This method for controlling an articulated robot is a method for controlling an articulated robot having a plurality (at least 4) joints. In this method, a joint value for each joint is calculated in order to set the articulated robot in a target state by repeatedly executing unit processes, the unit processes comprising: a first group process in which a joint value expressing the state of a joint is calculated for a joint(s) belonging to a first group among the plurality of joints which are divided into a first group and a second group by performing an inverse kinematics computation using the joint(s) belonging to the first group; and a second group process in which a joint value of a joint(s) belonging to the second group is calculated by performing an inverse kinematics computation using the joint(s) belonging to the second group among the plurality of joints.
This articulated robot comprises: a base portion; a tip end portion; a plurality of links, including a first link and a second link, connecting the base portion and the tip end portion; a first driving mechanism which connects the first link and the second link, and which causes the second link to rotate relative to the first link, with an axis at an angle greater than a prescribed angle relative to a first direction in which the first link extends, as a first axis of rotation; a first movement mechanism which causes the first driving mechanism to move relative to the first link in the first direction; and a second movement mechanism which causes the second link to move relative to the first driving mechanism in a second direction in which the second link extends.
Provided is a method for controlling an articulated robot having a plurality of seven or more joints. The method for controlling an articulated robot: performs inverse-kinematics computation for computing the amounts of shift of a plurality of joints that allow the articulated robot to operate; repeatedly performs a unit process that includes a calculation process for updating a plurality of joint values of the plurality of joints on the basis of the amounts of shift, and a fixed process that is performed with respect to one of the plurality of joints of which a state based on the joint value is a predetermined specific state; and, if the fixed process is performed, shifts, during the calculation process, the joint value of a joint that does not have the specific state without substantially shifting the joint value of the joint of the specific state, among the joint values of the plurality of joints.
There is provided a base machine including a base machine feed path that conveys a paper sheet, and a validator identifying the paper sheet conveyed by the base machine feed path; an expansion unit including an extension feed path extending from the base machine feed path, a branching feed path branching from the extension feed path, and a plurality of stacking portions that are connected to the branching feed path and stack the paper sheet identified by the validator; and a control portion that, when a conveyance abnormality occur, continues conveyance operation of at least one of the extension feed path and the branching feed path without immediately stopping the conveyance operation and conveys the paper sheet to a predetermined stacking portion that is any of the plurality of stacking portions, in accordance with a location where the conveyance abnormality occurred and a type of the conveyance abnormality.
B65H 7/06 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed
B65H 43/04 - Use of control, checking, or safety devices, e.g. automatic devices comprising an element for sensing a variable detecting, or responding to, presence of faulty articles
G07D 11/237 - Means for sensing or detection for detecting malfunctions for detecting transport malfunctions, e.g. jams or misfeeds
G07D 11/18 - Diverting into different paths or containers
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes an accumulation and storage unit that accumulates and stores paper sheets conveyed by the conveyance unit while aligning the paper sheets, the accumulation and storage unit having an accumulation unit that accumulates the paper sheets so that a first direction which is one of a vertical width direction and a horizontal width direction and a second direction which is the other of the vertical width direction and the horizontal width direction are oriented in predetermined directions, a first alignment unit that is movable between a first retracted position spaced apart from the paper sheets and a first alignment position in contact with one end edge of the paper sheets positioned in the first direction; and a second alignment unit that is movable between a second retracted position spaced apart from the paper sheets and a second alignment position in contact with other end edge of the paper sheets positioned in the first direction, with a control unit that causes the paper sheets to be aligned in the first direction by causing the first alignment unit and the second alignment unit to move from the first retracted position and the second retracted position to the first alignment position and the second alignment position and tap the paper sheets accumulated in the accumulation unit from both sides of the first direction.
A program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium causes a processor to function as: an acquisition unit for acquiring selection information indicating a cultivation mode selected from among a plurality of cultivation modes regarding plants cultivated in a greenhouse for cultivating plants; and a device control unit whereby a plurality of environment adjustment devices for adjusting the environment inside the greenhouse are controlled in accordance with the cultivation mode indicated by the selection information.
[Problem] To provide a wireless power supply system and method, and a wireless power-receiving system, with which impedance is easily adjusted even if a load-side circuit impedance fluctuates. [Solution] A wireless power supply system 1 that feeds and receives electric power between a power-feeding coil 32 and a power-receiving coil 41 using a magnetic resonance scheme, the wireless power supply system 1 being such that: the power-receiving coil 41 is configured such that it is possible to select between a plurality of coil regions 41A, 41B, 41C that are provided to the power-receiving coil 41 and that have different numbers of coil windings in accordance with connection positions of a plurality of terminals; a controller 92 changes the impedance of the power-receiving coil 41 by switching between the plurality of terminals; and the difference between a load-side impedance, which is the impedance of a circuit on a load side 8 from an input end IE of a power-feeding device 3, and an input-side impedance, which is the impedance of a circuit on an AC-power-supply 5 side from the input end IE of the power-feeding device 3, is mitigated.
