Abstract: A banknote storage device includes a housing member having a loading region in which a banknote is loaded; a storage which is disposed to be adjacent to the housing member and in which the banknote is stored; a temporary accumulation region provided between the loading region and the storage so as to temporarily accumulate the banknote to be stored in the storage; and a push-in mechanism that pushes the banknote loaded to the loading region, into the temporary accumulation region and that pushes a plurality of the banknotes accumulated in the temporary accumulation region, into the storage.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus is configured by including a palm luminance estimation unit and a surface reflected component enhancement unit that separate low-frequency components from a signal indicating luminance values of pixels of an input image, a denoising processing unit that executes a denoising process for the signal from which the low-frequency components have been separated, and a merging unit that generates an image by merging the signal after the denoising process and the low-frequency components.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a conveyance path where a paper sheet, which is inserted through an insertion port, is introduced to a feeding position and the paper sheet is fed from the feeding position into an interior of its own apparatus, an introduction mechanism that has a conveyance belt and introduces the paper sheet, which is inserted through the insertion port to the feeding position, a feeding mechanism that feeds the paper sheet, which is delivered to the feeding position by the introduction mechanism, and a controller configured to control the introduction mechanism and the feeding mechanism. The controller controls the feeding mechanism in such a manner that the paper sheet, which is inserted through the insertion port, is fed when the paper sheet is not introduced to the feeding position after the introduction mechanism repeats, a predetermined number of times.

Abstract: A tag access apparatus accesses an RFID tag provided with a first antenna having a radio wave directivity along a longitudinal direction of a plurality of test tubes arranged at a predetermined interval. The tag access apparatus has a multi-filler helical antenna which is provided in a direction opposite to the radio wave directivity of the first antenna and which maintains an electric field strength at a central part of the multi-filler helical antenna at a level that allows access to the RFID tag, at the time of access to the RFID tag.

Abstract: An image processing device is provided that enables an operator to reduce time and effort, and that enables an image to be read stably without receiving the influence of a shadow generated after calibration. The image processing device includes: a tint component removing unit that removes a tint component from a captured image; a character information removing unit that removes character information from an image obtained by removing the tint component; a dividing unit that performs grouping on the captured image according to a combination of hue and saturation; a calculating unit that calculates, for each group, correction data for correcting the shadow in accordance with an image obtained by removing the character information and an image obtained by grouping; and a correcting unit that corrects the captured image in accordance with the calculated correction data.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus has a pickup roller, a stage, a pressure sensor, and a measuring unit. For each feeding process, in which the pickup roller feeds paper sheets until the pressure detected by the pressure sensor becomes less than a predetermined set value, the stage presses paper sheets against the pickup roller until the pressure detected by the pressure sensor reaches another set value. The pickup roller operates at a feeding speed of a first speed if a calculated feeding value is less than a threshold, and operates at a feeding speed of a second speed that is slower than the first speed if the calculated feeding value is equal to or greater than the threshold, the calculated feeding value being calculated based on: the amount of movement of the stage measured by the measuring unit; and the number of paper sheets fed by the feeding process.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an image sensor that images an object to be imaged through polarizing plates arranged to have a different polarization direction for each pixel in a pixel group that includes a plurality of pixels corresponding to each of points of the object to be imaged; a pixel selecting unit that selects a pixel having a lowest brightness for each of the pixel group corresponding to each of the points; and an image output unit that outputs a captured image of the object to be imaged that is generated from pixels selected by the pixel selecting unit.

Abstract: When a card insertion detecting unit detects insertion of a card, a display control unit causes an aerial display to appear in mid-air and displays a transaction procedure for a card transaction. When a customer performs an operation in accordance with the transaction procedure, a card transaction processing unit performs card transaction processing, after which the aerial display is set in a non-display state. When a mobile terminal detecting unit detects a mobile terminal and data on a transaction content inputted in advance into the mobile terminal has been read, a mobile terminal transaction processing unit executes mobile terminal transaction processing in accordance with the transaction content without the aerial display appearing in mid-air.

Abstract: A write request for writing first data into a first region in a memory region of a memory device and a write request for writing second data into a second region are acquired. When the two regions are not continuous, a first estimated time is calculated by summing an estimated time for writing the first data into the first region and an estimated time for writing the second data into the second region. In addition, a second estimated time for writing third data including the first data, the second data, and additional data into a third region including the first region, the second region, and a gap region is calculated. When the second estimated time is shorter than the first estimated time, the first data, the second data, and the additional data are controlled to be written at a time.

