Device for detecting thickness of sheet-type medium and method thereof

Abstract

A method and a device for continuously detecting thickness of a sheet-type medium in a continuous conveying process can achieve a more accurate and stable detected thickness value. The device for detecting thickness of a sheet-type medium comprises a conveying roller; a detection roller, the detection roller being arranged opposite to the conveying roller, and an elastic displacement existing between the detection roller and the conveying roller; a plate spring, arranged by pressing opposite to the other side of the detection roller relative to the conveying roller; a sensor, arranged above the plate spring; and a thickness calculation unit, calculating a thickness value of the sheet-type medium according to a distance detection value and a standard zero value; and further comprises a zero value correction unit.

Claims

1. A device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium, comprising: a conveying roll, configured to convey a sheet medium; a detecting roll, arranged opposite to the conveying roll, configured to clamp and convey the sheet medium together with the conveying roll in the process of convey and is elastically displaced relative to the conveying roll; a sensor, configured to obtain a distance variation value between the detecting roll and the sensor; a thickness calculating unit, configured to calculate a sheet medium thickness value according to a distance detection value between the detecting roll and the sensor obtained by the sensor when the sheet medium passes by and a standard zero value between the detecting roll and the sensor obtained by the sensor before the sheet medium enters; wherein the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium further comprises: a zero value correcting unit, configured to correct a dynamic detection zero value between the detecting roll and the sensor obtained by the sensor before the sheet medium enters according to a zero value correcting formula to obtain the standard zero value; a date storing unit, configured to store a preset distance detection zero value and operating data used by the zero value correcting unit.

2. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 1, wherein the zero value correcting formula is as follow:
b.sub.n=(1t)b.sub.n1+ta.sub.n t(0,1) where, a.sub.n is a dynamic detection zero value used in detecting the thickness of the n-th sheet medium; b.sub.n represents a standard zero value used in detecting the thickness of the n-th sheet medium; b.sub.n1 is a standard zero value used in detecting the thickness of (n1)-th sheet medium; n is a natural number greater than 0, and when n=1, that is, the detection is performed for the first time, b.sub.0 =A.sub.0, with A.sub.0 being a preset distance detection zero value.

3. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 2, wherein t ranges from 0.05 to 0.25.

4. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 2, wherein the t is equal to 0.2.

5. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 4, further comprising a sheet medium entry determining module, configured to determine whether sheet medium thickness detection is to be started.

6. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 1, wherein a plate spring is arranged against the detecting roll on the side opposite to the conveying roll to achieve the elastic displacement of the detecting roll relative to the conveying roll.

7. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 6, wherein the sensor is arranged above the plate spring and relatively static to the conveying roll.

8. A method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium, comprising: S1. obtaining a dynamic detection zero value between a detecting roll and a sensor before a sheet medium enters; S2. correcting the dynamic detection zero value according to a zero value correcting formula to obtain a standard zero value; S3. obtaining a distance detection value between the detecting roll and the sensor when the sheet medium passes through the sensor; S4. calculating the actual thickness value of the sheet medium according to the difference between the distance detection value and the standard zero value.

9. The method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 8, wherein the zero value correcting formula is as follow:
b.sub.n=(1t)b.sub.n1+ta.sub.n t(0,1) where, a.sub.n is a dynamic detection zero value used in detecting the thickness of the n-th sheet medium; b.sub.n represents a standard zero value used in detecting the thickness of the n-th sheet medium; b.sub.nlis a standard zero value used in detecting the thickness of (n1)-th sheet medium; n is a natural number greater than 0, and when n=1, that is, the detection is performed for the first time, b.sub.0 =A.sub.0, with A.sub.o being a preset distance detection zero value.

10. The method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 9, wherein t ranges from 0.05 to 0.25.

11. The method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 9, wherein the t is equal to 0.2.

12. The device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 3, wherein the t is equal to 0.2.

13. The method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to claim 10, wherein the t is equal to 0.2.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view of a device for collecting a thickness data used commonly currently;

(2) FIG. 2 is a construction schematic view of a device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to the present application;

(3) FIG. 3 is a flow schematic diagram of a method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to the present application;

(4) FIG. 4 is a data statistical chart related to sheet medium thickness detection performed by adopting a fixed zero value method;

(5) FIG. 5 is a data statistical chart related to sheet medium thickness detection performed by adopting a dynamic zero value method;

(6) FIG. 6 is a data statistical chart related to sheet medium thickness detection performed by adopting the method according to the present application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(7) In order to further illustrate the present application, technical solutions of the present application will be further described in detail hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. According to the difference about the detection accuracy requirements on banknote thickness data, a plurality of thickness detecting devices ranging from one to dozens can be arranged, the thickness detecting devices are independent of each other, but the operating principle thereof is completely the same, only the installation positions are different.

