Embodiment
Below, explanation is as the embodiment 1 to 6 of implementing best mode of the present invention successively.
(embodiment 1)
Embodiments of the present invention 1 are following modes: in blowing unit air-supply, to the medium irradiates light, according to the sensitive volume that photosensitive unit is accepted, whether the rigidity of distinguishing bank note deterioration from luminescence unit.
Fig. 1 is the structural drawing of the bank note judegment part 7 of expression embodiment 1.Bank note judegment part 7 is arranged on the carrying path B of cash automated trading device 1.Bank note judegment part 7 comprises air supplying part 10 to bank note air-supply, to the illuminating part 9 of bank note A irradiates light, accept catoptrical photographic department 11 from bank note A.In the structure of present embodiment, air supplying part 10, illuminating part 9, photographic department 11 are configured in the top of the bank note A of carrying path B.On carrying path B, relative position, be formed with the area recess 14 littler than bank note A with air supplying part 10.
In addition, also comprise: at the sensor 12 of the upstream detection bank note A that carries path B; The average sensitive volume of the normal bank note of being measured by photographic department 11 with prior record is as the benchmark sensitive volume storage part 13 of benchmark sensitive volume.Said structure is differentiated control part 8 controls by bank note.
Below, the action of embodiment of the present invention 1 is described.Fig. 3 is the action flow chart of embodiment 1, below, describe by the treatment step of S1~S10 among the figure.
Client is after the reciprocity regulation formality of insertion, cryptographic core of selection, card and the bankbook of the project of closing the trade, and the plurality of sheets of paper coin that arrangement is held also drops in the coin slot.Bank note is separated the back carrying one by one, delivers to bank note judegment part 7.Bank note A is during near near bank note judegment part 7, and sensor 12 detects the front end of bank note A, simultaneously, differentiates control part 8 to bank note and sends and be used to notify the bank note detecting signal that detects bank note A (S1).After bank note differentiation control part 8 receives this signal, the action of starting bank note detection unit 7.
After bank note A begins to be handled upside down ormal weight from the position of sensor 12, the core of bank note A be positioned at air supplying part 10 under the time stop (S2).At this moment, because the end of bank note is supported on the edge of recess 14, so bank note A is maintained the posture of not falling in the recess 14.Afterwards, not shown sensor is located on the assigned position to bank note A, differentiating control part 8 to bank note sends and detects signal, after bank note differentiation control part receives this signal, think the air-supply preparation finish, thereby bank note differentiates control part 8 and sends the indication of air-supply beginning to air supplying part 10, thereby beginning is to bank note A air-supply (S3).And, make illuminating part 9 luminous (S4) simultaneously with air-supply.
Here, because bank note A has enough rigidity when being normal bank note, so as shown in Figure 1, even to its air-supply, the end of bank note still is supported on the edge of recess 14, and bank note A is not crooked, comes the surface reflection of the light of self-luminescent part 9 by bank note A, and its major part is accepted (S5) by photographic department 11.Photographic department 11 detects behind the reflected light of bank note A, and bank note is differentiated control part 8 and read the benchmark sensitive volume (S6) of record in advance from benchmark sensitive volume storage part 13, simultaneously, enrolls and carry out the bank note decision procedure that is stored in the not shown storer.Enroll following algorithm in the bank note decision procedure: when detected sensitive volume was big or more equal than benchmark sensitive volume, the rigidity that is judged to be bank note A is deterioration not; Sensitive volume on photographic department 11 is judged to be the rigidity deterioration of bank note A than benchmark sensitive volume hour.After the air-supply that stops from blowing unit (S7), utilize the bank note decision procedure to come the sensitive volume on the comparison photographic department 11 and the value (S8) of benchmark sensitive volume.
