

• G07D11/165

  Picking · CPC title

• G07D11/14

  Inlet or outlet ports · CPC title

• G07D11/36

  Auditing of activities · CPC title

• G07D11/30 Primary

  Tracking or tracing valuable papers or cassettes · CPC title

• G07D11/20

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