An articulated robot according to the present invention comprises: a first link and a second link that connect a base portion and a leading end portion; a first driving mechanism that connects the first link and the second link and that rotates the second link by using, as a first rotation axis, an axis that forms an angle with an extension direction of the first link, the angle thereof being larger than a prescribed angle; and a second driving mechanism that connects the second link and the leading end portion and that rotates the leading end portion by using, as a second rotation axis, an axis that forms an angle with the extension direction of the second link, the angle thereof being larger than the prescribed angle. The second link comprises: a first portion; a second portion; a third portion; a third driving mechanism that rotates the second portion by using, as a third rotation axis, an axis that forms an angle with the extension direction of the first portion, the angle thereof being equal to or less than the prescribed angle; and a first expansion/contraction mechanism that causes the third portion to move along the extension direction of the first portion, thereby expanding and contracting the second link.
This currency processing device comprises: an identification unit for identifying types of media having a plurality of types and the same frontal plane; a storage unit for storing the media identified by the identification unit; and a display unit for displaying the number of media stored in the storage unit per type in graph form.
[Problem] To provide a paper sheet processing device capable of smoothly feeding paper sheets into a machine body. [Solution] A banknote processing device 1 that presses banknotes S placed on an intake unit 5 toward a feed roller 9 with a bill press 100 and takes the banknotes S into a machine body 4. The bill press 100 is equipped with: a main pressing unit 110 that is installed so as to be vertically movable within the intake unit 5 and is capable of pressing the approximate center of the banknotes S; and a first auxiliary pressing unit 120 and a second auxiliary pressing unit 130 that are installed independently of the main pressing unit 110 and are capable of pressing the region of the banknotes S excluding the approximate center.
B65H 1/06 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile for separation from bottom of pile
B65H 1/18 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device controlled by height of pile
B65H 1/26 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with auxiliary supports to facilitate introduction or renewal of the pile
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BANKNOTE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND BANKNOTE PROCESSING MANAGEMENT METHOD
Provided are an imaging unit capable of imaging a banknote processing device and a periphery of a transaction operation clerk who is operating the banknote processing device and a recording unit that records imaging data of the imaging unit, an identification number that is visually identifiable is inscribed on at least one surface of a partition card, the imaging unit is capable of imaging the identification number, and the recording unit records imaging data of the imaging.
G07D 11/13 - Containers for valuable papers with internal means for handling valuable papers
G07D 11/24 - Managing the stock of valuable papers
B65H 31/24 - Pile receivers multiple or compartmented, e.g. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling
B65H 39/115 - Associating articles from a single source, e.g. to form a writing pad in juxtaposed carriers
G06Q 20/34 - Payment architectures, schemes or protocols characterised by the use of specific devices using cards, e.g. integrated circuit [IC] cards or magnetic cards
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INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, MOVING BODY, AND ROBOT SYSTEM
A robot controller comprises: an information acquiring unit for acquiring position information indicating a position of a terminal device, and attitude information indicating an attitude of the terminal device; and an information generating unit for generating path information for a robot by sequentially defining a position and attitude of a tip end portion of the robot on the basis of the position information and the attitude information acquired by the information acquiring unit.
In the present invention, a character recognition device comprises: a written content recognition unit for recognizing one character included in an application form image as a result of executing each of a plurality of character recognition processes for recognizing characters included in an image and calculating the accuracy of the recognized characters; and a recognition result determination unit for determining one of a plurality of candidate characters, obtained as the result of recognition of the one character according to each of the plurality of character recognition processes, to be a confirmed character corresponding to a recognition result for the one character. The application form image is an image of a document including one or more items. Priorities of the character recognition processes used to recognize the characters are determined for each of the items. The recognition result determination unit determines one of the plurality of candidate characters to be a confirmed character on the basis of the accuracies of each of the plurality of candidate characters and the priorities of each of the plurality of character recognition processes.
Provided is a paper sheet processing device that smoothly delivers paper sheets held on a drum. This paper sheet processing device (10) comprises a temporary holding unit (18) that holds a bank note (S) by holding and winding the bank note (S) with a tape (30) onto a drum (31), and delivers the held bank note (S). The temporary holding unit (18) comprises: a pressing roller (32) that presses the bank note (S) accommodated on the drum (31) against the drum (31) and corrects warping of the bank note (S); and a scraper (33) that peels the bank note (S), of which the warp has been corrected and which is to be delivered from the drum (31), off the drum (31).
B65H 29/51 - Piling apparatus of which the discharge point moves in accordance with the height of the pile piling by collecting on the periphery of cylinders
In the present invention, a terminal device comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires recognition information including character information indicating a plurality of characters read from a character image by character recognition processing that recognizes characters included in an image, and accuracy information indicating the accuracy of a recognition result for each of the plurality of characters; a display control unit that displays, on a display device, the plurality of characters indicated by the character information; and a control unit that controls, on the basis of the accuracy indicated in the accuracy information, an operation performed on protected characters, from among the plurality of characters, which satisfy a condition related to the accuracy of the recognition result.