For example, under the state of Fig. 1, because bank note A has enough rigidity when being normal bank note, can be crooked because of air-supply, so come the major part of the light of self-luminescent part 9 to be accepted by photographic department 11.Therefore, photographic department 11 detected sensitive volumes are with the almost equal value of benchmark sensitive volume or than its big value, and the bank note decision procedure is judged to be bank note A to have as normal bank note and use required enough rigidity.Like this, bank note A handles (S9) usually as normal bank note.
On the other hand, when bank note A was the bank note of rigidity deterioration, as shown in Figure 2, the middle body of bank note A was slowly crooked because of blast, heaved and outstanding to the bottom of recess 14.Because the bending of this bank note A, the light that comes self-luminescent part 9 is by the reflection of the sweep of bank note A, and reflection angle is offset, thereby the sensitive volume on the photographic department 11 reduces.As a result, photographic department 11 detected sensitive volumes are littler than benchmark sensitive volume, the bank note decision procedure be judged to be bank note A the rigidity deterioration, can not use.Afterwards, differentiate control part 8 via bank note and send the out of use signal of expression bank note A to control part 6, control part 6 is presented on client operating display part 5 in the bank note that client drops into and comprises this information of out of use bank note, notify after the client with this, handle as rejecting, A is returned to coin slot with bank note, returns to client (S10).
(embodiment 2)
Below, embodiments of the present invention 2 are described.The bank note judegment part 7 of embodiment 2 is identical with embodiment 1, is arranged on the carrying path B, has air supplying part 10, illuminating part 9, sensor 12, benchmark sensitive volume storage part 13.The difference of present embodiment and embodiment 1 is as shown in Figure 4, in order to accept the diffused light from bank note, possess a plurality of photographic department 11a, 11b, these a plurality of photographic departments be configured in carrying path B and bank note A top, illuminating part 9 and air supplying part 10 around.
Below, the action of embodiment 2 is described.Because the action of present embodiment is identical with embodiment 1, so use action flow chart and Fig. 4 of the embodiment 1 of Fig. 3.Below, describe by the various processes of S1~S10 among Fig. 3.
Client inserts the bank note of coin slot and is carried and deliver to bank note judegment part 7 one by one.Bank note A near bank note judegment part 7 near the time, sensor 12 detects the front end of bank note A, simultaneously, differentiates control part 8 to bank note and sends and be used to notify the bank note detecting signal that detects bank note (S1).After bank note differentiation control part 8 receives the bank note detecting signal, starting bank note acts of determination.
Afterwards, with bank note A carrying ormal weight, the middle body of bank note A be positioned at air supplying part 10 under the time stop (S2).Not shown sensor stops to bank note A's, differentiating control part 8 to bank note sends and detects signal, after bank note differentiation control part 8 receives this signal, think the air-supply preparation finish, thereby bank note differentiates control part 8 and sends the indication of air-supply beginning to air supplying part 10, and beginning is to bank note A air-supply (S3).
In addition, make illuminating part 9 luminous (S4) simultaneously with air-supply.Come the surface reflection of the light of self-luminescent part 9 by bank note A, its major part is accepted (S5) by photographic department 11a, 11b.After photographic department 11a, 11b detect diffused light from bank note A, bank note is differentiated control part 8 and read the benchmark sensitive volume (S6) of record in advance from benchmark sensitive volume storage part 13, simultaneously, enroll and carry out the bank note decision procedure that is stored in the not shown storer, more detected then sensitive volume and benchmark sensitive volume (S8).
Because bank note A has enough rigidity when being normal bank note, can be crooked because of air-supply, so come the major part of the light of self-luminescent part 9 to be accepted by photographic department 11a, 11b.Therefore, be with the almost equal value of benchmark sensitive volume or than its big value by the detected sensitive volume of photographic department 11a, 11b, decision procedure is judged that bank note A has as normal bank note and is used required enough rigidity.Like this, bank note A proceeds common bill handling (S9) as normal bank note.
