By Pliant Currency (e.g., Dollar Bill, Etc.) Patents (Class 194/206)
-
Patent number: 8776980Abstract: A bill processing machine according to the present invention includes a control portion that controls a pair of first and second sensor units. The control portion performs: a first process in which first and second reflected lights of one face of a bill are detected sequentially by first and second reflection sensors of the first sensor unit, respectively; a second process in which third and fourth reflected light of an other face of the bill are detected sequentially by first and second reflection sensors of the second sensor unit, respectively; and a third process in which first and second transmitted lights in one direction of the bill are detected by the first and second reflection sensors of the first sensor unit, respectively, and third and fourth transmitted lights in an other direction of the bill is detected by the first and second reflection sensor of the second sensor unit, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Laurel Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiji Nagami, Noriaki Kitagaki
-
Publication number: 20140190787Abstract: The present invention is characterized in that at least a first bill storage unit and a second bill storage unit are stacked and arranged in the stated sequence from a bill insert/discharge port side provided to the upper surface of the bill storage box; a door for loading and removing bills inside the bill storage units, and an opening and closing part for removing bills retained in an internal conveyance path between the first bill storage unit and the internal conveyance path are included; and the opening and closing direction of the door for loading and removing bills in the first bill storage unit and the opening and dosing direction of the opening and closing part are substantially the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2011Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventors: Junji Fujita, Minoru Kadowaki, Naoaki Nishizawa, Akihiro Nagura
-
Patent number: 8763779Abstract: A bill processing apparatus comprises a bill housing part capable of housing a bill therein and a bill conveyance mechanism that conveys the bill to the bill housing part. And in the bill processing apparatus, the bill housing part comprises a receiving port that accepts the bill conveyed by the bill conveyance mechanism and conveyor members which are capable of contacting the bill conveyed-in from the receiving port, and are driven along a conveying-in direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2008Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Universal Entertainment CorporationInventor: Takao Nireki
-
Patent number: 8757348Abstract: A paper money input and output device includes a money input unit to which paper money is paid in, a money output unit which releases paper money to the exterior of the device, a plurality of recirculation cases which, along with storing paper money, also output stored paper money to the money output unit, a collection case which can store paper money from the money input unit or the plurality of recirculation cases, and a rejected-for-payout case which stores money which has been paid out from the recirculation cases and which has been rejected for outpayment; and, along with these units being arranged so that the thickness direction of the paper money which they receive is in the same direction, and along with them being provided in a stacked state in that direction, on one side only of a direction which is orthogonal with respect to the direction along which the money input unit, the money output unit, the collection case, the rejected-for-payout case, and the recirculation cases are provided in a stackedType: GrantFiled: June 23, 2006Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Laurel Precision Machines Co., Ltd.Inventors: Eiichi Yoshikawa, Keiji Sakai
-
Publication number: 20140166432Abstract: A currency note processing device has a deposit opening. A currency note recognition section recognizes unique information of a deposited currency. A currency note storage section accumulates the deposited currency notes. A transportation control section controls the transportation of the deposited currency note such that the currency note is transported directly to the currency note storage section, and when a return instruction for the deposited currency note is detected, controls the transportation of the deposited currency note from the currency note storage section to the currency note recognition section. A comparison section compares the unique information recognized at the time of the first transportation, from the deposit opening to the currency note recognition section, is compared to unique information recognized at the time of the second transportation, from the currency note storage section to the currency note recognition section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yoshihiro Saiki
-