[Problem] To provide a wireless power-supplying system and method whereby a positional relationship between a power-supplying device and a power-supplied device is understood with high accuracy and power is stably transmitted and received without impairing the mobility of a moving body on which the power-supplied device is mounted. [Solution] A wireless power-supplying system 1 that transmits power by using a magnetic resonance method comprises: power-supplying devices 2a-2c, each provided with a power transmission coil 21; a power-supplied device 3 provided with a power reception coil 31 that receives AC power of a first frequency from the power transmission coils 21, and a transmission circuit 37 that outputs an AC signal of a second frequency, which is a frequency differing from the first frequency, and causes the AC signal to be transmitted from the power reception coil 31; and a position-estimating device 6 that estimates the position of the power reception coil 31 in relation to each power-supplying device 2a-2c on the basis of the intensity of the AC signal propagated to each of the power-supplying devices 2a-2c from the power reception coil 31.
H02J 50/90 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving detection or optimisation of position, e.g. alignment
H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
H02J 50/40 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
A currency deposit processor transfers currencies set in a deposit part one by one, discriminates the currencies by denominations, stores the currencies in denominations in a storage part without temporarily holding the currencies, and confirms the deposited currencies for each transaction. A control unit is provided that, when one storage part reaches its maximum capacity with both currencies confirmed up to a previous deposit transaction and currencies unconfirmed in a current deposit transaction and a failure occurs after the filling-up currencies are removed, performs a special control, in which data on the currencies unconfirmed in the current deposit transaction and included in the filling-up currencies is calculated as a partial confirmation, and the data on the currencies calculated as the partial confirmation is added and reflected at a time of another deposit transaction after a fault recovery process.
[Problem] To provide a wireless power feeding system and method, and a wireless power transmission system which enable mitigation of decrease in power transmission efficiency even in the case where impedance of a load-side circuit fluctuates. [Solution] This wireless power feeding system 1 for transmitting/receiving power by using magnetism is provided with: a power transmission device 3 comprising a transmission-side resonance circuit 36 that includes a power transmission coil 32 and a power feeding coil 31 that is provided so as to be capable of magnetic-field coupling with the power transmission coil 32 and that transmits power fed from an input terminal IE to the power transmission coil 32; and a power reception device 4 that comprises a reception-side resonance circuit 43 including a power reception coil 41 and that feeds power received by the power reception coil 41 to a load 8; and an impedance matching mechanism 9 that, by changing the coupling strength of the magnetic-field coupling between the power feeding coil 31 and the power transmission coil 32, performs an impedance matching process for reducing the difference between a load-side impedance which is an impedance of a circuit at a load 8 side from the input terminal IE of the power transmission device 3 and an input-side impedance which is an impedance of a circuit at an AC power source 5 side from the input terminal IE of the power transmission device 3.
H02J 50/12 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using inductive coupling of the resonant type
H02J 50/40 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power using two or more transmitting or receiving devices
H02J 50/80 - Circuit arrangements or systems for wireless supply or distribution of electric power involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
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WIRELESS POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND WIRELESS POWER RECEIVING SYSTEM
[Problem] To provide a wireless power supply system and method, and a wireless power receiving system, with which a decrease in power transmission efficiency is reduced even if a load-side circuit impedance fluctuates. [Solution] A wireless power supply system 1 for transmitting electric power by means of magnetic resonance is provided with: a power transmitting device 3 provided with a power transmission-side resonance circuit 36 including a power transmitting coil 32; a power receiving device 4 which is provided with a power reception-side resonance circuit 43 including a power receiving coil 41, and which supplies electric power received via the power receiving coil 41 to a load; a DC-DC converter 7 which is provided between the power receiving device 4 and the load 8 to control a voltage supplied to the load 8; and an impedance adjusting device 9 for alleviating fluctuations in a load-side impedance.
The present invention is provided with: an identifying portion that reads a plurality of pieces of identification information including the same unique information provided to a division card; and a control portion that determines that the division card is usable when the unique information obtained from each of the plurality of pieces of identification information match up, and that determines that the division card is unusable when the unique information does not match up. Since whether or not the division card is usable is determined on the basis of the matching up or non-matching up of the unique information of the plurality of pieces of identification information provided to the division card, it is possible to easily determine whether or not the division card is usable.
This division card can be taken in from an insertion port of a paper sheet processing device for processing paper sheets, is arranged overlapping at least one processing target paper sheet to form a paper sheet group together with the processing target paper sheet, and enables identification information to be read by an intake sensor of the paper sheet processing device, wherein the division card comprises a card main body portion which has an identification portion including the identification information, and which is formed from a synthetic resin sheet.
The present invention comprises: a base machine having a base machine conveyance path which conveys sheet paper, and an identification part which identifies sheet paper conveyed by the base machine conveyance path; an expansion unit having an extension conveyance path which extends from the base machine conveyance path, a branching conveyance path which branches off of the extension conveyance path, and a plurality of accumulation parts which are connected to the branching conveyance path and accumulate the sheet paper after identification by the identification part; and a control part which, when a conveyance abnormality occurs, immediately continues the conveyance operation of at least one of the extension conveyance path and the branching conveyance path without stopping on the basis of the spot where the conveyance abnormality occurred and the type of the conveyance abnormality, so as to convey the sheet paper to any prescribed accumulation part from among the plurality of accumulation parts.