On the other hand, when bank note A was the bank note of rigidity deterioration, as shown in Figure 4, the middle body of bank note A was slowly crooked because of blast, heaved and outstanding to the bottom of recess 14.Because the bending of this bank note A comes the bend office of the light of self-luminescent part 9 at bank note A, the reflection angle skew of its diffused light, the sensitive volume on photographic department 11a, the 11b reduces.As a result, because the detected sensitive volume of photographic department 11a, 11b adopts the value littler than benchmark sensitive volume, be rigidity deterioration, out of use bank note so the bank note decision procedure is judged to be bank note A.Afterwards, differentiate control part 8 via bank note and send the out of use signal of expression bank note A to control part 6, control part 6 shows on client operating display part 5 and comprises this information of out of use bank note in the input bank note of client, notify after the client with this, handle as rejecting, this bank note is returned to coin slot, returns to client's processing (S10).
In embodiment 2, the diffused light that the light diffusion on note surface that utilizes a plurality of photographic departments detections to send from 1 illuminating part is produced so compare with the structure of the embodiment 1 with 1 photographic department, can carry out more high-precision differentiation.
(embodiment 3)
Below, embodiments of the present invention 3 are described.Air supplying part 10 has illuminating part 9, sensor 12, the benchmark sensitive volume storage part 13 to the bank note irradiates light.The difference of present embodiment and embodiment 1 is, as shown in Figure 5, bottom in the carrying path is provided with illuminating part 9 and photographic department 11, by top air-supply, the drive bank note of air supplying part 10 from bank note, simultaneously, utilize crooked bank note blocking from the light that illuminating part 9 sends to photographic department 11, detect the deterioration of bank note rigidity thus.
Below, utilize Fig. 3 that the action of embodiment of the present invention 3 is described.Because the action of present embodiment is identical with embodiment 1, so use action flow chart and Fig. 5 of the embodiment 1 of Fig. 3 to describe.Below describe by the treatment step of S1~S10 among Fig. 3.
Client inserts bank note in the coin slot of bank note input and output portion 2.The bank note A that inserts is near after near the bank note judegment part 7, and sensor 12 detects the front end of bank note A, simultaneously, differentiates control part 8 to bank note and sends and be used to notify the bank note detecting signal that detects bank note (S1).After bank note differentiation control part 8 receives this signal, the action of starting bank note detection unit 7.Afterwards, with bank note A carrying ormal weight, the middle body of bank note A be positioned at air supplying part 10 under the time stop (S2).After not shown sensor stops to bank note A, differentiate control part 8 to bank note and send and detect signal, differentiate control part 8 by bank note then and send the indication of air-supply beginning to air supplying part 10, beginning is to bank note A air-supply (S3).In addition, make illuminating part 9 luminous (S4) simultaneously with air-supply.Light arrives photographic department 11 by recess 14.After photographic department 11 detects the light (S5) of self-luminescent part 9, bank note is differentiated control part 8 and read the benchmark sensitive volume (S6) of record in advance from benchmark sensitive volume storage part 13, simultaneously, out-of-blast (S7), enroll and carry out and be stored in decision procedure, more detected then sensitive volume and benchmark sensitive volume (S8) in the not shown storer, that possess the algorithm identical with embodiment 1.
When bank note A is normal bank note since have enough rigidity, can not be crooked because of air-supply, so come the light of self-luminescent part 9 can not interdicted by bank note A, its major part is accepted by photographic department 11.Therefore, be with the almost equal value of benchmark sensitive volume or than its big value by photographic department 11 detected sensitive volumes, the bank note decision procedure is judged that bank note A has as normal bank note and is used required enough rigidity.Thus, bank note A proceeds common bill handling (S9) as normal bank note.
On the other hand, be that as shown in Figure 2, the middle body of bank note A is slowly crooked because of blast under the situation of bank note of rigidity deterioration at bank note A, heave and outstanding to the bottom of recess 14.Because this bank note A stops, the light that comes self-luminescent part 9 is by the blocking of the sweep of bank note A, and the sensitive volume on the photographic department 11 reduces.As a result, are values littler by photographic department 11 detected sensitive volumes than benchmark sensitive volume, decision procedure is judged bank note A rigidity deterioration, is out of use bank note.Afterwards, differentiate control part 8 via bank note and send the out of use signal of expression bank note A to control part 6, control part 6 is presented on client operating display part 5 in the bank note that client drops into and comprises this information of out of use bank note, notify after the client with this, handle as rejecting, this bank note is returned to coin slot, returns to client's processing (S10).
