SPECIFICATION
Paper-sheet Handling System and Paper-sheet Handling Method
5 CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[OOOl]
This application claims the benefit of priority from the
prior Japanese Patent Application No. 2013-110722 filed on May
27, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein
10 by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002]
The present invention relates to a paper-sheet handling
15 system configured to handle a paper sheet, such as a banknote,
a check, a coupon, a form, etc., and a paper-sheet handling
method using the paper-sheet handling system.
BACKGROUND ART
[0003]
There has been conventionally known a paper-sheet
handling system configured to handle a paper sheet. As such a
paper-sheet handling system, there is known a paper-sheet
handling system including a display unit which is configured to
25 display, when an error such as a jam occurs, a location where
the error has occurred and/or to display a procedure for
cancelling the error that has occurred (see W02008/044279).
[0004]
However, the display unit of the conventional paper-sheet
30 handling system as disclosed in W02008/044279 displays the
overall paper-sheet handling system, and thus a location that is
actually desired to be displayed, such as a location where an
error has occurred, is displayed only at a small scale.
[OOOS]
In order to cope with this, it can be considered that the
location desired to be displayed is displayed in an enlarged scale.
However, when the location desired to be displayed is merely
enlarged, there is a possibility that only a part of a paper-sheet
handling unit is displayed. In this case, it may be difficult for
an operator to intuitively know which paper-sheet handling unit
5 is displayed.
[0006]
In addition, when there are a number of possible
combinations of paper-sheet handling units in a paper-sheet
handling system, there is a problem in that image data
10 corresponding to an actual combination is prepared for each
time.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the
above circumstances. The object of the present invention is to
15 provide a paper-sheet handling system in which, when
information related to a part of a plurality of paper-sheet
handling units islare displayed, it is easy to intuitively know
which paper-sheet handling unitlunits islare displayed, among a
plurality of the paper-sheet handling units, and a paper-sheet
20 handling method using such a paper-sheet handling system.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
[0008]
A paper-sheet handling system according to the present
25 invention is a paper-sheet handling system including a plurality
of paper-sheet handling units each configured to handle a paper
sheet,
the paper-sheet handling system comprises a display unit
configured to, display information related to one or more
30 paper-sheet handling unitlunits,
wherein, when the display unit displays information
related to a part of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling units,
the display unit displays the information related to the
paper-sheet handling unitlunits per each unit.
3 5 [0009]
The paper-sheet handling system according to the
present invention may further comprise a memory unit
configured to store information related to each paper-sheet
handling unit as well as components and a layout of the
paper-sheet handling units included in the paper-sheet handling
5 system,
wherein the display unit may display the information
related to the one or more paper-sheet handling unitlunits,
based on the information related to each paper-sheet handling
unit as well as the components and the layout of the
10 paper-sheet handling units included in the paper-sheet handling
system.
[0010]
In the paper-sheet handling system according to the
present invention, when the display unit displays a plurality of
15 the paper-sheet handling units, the display unit may display the
paper-sheet handling units that are adjacent to each other.
[0011]
The paper-sheet handling system according to the
present invention may further comprise an input unit configured
20 to change a display of the display unit,
wherein the display of the display unit may be changed
by operating the input unit such that the display unit displays a
paper-sheet handling unit which was not being displayed before
the input unit was operated and which is adjacent to a
25 paper-sheet handling unit that was being displayed before the
input unit was operated.
[0012]
In the paper-sheet handling system according to the
present invention, when no paper-sheet handling unit is
30 adjacent t o the paper-sheet handling unit displayed on the
display unit, information that the display of the display unit
cannot be changed may be notified.
[0013]
In the paper-sheet handling system according to the
35 present invention, the information related to the paper-sheet
handling unit may include basic information showing an external
appearance of the paper-sheet handling unit or an inside
structure of the paper-sheet handling unit.
[0014]
In the paper-sheet handling system according t o the
5 present invention, the information related to the paper-sheet
handling unit may include setting information of the paper-sheet
handling unit.
[0015]
In the paper-sheet handling system according to the
10 present invention, the information related to the paper-sheet
handling unit may include information showing an external
appearance of the paper-sheet handling unit or information
showing an inside structure of the paper-sheet handling unit,
and setting information of the paper-sheet handling unit, and
15 when the information showing an external appearance of
the paper-sheet handling unit or the information showing an
inside structure of the paper-sheet handling unit is selected, the
display unit may display the setting information of the
paper-sheet handling unit.
20 [0016]
A paper-sheet handling method according to the present
invention is a paper-sheet handling method using a paper-sheet
handling system including a plurality of paper-sheet handling
units,
25 the paper-sheet handling method comprises:
handling a paper sheet; and
displaying, on a display unit, information related to one
or more paper-sheet handling unitlunits;
wherein, when the display unit displays a part of a
30 plurality of the paper-sheet handling units, the display unit
displays the paper-sheet handling unitlunits per each unit.
[0017]
Due to the present invention, when the display unit
displays information related to a part of a plurality of the
35 paper-sheet handling units, the display unit displays the
paper-sheet handling unitlunits as per each unit. Thus, when
the part of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling units islare
displayed on the display unit, it is easy to intuitively know which
paper-sheet handling unitlunits islare displayed, among a
plurality of the paper-sheet handling units.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018]
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a structure
of a banknote handling apparatus according to an embodiment
10 of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a view showing an example of contents displayed
on an operation/display unit of the banknote handling apparatus
according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a view of contents shown by scrolling rightward
15 an upper left part of a screen of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a view showing another example of contents
displayed on the operationldisplay unit of the banknote handling
apparatus according to the embodiment of the present
invention.
