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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1998
Nobuyuki Niizuma, Nagano, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a method of the invention, a balance in a bill processing machine can be easily inspected and identified. At first, an input bill identification section of the bill processing machine identifies whether an imitation bill created for inspection is being input. If the imitation bill is detected, inspection counters for bill types are cleared, and sequentially, bills loaded and stored in a bill storage is circulated via a circulating path in the bill processing machine. The bills delivered from the bill storage in the circulation operation are identified, and a number of bills according to the bill types is counted at inspection counters. When the imitation bill sent to the bill storage is identified by an output-bill identification section in the circulation operation, the circulating operation is stopped, and the imitation bill is discharged from the bill processing machine.