B65H 7/06 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed
This paper sheet handling device is provided with an accumulation storage part that accumulates and stores paper sheets conveyed by a conveyance part while aligning the paper sheets. The accumulation storage part has: an accumulation section for accumulating the paper sheets such that a first direction which is one of a vertical width direction and a horizontal width direction and a second direction which is the other of the vertical width direction and the horizontal width direction are oriented in predetermined directions; a first alignment section that is movable between a first retreat position spaced apart from the paper sheets and a first alignment position in contact with one end edges of the paper sheets positioned in the first direction; and a second alignment section that is movable between a second retreat position spaced apart from the paper sheets and a second alignment position in contact with other end edges of the paper sheets positioned in the first direction. A control part causes the first alignment section and the second alignment section to move from the first retreat position and the second retreat position to the first alignment position and the second alignment position, causes the first alignment section and the second alignment section to tap the paper sheets accumulated in the accumulation section from both sides of the first direction, and thereby aligns the paper sheets in the first direction.
A medium processing device includes: a first unit; and a plurality of second units connected to the first unit. Each of the plurality of second units includes: a conveying mechanism that conveys a medium; and a medium detection portion that detects the medium being conveyed by the conveying mechanism and transmits a signal indicating detection of the medium to the first unit. The first unit determines connection order of the plurality of second units with respect to the first unit, based on the signal transmitted from each medium detection portion of the plurality of second units.
G07D 11/40 - Device architecture, e.g. modular construction
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
G07D 11/18 - Diverting into different paths or containers
A paper sheet processing device, which counts a plurality of paper sheets set in a deposit portion into groups of a predetermined batch number and dispenses them to a dispensing portion, includes a temporary holding portion configured to hold the paper sheets set in the deposit portion and feed the held paper sheets, and a control portion configured to perform feed control of the paper sheets in the temporary holding portion and transport control of the paper sheets set in the deposit portion, in which the control portion performs control to feed the paper sheets held in the temporary holding portion divided into groups of the batch number and dispense the paper sheets to the dispensing portion.
A paper sheet detection device includes: an optical sensor that includes a light-emitting portion that emits light, and a light-receiving portion that receives the emitted light; a storage portion that stores a first threshold value used for determining whether or not a paper sheet is present in a path of the emitted light, a target light-receiving level set as a target value of a level of the light received by the light-receiving portion in a state where the paper sheet is not present, and a second threshold value that is set to a value that is greater than the first threshold value and less than the target light-receiving level; an estimating portion that determines whether the level of the light received by the light-receiving portion is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value, and that estimates whether or not the paper sheet is present; and a light amount adjusting portion that adjusts an amount of the light emitted by the light-emitting portion so that the level of the light received by the light-receiving portion becomes the target light-receiving level in the state where the paper sheet is not present when the estimating portion estimates that the paper sheet is not present after the estimating portion determines that the level of the light received by the light-receiving portion is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value.
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
G07D 7/121 - Apparatus characterised by sensor details
A coin processing device includes: a feed belt that normally rotates in contact with the upper side of a coin to convey the coin to a conveyance passage extending from an inlet-side passage portion to an outlet-side passage portion; a conveyance motor that normally rotates the feed belt during the normal rotation; a detection unit that detects the coin passing through a position determined in advance in the conveyance passage; and a control unit that switches the conveyance motor from a first rotation state where the conveyance motor normally rotates at a first rotation speed to a second rotation state where the conveyance motor normally rotates at a second rotation speed slower than the first rotation speed, in response to detection of the coin by the detection unit, and then rotates the conveyance motor.
A paper sheet processing device includes: an accommodating part that accommodates a paper sheet; and a sliding stage part that is provided within the accommodating part and supports the paper sheet accommodated within the accommodating part, the sliding stage part sliding with respect to the accommodating part to cause a portion of the sliding stage part to protrude to outside of the accommodating part, and the sliding stage part sliding with respect to the accommodating part to push the paper sheet to the outside of the accommodating part and cause a leading end of the paper sheet to protrude to the outside of the accommodating part.
B65H 1/14 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device comprising positively-acting mechanical devices
G07D 11/13 - Containers for valuable papers with internal means for handling valuable papers
B65H 1/02 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
A paper sheet processing device includes: an input unit into which paper sheets are input from the outside; an identification unit for identifying the paper sheets fed out from the input unit while allowing them to pass through in a first direction and identifying the paper sheets while allowing them to pass through in a second direction opposite to the first direction; a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the paper sheets identified as being acceptable by the identification unit; a payout unit for accommodating the paper sheets identified as being unacceptable by the identification unit so as to be able to be taken out to the outside; and a storage unit for storing the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit while being allowed to pass through the identification unit in the second direction, wherein the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit while being allowed to pass through the identification unit in the second direction can be transferred to the input unit.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
A medium processing device includes a main body unit that counts a medium and that is configured to be connectable to at least one medium processing unit that accommodates the medium. The main body unit includes: a plurality of power supply lines including first and second power supply lines, the first and second power supply lines being independent of each other and supplying electric power toward the at least one medium processing unit, and an output part that outputs a control signal toward the at least one medium processing unit.