Patent number: 8752689Abstract: A money input/output apparatus includes a bill accommodation unit, a mount unit, a detection unit, a second storage unit, an instruction reception unit, a conveyance unit, and a control unit. The control unit reads the denomination of the bill from the first storage unit and determines whether or not the read denomination of the bill corresponds to the denomination stored in the second storage unit in association with the mount unit on which mounting of the bill accommodation unit has been detected when the detection unit has detected that the bill accommodation unit has been mounted on the mount unit, starts reception of an instruction to input or output to the bill from the instruction receiving unit and makes the conveyance unit convey the bill in accordance with the instruction when the denominations have been determined to correspond. Thereby, a bill accommodation unit can be used for all denominations.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech LimitedInventors: Kazuhiro Kagoshima, Ryosuke Ebinuma
-
Publication number: 20140158495Abstract: A sensor device in a banknote processing machine comprising a transport device by means of which banknotes to be processed are transported past the sensor device, a cleaning device that cleans the sensor device or a transparent region of the sensor device, and a control device that controls the components of the banknote processing machine. The sensor device includes means for enlarging the spacing between the transport device and the sensor device. The control device controls the means and the cleaning device in such a way that the spacing between the transport device and the sensor device is enlarged by the means while the cleaning device cleans the sensor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Inventors: Achim Philipp, Jens Wolfarth
-
Patent number: 8746433Abstract: A document handler is provided which comprises a connector 4 made up of cam guides 5 and followers 6 detachably connected to cam guides 5 to detachably attach a validator 2 to a frame 1 in document handler. Cam guides 5 are formed on a pair of side walls 41 of frame 1, and followers 6 are formed on a pair of side walls 51 of validator 2. Each cam guide 5 comprises a distal path 10 for guiding movement of follower 6 to transport validator 2 in a spaced relation to bracket 7, and an access path 11 for guiding follower 6 passed through distal path 10 to bring validator 2 to the fixed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toru Seki
-
Publication number: 20140144749Abstract: A banknote processing device includes a differentiating section that differentiates banknotes, a temporary holding section that temporarily stores the differentiated banknotes, banknote storage containers that store the banknotes, and a conveyance route that connects the differentiating section, the temporary holding section, and the banknote storage containers. The processing device is constructed so that when the banknotes stored in the temporary holding section are sent out and stored in the banknote storage containers based on differentiation results of the banknotes by the differentiating section, the banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section via the differentiating section, and are stored in any one of the banknote storage containers, or the banknotes are conveyed from the temporary holding section, via a route that does not go through the differentiating section, and are stored in a specific one of the banknote storage containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoru Iwasaki, Shuuichi Hiratsuka
-
Money Depositing/Dispensing Device and Money Management Method of Money Depositing/Dispensing Device
Publication number: 20140144750Abstract: A money depositing/dispensing device includes an inventory amount obtaining unit, a virtual inventory amount setting unit, and a device inventory amount management unit. The inventory amount obtaining unit is configured to count money to be stored in a storage unit and count money fed from the storage unit, thereby successively obtaining an inventory amount in the storage unit. The virtual inventory amount setting unit is configured to set an inventory amount of banknotes which are not present in the device but should be treated as money present in the device, as a virtual inventory amount. The device inventory amount management unit is configured to manage, as an inventory amount in the device, a sum of the inventory amount in the obtained by the storage unit inventory amount obtaining unit and the virtual inventory amount set by the virtual inventory amount setting unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Tadashi SHIMIZU, Kazuya NISHINO, Kento UEDA -
Patent number: 8733532Abstract: A bill handling apparatus includes: a first loop-like conveying path that includes a bill discriminating unit, is connected to a bill receiving and dispensing port and a temporary storage unit, and connected to a plurality of loading boxes to convey bills; a second conveying path connected to the loading box to convey bills; a first gate that switches a conveying direction of the conveying path that conveys bills; and a controller configured to control switching of the first gate and conveyance of the conveying path. The controller controls the bills conveyed to the first conveying path in one of two directions to be conveyed to the loading box through the second conveying path via the first gate, and the bills conveyed from the loading box through the second conveying path to be conveyed to the first conveying path in one of the two directions via the first gate.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.Inventors: Hirokazu Aoji, Sho Mizuno, Masahiro Seguchi, Shuuji Tanaka, Takeshi Kanagawa, Toru Yasueda