In the invention of embodiment 3, bottom configuration illuminating part and photographic department in the carrying path so compare with the structure of embodiment 1, have and can make the more advantage of miniaturization of device.
(embodiment 4)
Below, embodiments of the present invention 4 are described.Embodiment 4 have by blowing unit in bank note air-supply, obtain the image photography unit of the image of crooked bank note, the feature of the image of that extraction is obtained by this unit, crooked bank note, compare with the bank note of standard, detect the rigidity deterioration of bank note.
Fig. 6 is the structural drawing of the bank note judegment part 7 of embodiment 4.Bank note judegment part 7 is arranged on the carrying path B.Bank note judegment part 7 is made of air supplying part 10, the camera 15 to the bank note air-supply.Be configured to make the integral body of the bank note on the carrying path B to be taken in the image in camera 15.In addition, the feature extraction portion that extracts various eigenwerts described later from the captured banknote image of camera 15 is set; Check with eigenwert, judge that bank note has or not the feature of rigidity deterioration to check portion as benchmark; The eigenwert that prior record extracts from normal bank note is as the bank note characteristic storage portion of benchmark.In addition, bank note is differentiated control part 8 these structures of control.
Below, the action of embodiment 4 is described.Fig. 8 is the action flow chart of present embodiment, below, describe by the treatment step of S20~S29 among this figure.After the bank note of carrying client in carrying path by the coin slot input, when arriving the upstream portion of bank note detection unit 7, sensor 12 detects the front end (S20) of bank note A.Sensor 12 is differentiated control part 8 to bank note and is sent the bank note detecting signal that expression detects bank note A, 7 startings of bank note detection unit.Afterwards, will stop behind the bank note A carrying ormal weight, and make central part (S21) under air supplying part 10.After bank note A stopped, not shown sensor was differentiated control part 8 to bank note and is sent the signal that expression detects bank note A.After bank note differentiation control part 8 receives this signal, think that the preparation of air-supply is finished, thereby send the indication that air-supply begins that air supplying part 10 begins to bank note A air-supply (S22) to air supplying part 10.After the air-supply beginning, under the situation of normal bank note, both just air-supplies, bank note A is not crooked yet, after the air-supply certain time, differentiates control part 8 from bank note and sends the signal of photography beginning to camera 15, takes the image (S23) of bank note.As a result, shown in Fig. 7 (a), can obtain the image of the normal bank note of not crooked or distortion.On the other hand, under the situation of the bank note of rigidity deterioration, when air-supply, can produce big bending, after similarly taking with the situation of above-mentioned normal bank note, obtain being out of shape big, the banknote image as Fig. 7 (b) by camera 15.
Obtain after the banknote image, bank note is differentiated control part 8 and is sent out-of-blast signal, air supplying part 10 out-of-blast (S24) to air supplying part 10.The image of bank note A is sent to (S25) in the not shown storer, carries out the feature extraction (S26) of bank note.When extracting feature, for example, or judge whether 4 angles of bank note are the right angles, or the features such as length of the rectilinearity on 4 limits around extracting, peripheral outline are as eigenwert.Because the extraction feature of these banknote image is big in bending, compare the normal less value that is with the situation of normal bank note under the situation of the bank note of rigidity deterioration, so if the difference of the eigenwert of the bank note of normal bank note and rigidity deterioration is big, then can easily differentiate both.
In addition, the image segmentation of bank note is become the grid of given size, in each grid, calculate distance value, calculate the grid data that generate by the bank note of being measured and the distance of reference point grid data.When the bank note of bank note of being measured and standard differs greatly, be judged to be bank note the rigidity deterioration, can not use (S27).
