Paper sheet handling apparatus

Abstract

It is intended to make possible informing, at the time of maintenance for regular inspection or the like, personnel in charge of any part where a trouble is predictable to enable them to perform inspection or maintenance before the trouble occurs and thereby to reduce the duration the failure of the apparatus. A bill handling apparatus is provided with a conveyance path for conveying bills among a deposit/withdrawal unit, bill boxes, a rejected bill box and a temporary stocking box, wherein sensors for detecting passage of the bills are arranged on the conveyance path, and there are further provided a conveyance monitoring/control unit for monitoring a conveyance status of the bills in each of sensor sections on the conveyance path on the basis of front end passage times and rear end passage times of the bills at the sensors and a display device for perceivably outputting a result of monitoring by the conveyance monitoring/control unit.

1 . A paper sheet handling apparatus provided with a conveyance path for conveying paper sheets between an inlet/outlet and stocking units, comprising: 
 a plurality of sensors for detecting passage of paper sheets are arranged;    a determining device that determines, on the basis of front end passage time and rear end passage time of the paper sheets in each sensor, a conveyance status of the paper sheets in a sensor section up to that sensor on the conveyance path; and    an output device for outputting a result of determination by the determining device.    
   
   
       2 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the determining device further determines the conveyance status of the paper sheets in a sensor section of mutually adjacent sensors on the conveyance path on the basis of the passage times of papers sequentially detected by mutually adjacent sensors, out of the plurality of sensors, on the conveyance path.  
   
   
       3 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the determining device figures out a distance on the basis of the front end passage time, the rear end passage time, the passage time or more than one of these factors, and determines the conveyance status in the pertinent sensor section to be not normal when the distance is not within a preset reference range; and 
 the output device outputs, as the result of determination, trouble predictive information predicting occurrence of trouble regarding the sensor section whose conveyance status has been determined to be not normal.    
   
   
       4 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the determining device figures out a distance on the basis of the front end passage time, the rear end passage time, the passage time or more than one of these factors, and determines the conveyance status in the pertinent sensor section to be not normal when the distance is not within a preset reference range; and 
 the output device outputs, as the result of determination, trouble predictive information predicting occurrence of trouble regarding the sensor section whose conveyance status has been determined to be not normal.    
   
   
       5 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the determining device figures out a distance or a distance variation rate on the basis of the front end passage time, the rear end passage time, the passage time or more than one of these factors, figures out a Mahalanobis distance on the basis of the distance or distance variation rate, and determines the conveyance status in the pertinent sensor section to be not normal when the Mahalanobis distance is not within a unit space preset by the MT method, and 
 the output device outputs as the result of determination trouble predictive information predicting occurrence of trouble regarding the sensor section whose conveyance status has been determined to be not normal.    
   
   
       6 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the determining device figures out a distance or a distance variation rate on the basis of the front end passage time, the rear end passage time, the passage time or more than one of these factors, figures out a Mahalanobis distance on the basis of the distance or distance variation rate, and determines the conveyance status in the pertinent sensor section to be not normal when the Mahalanobis distance is not within a unit space preset by the MT method, and 
 the output device outputs as the result of determination trouble predictive information predicting occurrence of trouble regarding the sensor section whose conveyance status has been determined to be not normal.    
   
   
       7 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 1 , 
 wherein the output device is so configured as to output, as the result of determination, component information regarding any component which is predicted to prove detective in the conveyance status of any sensor section, and    a registration permitting device that permits registration of the component information matched with the sensor section is further provided.    
   
   
       8 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 2 , 
 wherein the output device is so configured as to output, as the result of determination, component information regarding any component which is predicted to prove detective in the conveyance status of any sensor section, and    a registration permitting device that permits registration of the component information matched with the sensor section is further provided.    
   
   
       9 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 3 , 
 wherein the output device is so configured as to output, as the result of determination, component information regarding any component which is predicted to prove detective in the conveyance status of any sensor section, and    a registration permitting device that permits registration of the component information matched with the sensor section is further provided.    
   
   
       10 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 4 , 
 wherein the output device is so configured as to output, as the result of determination, component information regarding any component which is predicted to prove detective in the conveyance status of any sensor section, and    a registration permitting device that permits registration of the component information matched with the sensor section is further provided.    
   
   
       11 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 5 , 
 wherein the output device is so configured as to output, as the result of determination, component information regarding any component which is predicted to prove detective in the conveyance status of any sensor section, and    a registration permitting device that permits registration of the component information matched with the sensor section is further provided.    
   
   
       12 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 6 , 
 wherein the output device is so configured as to output, as the result of determination, component information regarding any component which is predicted to prove detective in the conveyance status of any sensor section, and    a registration permitting device that permits registration of the component information matched with the sensor section is further provided.    
   
   
       13 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 1 , 
 wherein the output device is configured of:    a display device that displays images;    an input device that permits shifted inputting to a maintenance screen by personnel in charge; and    a control device that, at the time of shift to the maintenance screen, causes the result of determination to be outputted to the display device.    
   
   
       14 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 2 , 
 wherein the output device is configured of:    a display device that displays images;    an input device that permits shifted inputting to a maintenance screen by personnel in charge; and    a control device that, at the time of shift to the maintenance screen, causes the result of determination to be outputted to the display device.    
   
   
       15 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 3 , 
 wherein the output device is configured of:    a display device that displays images;    an input device that permits shifted inputting to a maintenance screen by personnel in charge; and    a control device that, at the time of shift to the maintenance screen, causes the result of determination to be outputted to the display device.    
   
   
       16 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 4 , 
 wherein the output device is configured of:    a display device that displays images;    an input device that permits shifted inputting to a maintenance screen by personnel in charge; and    a control device that, at the time of shift to the maintenance screen, causes the result of determination to be outputted to the display device.    
   
   
       17 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 5 , 
 wherein the output device is configured of:    a display device that displays images;    an input device that permits shifted inputting to a maintenance screen by personnel in charge; and    a control device that, at the time of shift to the maintenance screen, causes the result of determination to be outputted to the display device.    
   
   
       18 . The paper sheet handling apparatus according to  claim 7 , 
 wherein the output device is configured of:    a display device that displays images;    an input device that permits shifted inputting to a maintenance screen by personnel in charge; and    a control device that, at the time of shift to the maintenance screen, causes the result of determination to be outputted to the display device.