-
Patent number: 8733530Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for recycling items of media. The apparatus includes at least a pair of co-operable feed belt members that receive a depositable item of media at a first location and locate the depositable item at a stack position in a storage container. The apparatus also includes at least a pair of co-operable dispense belt members that selectively pivot between an operational and non-operational position. In the operational position, at least one of the dispense belt members is disposed to remove an item from the stack position and provide the removed item to the feed belt members. The feed belt members are arranged to locate an item of media received from the dispense belt members at said first location.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Fred Kallin
-
Patent number: 8733531Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2011Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Toshiki Tanaka, Tsuguo Mizoro
-
Patent number: 8733553Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Toru Otsuka
-
Patent number: 8737716Abstract: A mobile communication device and method for identifying a counterfeit bill are provided. In the method, an InfraRed (IR) image of a bill is received, feature values are extracted from the IR image to represent edges, a binary image having displayed pixels and non-displayed pixels is generated based on the feature values, and a corrected image is generated by overlaying the binary image on a pre-stored real bill database and adjusting the binary image to match a predetermined area of the binary image matches to the predetermined area of the real bill database. A number of displayed pixels in the corrected image is counted, and whether the bill is counterfeit is based on the number of displayed pixels in the corrected image.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong-Hyuk Lee, Do-Hyeon Kim, Dong-Chang Lee, Seong-Taek Hwang, Ki-Yeung Kim
-
Patent number: 8730533Abstract: A document photosensor is provided which comprises a substrate 11, 12, a bracket 41, 42 disposed on substrate 11, 12 for forming a light diffusion chamber 53 and a light receiving chamber 58 separated from each other, an LED chip 21, 31 surface-mounted on substrate 11, 12 in light diffusion chamber 53, and a PD chip 37, 38 surface-mounted on substrate 11, 12 in light receiving chamber 58. These chips 21, 37, 31 and 38 are secured at precise locations on a substrate 11 and 12 with accuracy on the order of a few micrometers or less to exactly detect by PD chip 37, 38 a light irradiated from LED chip 21 or 31 after reflection of the light on a bill 50 moved along a passageway 55 to improve validation performance of bill 50.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Katsutoshi Okawa, Seiji Asakawa
-
Patent number: 8727130Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus including a table to be loaded a first and a second banknote group partitioned by a header card recording the bar code number in the piling direction of the banknotes, a take-in portion to take in the banknotes of the first and second banknote groups loaded on the table and the header card, a discrimination portion to count the banknotes taken in by the take-in portion and discriminate the kind thereof, a plurality of stackers to sort and stack the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination portion on the basis of the kink thereof, and a sensor to detect the header card taken in by the take-in portion. The sheet processing apparatus additionally includes a controller to control so as to stop the taking-in of the second banknote group on the basis of detection of the header card by the sensor and after a lapse of a predetermined time, to start the taking-in of the second banknote group.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Toru Otsuka
-
Publication number: 20140131163Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus for receiving and dispensing bills and a method for receiving and dispensing bills using the apparatus. The apparatus includes: a bill receiving or dispensing port which is provided in an ATM to receive or dispense bills; a carriage unit which clamps the bills received into the port or clamps the bills to be dispensed and transfers the bills to the port; a separation and piling unit which has a separation space in which the received bills wait for being separated individually from each other sheet-by-sheet, and a piling space in which the bills to be dispensed are piled; a carriage transfer unit which moves the carriage unit along a trajectory between the bill receiving or dispensing port and the separation and piling unit; and a controller which controls operation of the carriage unit, the separation and piling unit and the carriage transfer unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.Inventors: SU HYOUN YUN, CHANG HO PARK, JIN YOUNG HWANG, YOUNG CHUL LEE
-