The present invention is provided with: an identification unit for reading a plurality of pieces of identification information including the same inherent information provided to a division card; and a control unit for determining that the division card is usable when the inherent information acquired from each of the plurality of pieces of inherent information coincide, and that the division card is unusable when the inherent information does not coincide. Since whether the division card is usable or unusable is determined on the basis of the coincidence or non-coincidence of the inherent information of the plurality of pieces of identification information provided to the division card, it is possible to easily determine whether the division card is usable or unusable.
G07D 7/0043 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using barcodes
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
This coin deposit processor transfers coins set in a deposit part one by one, sorts deposited coins into denominations, stores the coins in denominations in a storage part without temporarily holding the coins, and confirms the deposited coins for each transaction. The coin deposit processor comprises a control unit for performing special control, in which if the storage part is filled with coins confirmed in a previous transaction and coins unconfirmed in the current transaction and a failure occurs after the coins filling the storage part are removed, data on the coins unconfirmed in the current transaction and included in the coins filling the storage part is calculated as a partial confirmation, and the data on the coins calculated as the partial confirmation is recorded and reflected at the time of another transaction after recovery from the failure.
A paper sheet processing device includes: an ejection roller for ejecting a paper sheet; and a bill press for pressing the paper sheet against the ejection roller, wherein the bill press has: a bill press main body that moves in a direction to approach and separate from the ejection roller; a pressing portion that is provided on the ejection roller side of the bill press main body and moves in a direction to approach and separate from the bill press main body; and an elastic portion provided between the pressing portion and the bill press main body.
B65H 1/02 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles on edge
B65H 1/12 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated with means for advancing the pile to present the articles to a separating device comprising springs
The present invention is provided with: an imaging means capable of imaging a bill processing device and the surroundings of a person in charge of a transaction operation who operates the bill processing device; and a recording means for recording imaging data of the imagining means, wherein an identification number that can be visually identified is attached on at least one surface of a partitioning card, the imaging means can image the identification number, and the recording means records the imaging data by the imaging.
A medium processing device is provided with a first unit and a plurality of second units connected to the first unit. The plurality of second units are each provided with: a conveying mechanism that conveys a medium; and a medium detection unit that detects the medium being conveyed by the conveying mechanism and transmits a signal indicating detection of the medium to the first unit. The first unit determines, on the basis of the signals transmitted from the medium detection units of the plurality of second units, an order of connection of the plurality of second units to the first unit.
A coin processing device comprises: a feed belt that rotates normally in contact with the upper side of a coin to convey the coin to a conveyance path leading from an inlet side passage to an outlet side passage; a conveyance motor that rotates the feed belt normally during normal rotation; a detection unit that detects the coin passing through a predetermined position on the conveyance path; and a control unit that, in response to the detection of the coin by the detection unit, rotates the conveyance motor by switching from a first rotation state in which the conveyance motor rotates normally at a first rotation speed to a second rotation state in which the conveyance motor rotates normally at a second rotation speed lower than the first rotation speed.
A paper sheet detection device comprising: an optical sensor having a light-emitting unit that emits light, and a light-receiving unit that receives the emitted light; a storage unit that stores a first threshold value used for determining whether or not a paper sheet is present in the path of the emitted light, a target light-receiving level set as a target value of the level of light received by the light-receiving unit in the absence of the paper sheets, and a second threshold value that is set to a value that is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than the target light-receiving level; an estimation unit that determines whether the level of light received by the light-receiving unit is equal to or greater than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value, and that estimates whether or not the paper sheet is present; and a light amount adjusting unit that adjusts the amount of light emitted by the light-emitting unit such that the level of the light received by the light-receiving unit becomes the target light-receiving level in the absence of the paper sheets when it is estimated that the paper sheets are absent by the estimation unit after the estimation unit determines that the level of light received by the light-receiving unit is equal to or higher than the first threshold value and less than the second threshold value.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
G07D 7/121 - Apparatus characterised by sensor details
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PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET PROCESSING METHOD
A paper sheet processing device that counts a plurality of paper sheets set in a depositing unit for each preset batch number and dispenses the paper sheets to a dispensing unit, wherein: the paper sheet processing device comprises a temporary holding unit that holds the paper sheets set in the depositing unit and feeds out the held paper sheets, and a control unit that controls the feeding out of the paper sheets in the temporary holding unit and controls conveyance of the paper sheets set in the depositing unit; and the control unit performs control for feeding out the paper sheets held in the temporary holding unit by the batch number and dividing and dispensing the sheets into the dispensing unit.
This medium processing device is provided with a main body unit which is for counting media and configured to be connectable to at least one medium processing unit that accommodates the media. The main body unit has: a plurality of power supply lines including first and second power supply lines which are mutually independent and supply power to the at least one medium processing unit; and an output unit for outputting a control signal to the at least one medium processing unit.