20 Fig. 5 is a view showing further another example of
contents displayed on the operationldisplay unit of the banknote
handling apparatus according to the embodiment of the present
invention.
Fig. 6 is a functional block view of the banknote handling
25 apparatus according to the embodiment of the present
invention.
Fig. 7 is a view showing an example of a structure and an
arrangement of the banknote handling apparatus used in the
embodiment of the present invention.
3 0 Fig. 8 is a view showing another example of a structure
and an arrangement of the banknote handling apparatus used in
the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a view showing further another example of a
structure and an arrangement of the banknote handling
35 apparatus used in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a view showing further another example of a
structure and an arrangement of the banknote handling
apparatus used in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a view showing the operation/display unit of
the banknote handling apparatus according to the embodiment
5 of the present invention, with an external appearance of a
banknote handling unit being shown in an enlarged scale.
MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
[0019]
Embodiment
< >
An embodiment of a paper-sheet handling system and a
paper-sheet handling method according to the present invention
will be described herebelow with reference to the drawings.
15 [0020]
In this patent application, the term "paper-sheet handling
system" is used as a concept including a single "paper-sheet
handling apparatus". Thus, the "paper-sheet handling system"
recited in the "Claims" means either the paper-sheet handling
20 apparatus 100 itself or a combination of the paper-sheet
handling apparatus 100 and another apparatus. Herebelow,
there is mainly described an embodiment in which the
paper-sheet handling system means the paper sheet handling
apparatus 100 itself. In addition, the "paper-sheet" in this
25 patent application means a banknote, a check, a coupon, a form,
etc., but typically means a banknote.
[0021]
As shown in Fig. 1, a paper-sheet handling apparatus 100
in this embodiment includes: a housing 1; a reception unit 11
30 disposed on the housing 1 and configured to receive a plurality
of paper sheets; a taking-in unit 10 configured to take in, one
by one, the paper sheets having been received by the reception
unit 11; a transport unit 70 configured to transport the
respective paper sheets having been taken by the taking-in unit
35 10 into the housing 1; a recognition and counting unit 55
configured to recognize and count the paper sheets having been
transported by the transport unit 70; and a plurality of reject
units 65a, 65b configured to reject a paper sheet that has not
been stacked in stackers 61a-61d described below. In the
recognition process of a banknote, a banknote, the recognition
5 and counting unit 55 recognizes, for example, a denomination, a
fitness, a facelback, a version, a direction, an authenticity and
so on of the banknote.
[0022]
In addition, the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100
10 includes a stacker unit 60 having a plurality of the stackers 61a-
61d configured to stack therein paper sheets having been
recognized by the recognition and counting unit 55. Each of
the stackers 61a-61d has an opened front surface, so that an
operator can freely take out the paper sheets in the stackers
15 61a-61d. A unit including the aforementioned reception unit 11,
the taking-in unit 10 and the recognition and counting unit 55
constitute a taking-in and recognition unit 15.
100231
In addition, the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 in
20 this embodiment includes two paper-sheet bundling units 200
and 300 each of which is configured to bundle paper sheets the
number of which is predetermined such as one hundred.
LO0241
In addition, the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 in
25 this embodiment incudes a paper-sheet reversing unit 90 having
paper-sheet reversing parts 91, 95 each of which is configured
to reverse a paper sheet. The paper-sheet reversing parts 91,
95 include a short-side reversing part 95 and a long-side
reversing part 91. When a paper sheet is transported by the
30 transport unit 70 in a short-side direction, the short-side
revering part 95 turns over the transported paper sheet such
that an orientation in a short-side direction of the paper sheet is
reversed. Meanwhile, the long-side reversing part 91 turns
over a paper sheet transported by the transport unit 70 such
35 that an orientation in a long-side direction of the paper sheet is
reversed. Since details of a method of reversing a paper sheet
by the short-side reversing part 95 and the long-side reversing
part 91 are disclosed in W02010/097954, detailed description
thereof is omitted.
[0025]
5 In addition, as shown in Fig. 1, the transport unit 70 is
provided with a plurality of diverting members 71 each of which
is configured to suitably divert a paper sheet transported by the
transport unit 70. In addition, the transport unit 70 is provided
with a plurality of sensors 72 each of which is configured to
10 detect a paper sheet passing through the transport unit 70 and
to detect existence of a paper sheet in the transport unit 70.
The sensor 72 disposed on the reception unit 11 is used for
judging whether there is a paper sheet or not in the reception
unit 11.
15 [0026]
The transport unit 70, the diverting members 71 and the
sensors 72 are included in each of the taking-in and recognizing
unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the stacker unit 60
and the paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300.
20 [0027]
In addition, the paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300
in this embodiment respectively include a plurality of
to-be-bundled paper-sheet stacking units 210a-210c and
310a-310c each of which is configured to stack a plurality of
25 paper sheets having been transported by the transport unit 70,
and bundling units 250 and 350 each of which is configured to
bundle paper sheets stacked in the to-be-bundled paper-sheet
stacking units 210a-210c and 310a-310a with a bundling strip
so as to make a paper-sheet bundle.
