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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Ikuo Takeuchi, Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Masao Okayama, Ryugasaki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic cash transaction apparatus includes a deposit/payment port for depositing/paying bills; a circulatable bill storage unit for storing therein circulatable bills used to be paid among the deposited bills: an uncirculatable bill storage unit for storing therein uncirculatable bills not used to be paid; a convey path for conveying bills among the deposit/payment port, the circulatable bill storage unit, and the uncirculatable bill storage unit; a feature extracting means provided on the convey path, for extracting a pictorial pattern for the respective bills deposited via the deposit/payment port; and a memory means for storing therein the features extracted by the feature extracting means with respect to each of the deposited bills.