This paper sheet processing device comprises: a case that houses paper sheets; and a sliding stage portion that is provided within the case and supports the paper sheets housed in the case. The sliding stage portion slides with respect to the case to protrude partially to the outside of the case and also slides with respect to the case to push the paper sheets to the outside of the case and cause the leading ends of the paper sheets to protrude to the outside of the case.
A coin identification apparatus includes: a line sensor that detects line image data of a coin being conveyed, the coin being subject to identification; an acquisition unit that acquires the line image data at predetermined sampling intervals; an estimation unit that calculates, for each of the acquired line image data items, a similarity between the acquired line image data and reference line data for each angle, the reference line data being a part of reference pattern image data indicating a coin having a reference pattern, the estimation unit estimating a rotary angle of the coin subject to identification based on the calculated similarity; a correction unit that corrects the line image data based on the estimated rotary angle; and an identification unit that identifies the coin subject to identification based on the corrected line image data.
This paper sheet processing device includes an ejection roller for ejecting paper sheets, and a bill press for pressing the paper sheets against the ejection roller, wherein the bill press includes a bill press main body which moves in a direction approaching and moving away from the ejection roller, a pressing portion which is provided on the ejection roller side of the bill press main body and moves in a direction approaching and moving away from the bill press main body, and an elastic portion provided between the pressing portion and the bill press main body.
This paper sheet processing device comprises an introducing unit into which paper sheets are introduced from the outside, an identification unit which identifies the paper sheets fed out from the introducing unit while causing the same to pass through in a first direction, and identifies the paper sheets while causing the same to pass through in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a temporary storage unit for temporarily storing the paper sheets identified by the identification unit as capable of being accepted, a dispensing unit which accommodates paper sheets identified as not capable of being accepted, in such a way as to be capable of being extracted to the outside, and an accommodating unit for accommodating paper sheets which have been fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit while being caused to pass through the identification unit in the second direction, wherein the paper sheets fed out from the temporary storage unit and identified by the identification unit while being caused to pass through the identification unit in the second direction can be conveyed to the introducing unit.
G07D 9/00 - Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
A service robot is capable of communicating with a reception device that assigns at least a reception number. The service robot includes: an image information acquirer that acquires image information including an image of a customer; a reception number acquirer that acquires a reception number from the reception device, in response to a reception operation performed by the customer; and a storage unit that stores the acquired reception number and the acquired image information in association with each other.
G07B 1/08 - Machines for printing and issuing tickets portable
G07B 5/04 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines for recording or registering tickets issued
Provided is a paper sheet processing device, comprising: a receiving slot open to the exterior of the device, wherein paper sheets from outside the device are placed and wherefrom the paper sheets placed in a stacked state therein are dispensed one by one; a conveyance part for conveying the paper sheets dispensed from the receiving slot; an identification part for identifying whether the paper sheets conveyed by the conveyance part are to-be-counted paper sheets or reject paper sheets, and which counts the paper sheets identified as the to-be-counted paper sheets; a post-count housing slot which houses the counted paper sheets; and a plurality of reject housing slots which house, in a sorted state, the paper sheets identified as the reject paper sheets and sorted by reason for rejection.
This coin identification apparatus has: a line sensor that detects line image data relating to a currently conveyed coin that is to be identified; an acquisition unit that acquires the line image data at a prescribed sampling interval; an estimation unit that calculates the similarity between the acquired line image data and reference line data that is for each angle and that is a part of reference pattern image data indicating a coin having a reference pattern, for each of the acquired line image data sets, and estimates the rotary angle of the coin to be identified on the basis of the calculated similarity; a correction unit that corrects the line image data on the basis of the estimated rotary angle; and an identification unit that identifies the coin to be identified on the basis of the corrected line image data.
This service robot is capable of communicating with a reception machine that at least assigns a reception number. The service robot is provided with: an image information acquisition unit that acquires image information including an image of a customer; a reception number acquisition unit that acquires the reception number from the reception machine, in accordance with a reception operation by the customer; and a storage unit that stores the acquired reception number and the acquired image information such that the number and the information are associated with each other.
An inspection device of the present invention includes: THz wave irradiation unit for irradiating a specimen with THz waves; a THz wave sensing unit for detecting transmitted waves or reflected waves of the THz waves emitted to the specimen; and an information processing unit for acquiring intensity distribution of the transmitted waves of the reflected waves of the specimen from the intensity data of the transmitted waves or the reflected waves of the specimen irradiated with the THz waves, wherein the information processing unit acquires 2-dimensional intensity distribution of the transmitted waves or reflected waves, and detects whether a foreign matter is adhering to the specimen by comparing the intensity distribution obtained when the specimen without attachment of the foreign matter is detected and the intensity distribution obtained when the specimen is detected at the time of inspection. The specimen is a sheet of paper, for example.
