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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2000
Nobuyuki Niizuma, Nagano, JP;
Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A bill-processing machine is controlled to determine an amount of housed bills as required. A number of types of the bills mixed with a dummy bill for close inspection are housed in a single bill housing and the bills in the bill housing are circulated during output and close inspection. When a close inspection instruction is issued, the dummy bill is detected while the bills in the bill housing are being circulated. During the close inspection from the detection of the dummy bill until the dummy bill is detected again, the bills in the bill housing are sequentially delivered and subjected to output-money identification. The count in a bill counter for the corresponding money type in a close inspection counter is increased depending on the determined money type in order to determine the amount of the bills housed in the bill housing. Since the single circulatory bill housing is used, the size of the machine can be reduced.