Abstract: A sheet storage device includes: an accommodation unit that accommodates a sheet in a manner stacking on a certain surface; a sheet sliding unit that is positioned on a first end side of a sheet accommodated in the accommodation unit and sequentially slides a sheet from a sheet positioned in a lowermost layer; and a supporting unit that is positioned on a second end side opposite to the first end side of a sheet accommodated in the accommodation unit and supports an area around the second end of the sheet in a manner separating from the certain surface by being pressed by a weight of the sheet and an own weight.

Abstract: In a paper sheet storing apparatus housed in a paper sheet handling apparatus, a storage part stores paper sheets. An ejection port ejects a paper sheet of the paper sheets stored in the storage part. A first roller is arranged near the ejection port, and is rotated in a predetermined direction by transmission of rotation caused by drive of a drive shaft so as to send out the paper sheet from the ejection port. A driven shaft is rotated in the predetermined direction following the rotation of the first roller. A second roller is arranged in a position farther from the ejection port than a first roller, and is rotated in the predetermined direction by transmission of rotation of the driven shaft so as to sequentially feed, to the first roller, the paper sheets from a paper sheet positioned in a lowest layer among the paper sheets.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an imaging device, a board on which the imaging device is mounted, an optical unit that forms an image of a target object onto the imaging device, and mounting units that is used to mount the optical unit on the board. The mounting units include a first mounting unit and a second mounting unit and the board includes an attachment portion having a smooth surface. The first mounting unit is attached to the attachment portion by mechanical joining and the second mounting unit is bonded to the first mounting unit while the optical unit is attached to the second mounting unit.

Abstract: In the separation roller, an entire area of a circumferential surface of the separation roller facing the sending roller is exposed to come in direct contact with the banknote, moving from the storage unit, on the storage unit side with respect to a contact portion which is in contact with the sending roller, both end portions in an axial direction of the separation roller are formed of a material having a friction coefficient smaller than that of a central portion thereof, and the diameter of the both end portions is the same as the diameter of the central portion.

Abstract: A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a calculation unit and a determination unit. The calculation unit calculates, on the basis of a thickness of a paper sheet that passes through a conveyance path and a contour of the paper sheet, a total area of a cumulative area of overlapping regions of the paper sheet in the contour and an area of a non-overlapping region of the paper sheet in the contour. The determination unit determines the number of the paper sheets on the basis of the calculated total area.

Abstract: A apparatus includes a storage mechanism that includes a plurality of storage spaces where paper sheets are stored and continuously feeds out the storage spaces toward one direction while creating the storage spaces one by one, an alignment mechanism that carries banknotes into the storage spaces in the order that the storage mechanism feeds out the storage spaces, and a controller that controls the alignment mechanism and the storage mechanism.

Abstract: An RFID tag includes: a flexible, sheet-shaped substrate; an antenna pattern that is formed on the substrate; an IC chip that is mounted on the substrate and that is connected to the antenna pattern; an adhesive member that adheres the IC chip to the substrate; and a reinforcement member that covers the IC chip and the adhesive, and that is at a position such that a central portion of the reinforcement member is offset along a length direction of the substrate with respect to the IC chip and the adhesive member.

Abstract: A apparatus includes an image sensor unit which includes an image capturing element that captures a banknote so as to discriminate the banknote, a controller that controls the image sensor unit, and a first attachment part, to which the image sensor unit is attached to be detachable, and which includes a connection terminal that connects the image sensor unit and the controller with each other, and which is arranged in a conveyance path for conveying the banknote.

Abstract: A control unit; a banknote handling module that includes a conveying mechanism, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit that is controlled by the first control circuit and that controls the conveying mechanism; a power supply unit; a first power supply cable that supplies electrical power from the power supply unit to the first control circuit; and a second power supply cable that supplies electrical power from the power supply unit to the second control circuit. The first control circuit includes a first connecting portion to which the first power supply cable is connected and a first hot plug-in circuit that is connected to the first connecting portion. The second control circuit includes a second connecting portion to which the second power supply cable is connected and a second hot plug-in circuit that is connected to the second connecting portion.

Abstract: A biometrics authentication device is configured to include: a filter that extracts from an input image directional features that respectively correspond to directions different from each other; an perpendicular filter that, from among the directional features extracted from the filter, decreases a luminance value of the entirety of a directional feature that corresponds to a prescribed direction, increases a luminance value of the entirety of a directional feature that corresponds to a direction perpendicular to the directional feature that corresponds to the prescribed direction, and outputs other directional features with no change; a non-directional feature generation processing unit that generates a non-directional feature on the basis of the directional features output from the perpendicular filter; a matching processing unit that obtains a similarity between the non-directional feature and a registered non-directional feature stored in a storing unit; and a determining unit that determines identity by