30 [0028]
I n addition, the paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300
respectively include: pre-bundling transport units 220 and 320
configured to transport paper-sheets to be bundled from the
to-be-bundled paper-sheet stacking units 210a-210c and
35 310a-310c to the bundling units 250 and 350; post-bundling
transport units 260 and 360 configured to transport a
paper-sheet bundle from the bundling units 250 and 350; and
paper-sheet-bundle stacking units 270 and 370 configured to
accommodate a bundled paper-sheet bundle having been
transported by the post-bundling transport units 260 and 360.
5 A paper-sheet bundle accommodated in the paper-sheet-bundle
stacking units 270 and 370 can be discharged to bundle
discharge openings (not shown) by the paper-sheet-bundle
stacking units 270 and 370. Each of the aforementioned
bundling units 250 and 350 is configured to bundle paper sheets
10 into a paper-sheet bundle by wrapping one hundred paper
sheets, for example, with a bundling strip and fastening the
bundling strip.
[0029]
In addition, as shown in Fig. 1, the paper-sheet bundling
15 units 200 and 300 respectively include fractional return
openings 285 and 385 through which a fractional paper-sheet
stacked in the to-be-bundled paper-sheet stacking units
210a-210c and 310a-310c is discharged to an operator, when a
transaction is finished.
[0030]
The paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 in this
embodiment also includes an operationldisplay unit 59 formed
of a touch panel, for example. The operation/display unit 59
can display predetermined information, and predetermined
25 information can be inputted through the operationldisplay unit
59. The operationldisplay unit 59 is configured to display
information related to one or more paper-sheet handling
unitlunits. When the operationldisplay unit 59 displays
information related to a part of the paper-sheet handling
30 unitlunits, the operation/display unit 59 is configured to display
information related to the paper-sheet handling unitlunits of
interest per each unit. In addition, by pressing a button or the
like displayed on a screen, the display in the operation/display
unit 59 can be changed. As described above, in this
35 embodiment, the operation/display unit 59 functions are the
"display unit" and the "input unit" recited in "Claims". "To
display per each unit" means that the "paper-sheet handling
unit/unitsU islare entirely displayed, instead of being partially
displayed.
[0031]
5 In this embodiment, the "paper-sheet handling unit" is a
unit that can be optionally combined with the paper-sheet
handling apparatus and installed therein. In the embodiment
shown in Fig. 1, the "paper-sheet handling unit" means the
taking-in and recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing unit
10 90, the stacker unit 60 and the paper-sheet bundling units 200
and 300, respectively.
[0032]
When the operation/display unit 59 displays a plurality of
the paper-sheet handling units, the operationldisplay unit 59 in
15 this embodiment is configured to display the paper-sheet
handling units that are adjacent to each other. Namely, when
two paper-sheet handling units are displayed, the two
paper-sheet handling units which are not adjacent to each other
are not simultaneously displayed. When there are displayed
20 three or more paper-sheet handling units including two
paper-sheet handling units that are not adjacent to each other,
a paper-sheet handling unit, which is interposed between the
two paper-sheet handling units that are not adjacent to each
other, is simultaneously displayed. For example, the
25 operation/display unit 59 simultaneously displays the taking-in
and recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the
stacker unit 60 and the paper-sheet bundling unit 200 (see
upper left part of Fig. 2). By scrolling the screen, the
operation/display unit 59 simultaneously displays the two
30 paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300 (see upper left part of
Fig. 3).
[0033]
Not limited to such an embodiment, the operation/display
unit 59 in this embodiment may simultaneously display the
35 paper-sheet handling units that are not adjacent to each other.
According to this embodiment, when errors occur
simultaneously in paper-sheet handling units that are not
adjacent to each other, a plurality of the paper-sheet handling
units in which the errors have occurred can be simultaneously
displayed. This manner of display is advantageous in that only
5 the paper-sheet handling units desired to be displayed can be
displayed collectively.
[0034]
The display of the operationldisplay unit 59 is changed
such that, by operating the operationldisplay unit 59, the
10 operationldisplay unit 59 displays a paper-sheet handling unit
which was not being displayed before the operationldisplay unit
59 was operated and which is adjacent to the paper-sheet
handling unit that was being displayed before the
operation/display unit 59 was operated. This point is explained
15 by giving an example. For example, when the taking-in and
recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the
stacker unit 60 and the paper-sheet bundling unit 200 are
displayed while the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 is not
displayed, by, e.g., pressing the button displayed on the screen
20 of the operationldisplay unit 59 so as to operate the
operationldisplay unit 59, the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 is
displayed instead of the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the
paper-sheet reversing unit 90 and the stacker unit 60. As a
result, the two paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300 are
25 displayed on the operationldisplay unit 59.
[0035]
In addition, in this embodiment, when no paper-sheet
handling unit is adjacent to the paper-sheet handling unit
displayed on the operationldisplay unit 59, information that the
30 display of the operationldisplay unit 59 cannot be changed is
notified. This point is explained by giving an example.
