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US 11,995,940 B2Granted
Banknote handling apparatus, conveyance control method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium
AssigneeFujitsu Frontech Limited
InventorToshiki Saji
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Abstract
A banknote handling apparatus includes a plurality of storage mechanisms that are provided for each type of paper sheet and store a corresponding paper sheet, a distinguishing unit that distinguishes a first paper sheet input, a detection unit that detects that the first paper sheet is conveyed to a corresponding storage mechanism specified according to a result of distinguishing, and a drive control unit that controls driving of a gate portion that switches a conveyance pathway to the corresponding storage mechanism according to a positional relationship between the first paper sheet and a forward paper sheet conveyed earlier than the first paper sheet when conveyance of the first paper sheet is detected.
Claims6
A banknote handling apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of storage mechanisms that are provided for each type of paper sheet and store a corresponding paper sheet;
- a distinguishing unit that distinguishes a first paper sheet input;
- a reference sensor that is installed on a conveyance path between the distinguishing unit and the plurality of storage mechanisms, and detects a paper sheet conveyed on the conveyance path;
- a detection unit that detects that the first paper sheet is conveyed to a corresponding storage mechanism specified according to a result of the distinguishing;
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- a drive control unit that:
- in response to a detection of the first paper sheet by the detection unit,
- determines a positional relationship between the first paper sheet and a forward paper sheet conveyed earlier than the first paper sheet, based on a time elapsed from when the forward paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor to when the first paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor, and
- in accordance with the determined positional relationship, corrects reference data indicating timing of driving a gate portion that switches a conveyance pathway to the corresponding storage mechanism after the first paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor, and changes the timing of driving the gate portion;
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- immediately drives the gate portion when a conveyance of the first paper sheet is detected in a case where the corresponding storage mechanism that is a conveyance destination of an initial paper sheet after start of conveyance of the first paper sheet or the first paper sheet is different from a storage mechanism that is a conveyance destination of the forward paper sheet.
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A conveyance control method comprising:
- distinguishing, by a distinguishing unit, a first paper sheet input;
- detecting that the first paper sheet is conveyed to a corresponding storage mechanism specified according to a result of distinguishing among a plurality of storage mechanisms that are provided for each type of paper sheet and store a corresponding paper sheet;
- in response to the detecting of the first paper sheet,
- determining a positional relationship between the first paper sheet and a forward paper sheet conveyed earlier than the first paper sheet, based on a time elapsed from when the forward paper sheet is passed through a reference sensor to when the first paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor, the reference sensor being installed on a conveyance path between the distinguishing unit and the plurality of storage mechanisms to detect a paper sheet conveyed on the conveyance path, and
- in accordance with the determined positional relationship, correcting reference data indicating timing of driving a gate portion that switches a conveyance pathway to the corresponding storage mechanism after the first paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor, and changing the timing of driving the gate portion;
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- immediately driving the gate portion when a conveyance of the first paper sheet is detected in a case where the corresponding storage mechanism that is a conveyance destination of an initial paper sheet after start of conveyance of the first paper sheet or the first paper sheet is different from a storage mechanism that is a conveyance destination of the forward paper sheet.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein a conveyance control program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:
- distinguishing, by a distinguishing unit, a first paper sheet input;
- detecting that the first paper sheet is conveyed to a corresponding storage mechanism specified according to a result of distinguishing among a plurality of storage mechanisms that are provided for each type of paper sheet and store a corresponding paper sheet;
- in response to the detecting of the first paper sheet,
- determining a positional relationship between the first paper sheet and a forward paper sheet conveyed earlier than the first paper sheet, based on a time elapsed from when the forward paper sheet is passed through a reference sensor to when the first paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor, the reference sensor being installed on a conveyance path between the distinguishing unit and the plurality of storage mechanisms to detect a paper sheet conveyed on the conveyance path, and
- in accordance with the determined positional relationship, correcting reference data indicating timing of driving a gate portion that switches a conveyance pathway to the corresponding storage mechanism after the first paper sheet is passed through the reference sensor, and changing the timing of driving the gate portion;
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- immediately driving the gate portion when a conveyance of the first paper sheet is detected in a case where the corresponding storage mechanism that is a conveyance destination of an initial paper sheet after start of conveyance of the first paper sheet or the first paper sheet is different from a storage mechanism that is a conveyance destination of the forward paper sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.