PAPER SHEET MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PAPER SHEET MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PAPER SHEET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• US 20110170761A1
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Glory Limited
• Original Assignee: Glory Limited
• Inventors: Fu, Gui
• Granted Patent: US 8,649,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/135
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/0047 using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination

Abstract

A paper sheet management apparatus includes: a serial number recognizing unit 38A that performs a character recognition of a serial number of predetermined digits for recognizing a banknote from the banknote, obtains a character recognition result including a recognizable character and/or an unrecognizable character, and obtains a serial number recognition result including a recognizable determined character and/or an unrecognizable error character based on the obtained character, recognition result; a serial number registration condition processing unit 38B that judges whether the serial number recognition result meets a predetermined registration condition based on the determined character or the error character in the obtained serial number recognition result; and a DB control unit 38E that registers banknote detailed information including the serial number recognition result in a database 33, when the serial number recognition result meets the predetermined registration condition, and forbids registration of the serial number recognition result in the database 33, when the serial number recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition. Thus, needless registration of serial numbers can be avoided, and an operational burden on a user who inputs a serial number can be significantly reduced.

Claims

1. A paper sheet management apparatus comprising:

an identification information recognizing unit that performs a character recognition based on identification information of a paper sheet, composed of predetermined digits for identifying a paper sheet, obtains a character recognition result including a recognizable character and/or an unrecognizable character, and obtains an identification information recognition result including a recognizable determined character and/or an unrecognizable undetermined character based on the obtained character recognition result;

a registration condition judgment unit that judges whether or not the identification information recognition result meets a predetermined registration condition, based on the determined character or the undetermined character in the identification information recognition result which has been obtained by the identification information recognizing unit; and

a registration control unit that registers the identification information recognition result in a storage unit when the registration condition judgment unit judges that the identification information recognition result meets the predetermined registration condition, and forbids registration of the identification information recognition result in the storage unit when the registration condition judgment unit judges that the identification information recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition.

2. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a specific digit designating unit that designates a given specific digit among the predetermined digits of the identification information recognition result,

wherein the registration condition judgment unit judges that:

the identification information recognition result meets the predetermined registration condition when a character of the specific digit in the identification information recognition result, which has been designated by the specific digit designating unit, is the determined character; and

judges that the identification information recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition when a character of the specific digit in the identification information recognition result, which has been designated by the specific digit designating unit, is the undetermined character.

3. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a unit for designating an allowable number of undetermined characters among the predetermined digits of the identification information recognition result,

wherein the registration condition judgment unit judges that:

the identification information recognition result meets the predetermined registration condition when a total number of the undetermined characters in the identification information recognition result is equal to or less than the allowable number of undetermined characters which has been designated by the unit for designating the allowable number of undetermined characters; and

judges that the identification information recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition when the total number of the undetermined characters in the identification information recognition result exceeds the allowable number of undetermined characters which has been designated by the unit for designating the allowable number of undetermined characters.

4. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

a specific digit designating unit that designates a given specific digit among the predetermined digits of the identification information recognition result; and

a unit for designating an allowable number of undetermined characters among the predetermined digits of the identification information recognition result;

wherein the registration condition judgment unit judges that;

the identification information recognition result meets the predetermined registration condition when a character of the specific digit in the identification information recognition result, which has been designated by the specific digit designating unit, is the determined character, and when a total number of the undetermined characters in the identification information recognition result is equal to or less than the allowable number of undetermined characters which has been designated by the unit for designating the allowable number of undetermined characters; and

judges that the identification information recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition when a character of the specific digit in the identification information recognition result, which has been designated by the specific digit designating unit, is the undetermined character, or when the total number of the undetermined characters in the identification information recognition result exceeds the allowable number of undetermined characters which has been designated by the unit for designating the allowable number of undetermined characters.

5. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, comprising an inputting operation demanding unit that demands an inputting operation relating to the identification information recognition result, when the registration control unit judges that the identification information recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition,

wherein, when an inputting operation relating to the identification information recognition result in response to the inputting operation demanding unit is detected, the registration control unit registers the inputted identification information in the storage unit.

6. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, comprising:

an information-to-be-searched inputting unit that inputs identification information to be searched; and

a search control unit that searches an identification information recognition result approximate to the identification information to be searched which has been inputted by the information-to-be-searched inputting unit, from the identification information recognition result including the determined character and/or the undetermined character registered in the storage unit.

7. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the identification information recognizing unit includes:

a character recognizing unit that performs a character recognition on a plurality of pieces of identification information of the same contents from the paper sheet, and obtains character recognition results about the respective identification information including a recognizable character and/or an unrecognizable character;

a comparing unit that compares the character recognition results of the respective identification information for each digit, which have been obtained by the character recognizing unit;

a character determining unit that determines, when all the characters of the corresponding digit in the character recognition results which have been compared with each other by the comparing unit are the same recognizable character, the character as the determined character of the corresponding digit;

when characters of the corresponding digit in the character recognition results are different characters including at least one recognizable character, the character determining unit determines a given character among these different characters as the determined character of the corresponding digit; and

when all the characters of the corresponding digit in the character recognition results are unrecognizable characters, the character determining unit determines the character as the undetermined character of the corresponding digit; and

an identification information recognition result obtaining unit that obtains the identification information recognition result including the determined character and/or the undetermined character, after the characters of all the digits in the character recognition results have been determined by the character determining unit.

8. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

when the characters of the corresponding digit in the character recognition results are different characters including at least one recognizable character, and a given character among these different characters is determined as the determined character of the corresponding digit, the character determining unit determines, as the determined character of the corresponding digit, a character of the corresponding digit in the character recognition result having the smallest total number of the unrecognizable characters among the plurality of character recognition results.

9. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 7, comprising a priority order storage unit that stores a priority order of the plurality of identification information having the same contents on the paper sheet, wherein

when the characters of the corresponding digit in the character recognition results are different characters including at least one recognizable character, and a given character among these different characters is determined as the determined character of the corresponding digit, the character determining unit determines, as the determined character of the corresponding digit, a character of the corresponding digit of the character recognition result whose priority order is higher, and which is stored in the priority storage unit, among the plurality of character recognition results.

10. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 7, comprising:

a coincide rate calculating unit that calculates a coincidence rate in which the recognizable characters of the corresponding digit in the plurality of character recognition results, which have been compared with each other by the comparing unit, coincide with each other; and

an allowable coincidence rate designating unit that designates an allowable coincidence rate;

wherein

the registration condition judgment unit judges that the identification information recognition result does not meet the predetermined registration condition, when the coincidence rate which has been calculated by the coincidence rate calculating unit does not exceeds the allowable coincidence rate which has been designated by the allowable coincidence rate designating unit.

11. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 7, comprising:

an information-to-be-searched inputting unit that inputs identification information to be searched; and

a search control unit that searches an identification information recognition result approximate to the identification information to be searched which has been inputted by the information-to-be-searched inputting unit, among one or more identification information recognizing results including the determined character and/or the undetermined character registered in the storage unit.

12. The paper sheet management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the identification information recognizing unit includes:

a character recognizing unit that performs a character recognition on a plurality of pieces of identification information of the same contents from the paper sheet, and obtains character recognition results about the respective identification information including a recognizable character and/or an unrecognizable character;

a comparing unit that compares the character recognition results of the respective identification information for each digit, which have been obtained by the character recognizing unit;

a character determining unit that determines the determined character and/or the undetermined character by the characters of all the digits in the character recognition result having the smallest total number of the unrecognizable characters among the plurality of character recognition results which have been compared with each other by the comparing unit; and

an identification information recognition result obtaining unit that obtains the identification information recognition result including the determined character and/or the undetermined character, after the characters of all the digits in the character recognition results have been determined by the character determining unit.

13. A paper sheet management method comprising:

performing a character recognition based on identification information of a paper sheet, composed of predetermined digits for recognizing a paper sheet, obtaining a character recognition result including a recognizable character and/or an unrecognizable character, and obtaining an identification information recognition result including a recognizable determined character and/or an unrecognizable undetermined character based on the obtained character recognition result;

judging whether or not the identification information recognition result meets a predetermined registration condition, based on the determined character or the undetermined character in the obtained identification information recognition result; and

registering the identification information recognition result in a storage unit when the identification information recognition result is judged to meet the predetermined registration condition, and forbidding registration of the identification information recognition result in the storage unit when the identification information recognition result is judged not to meet the predetermined registration condition.

14. A paper sheet management program that causes a processing program to be executed by a computer device, the processing program comprising:

performing a character recognition based on identification information of a paper sheet, composed of predetermined digits for recognizing a paper sheet, obtaining a character recognition result including a recognizable character and/or an unrecognizable character, and obtaining an identification information recognition result including a recognizable determined character and/or an unrecognizable undetermined character based on the obtained character recognition result;

judging whether the identification information recognition result meets a predetermined registration condition or not, based on the determined character or the undetermined character in the obtained identification information recognition result; and

registering the identification information recognition result in a storage unit when the identification information recognition result is judged to meet the predetermined registration condition, and forbidding registration of the identification information recognition result in the storage unit when the identification information recognition result is judged not to meet the predetermined registration condition.