Suppose that the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the
paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the stacker unit 60 and the
paper-sheet bundling unit 200 are displayed. In this case,
35 since no paper-sheet handling unit exists on the left side of the
paper-sheet reversing unit 90, a button for scrolling the screen
leftward is not displayed or displayed vaguely on the screen of
the operation/display unit 59. Similarly, suppose that the two
paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300 are displayed. In this
case, since no paper-sheet handling unit exists on the right side
5 of the paper-sheet bundling unit 300, a button for scrolling the
screen rightward is not displayed or displayed vaguely on the
screen of the operation/display unit 59. In the display of the
upper left part of Fig. 2, a triangle facing the left side is
depicted by "dotted lines", which means that the screen cannot
10 be scrolled any more. Similarly, in the display of the upper left
part of Fig. 3, a triangle facing the right side is depicted by
"dotted lines", which means that the screen cannot be scrolled
any more. On the other hand, in the display of the upper left
part of Fig. 2, a triangle facing the right side is depicted by a
15 "solid line", which means that the screen can be scrolled.
Similarly, in the display of the upper left part of Fig. 3, a
triangle facing the left side is depicted by a "solid line", which
means that the screen can be scrolled.
[0036]
20 The operation/display unit 59 may display information
related to a location where an error has occurred. As shown in
the upper left part of Figs. 2 and 3, for example, the location
with error has occurred may be displayed emphatically by
lighting, blinking, coloring, etc. (in Figs. 2 and 3, the
25 paper-sheet bundling unit 200 with error is depicted by a "bold
line"). In addition, as shown in the lower left parts of Figs. 2
and 3, information related to the error is shown by characters.
In addition, as shown in the right side parts of Figs. 2 and 3,
the operation/display unit 59 may display a video for showing
30 an error releasing method.
[0037]
The "information related to a paper-sheet handling unit"
in this embodiment may include information showing an inside
structure of a paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in Fig.
35 1, in addition to the information showing an external
appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in
Figs. 2 and 3. In addition, the "information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit" may include a count result by the
paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in the left side part of
Fig. 4, and setting information such as a stacker pattern or the
5 like of the paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in the
upper right part of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5. In addition, it is not
necessary that the "information related to a paper-sheet
handling unit" includes information related to an external
appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in
10 Figs. 2 and 3. The "information related to a paper-sheet
handling unit" may include one or more of information showing
an inside structure of a paper-sheet handling unit, which is
shown in Fig. 1, a count result by the paper-sheet handling unit,
which is shown in the left side part of Fig. 4, and setting
15 information such as a stacker pattern .or the like of the
paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in the upper right
part of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.
100381
Fig. 4 shows that "PCS" displayed on an upper central
20 part of Fig. 4 is selected. In this mode, the number of unfit
note(s), the number of fit note(s), the total amount number,
and the number of bundle(s) are displayed for each
denomination. In Fig. 4, the number of unfit note@) is
displayed on an "UNFIT" column, the number of fit note@) is
25 displayed on a "FIT" column, the total amount number is
displayed on a "COUNT" column, and the number of bundle(s) is
displayed on a "Straps" column. When "AMT" of Fig. 4 is
selected, a total amount sum is displayed. In Fig. 4, "**A"
means an old version note, and "**" without the character A
30 means a new version note. In Fig. 4, "START" is a button for
starting a recognizing and counting process. In Fig. 4,
"ACCEPT" is a button for accepting a transaction. In Fig. 4,
"TOTAL" is a button for displaying all of the accepted transaction
contents. In Fig. 4, "CLEAR" is a button for deleting a count
35 result shown on the operation/display unit 59.
[0039]
When "SElTING" displayed on the upper right part of Fig.
4 is selected, the screen is changed to a setting screen on which
a setting of paper sheets to be stacked in the stackers 61a-61d
and so on can be changed. In addition, setting information
5 such as a stacker pattern or the like is displayed on the upper
right part of the operationldisplay unit 59. To be specific, in
Fig. 4, a stacker pattern of "Pattern 2" is displayed. A storage
unit 56, which is described below, stores setting information
such as a plurality of stacker patterns and so on. In the
10 embodiment shown in Fig. 4, by pressing buttons displayed on
both sides of "Pattern 2", different stacker patterns can be
sequentially displayed on the operation/display unit 59.
[0040]
In addition, the screen can be scrolled by pressing
15 triangular buttons ("AU,"A"d)i splayed on the operation/display
unit 59. More specifically, by pressing the upward or downward
triangular button displayed adjacently to the stacker pattern,
setting information of another paper-sheet handling unit, which
is not displayed at present, can be displayed. In the
20 embodiment shown in Fig. 4, by pressing the downward
triangular button, a stacker pattern of the banknote bundling
unit 300 can be displayed. In addition, by pressing the
rightward or leftward triangular button shown in the lower right
part of Fig. 4 where the external appearance of the paper-sheet
25 handling unit is shown, an external appearance of another
paper-sheet handling unit, which is not displayed at present,
can be displayed. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4, by
pressing the rightward triangular button, an external
appearance of the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 can be
30 displayed. In Fig. 4, the blank triangle ("A") means that there
is no information related to an adjacent paper-sheet handling
unit and thus such information cannot be displayed, and the
black triangle (" A 'I) means that information related to an
adjacent paper-sheet handling unit can be displayed. In
35 addition, the setting information and the external appearance
(the "external appearance" is one example of the
below-described "basic information") related to the same
paper-sheet handling unit may be displayed. In order to
achieve such a display, when one of the display of the setting
information and the external appearance (basic information) is
5 scrolled, the other display is automatically scrolled in
conjunction therewith.
