Sheet processing apparatus

• US 20060157390A1
• Filed: 09/13/2005
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Otsuka, Toru
• Application Number:
  US11/223,918
• Publication Number:
  US 20060157390A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 209/534
• CPC Class Codes: B07C 5/00 Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches sorting by hand only B07C7/00; separating solids from solids by sieving, screening, or sifting or by using gas currents or other separating by dry methods applicable to bulk material B07B
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 13/02 Applying and securing binding material around articles or groups of articles, e.g. using strings, wires, strips, bands or tapes
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 61/025 for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 13/02 of glass, pottery, or other ceramic material
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 20/02 by friction roller
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 20/06 by friction band
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2408/11 Sorters or machines for sorting articles
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2511/10 Size; Dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/12 Containers for valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/165 Picking
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/20 Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/22 Means for sensing or detection
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/24 Managing the stock of valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/50 Sorting or counting valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/16 Testing the dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/181 Testing mechanical properties or condition, e.g. wear or tear G07D7/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/187 Detecting defacement or contamination, e.g. dirt

Abstract

In a sheet processing apparatus which checks sheets and sorts the sheets for a plurality of cassettes on the basis of the check result and conditions for the sheets which are assigned to the respective cassettes, conditions for sheets such as bill types and bill states which are assigned to the respective cassettes are displayed on a display unit. When an instruction to save these setting contents is issued while a cassette and conditions for sheets which are displayed on the display unit are selected, the selected conditions for sheets are assigned to the selected cassette.

Claims

1. A sheet processing apparatus which checks sheets and sorts the sheets for a plurality of cassettes on the basis of the check result and conditions for the sheets which are assigned to the respective cassettes, comprising:

a display unit which displays information indicating a condition for a sheet which is assigned to each cassette;

a first selection unit which selects a cassette displayed by the display unit;

a second selection unit which selects a condition for a sheet which is displayed by the display unit; and

a setup unit which, when a cassette is selected by the first selection unit and a condition for a sheet is selected by the second selection unit, assigns the condition selected by the second selection unit to the cassette selected by the first selection unit.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second selection unit is a button which selects a sheet type as a condition for a sheet.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second selection unit is a button which selects an unfit state of a sheet as a condition for a sheet.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second selection unit is a button which selects an orientation of a sheet as a condition for a sheet.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second selection unit is a button which selects a condition for a sheet as a combination of a sheet type and an unfit state.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a setup window having a display area which displays a list of information indicating conditions for a sheet which are assigned to the respective cassettes.

7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays a setup window having a display area which displays information indicating a cassette to which a condition for a sheet is assigned.

8. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when a condition for a sheet which is selected by the second selection unit is assigned, by the setup unit, to a cassette selected by the first selection unit, the display unit additionally displays a display area for setting a second condition for a sheet with respect to the cassette.

9. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a save instruction unit to instruct to save setting contents displayed by the display unit; and

a save unit which saves setting contents displayed by the display unit as setting information when the save instruction unit is instructed.

10. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a setup name designation unit to designate a setup name to save setting contents displayed by the display unit; and

a save unit which saves setting contents displayed by the display unit with a setup name designated by the setup name designation unit.

11. An apparatus according to claim 10, which further comprises:

a third selection unit which selects one setup name from a plurality of setup names with which setting contents are saved by the save unit; and

a read instruction unit to read setting contents of a setup name selected by the third selection unit, and

in which the display unit displays information indicating setting contents of a setup name selected by the third selection unit when the read instruction unit is instructed.

12. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reference value setting unit which sets a reference value for sorting sheets into fit sheets and unfit sheets on the basis of unfit states.

13. An apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the reference value setting unit sets the reference value for each sheet type.

14. An apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprises an authentication unit which authenticates a supervisor, and

in which the setup unit executes setup processing only by operation by a supervisor authenticated by the authentication unit.

15. A sheet processing apparatus which has a plurality of cassettes in which sheets are collected, comprising:

a save unit which saves a plurality of setting contents indicating conditions for sheets assigned to the respective cassettes with a plurality of setup names;

a selection unit which selects one setup name from a plurality of setup names saved in the save unit;

a read unit which reads setting contents of the setup name selected by the selection unit;

an operation setup unit which performs operation setup on the basis of the setting contents read by the read unit;

a pickup unit which picks up a plurality of sheets one by one;

a check unit which checks the sheet picked up by the pickup unit;

a discrimination unit which discriminates a cassette, in which the sheet is to be collected, on the basis of a check result obtained by the check unit and a condition for a sheet which is assigned to each cassette set up by the setup unit; and

a control unit which collects sheets in each cassette on the basis of a discrimination result obtained by the discrimination unit.