G01N 21/89 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles
G01N 21/3581 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using Terahertz radiation
G01N 21/892 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles characterised by the flaw, defect or object feature examined
G01N 22/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more
A paper sheet processing device includes: a charging inlet that takes in paper sheets in a conveyance direction, the paper sheets including at least one target sheet and a partition card overlapped on the target sheet, the partition card having a main surface portion having at least one identification hole group, the identification hole group having at least two through holes arranged along the conveyance direction; a detection unit that detects take-in of the paper sheets by the charging unit, and detects the identification hole group; and a control unit that determines a paper sheet is the partition card in a case where the identification hole group has been detected by the detection unit, and determines that a paper sheet is the target sheet in a case where the identification hole group has not been detected by the detection unit.
B65H 5/00 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
B65H 7/02 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors
A paper sheet processing device equipped with: an identification unit that identifies a paper sheet; a temporary storage unit that temporarily stores the identified paper sheet; and a linear transport path that connects the identification unit and the temporary storage unit, extends in a straight line, and transports the paper sheet identified by the identification unit to the temporary storage unit.
A bill processing device includes: a loading unit that feeds a bill having a pair of serial number information; a reading unit that reads the pair of serial number information from the fed bill; a determining unit that determines whether at least a portion of the pair of serial numbers match each other; a stacking unit that stacks the bill in a case where the determining unit has determined that the at least a portion of the pair of serial numbers match each other; and a reject unit that receives the bill in a case where the determining unit has determined that the at least a portion of the pair of serial numbers do not match each other.
G07D 7/0047 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
G07D 7/202 - Testing patterns thereon using pattern matching
This inspection device 1 is provided with: a THz wave irradiation unit 3 for irradiating a specimen 2 with waves; a THz wave-sensing unit 5 for detecting transmitted waves 4 or reflected waves 22 of THz waves irradiating the specimen 2; and an information-processing unit 10 for acquiring an intensity distribution of transmitted waves 4 or reflected waves 22 from the specimen 2, from intensity data for transmitted waves 4 or reflected waves 22 from the specimen 2 irradiated with the THz waves. The information-processing unit 10 acquires a two-dimensional intensity distribution of transmitted waves 4 or reflected waves 22, and by comparing the intensity distribution detected in the absence of foreign matter 7 adhering to the specimen 2, and the intensity distribution during inspection, obtained when the specimen 2 is detected during inspection, detects whether foreign matter 7 is adhering to the specimen 2 during inspection. The specimen is, e.g., a sheet of paper. Alternatively, the information-processing unit 10 may detect foreign matter 7 adhering to the specimen 2, from intensity changes based on a lens effect of the difference between the refractive index of the foreign matter 7 and the refractive index of the specimen 2 in the absence of adhering foreign matter 7.
G01N 21/892 - Investigating the presence of flaws, defects or contamination in moving material, e.g. paper, textiles characterised by the flaw, defect or object feature examined
G01N 21/3581 - Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using Terahertz radiation
G01N 22/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by the use of microwaves or radio waves, i.e. electromagnetic waves with a wavelength of one millimetre or more
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G07D 7/12 - Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
A coin processing device includes: a conveying unit that conveys a coin in a conveyance direction; first and second material sensors detect material of the conveyed coin to obtain material detection data; first and second position sensors detect a position of the conveyed coin to obtain position detection data; a correcting unit that corrects the material detection data based on the position detection data to obtain corrected material detection data; and an identifying unit that identifies the conveyed coin based on the corrected material detection data.
G07D 5/08 - Testing the magnetic or electric properties
G07D 5/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
G07D 7/04 - Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
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Subject discriminating apparatus and coin discriminating apparatus
A subject discriminating apparatus discriminates a subject having an unevenness pattern on a surface of the subject. The subject discriminating apparatus includes: a transparent unit including a supporting surface supporting the subject; a light irradiation unit irradiating illumination light onto the surface of the subject through the transparent unit; an imaging unit imaging an imaging region including at least a part of the transparent unit, and generating image data; and a discrimination processing unit discriminating the subject, using the image data generated by the imaging unit. The discrimination processing unit discriminates the subject based on discrimination image data generated by correcting subject image data using correction image data. The subject image data is generated by imaging the imaging region in a state of the subject presenting in the imaging region. The correction image data is generated by imaging the imaging region free from the subject in the imaging region.
G07D 5/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
A banknote processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a banknote separating and feeding portion which separates, from banknotes, one feed-out banknote closest to a banknote holding portion, and feeds out the feed-out banknote. The banknote separating and feeding portion includes a feed roller, a separating roller, a kick-on roller, and auxiliary rollers. The auxiliary rollers are positioned on an opposite side of the kick-on roller from the feed roller, protrude onto the banknote pressing portion side beyond the banknote holding surface, and contact with the feed-out banknote. Each of the auxiliary rollers has a plurality of large diameter portions formed intermittently in a circumferential direction of the auxiliary roller. The auxiliary rollers are positioned on the same axis and apart from each other such that phases of mutually adjacent auxiliary rollers in a rotation direction of the auxiliary rollers are offset from each other.