Utilize said method to carry out the judgement of bank note, in the difference of the eigenwert of standard bank note and detected bank note hour, crooked little, the bank note that are judged to be the bank note A that produces because of air-supply have enough rigidity, can use, thereby carry out common bill handling (S28).In addition, when the difference of the eigenwert between bank note was big, being considered as bank note A was rigidity deterioration, out of use bank note, it is retained in the device no longer utilizes, and perhaps after notifying client, returned (S29) as rejecting to handle from coin slot.
(embodiment 5)
Below, embodiments of the present invention 5 are described.Embodiment 5 is also carried the bank note that comes from the ultrasound wave transmitting element and is shone ultrasound wave to being imported into cash automated trading device 1, make it produce resonance, receive 2 radiated waves that produce because of this resonance by the ultrasound wave receiving element then, calculate the proper vibration number of bank note according to its detected value, this proper vibration number is compared with the proper vibration number of normal bank note, and whether the rigidity of differentiating bank note thus deterioration.
Fig. 9 is the structural drawing of the bank note judegment part 7 of embodiment 5.Bank note judegment part 7 is arranged on the carrying path B of cash automated trading device 1.Bank note judegment part 7 comprises: ultrasound wave sends sensor 9, to bank note A irradiation ultrasound wave C; Ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10 receives 2 radiated wave D from bank note; Sensor 11 sends sensor 9 with ultrasound wave and ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10 is compared the more upstream that is positioned at carrying path B, the existence that is used to detect bank note; Driving circuit 12 produces the drive signal that ultrasound wave sends sensor 9; Amplifier 13 amplifies the output signal from ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10; Sample circuit 14 is sampled by the frequency information necessary of 2 radiated waves of bank note generation to automatic parsing; The proper vibration number of bank note based on the frequency resolution result of sample circuit 14, is calculated by the proper vibration portion of figuring out 15; Storage part 16 is counted in the benchmark proper vibration, is made of the storer of storage in advance as the proper vibration number of the bank note reference value that is used to differentiate the bank note state, normal; With reference amplitude storer 17, store the amplitude information of normal bank note in advance.These structures are differentiated control part 8 controls by bank note.
In addition, be boundary with the bank note A on the carrying path B, practise physiognomy ultrasound wave transmission sensor 9 and ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10 are installed over the ground.With regard to the installation method that ultrasound wave at this moment sends sensor 9 and ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10, can adopt the whole bag of tricks, but consider for example perforate on the sheet metal of the top that constitutes carrying path B, bottom, imbed the method that ultrasound wave sends sensor 9 and ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10.
Below, the motion flow of embodiment of the present invention 5 is described with Figure 11.Figure 11 is the action flow chart of embodiment 5, below, describe by the various processes of S30~S41 among Figure 11.When client comes, when in cash automated trading device 1, concluding the business, on client operating display control unit 5, show the project of transaction.Show by enter key for example pay, projects such as deposit, inquiry into balance, bankbook are charged to, account transfer are as the content of trading item.After client sees this trading item, press the enter key of the trading item of oneself expecting and select.
Here, if client selects deposit, then client operating display part 5 shows the card that impels client to insert to hold and the picture of bankbook, simultaneously, corresponding therewith, client reads the information such as password that are stored in the client in card or the bankbook after inserting card or insert bankbook in deposit book printers portion 4 in card read printer portion 3, be stored in storer regulation, not shown.
Then, demonstration impels client to input the picture of password on client operating display part 5.After client presses numerical key shown on the picture, input password, contrast the password of this input and the password of in above-mentioned storer, storing, when both are consistent, after 5 demonstrations of client operating display part can be concluded the business, show and impel the picture that inserts bank note, simultaneously, input bank note is prepared in 2 indications of bank note input and output portion.
