Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet identification device and a sheet identification method capable of meeting a wider variety of requests. The sheet identification device of the present invention is configured to identify a sheet under transportation. The device includes a standard identifier and an option attachment member to which an optional identifier is attachable. The standard identifier includes a standard sensor unit including an optical line sensor and a standard controller configured to control the standard sensor unit and identify a type of the sheet based on an output from the standard sensor unit. The optional identifier includes an optional sensor unit configured to execute a different sensing operation from a sensing operation executed by the standard sensor unit and an optional controller configured to control the optional sensor unit.

Abstract: A paper-sheet recognition apparatus that acquires information from a paper sheet and recognizes the paper sheet based on the information. The apparatus includes one or more light emitting units that output first to n-th lights (n?2) of different wavelengths; an emission controller that performs emission control of the light emitting units; a light receiving unit that receive a component of a light, which has been emitted from the light emitting unit and then reflected from and/or transmitted through the paper sheet; and a paper-sheet recognition processor that recognizes the paper sheet by using an optical signal received by the light receiving unit. The emission controller performs the emission control of the light emitting units such that the number of light emissions per one emission cycle with respect each of to the first to n-th lights differs depending on information desired to be used in recognizing the paper sheet.

Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus that performs a recognizing process of a paper sheet includes: a paper sheet recognition sensor (11) that reads an image of a paper sheet; a number-attribute information memory (131) that stores number attribute information including number recognition conditions for recognizing a number given to a paper sheet; and an image processing unit (134) and a character recognizing unit (135) that recognize a number of a paper sheet from an image read by the paper sheet recognition sensor (11), based on number recognition conditions stored in the number-attribute information memory (131).

Abstract: Provided is a paper sheet recognition device for recognizing a fitness and authenticity of paper sheets, by which recognition of types, authenticity, and fitness of paper sheets can be effectively performed even in the case where a large number of features should be evaluated.

Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus includes a transport path for transporting paper sheets one at a time, a line sensor unit that includes a light source that irradiates the paper sheet being transported through the transport path with light and a line sensor that receives light reflected from the paper sheet and processes a signal representing the received light to generate pixel data, and a control unit that performs an image thinning process on the pixel data and almost simultaneously generates a first image data and a second image data having different resolutions.

Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus that performs a recognizing process of a paper sheet includes: a paper sheet recognition sensor (11) that reads an image of a paper sheet; a number-attribute information memory (131) that stores number attribute information including number recognition conditions for recognizing a number given to a paper sheet; and an image processing unit (134) and a character recognizing unit (135) that recognize a number of a paper sheet from an image read by the paper sheet recognition sensor (11), based on number recognition conditions stored in the number-attribute information memory (131).

Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus that performs a recognizing process of a paper sheet includes: a paper sheet recognition sensor (11) that reads an image of a paper sheet; a number-attribute information memory (131) that stores number attribute information including number recognition conditions for recognizing a number given to a paper sheet; and an image processing unit (134) and a character recognizing unit (135) that recognize a number of a paper sheet from an image read by the paper sheet recognition sensor (11), based on number recognition conditions stored in the number-attribute information memory (131).

Abstract: A paper sheet identification device that detects a stain on a paper sheet and identifies the stained condition of the paper sheet includes an area memory (12) that stores therein in advance an area where a stain is to be detected on the paper sheet as a target detection area, a pixel number memory (11) that stores therein in advance the number of pixels of an image printed on the target detection area as the reference number of pixels used as a reference value when being compared, an image reading unit (13) that, based on the target detection area stored in the area memory, reads an image on the target detection area from the paper sheet, a pixel-number detection unit (14) that detects the number of pixels in the image read by the image reading unit as the number of read pixels, and a calculation unit (15) that calculates a stain value that indicates a stained condition on the target detection area of the paper sheet, by comparing the number of read pixels detected by the pixel-number detection unit with the

Abstract: A paper-sheet recognition device includes a sensor that detects the paper sheet being transported one by one to be recognized; an image capturing unit that captures an image of the paper sheet detected by the sensor; a recognition processing unit that recognizes the type of the paper sheet based on the paper sheet image captured by the image capturing unit; and a power consumption controller that controls power consumption by operating the image capturing unit and the recognition processing unit in a normal mode until the recognition of the paper sheet is completed after the paper sheet is detected by the sensor, and by stopping the operations of the image capturing unit and the recognition processing unit in a power-saving mode after completion of the recognition process.

Abstract: Provided is a paper sheet recognition device for recognizing a fitness and authenticity of paper sheets, by which recognition of types, authenticity, and fitness of paper sheets can be effectively performed even in the case where a large number of features should be evaluated.

Abstract: A paper sheet processing apparatus that performs a recognizing process of a paper sheet includes: a paper sheet recognition sensor (11) that reads an image of a paper sheet; a number-attribute information memory (131) that stores number attribute information including number recognition conditions for recognizing a number given to a paper sheet; and an image processing unit (134) and a character recognizing unit (135) that recognize a number of a paper sheet from an image read by the paper sheet recognition sensor (11), based on number recognition conditions stored in the number-attribute information memory (131).

Abstract: A paper-sheet recognition apparatus that acquires information from a paper sheet and recognizes the paper sheet based on the information. The apparatus includes one or more light emitting units that output first to n-th lights (n>2) of different wavelengths; an emission controller that performs emission control of the light emitting units; a light receiving unit that receive a component of a light, which has been emitted from the light emitting unit and then reflected from and/or transmitted through the paper sheet; and a paper-sheet recognition processor that recognizes the paper sheet by using an optical signal received by the light receiving unit. The emission controller performs the emission control of the light emitting units such that the number of light emissions per one emission cycle with respect each of to the first to n-th lights differs depending on information desired to be used in recognizing the paper sheet.

Abstract: A paper sheet identification device that detects a stain on a paper sheet and identifies the stained condition of the paper sheet includes an area memory (12) that stores therein in advance an area where a stain is to be detected on the paper sheet as a target detection area, a pixel number memory (11) that stores therein in advance the number of pixels of an image printed on the target detection area as the reference number of pixels used as a reference value when being compared, an image reading unit (13) that, based on the target detection area stored in the area memory, reads an image on the target detection area from the paper sheet, a pixel-number detection unit (14) that detects the number of pixels in the image read by the image reading unit as the number of read pixels, and a calculation unit (15) that calculates a stain value that indicates a stained condition on the target detection area of the paper sheet, by comparing the number of read pixels detected by the pixel-number detection unit with the