B65H 1/06 - Supports or magazines for piles from which articles are to be separated adapted to support articles substantially horizontally, e.g. for separation from top of pile for separation from bottom of pile
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Bank note sorting and counting machine accumulation part
A coin processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a coin conveying section that conveys coins on a coin passage; an identifying section that identifies coins on the coin passage; at least one discharging section that discharges normal coins that are identified as normal by the identifying section from the coin passage; at least first and second removing sections that remove abnormal coins that are identified as abnormal by the identifying section from the coin passage; and a control section that distributes abnormal coins to either one of the first and second removing sections in order to remove the abnormal coins, in accordance with identification factors of the abnormal coins.
G07D 5/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
A banknote processing machine includes: a receipt section which receives a banknote; a temporary storage section which includes a pair of first and second drums, and a tape wound between the pair of first and second drums, the tape having an end fixed to the first drum, a tape section for banknote sheets and a tape section for partition sheets positioned at a side of the end with respect to the tape section for banknote sheets, the temporary storage section releasably receiving a conveyed banknote by winding the conveyed banknote on the first drum together with the tape section for banknote sheets and releasably receiving at least one partition sheet by winding the partition sheet on the first drum together with the tape section for partition sheets; and a control section which causes the temporary storage section to release the partition sheet wound on the first drum, and causes the receipt section to receive the partition sheet from the temporary storage section, in response to the receipt section receiving a banknote.
G07F 7/04 - Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by paper currency
A coin discrimination apparatus according to the present invention which discriminates a bimetallic coin having a ring part, and a core part provided on an inner side of the ring part and composed of a different material from that of the ring part, includes: a conveyor which conveys the bimetallic coin; a ring sensor which is arranged at a position where only the ring part of the bimetallic coin conveyed by the conveyor transits, and which detects magnetic properties; and a core sensor which is arranged at a position where the core part of the bimetallic coin conveyed by the conveyor transit, and which detects magnetic properties.
A coin detecting apparatus has: a light source for emitting a light beam onto either of two surfaces of a coin; a half mirror for splitting the light beam reflected on the surface of the coin into a transmitted light beam and a reflected light beam; a full area sensor for obtaining a full image of the surface of the coin in accordance with one of the transmitted light beam and the reflected light beam; and a regional area sensor for obtaining a partial image of the surface of the coin in accordance with the other one of the transmitted light beam and the reflected light beam. By doing this, it is possible to provide a coin detecting apparatus capable of improving accuracy in coin detection and shortening time therein.
A paper sheet storage and payout device, which, by winding and unwinding tape between a first take-up drum on which the tape is wound from one end, and a second take-up drum on which the tape is wound from the other end, with paper sheets placed thereupon, stores and pays out paper sheets. A separation mechanism is provided on the payout side of the tape from the second take-up drum, and during payout separates the paper sheets from the wrapping peripheral region of the tape wrapped around the second take-up drum. This separation mechanism is provided with a separation member which separates paper sheets from the wrapping peripheral region, and a sliding portion which holds the separation member, and which slides so as to track the amount of tape wrapped around the second take-up drum by bring into contact with the wrapping peripheral region a guide roller.
An object is to provide an image detector for bank notes which enables the cost to be lowered. Accordingly this has: a light emitting device 31 (31X) which is arranged facing an image detection sensor 24 (24X), and which irradiates light of a plurality of different wavelengths ranges towards a bank note on a bank note transportation path 12, and detects light of the light which has transmitted through the bank note with an image detection sensor 24 (24X); a light emitting device 27 (27X) which is provided on the same side as the image detection sensor 24 (24X), which irradiates light of a plurality of different wavelengths ranges towards a bank note S, and detects light of the light which is reflected from the bank note with the image detection sensor 24 (24X); an image detection sensor 24 (24Y) provided on the opposite side to the image detection sensor 24 (24X); and a third light emitting device 27 (27Y) provided on the same side as the second image detection sensor 24 (24Y), which irradiates light of a plurality of different wavelength ranges towards the bank note S, and detects light of the light which is reflected from the bank note S with the image detection image detection sensor 24 (24Y).
A coin discriminating method includes steps of irradiating a surface of a coin with light, photoelectrically detecting light reflected by the surface of the coin, producing detected pattern data of the surface of the coin, binarizing corresponding reference pattern data so that “1” is assigned to pixel data having a signal intensity level equal to or higher than a predetermined signal intensity level and “0” is assigned to pixel data having a signal intensity level lower than the predetermined signal intensity level to produce reference bright portion pattern data consisting of “1” pixel data and reference dark portion pattern data consisting of “0” pixel data, extracting bright portion pattern data consisting of pixels corresponding to pixels included in the reference bright portion pattern data and dark portion pattern data consisting of pixels corresponding to pixels included in the reference dark portion pattern data from the detected pattern data, and discriminating whether or not the surface of the coin is damaged to higher than the predetermined level by comparing the difference between the bright portion data signal intensity average value and dark portion data signal intensity average value with a threshold value of coins of a corresponding denomination.
G07D 5/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
G06K 9/46 - Extraction of features or characteristics of the image
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