Publication number: 20140131164Abstract: Tapes holding bills and wound round a drum are pressed against the drum by a winding roller, and the tapes are further pressed against the drum by a guide roller provided downstream of the winding roller in the tape winding direction of the drum. Thus, bills difficult to be curved along the outer circumferential surface of the drum, such as creased or wrinkled bills, can be curved along the outer circumferential surface of the drum, and the bills wound round the drum can be prevented from shifting or skewing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajime Togiya
-
Patent number: 8720663Abstract: A bill jam troubleshooting employed in a bill acceptor used in a consumer system includes the step of displaying an error message when a fake bill is identified by a sampling and validation module, the step of driving the transmission mechanism to carry the inserted bill back and forth over a validation zone repeatedly twice when a bill jam is detected, and the step of controlling the transmission mechanism to return the inserted bill to the bill slot. Thus, the invention improves the function and effect on the overall use of the product, and enhances the advantages and opportunities of commodity sales channels to increase product competitiveness.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: International Currency Technologies CorporationInventors: Yung-Hao Chiang, Cheng-Yi Wu
-
Patent number: 8714336Abstract: An input receptacle receives currency bills and checks. A transport mechanism transports the bills and checks along a transport path to an output receptacle. An image scanner, adjacent the transport path, is configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents. A controller is configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills. In response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call document by causing at least a portion of the image data to be displayed as a visually readable image of the flagged currency bill on the display.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Frank M. Csulits, William J. Jones, Douglas U. Mennie, Matthew L. Anderson, Robert J. Klein, Ralf H. Jaeger, David R. Badalamenti
-
Patent number: 8714335Abstract: A method and device for evaluating currency bills using a strapping unit that allows a currency evaluating device to automatically strap stacks of currency bills. Currency bills are placed in an input receptacle and an evaluating unit processes each currency bill one at a time. The currency bills are then transported to a plurality of output receptacles. A stack moving mechanism transports a stack of currency bills, which contains a predetermined number of currency bills, from each of the plurality of output receptacles to the strapping unit or a strapping position. Each stack of currency bills is strapped using strapping material.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2007Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Curtis W. Hallowell, Robert J. Klein, Mark B. Renz
-
Publication number: 20140116839Abstract: An apparatus includes one-side reels rotatably arranged, one-side tapes wound around the one-side reels, a drum arranged to rotate in one direction to wind and store a medium with the medium being laid over the one-side tapes and in an opposite direction to pull out the wound medium, and retainers opposed to the one-side tapes with respect to the medium wound by or pulled out from the drum for abutting against a surface of the medium to hold the medium, the one-side tapes having a tape width shorter than the width of the medium corresponding to the length of the medium in a direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of the medium, the one-side tapes being arranged in parallel and spaced with a spacing shorter than the width of the medium in a direction of the width of the medium to abut against another surface of the medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kei Iwatsuki, Masashi Kashiwabuchi, Michio Suetaka, Naoki Hata
-
Patent number: 8708126Abstract: A method is shown providing a Bill Validator that is adaptable for bill payback by utilizing an attachable bill hopper module to fit between the bill Stacker and the Bill Validator. A construction is shown providing a bill Validator utilizing an attachable bill hopper module fitted between the bill Stacker and the bill Validator that fits in the same “envelope” with an existing Bill Validator with Stacker. A method and construction is shown where higher bill security is provided when the power is off. A method and construction is shown where higher bill security is provided when humidity and icing occur in and around the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Coin Acceptors, Inc.Inventor: Thomas S. Paczkowski
-
Patent number: 8708128Abstract: Provided is a means whereby improvement in fund efficiency of stored paper currency of a paper currency storage vault and reduction in withdrawal processing time are effected, and whereby a count value of a number of stored sheets and an actual number of sheets are matched. An accumulation order table, which stores an accumulation order of paper currency which is stored in a paper currency storage vault (8) and serial number information of the paper currency in accumulation sequence, is stored in a storage unit of a paper currency deposit-withdrawal mechanism (1). When making a withdrawal, if the paper currency which is dispensed from the paper currency storage vault (8) is withdrawal anomaly paper currency which is differentiated with a differentiation unit (6) as a conveyance anomaly, the serial number information of the next successive paper currency of the withdrawal anomaly paper currency is detected by the differentiation unit (6).Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsuyoshi Tomizawa
