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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Yasushi Shibata, Seto, JP;
Yoshio Horiba, Seto, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Shibata, Seto, JP;
Yoshio Horiba, Seto, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/60 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A medium handling device that prompts a user to pull out his hand from a media insertion/delivering port without closing a shutter of the port when the hand of the user remains inside the port, even if a predetermined time has elapsed. A timer counts a time during which the shutter is opened. When the count of the timer has reached a predetermined value, it is checked whether the hand remains inside the media insertion/delivering port. When the hand remains, the shutter is slid to and fro over a predetermined distance, thereby making advance notice of closing of the shutter.