[0041]
In this embodiment, the "button" is used for scrolling the
display of the screen, which is only as an example. Namely, it
10 is sufficient that a "changing unit" for changing a display of the
operationldisplay unit 59 exists. The "button" explained in this
embodiment is nothing more than one example of the changing
unit.
[0042]
When the operationldisplay unit 59 displays information
showing an external appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit
and information showing an inside of a paper-sheet handling
unit are displayed, the operationldisplay unit 59 may
emphatically display a location which requires some care by an
20 operator, such as a location where an error has occurred, a
location where acover of the housing is opened, a location
where a paper sheet remains after an acceptance process and
so on, by lighting, blinking, coloring, etc.
[0043]
25 In this embodiment, for example, information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit includes information showing an
external appearance of the paper-sheet handling unit, and
setting information of a paper-sheet handling unit. In this
embodiment, when an operator selects the information showing
30 an external appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit, which is
shown in the upper left parts of Figs. 2 and 3, through the
operationldisplay unit 59, the operationldisplay unit 59 may
display, in an enlarged scale, setting information of the selected
paper-sheet handling unit, which is shown in the upper right
35 parts of Fig. 4 and Fig. 5.
[0044]
The example is explained with reference to the
embodiment shown in Fig. 5. When an operator selects the
paper-sheet bundling unit 200 in the information showing an
external appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit, which is
5 shown in upper left of Fig. 2 and 3, setting information of the
selected paper-sheet bundling unit 200 is displayed as shown in
Fig. 5. In Fig. 5, the "paper-sheet bundling unit A" corresponds
to the paper-sheet bundling unit 200. The uppermost setting
information is related to the to-be-bundled paper-sheet stacking
10 unit 210a, the middle setting information is related to the
to-be-bundled paper-sheet stacking unit 210b, and the
lowermost setting information is related to the to-be-bundled
paper-sheet stacking unit 210c.
[0045]
In the embodiment in which information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit includes information showing an
inside structure of the paper-sheet handling unit and setting
information of the paper-sheet handling unit, when an operator
selects information showing an inside structure of the
20 paper-sheet handling unit, setting information of the selected
paper-sheet handling unit may be displayed on the
operation/display unit 59.
[0046]
As shown in Fig. 6, the paper-sheet handling apparatus
25 100 also comprises the memory unit 56 configured to store
various information. The memory unit 56 stores information
related to each paper-sheet handling unit as well as components
and a layout of the paper-sheet handling units included in the
paper-sheet handling system. As the information related to
30 each paper-sheet handling units, basic information showing an
external appearance of each paper-sheet handling unit or an
inside structure of each paper-sheet handling unit can be taken
as an example. Based on the basic information of each
paper-sheet handling unit as well as the components and the
35 layout of the paper-sheet handling units included in the
paper-sheet handling system, which are stored in the memory
unit 56, the operationldisplay unit 59 is configured to display
information related to a paper-sheet handling unit. The
memory unit 56 in this embodiment stores basic information of
the operationldisplay unit 59, and the position of the
5 operation/display unit 59.
[0047]
This point is explained with reference to the embodiment
shown in Fig. 1. The memory unit 56 stores information that
the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing
10 unit 90, the stacker unit 60, the paper-sheet bundling unit 200
and the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 are included in the
paper-sheet handling system, information that the paper-sheet
reversing unit 90, the stacker unit 60, the paper-sheet bundling
unit 200 and the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 are arranged in
15 this order from the left side, and information that the taking-in
and recognition unit 15 is arranged above the stacker unit 60.
In addition, the memory unit 56 stores the basic information of
each of the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet
reversing unit 90, the stacker unit 60 and the paper-sheet
20 bundling units 200 and 300.
[0048]
Based on the information related to the components and
the layout of the paper-sheet handling units, the
operationldisplay unit 59 is configured to read out the basic
25 information of the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the
paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the stacker unit 60 and the
paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300, and thus to display the
information related to a paper-sheet handling unit.
[0049]
3 0 In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 6, connected to the
control unit 50 are the taking-in unit 10, the transport unit 70,
the long-side reversing part 91, the short-side reversing part 95,
the bundling units 250 and 350, the pre-bundling transport
units 220 and 320, the post-bundling transport units 260 and
35 360, the stackers 61a-61d, the reject units 65a and 65b, the
memory unit 56, the recognition and counting unit 55, the
operation/display unit 59; the diverting members 71, the
sensors 72 and so on. The control unit 50 controls them and
obtains information therefrom.
[OOSO]
5 Although the present invention has been explained by
using the paper-sheet handling system including the taking-in
and recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the
the stacker unit 60, the paper-sheet bundling unit 200 and the
paper-sheet bundling unit 300, the embodiment of the
10 paper-sheet handling system is not limited thereto as a matter
of course. As has been already described, since the
"paper-sheet handling unit" is a unit that can be optionally
combined with the paper sheet handling apparatus and installed
therein, various combinations can be considered. For example,
15 there can be considered an embodiment in which the taking-in
and recognition unit 15, the two stackers units 60a and 60b,
and the one paper-sheet bundling unit 200 are included, which
is shown in Fig. 7, an embodiment in which the taking-in and
recognition unit 15, the two stacker units 60a and 60b, and the
20 two paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300 are included, which
is shown in Fig. 8, an embodiment in which the taking-in and
recognition unit 15 and the three stacker units 60a, 60b and
60c are included, which is shown in Fig. 9, and an embodiment
in which the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the one stacker
25 unit 60, and the three paper-sheet bundling units 200, 300 and
400 are included, which is shown in Fig. 10.