-
Patent number: 8708127Abstract: A document handling apparatus (10) is disclosed. The apparatus (10) comprises a safe (20) housing a storage assembly (30), a note handling module (30) mounted on top of the safe (20) and a door cover (60) which conceals a safe door (22) providing access to the interior of the safe. The note handling module (30) has an input module (41), a NHM transport (42) for conveying documents, an output module (46), a document analysis assembly (43) and a first diverter (44) controlled by a main control unit. The door cover (60) further conceals a cassette module (50) located between the door cover (60) and the door safe (22) and which houses a removable cassette (110) for storing documents.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Talaris LimitedInventor: Pieter Rens Roosch
-
Patent number: 8701858Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus is operable in a code management mode in which banknotes stored in a storage unit are managed based on codes of the banknotes read by a recognition unit, and in a count management mode in which the banknotes stored in the storage unit are managed by counting the number of the banknotes to be stored in the storage unit. The banknote handling apparatus is switchable between the code management mode and the count management mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Yoshikatsu Mizushima, Shusuke Hashimoto
-
Patent number: 8701857Abstract: A method of processing documents includes receiving a stack of documents including currency bills and substitute currency media. Each substitute currency medium has at least one barcode. The method further includes transporting the stack of documents via a transport mechanism, one document at a time, along a transport path and denominating with a currency detector each of the currency bills in the stack of documents. The currency detector is positioned adjacent to the transport path. The method further includes scanning with a barcode scanner a barcode on each substitute currency medium in the stack of documents. The barcode scanner is positioned adjacent to the transport path. The method further includes imaging with an image scanner each substitute currency medium in the stack of documents to generate a raw image file of the substitute currency medium. The image scanner is positioned adjacent to the transport path.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp.Inventors: Charles P. Jenrick, Robert J. Klein, Curtis W. Hallowell, Douglas U. Mennie
-
Publication number: 20140102849Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for the retention of currency in the nature of coins and bills, within a transactional terminal, for replenishment of a change dispenser and future distribution in the form of change, as well as the storage in a secure safe of larger denomination bills for which credit may be applied to a financial account prier to the actual deposit of such bills at a financial institution. A system incorporating the apparatus and method may further provide for the overall management of cash receipts whereby a running balance is recorded and acted upon, for example when a change dispenser is empty, a change retention buffer is full, or the large-denomination bill vault is emptied.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: PlutusCode Inc.Inventor: Qi LI
-
Patent number: 8695776Abstract: A bundle bill/check acceptor includes a bundle receiving module to receive a bundle of bills/checks. The bundle of bills/checks is separated on a leaf-by-leaf basis by a transfer module. The accepter further includes an alignment module to align the individual bill/check, an escrow module to escrow a plurality of bills/checks, and a reject module to discharge a rejected bill/check or a bill/check escrowed by the escrow module requested to cancel the deposit thereof to the bundle receiving module. A normal bill and check are separately received in a cassette unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Nautilus Hyosung Inc.Inventors: Jin Hwan Cha, Kyung Joo Shin, Woo Ho Lee, Ho Keun Lee, Hyun Soo Jang
-
Patent number: 8695777Abstract: The invention relates to a device for handling currency notes that includes an input and output unit, a sensor unit to ascertain the denomination of the currency notes deposited, a collective receiving bin to accept currency notes of all denominations and at least two recycling receiving bins to which currency notes can be taken with the aid of a transport unit and from which they can be removed again. A control unit is provided in addition in which data are stored for each recycling receiving bin about which denominations can be accepted in said bin. After the currency note is deposited, the control unit assigns to the currency note a target storage in which said currency note is accepted. To issue a predetermined amount, the control unit ascertains which currency notes should be taken from which recycling receiving bin.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GmbHInventors: Miran Miksic, Rainer Krietenstein, Andrea Carozzi