Then, client inserts bank note to the coin slot of bank note input and output portion 2.The bank note that inserts is carried one by one, arrives bank note judegment part 7.Bank note A is near near the bank note judegment part 7 time, and sensor 11 detects the front end of bank note A, simultaneously, differentiates control part 8 to bank note and sends and be used to notify the bank note detecting signal that detects bank note (S30).After bank note is differentiated control part 8 and is received the bank note detecting signal that sends from detecting sensor 11, read be stored in advance in the not shown storer, as send rectangle initial value wave period T1 and magnitude of voltage V1 hyperacoustic basis that sensor 9 sends, shown in Figure 10 from ultrasound wave, offer driving circuit 12 with the indication that generates drive signal, the indication that driving circuit 12 is differentiated control part 8 according to bank note generates drive signal, offers ultrasound wave and sends sensor 9.
After sensor 11 detects the front end of bank note A, differentiate control part 8 to bank note and send the signal that detects bank note A, with the amount of movement of bank note A carrying regulation, make the center of bank note A arrive ultrasound wave send sensor 9 under (S31).Not shown sensor to bank note A be present in ultrasound wave send sensor 9 under after, each signal that detects bank note A is sent to bank note differentiation control part 8, differentiate the order of control part 8 according to bank note, it is the ultrasound wave C of T1 that ultrasound wave sends the 9 generation initial periods of sensor, and to bank note A irradiation (S32).Bank note A receives the ultrasound wave C that sends sensor 9 from ultrasound wave, causes the forced vibration of period T.Meanwhile, produce 2 radiated wave D of period T from the bank note face of ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10 sides.
Ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10 receives these 2 radiated wave D (S33), and the output electric signal also offers amplifier 13, offers sample circuit 14 after amplifier 13 amplifies this electric signal.Then, sample circuit 14 utilizes the electric signal of this amplification that amplitude information is sampled, and differentiates control part 8 to bank note then and transmits.Then, bank note is differentiated control part 8 preservation this amplitude information (S34) in the storer of regulation.
Bank note judegment part 7 from reference amplitude storer 17, take out be stored in advance in the storer, as the resonance amplitude value of the normal bank note of threshold value, the peak swing value of the bank note that obtains when measuring compare (S35).In the maximal value of the bank note amplitude of being measured than the resonance bank note amplitude of the normal bank note of from bank note vibration storage part 16, reading hour, differentiation is not a resonance state for the vibration of bank note, thereby bank note is differentiated the value (S36) of the period T 1 of control part 8 change identification control portion drive signals, and then provides indication to driving circuit 12.
When the peak swing value of being measured was bigger than the resonance bank note amplitude of the normal bank note of reading, the vibration of differentiating for bank note was a resonance state, thereby the proper vibration portion of figuring out 15 uses the currency of the period T 1 of drive signals to calculate resonant frequency.This resonant frequency is the proper vibration number (S37) of bank note.After obtaining this proper vibration number, count the data (S38) of reading benchmark proper vibration number the storage part 16 from the benchmark proper vibration, relatively according to proper vibration number and the benchmark proper vibration number (S39) obtained from the vibration of bank note.
In relatively result is that the proper vibration number of calculating equated with benchmark proper vibration number or than its hour, bank note input and output portion 2 is transported to bank note in the temporary transient reserve part and after temporary transient the reservation, as recycling, normal bank note containing (S40) in the bank note containing storehouse.When the proper vibration number is bigger than benchmark proper vibration number, be judged as bank note A the rigidity deterioration, be unavailable bank note, and return to client (S41) as reject handling.
Till last bank note of client's input, after whole differentiations all finishes, calculate Amount in Total to differentiating for the bank note of normal bank note, on client operating display part 5, show this amount of money and notify client.After client had confirmed the shown amount of money and imported the meaning of the expression affirmation amount of money by client, bank note input processing finished.
(embodiment 6)
Below, embodiments of the present invention 6 are described.In the present embodiment,, make bank note produce free vibration, resolve the proper vibration number of bank note then from the ultrasound wave that sends ultrasonic sensor by using the drive signal of single wave pulse signal as ultrasound wave transmission sensor 9.