[0051]
In addition, for example, as in the embodiment shown in
Fig. 8, when the the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 has a
30 relatively larger length, the operationldisplay unit 59 may
simultaneously display the taking-in and recognition unit 15, the
two stacker units 60a and 60b, and the paper-sheet bundling
unit 200. By scrolling the screen, the operationldisplay unit 59
may simultaneously display the stacker unit 60b and the two
35 paper-sheet bundling units 200 and 300. Similarly, in the
embodiment shown in Fig. 10, the operationldisplay unit 59
may simultaneously display the taking-in and recognition unit
15, the stacker unit 60b, and the two paper-sheet bundling
units 200 and 300. By scrolling the screen, the
operation/display unit 59 may simultaneously display the three
5 paper-sheet bundling units 200, 300 and 400.
LO0521
Although the present invention has been described by
mainly using the embodiment in which the paper-sheet handling
system means the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 itself,
10 the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the
operation/display unit (input unit, display unit) and/or the
memory unit may be separated from the paper-sheet handling
apparatus 100. Alternatively, one or both of the
operation/display unit (input unit, display unit) and the memory
15 unit may be provided on a management apparatus that is
located apart from the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 and
manages the paper-sheet handling apparatus 100, for example.
As described above, these modification examples are based on
the fact that the "paper-sheet handling system" recited in
20 "Claims" may mean either the paper-sheet handling apparatus
100 itself or a combination of the paper-sheet handling
apparatus 100 and another apparatus.
[0053]
<>
25 Next, a paper-sheet handling method using the
aforementioned paper-sheet handling apparatus 100 is briefly
described.
[0054]
A plurality of paper-sheets are placed in the reception
30 unit 11 and the paper-sheets are taken, one by one, by the
taking-in unit 10 into the housing 1, so that a paper-sheet
handling process, such as a depositing process, a dispensing
process or the like, is performed. The paper sheets having
been taken into the housing 1 are transported by the transport
35 unit 70, and are recognized and counted by the recognition and
counting unit 55. Thereafter, the paper sheets are stored into
the storing units such as the stackers 61a-61d, the
to-be-bundled paper-sheet stacking units 210a-210c and
310a-310c and so on.
[0055]
5 For example, when an error occurs during the handling
process of the paper sheets, information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit in which the error has occurred is
displayed on the operation/display unit 59. Then, when a part
of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling units are displayed on
10 the operation/display unit 59, a plurality of the paper-sheet
handling units, including the paper-sheet handling unit in which
the error has occurred, are displayed per each unit.
[0056]
The point is explained with reference to an embodiment
15 shown in Fig. l l ( a ) . In Fig. l l ( a ) , an error has occurred in the
paper-sheet bundling unit 300, and the two paper-sheet
bundling units 200 and 300 are displayed. As shown in Fig.
l l ( a ) , the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 in which the error has
occurred is displayed in an enlarged scale, and is emphatically
20 displayed by blinking. Displayed on the operation/display unit
59 are the paper-sheet bundling unit 300 and the paper-sheet
bundling unit 200 adjacent thereto. The screen displayed on
the operation/display unit 59 can be scrolled. Namely, by
pressing the triangular button facing leftward, which is
25 displayed on the operation/display unit 59, the taking-in and
recognition unit 15, the paper-sheet reversing unit 90, the
stacker unit 60 and the paper-sheet bundling unit 200 are
displayed as shown in Fig. l l ( b ) . In Figs. l l ( a ) and ll(b), the
external appearances of the paper-sheet handling units are
30 displayed in an enlarged scale. However, the external
appearances of the paper-sheet handling units may be displayed
in the manner as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
[0057]
When errors occur in a plurality of the paper-sheet
35 handling units, a paper-sheet handling unit located on a
downstream side in a paper-sheet transport direction may be
preferentially displayed, for example. In the embodiment
shown in Fig. 1, the descending order of priority is the
paper-she bundling unit 300 > the paper-sheet bundling unit
200 > the stacker unit 60 > the paper-sheet reversing unit 90 >
5 the taking-in ad recognition unit 15. As an alternative example,
the paper-sheet handling units may be sequentially displayed in
the order that is preferred in releasing errors. This case is
advantageous in that an operator can naturally carry out an
error releasing process to the paper-sheet handling units in the
10 order preferred in releasing errors.
[0058]
< cOperation/Effect>>
Next, an operation/effect of this embodiment as
structured above is explained.
15 [0059]
According to this embodiment, when the
operation/display unit 59 displays information related to a part
of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling unit/units, the
operation/display unit 59 displays the paper-sheet handling
20 unit/units per each unit. Thus, when the part of a plurality of
the paper-sheet handling units islare displayed on the display
unit, it is easy for an operator to intuitively know which
paper-sheet handling unitlunits of a plurality of the paper-sheet
handling units islare displayed.
25 [0060]
This point is explained.