-
Publication number: 20140097063Abstract: A bill jam troubleshooting employed in a bill acceptor used in a consumer system includes the step of displaying an error message when a fake bill is identified by a sampling and validation module, the step of driving the transmission mechanism to carry the inserted bill back and forth over a validation zone repeatedly twice when a bill jam is detected, and the step of controlling the transmission mechanism to return the inserted bill to the bill slot. Thus, the invention improves the function and effect on the overall use of the product, and enhances the advantages and opportunities of commodity sales channels to increase product competitiveness.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Yung-Hao CHIANG, Cheng-Yi WU
-
Patent number: 8689962Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus includes at least a depositing and dispensing unit that performs depositing and dispensing of banknotes, a storage and feed unit that stores or feeds the banknotes, and a storage unit that stores therein the banknotes. Unlocking conditions of a locking mechanism included in the storage and feed unit can be set different from that of a locking mechanism included in the storage unit. With this structure, three or more different concerned parties can handle a part allowed to the party concerned.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventor: Tsuguo Mizoro
-
Publication number: 20140090949Abstract: A medium storage and feeding device and a medium processing device that may prevent occurrences of faults more reliably than the related art. A drum (21) is provided that winds up a banknote BL nipped by pairs of tapes (28L, 28R, 30L and 30R) together with the pairs of tapes. Torque limiters (25L, 25R, 27L and 27R) are separately provided at each of tape reels (24L, 24R, 26L and 26R). The torque limiters control torques between the tape reels and reel rotation axle shafts (22 and 23), such that tensions applied to the tapes between the tape reels (24L, 24R, 26L and 26R) and the drum (21) are constant. Thus, tensions on the tapes between the respective tape reels and the drum may be kept constant, banknote nipping stability may be improved, and occurrences of faults may be prevented more reliably than in the related art.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Michio Suetaka
-
Patent number: 8684153Abstract: Disclosed is a media processing device that offers ease of use in loading and removal of cartridges and is capable of aligning paper currency delivery units upon conveyance paths and paper currency delivery units upon cartridges with a high degree of precision. A cartridge loading frame (4) is configured such that the height of the lateral plate upon the cartridge handling side is less than or equal to half the height of the respective cartridges, and a plurality of partitions, which partition the storage positions of the respective cartridges, is disposed upon the lower portion thereof; a conveyance path (3) is located within a conveyance path frame (36) so as to expose media delivery units; and alignment pins and alignment apertures, which align the media delivery units upon each respective cartridge (5-9) and the media delivery units upon the conveyance path (3), are disposed upon the facing surfaces of each respective cartridge (5-9) and of the conveyance path frame (36), and fit respectively therewith.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hajime Togiya
-
Patent number: 8684154Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus stores a code list in which codes of banknotes stored in a storage unit are arranged in order in which the banknotes are stored. The banknote handling apparatus reads the codes when the banknotes are sequentially fed from the storage unit, and checks a target group of the codes of N successive banknotes including the last fed banknote (N is a natural number not less than 2) against the code list. When the target group and a reference group of the codes of N successive banknotes in the code list match each other, the banknotes remaining in the storage unit after the feeding of the banknotes are identified by regarding one of the codes of the reference group in the code list as a boundary.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Yoshikatsu Mizushima, Keisuke Nada, Michiharu Iwamura
-
Patent number: 8684155Abstract: A document handler is provided that comprises: a casing 1 disposed adjacent to a gaming table 9, a deposit chamber 11 formed on an external side of casing 1 for receiving bills, an escrow chamber 14 formed on the external side of casing 1 for, visibly to players and removably from outside of casing 1 and temporarily, receiving genuine bills sent from deposit chamber 11, an escrow carrier 15 for transporting documents from deposit chamber 11 to escrow chamber 14, and a drive device 2 for driving escrow carrier 15.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kunal Mishra, Makoto Hasegawa, Keiichi Togano
-
Patent number: 8684152Abstract: A bunch sheet media processing system for an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) having improved reliability. A bunch sheet media in-feed device and a validation device are interconnected by a sheet media transport system such that sheet media can be transported between the bunch sheet media in-feed device and the validation device without passing through a bunch media processing device.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2007Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: Robin I. G. Angus