(8) In order to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application briefly, only one thickness detecting device is described in detail. In actual use, a plurality of the thickness detecting devices can be arranged on the path through which the banknote passes according to requirement, when the banknote passes by, the plurality of the thickness detecting devices will generate corresponding banknote thickness detection data, and when each banknote passes through the thickness detecting device, a group of thickness detection values will be generated. If the banknote is smooth, the generated group of thickness values is uniform and is the actual thickness of the banknote; if there are changes in the thickness of the banknote, for example a tape is attached to the banknote and the position of the tape is detected, the calculated group of thickness values varies accordingly.

(9) Referring to FIG. 2, the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to the present application includes: a conveying roll 1 for conveying a sheet medium; a detecting roll 2 that is opposite to the conveying roll 1 for clamping and conveying the sheet medium together with the conveying roll in the process of convey and is elastically displaced relative to the conveying roll; a plate spring 3 arranged against the detecting roll 2 on the side opposite to the conveying roll 1; a sensor 4 arranged above the plate spring for obtaining a distance variation value between the plate spring 3 and the sensor 4; a thickness calculating unite 6 configured to calculate a sheet medium thickness value according to a distance detection value between the plate spring 3 and the sensor 4 obtained by the sensor 4 when the sheet medium passes by and a standard zero value between the plate spring 3 and the sensor obtained by the sensor 4 before the sheet medium enters. In order to obtain an accurate standard zero value, the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium further includes: a zero value correcting unit 7 for correcting a dynamic detection zero value between the detecting roll and the sensor obtained by the sensor before the sheet medium enters according to a zero value correcting formula to obtain the standard zero value; and a date storing unite 8 for storing a preset distance detection zero value and operating data for the zero value correction.

(10) It should be noted that the use of plate spring 3 in the present embodiment is merely one solution for achieving the elastic displacement of the detecting roll 2 relative to the conveying roll 1, in order to achieve this elastic displacement, the people skilled in the art may also employ the means of a spring pulling or of a torsion spring limiting to a rotating shaft of the detecting roll, which will not be described in detailed herein. Of course, in a solution the above plate spring is not used, the sensor 4 can directly obtain the distance information between the detecting roll 2 and the sensor 4 to calculate the thickness value of the sheet medium passing by.

(11) Referring to FIG. 3, the process of detecting the thickness of a sheet medium carried out by the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to the present application includes steps as follows: S1. obtaining a dynamic detection zero value between a detecting roll and a sensor before a sheet medium enters; S2. correcting the dynamic detection zero value according to a zero value correcting formula to obtain a standard zero value; S3. obtaining a distance detection value between the detecting roll and the sensor when the sheet medium passes through the sensor; S4. calculating the actual thickness value of the sheet medium according to the difference between the distance detection value and the standard zero value.

(12) Here, the correcting formula employed in the present embodiment is as follow:
b.sub.n=(1t)b.sub.n1+ta.sub.n t(0,1) where, a.sub.n is a dynamic detection zero value used in detecting the thickness of the n-th sheet medium; b.sub.n represents a standard zero value used in detecting the thickness of the n-th sheet medium; b.sub.n1 is a standard zero value used in detecting the thickness of (n1)-th sheet medium; n is a natural number larger than 0, and when n=1, that is, the detection is performed for the first time, b.sub.0=A.sub.0, with A.sub.0 being a preset distance detection zero value.

(13) Specifically, the larger the correlativity coefficient t, the higher the self-adapting speed, and the worse the stability; on the contrary, the smaller the correlativity coefficient t, the lower the self-adapting speed, and the better the stability.

(14) Particularly, when t is equal to 0, b.sub.n=b.sub.n1 . . . b.sub.0=A.sub.0, b.sub.n degenerates as a fixed zero value; when t is equal to 1, b.sub.n=a.sub.n, b.sub.n degenerates as a dynamic zero value; and it should be avoided that t is equal to 0 or 1, experimental result shows that when t ranges from 0.05 to 0.2, a good engineering effect can be achieved. Preferably, the t is equal to 0.2.

(15) The above embodiment described above is merely one of the embodiments for achieving the second object of the present application, optimizations can be made by the people skilled in the art applying any prior art known to them, for example, in order to accurately obtain a dynamic zero value data, a sheet medium entry determining module may be added to the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium, so as to guide the sensor to collect and obtain accurate dynamic zero value.

(16) Next, in order to further illustrate the advantage of the method for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium according to the present application as compared with the method for detecting thickness in the prior art, the following experimental data are provided.

(17) FIG. 4 is a data statistical chart related to sheet medium thickness detection performed by adopting a fixed zero value method. A initial fixed zero value of the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium is determined firstly, the means generally used in the prior art is that, before the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium is used, the detection zero value d when no medium enters is detected by N (N>0) times, each of the detection zero values is U.sub.1, U.sub.2, . . . ,U.sub.N, the corresponding fixed zero value can be calculated through a formula as follow:
A.sub.0=(U.sub.1+U.sub.2+ . . . +U.sub.N)/N

(18) The preset fixed zero value for sheet medium thickness detection used in the present experiment is 50 micrometers.