The structure of embodiment 6 and the structure of the embodiment shown in Fig. 95 are much at one, bank note judegment part 7 is arranged on the carrying path of cash automated trading device 1, is counted storage part 16 and is constituted by ultrasound wave transmission sensor 9, ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10, sensor 11, driving circuit 12, amplifier 13, sample circuit 14, the proper vibration portion of figuring out 15, benchmark proper vibration.Do not use the reference amplitude storage part 17 of embodiment 5 in the present embodiment.Said structure is differentiated control part 8 controls by bank note.Figure 13 represents the drive signal of the transmission ultrasonic sensor of embodiment 6, and T2 represents the effective acting time of single wave impulse, the intensity of V2 indicating impulse.
Figure 12 is the action flow chart of embodiment 6.In addition, present embodiment to import bank note from client identical to flow process that is transported to bank note judegment part 7 and above-mentioned embodiment 1, client is according to the demonstration of client operating display part 5, insert card or bankbook, after the input password etc., the bank note of under the situation that the bank note input is handled, being held to the coin slot input.Below, the various processes of pressing S50~S59 of Figure 12 illustrates that the bank note after the input arrives the action afterwards of bank note judegment part position.
After client imports the information of regulation, the insert notes here coin slot of input and output portion 2 of the bank note that will hold.Afterwards, the bank note that drops into is separated one by one and is carried, when bank note A passes through bank note judegment part 7, after sensor 11 detects the front end (S50) of bank note A, bank note is differentiated control part 8 provides indication from the single wave impulse of generation T effective acting time and intensity V2 to driving circuit 12, after driving circuit 12 receives this indication, generate this single wave impulse and offer ultrasound wave transmission sensor 9.Bank note A be moved to ultrasound wave send sensor 9 under when (S51), ultrasound wave sends sensor 9 and receives this single wave impulses, produces ultrasound wave and shines (S52) to bank note.Bank note receives this ultrasound wave, causes free vibration, produces 2 times radiation D.Then, ultrasound wave receiving sensor 10 receives these 2 radiated wave D (S53), and the output electric signal also offers amplifier 13, and amplifier 13 amplifies this electric signal and offers sample circuit 14.Then, sample circuit 14 utilizes the electric signal of this amplification that amplitude and vibration number information are sampled, and differentiates control part 8 to bank note then and transmits.Then, bank note is differentiated control part 8 this amplitude of preservation and vibration number information in regulation, not shown storer.The bank note judegment part is read the vibration number information that is kept in the above-mentioned storer, detects the free vibration number (S54) of bank note, in the proper vibration portion of figuring out 15, figures out proper vibration number (S55) according to detected free vibration then.
Then, bank note is differentiated control part 8 and is counted the benchmark proper vibration number (S56) of reading bank note that store in advance, normal the storage part 16 from the benchmark proper vibration, compares with the proper vibration number of calculating by the judgement of bank note A (S57).Equate with benchmark proper vibration number or than its hour at the proper vibration number of calculating, make bank note input and output portion 2 be transported to bank note A in the temporary transient reserve part and after temporary transient the reservation, be accommodated in (S58) in the bank note containing storehouse as recycling normal bank note.When the proper vibration number of calculating is bigger than benchmark proper vibration number, be judged as the rigidity deterioration of bank note, in bank note being collected at a reserve part that is arranged in the bank note input and output portion 2 after, as reject handling, bank note is transported to after the coin slot, returns to client (S59).Till last bank note of client's input, after whole differentiations finishes, calculate Amount in Total to differentiating for the bank note of normal bank note, on client operating display part 5, show this amount of money and notify client.After client had confirmed the shown amount of money and imported the meaning of the expression affirmation amount of money by client, bank note input processing finished.
In addition, for whole inventions of above-mentioned embodiment 1~6, also can implement these inventions by combination in any.Thus, can expect further to improve the differentiation performance.