-
Publication number: 20140083814Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus 11 in an embodiment according to the present invention includes: a depositing unit 110 configured to put a banknote thereinto; a storing unit 150 configured to store a banknote; a transport unit 130 configured to transport a banknote from the depositing unit to the storing unit; and a position correcting unit 115 configured to correct a position of a banknote having been put into the depositing unit such that both side edges of the banknote conform to a transport direction of the transport unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Eiichi Nomura, Masayuki Akagi, Kazuhiro Doi, Kenichi Tagashira, Minoru Higashiyama, Keiju Nakagawa
-
Patent number: 8678162Abstract: A bill handling apparatus includes: a first loop-like conveying path that includes a bill discriminating unit, is connected to a bill receiving and dispensing port and a temporary storage unit, and connected to a plurality of loading boxes to convey bills in two directions; a second conveying path connected to the loading box to convey bills in two directions; a first gate that connects the first conveying path with the second conveying path and switches a conveying direction of the conveying path that conveys bills; and a controller that controls switching of the first gate and conveyance of the conveying path. The controller controls the bills conveyed to the first conveying path in one of the two directions to be conveyed to the loading box through the second conveying path via the first gate, and the bills conveyed from the loading box through the second conveying path to be conveyed to the first conveying path in one of the two directions via the first gate.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.Inventors: Hirokazu Aoji, Sho Mizuno, Masahiro Seguchi, Shuuji Tanaka, Takeshi Kanagawa, Toru Yasueda
-
Patent number: 8678163Abstract: A paper currency handling apparatus associated with the present invention has a paper currency storage unit which receives paper currencies, a feeder port which enters or dispenses paper currencies by opening or closing an inner shutter and an outer shutter, a transport path which transports the paper currencies between the feeder port and the paper currency storage unit, open/close control unit which controls open/close operations of the inner shutter and the outer shutter independently, and paper currency posture modification unit which modifies the posture of paper currencies present between the outer shutter and the inner shutter.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2012Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Hitachi-Omrom Terminal Solutions, Corp.Inventors: Shuuji Tanaka, Atsuko Uozumi, Masayasu Ueno
-
Patent number: 8682056Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying a media item. The apparatus includes a module for receiving media items and capturing an image of a received media item. The method involves ascertaining external dimensions of the media item from the captured image; creating a monochromatic image based on high contrast boundaries within the captured image; matching the monochromatic image to one of a plurality of templates of media items of approximately the same external dimensions as the media item; and providing details of the matched template, including type and orientation of the media item corresponding to the matched template.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Gary A. Ross, Chao He
-
Publication number: 20140069769Abstract: In a banknote handling apparatus capable of dealing with a depositing/dispensing process by a banknote cassette and a manual depositing/dispensing process, the banknote handling apparatus enables a depositing process without dispensing a reject banknote, which has been deposited from the banknote cassette, to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Kobayashi, Shingo Hashimoto, Kazuhiko Takahashi
-
Publication number: 20140069770Abstract: A controller 50 of a banknote processing machine 10 is configured to selectively perform a leaving mode, in which the banknote is fed out from each of the storing/feeding units 28, transported to the first cassette (recycle cassette 42) by the transport unit 24, and stored and left in the first cassette, when the first cassette is accommodated in the cassette accommodation unit 40.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventor: Eiichi NOMURA
-
Patent number: 8668142Abstract: An automatic dealing machine comprises a casing configured for storing a chip handling unit for handling chips, and a banknote handling unit for handling banknotes. The chip handling unit includes a chip insertion port through which chips are received from the exterior of the casing, a chip determination portion for determining the kind of each chip, and a chip calculation portion for calculating the number of the chips, of each kind, as determined by the chip determination portion and the total amount of money. A control unit controls the operation of the dealing machine, such that banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to the total amount of the chips calculated by the chip calculation portion are disbursed into the banknote disbursement port when the chips are inserted through the chip insertion port.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Glory Ltd.Inventors: Tomoyuki Obi, Hajime Morino