[0061]
The display unit of the conventional paper-sheet handling
system as disclosed in W02008/044279 displays the overall
30 paper-sheet handling system, and a location that is actually
desired to be displayed, such as a location where an error has
occurred, is displayed only at a small scale (see (Al), (C1) and
(C2) in Fig. 4 of W02008/044279). Thus, an operator cannot
know in detail where an error has occurred and what the error is
35 like, for example. In order to cope with this, it can be
considered that the location desired to be displayed is displayed
in an enlarged scale. However, when the location desired to be
displayed is merely enlarged, there is a possibility that only a
part of a paper-sheet handling unit is displayed. In this case, it
may be difficult for an operator to intuitively know which
5 paper-sheet handling unit is displayed.
[0062]
On the other hand, according to this embodiment, when
the operation/display unit 59 displays information related to a
part of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling unit/units, the
10 operation/display unit 59 is configured to display the
paper-sheet handling unit/units per each unit. Thus, there is
no possibility that the paper-sheet handling unit/units is/are
partially displayed; and since an overall external
appearance/appearances and an inside structure/structures of a
15 paper-sheet handling unit/units are displayed, it is easy for an
operator to intuitively know which paper-sheet handling
unit/units is/are displayed, even when the paper-sheet handling
unit/units is/are displayed in an enlarged scale (see upper left
part of Figs. 2and 3, lower right part of Fig. 4, and Figs. I l ( a )
20 and i l ( b ) ) .
[0063]
In addition, when an image is merely displayed in an
enlarged scale, there is displayed a location that is irrelevant to
a location actually desired to be displayed, such as a location
25 where an error has occurred. It is meaningless to display such
an irrelevant location in an enlarged scale. On the other hand,
according to this embodiment, only the paper-sheet handling
unit that is desired to be enlarged can be displayed, and further
a location desired to be enlarged can be displayed in a more
30 enlarged manner.
[0064]
In addition, in this embodiment, when a plurality of the
paper-sheet handling units are displayed, the paper-sheet
handling units that are adjacent to each other are displayed
35 (see upper left parts of Figs. 2and 3, lower right part of Fig. 4
and Figs. l l ( a ) and l l ( b ) ) . Thus, the actual layout of the
paper-sheet handling units and the layout of the paper-sheet
handling units displayed on the operation/display unit 59 can be
associated with each other, whereby an operator can easily
know the location where an error has occurred, for example.
5 100651
In addition, in this embodiment, by operating the
operation/display unit 59, the operation/display unit 59 displays
a paper-sheet handling unit which was not being displayed
before the operation/display unit 59 was operated and which is
10 adjacent to the paper-sheet handling unit that was being
displayed before the operation/display unit 59 was operated
(see upper left parts of Figs. 2 and 3 and Figs. 11(a) and l l ( b ) ) .
As a result, since an operator can scroll the screen in
accordance with the actual layout of the paper-sheet handling
15 units, the operator can easily know which paper-sheet handling
unit information he/she looks at now.
[0066]
In addition, in this embodiment, when no paper-sheet
handling unit is adjacent to the paper-sheet handling unit
20 displayed on the operation/display unit 59, information that the
display of the operationfdisplay unit 59 cannot be changed is
notified (see upper left parts of Figs. 2 and 3 and Figs. 1l(a)
and i l ( b ) ) . Thus, an operator can previously know that the
screen cannot be scrolled any more.
25 [0067]
In addition, when the "information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit" includes information showing an
external appearance (see upper left parts of Figs. 2 and 3 and
Figs. l l ( a ) and il(b)), since the actual external appearance
30 and the contents displayed on the operation/display unit 59
conform to each other, an operator can easily know at which
location an error has occurred, for example.
COO681
In addition, when the "information related to a
35 paper-sheet handling unit" includes information showing an
inside structure of a paper-sheet handling unit (see Fig. I), it
can be easily confirmed, through the operation/display unit 59,
at which location in the inside structure of the paper-sheet
handling unit an error has occurred, for example. Thus, it is
easy to a repair the error at an earlier timing. Although Fig. 1
5 shows the detailed structure, when the "information related to
paper-sheet handling unit" includes information showing an
inside structure of a paper-sheet handling unit, a more
simplified figure may be used.
[0069]
10 In addition, when the "information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit" includes setting information of a
paper-sheet handling unit (see upper right part of Fig. 4 and Fig,
5), an operator can easily know a setting of the paper-sheet
handling unit.
15 [0070]
Suppose an aspect in which the "information related to a
paper-sheet handling unit" includes information showing an
external appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit or
information showing an inside structure of a paper-sheet
20 handling unit, and setting information of a paper-sheet handling
unit; and when an operator selects the information showing an
external appearance of a paper-sheet handling unit or the
information showing an inside structure of a paper-sheet
handling unit, the operation/display unit 59 is configured to
25 display the setting information of a selected paper-sheet
handling unit. When this aspect is adopted, the operator can
confirm the setting information of the selected paper-sheet
handling unit, only by selecting the information showing an
external appearance of the paper-sheet handling unit or the
30 information showing an inside structure of the paper-sheet
handling unit. Since the information showing an external
appearance of the paper-sheet handling unit or an inside
structure of the paper-sheet handling unit conforms to the
actual layout condition of the paper-sheet handling unit, the
35 operator can easily know which paper-sheet handling unit
setting information he/she looks at now.