(19) Then, by using the above fixed zero value as the standard zero value for sheet medium thickness detection, the experimental thickness data is collected by using a standard test medium with a thickness of 100 micrometers. With the horizontal coordinate representing the number of the test medium, i.e. the sequence of the test medium, and with the vertical coordinate representing the thickness data, and the unit is micrometer, a statistical chart as shown in FIG. 4 is formed, where the lower data line a represents the standard zero value used for calculating the thickness data of each test medium, that is the preset fixed zero value 50 micrometers, the upper data line b represents the collected detection thickness value of each test medium, and the intermediate data line c represents the detection thickness value of test medium that is calculated according to the difference between the detection thickness value and the preset fixed zero value.

(20) As can be seen from FIG. 4, when the test environment of the device for detecting the thickness of a sheet medium is changed, the data line b drifts downward, which thus results in that finally calculated data line c, that is the detection thickness value, is completely away from the real thickness 100 micrometers of the standard test medium, thereby serious detect errors are caused.

(21) FIG. 5 is a data statistical chart related to sheet medium thickness detection performed by adopting a dynamic zero value method, similarly, the experimental thickness data is collected by using a standard test medium with a thickness of 100 micrometers. With the horizontal coordinate representing the number of the test medium, i.e. the sequence of the test medium, and with the vertical coordinate representing the thickness data, and the unit is micrometer, a statistical chart as shown in FIG. 5 is formed, where the lower data line al represents the standard zero value used for calculating the thickness data of each test medium, that is the dynamic zero value collected before each time of collecting the detection thickness value of the test medium, the upper data line b1 represents the collected detection thickness value of each test medium, and the intermediate data line c1 represents the detection thickness value of test medium that is calculated according to the difference between the detection thickness value and the dynamic zero value.

(22) As can be seen from FIG. 5, because of the jitter of the detection components, large fluctuations are generated in data collection, such as the point p in the Figure. When an instantaneous large deviation arises in the collected zero value, the finally calculated detection thickness value largely deviates from the standard 100 micrometers, thereby causing the detected thickness data being severely abnormal.

(23) Referring to FIG. 6, a data statistical chart related to sheet medium thickness detection performed by adopting the method according to the present application is illustrated.

(24) Similarly, the experimental thickness data is collected by using a standard test medium with a thickness of 100 micrometers, with the horizontal coordinate represents the number of the test medium, i.e. the sequence of the test medium, and with the vertical coordinate represents the thickness data, and the unit is micrometer, the statistical chart as shown in FIG. 6 is formed, where the lower data line a2 represents the standard zero value used for calculating the thickness data of each test medium, that is the standard zero value obtained by correcting the dynamic zero value d collected before each time of collecting the detection thickness value of the test medium according to a correcting formula, the upper data line b2 represents the collected detection thickness value of each test medium, and the intermediate data line c2 represents the detection thickness value of test medium that is calculated according to the difference between the detection thickness value and the dynamic zero value.

(25) The correcting formula employed is as follow:
b.sub.n=(1t)b.sub.n1+ta.sub.n t(0,1) where 1) a.sub.n represents a dynamic zero value collected before the n-th banknote passes by; if the dynamic zero value method is employed, a.sub.n is a dynamic zero value used in detecting the n-th banknote; 2) b.sub.n represents a self-adapting zero value used in detecting the n-th banknote; b.sub.n1 is a self-adapting zero value used in detecting the (n1)-th banknote; 3) n is a natural number larger than 0, and when n=1, that is, the detection is performed for the first time, b.sub.0=A.sub.0, with A.sub.0 being a preset distance detection zero value; 4) t is a correlativity coefficient, 0<t<1; the larger the t, the higher the self-adapting speed, and the worse the stability; on the contrary, the smaller the t, the lower the self-adapting speed, and the better the stability. 5) particularly, when t is equal to 0, b.sub.n=b.sub.n1 . . . b.sub.0=A.sub.0, and b.sub.n degenerates as the fixed zero value; when t is equal to 1, b.sub.n=a.sub.n, b.sub.n degenerates as the dynamic zero value; and it should be avoided that t is equal to 0 or 1, when t ranges from 0.05 to 0.2, a good engineering effect can be achieved.

(26) The present experimental test takes t=0.2 as an example, in the present method, the standard zero value calculating formula of the n-th banknote is as follow: b.sub.n=0.8b.sub.n1+0.2a.sub.n, where b.sub.0=A.sub.0=50 micrometers.

(27) As can be seen from FIG. 6, the standard zero value formed after being corrected through the zero value correcting method according to the present application renders the finally calculated detection thickness value does not seriously deviate from the thickness value 100 micrometers of the standard medium. Thus, the solution not only can solve the problem of the detection data being inaccurate caused by aging of the detecting device and changing in environment, but also can solve the problem of the detection data being inaccurate caused by sudden fluctuations during data collection because of the inherent nature of the zero value detecting device itself.

(28) The above-described embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present application, it goes without saying that the scope of the claims thereof can be limited to this, It should be noted that, for the person skilled in the art, many modifications and improvements may be made to the present application without departing from the principle of the present application, and these modifications and improvements are also deemed to fall into the protection scope of the present application.