-
Patent number: 8668134Abstract: Provided is a fare box which enables passengers to smoothly pay fares using bills without hesitation even when a bill transportation passage is disabled due to jamming of a bill or a breakdown. Two entrances, which are a bill normal receiving opening and a bill backup receiving opening, are provided as bill receiving openings of the fare box. Either of the bill normal receiving opening and the bill backup receiving opening is allowed to be selectively opened by a shutter member. At normal times, the bill normal receiving opening is put into operation with the shutter member positioned at a normal position. When a bill normal transportation passage has become jammed with a bill, the shutter member is shifted from the normal position to a bypass position on the basis of an operation performed on a bill receiving opening switch lever, whereby the bill backup receiving opening is opened instead of the bill normal receiving opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2012Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Lecip CorporationInventors: Kenji Kimoto, Yasuhiro Suzuki, Takashi Matsuno
-
Publication number: 20140060997Abstract: A cash handling system includes: a cash settlement apparatus 11 configured to perform a settlement process with respect to a customer, by depositing and dispensing cash; a cash accounting apparatus 21 configured to dispense cash to be loaded to the cash settlement apparatus and configured to deposit cash having been collected from the cash settlement apparatus; and a cash transport cassette 30 attachable to and detachable from the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus, the cash transport cassette configured to pass cash to and from the cash settlement apparatus or the cash accounting apparatus when the cash transport cassette is attached to the cash settlement apparatus or the cash accounting apparatus, and configured to store cash such that the cash therein is incapable of being taken out when the cash transport cassette is detached from the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2011Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: GLORY LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani
-
Patent number: 8662490Abstract: A bulk document feeder module is adapted for connection to a document acceptor and is operable, when attached to the document acceptor, to feed one document at a time, from a bundle of documents, to the document acceptor. The bulk document feeder module can include a document transport mechanism, a portion of which includes a removable cartridge, to facilitate removal of a jammed object from the feeder module. The document acceptor can form part of a bill or other document validator.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: MEI, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Clauser, John D. Snider, Kenneth B. Wood, Edward M. Zoladz, Jr., Carl Alexander Phillips
-
Publication number: 20140048379Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for detecting the conveyance status of a banknote, comprising; detecting whether the banknote reaches a first position in a banknote passage within a first predetermined time; detecting whether the banknote reaches a second position in the banknote passage within a second predetermined time when it is determined that the banknote has reached the first position (S14); determining whether the status of the banknote at the first position is changed from Banknote Detected to Banknote Undetected when it is determined that the banknote is withdrawn when it is determined that the status of the banknote at the first position has changed from Banknote Detected to Banknote Undetected (S18). This application can increase the possibility of the banknote processing device in detecting whether the banknote is withdrawn. Meanwhile, the disclosure provides a device for processing a banknote.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: SHANDONG NEW BEIYANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO LTDInventors: Chunkai Xu, Peng Tao, Jigang Zhang, Fang Xu
-
Publication number: 20140034445Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for recycling items of media. The apparatus includes at least a pair of co-operable feed belt members that receive a depositable item of media at a first location and locate the depositable item at a stack position in a storage container. The apparatus also includes at least a pair of co-operable dispense belt members that selectively pivot between an operational and non-operational position. In the operational position, at least one of the dispense belt members is disposed to remove an item from the stack position and provide the removed item to the feed belt members. The feed belt members are arranged to locate an item of media received from the dispense belt members at said first location.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: NCR CORPORATIONInventor: Fred Kallin