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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2001
Applicants:
Junichi Tamamoto, Chiyoda, JP;
Yoshiyuki Omori, Owariasahi, JP;
Mizuki Kaii, Nagoya, JP;
Kazushi Yoshida, Chiyoda, JP;
Inventors:
Junichi Tamamoto, Chiyoda, JP;
Yoshiyuki Omori, Owariasahi, JP;
Mizuki Kaii, Nagoya, JP;
Kazushi Yoshida, Chiyoda, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 7/00 (2006.01); G07D 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automated teller machine for handling a paper money, has a paper money path for transferring the paper money along a predetermined direction, and a detector for measuring a condition of the paper money, comprising a light beam emitter for emitting a light beam toward the paper money, and a light beam receiver for receiving at least one of the light beam reflected by the paper money and the light beam passing through the paper money.