[0071]
In addition, in this embodiment, the memory unit 56 is
configured to store basic information of each paper-sheet
handling unit as well as components and a layout of the
5 paper-sheet handling units included in the paper-sheet handling
system. Based on the basic information of each paper-sheet
handling unit as well as the components and the layout of the
paper-sheet handling units included in the paper-sheet handling
system, which are stored in the memory unit 56, the
10 operation/display unit 59 is configured to display the
information related to a paper-sheet handling unit. Thus,
according to this embodiment, even when a structure
(combination) and/or a layout of the paper-sheet handling units
islare changed, it is not necessary to prepare new image data,
15 whereby a free plan of a client can be achieved with low costs.
[0072]
That is to say, in this embodiment, the memory unit 56
stores basic information of each paper-sheet handling unit.
Information related to actual components and an actual layout
20 of the paper-sheet handling units is inputted through, e.g., the
operation/display unit 59, and is stored in the memory unit 56.
Then, the operation/display unit 59 reads out the basic
information of each paper-sheet handling unit from the
information related to the actual components and the actual
25 layout of the paper-sheet handling units, and displays the
information related to a paper-sheet handling unit. Namely, in
this embodiment, since a paper-sheet handling unit is displayed
per each unit on the operation/display unit 59, it is sufficient
that only the basic information of each paper-sheet handling
30 unit is previously stored in the memory unit 56. Only by
inputting the information related to components and a layout of
the paper-sheet handling units through, e.g., the
operation/display unit 59 in accordance with an actual used
condition, the basic information stored in the memory unit 56 is
35 suitably read out so as to be displayed on the operation/display
unit 59. Therefore, since it is not necessary to previously
prepare an image in accordance with actual components
(combination) and an actual layout of the paper-sheet handling
system, a maker can satisfy a free plan of a user, without any
trouble or cost.
5 [0073]
The above description of the embodiment and the
disclosure of the drawings are mere examples for explaining the
invention recited in the claims. The invention recited in the
claims will not be limited by the above description of the
10 embodiment and the disclosure of the drawings.
[0074]
15 Taking-in and recognition unit
5 0 Control unit
56 Memory unit
15 59 operationJdisplay unit (display unit, input unit)
60 Stacker unit
90 Paper-sheet reversing unit
100 Paper-sheet handling apparatus
200 Paper-sheet bundling unit
20 300 Paper-sheet bundling unit
400 Paper-sheet bundling unit
1. A paper-sheet handling system including a plurality of
paper-sheet handling units each configured to handle a paper
sheet,
the paper-sheet handling system comprising a display
unit: configured to display information related to one or more
paper-sheet handling unitlunits,
wherein, when the display unit displays information
related to a part of a plurality of the paper-sheet handling units,
the display unit displays the information related to the
paper-sheet handling unitlunits per each unit.
2. The paper-sheet handling system according to claim 1,
further comprising a memory unit configured to store
information related to each paper-sheet handling unit as well as
components and a layout of the paper-sheet handling units
included in the paper-sheet handling system,
wherein the display unit displays the information related
to the one or more paper-sheet handling unitlunits, based on
the information related to each paper-sheet handling unit as
well as the components and the layout of the paper-sheet
handling units included in the paper-sheet handling system.
3. The paper-sheet handling system according to claim 1 or
2, wherein
when the display unit displays a plurality of the
paper-sheet handling units, the display unit displays the
paper-sheet handling units that are adjacent to each other.
4. The paper-sheet handling system according to any one of
claims 1 to 3, further comprising an input unit configured to
change a display of the display unit,
wherein the display of the display unit is changed by
operating the input unit such that the display unit displays a
paper-sheet handling unit which was not being displayed before
the input unit was operated and which is adjacent to a
paper-sheet handling unit that was being displayed before the
input unit was operated.
5. The paper-sheet handling system according to claim 4,
wherein
when no paper-sheet handling unit is adjacent to the
paper-sheet handling unit displayed on the display unit,
information that the display of the display unit cannot be
changed is notified.
6. The paper-sheet handling system according to any one of
claims 1 to 5, wherein
the information related to the paper-sheet handling unit
includes basic information showing an external appearance of
the paper-sheet handling unit or an inside structure of the
paper-sheet handling unit.
7. The paper-sheet handling system according to any one of
claims 1 to 6, wherein
the information related to the paper-sheet handling unit
includes setting information of the paper-sheet handling unit.
8. The paper-sheet handling system according to any one of
claims 1 to 7, wherein
the information related to the paper-sheet handling unit
includes information showing an external appearance of the
paper-sheet handling unit or information showing an inside
structure of the paper-sheet handling unit, and setting
information of the paper-sheet handling unit, and
when the information showing an external appearance of
the paper-sheet handling unit or the information showing an
inside structure of the paper-sheet handling unit is selected, the
display unit displays the setting information of the paper-sheet
handling unit.
9. A paper-sheet handling method using a paper-sheet
handling system including a plurality of paper-sheet handling
units, the paper-sheet handling method comprising:
handling a paper sheet; and
displaying, on a display unit, information related to one
or more paper-sheet handling unit/units;
wherein, when the display unit displays a part of a
plurality of the paper-sheet handling units, the display unit
displays the paper-sheet handling unit/units per each unit.