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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2009
Tomoyo Takai, Owariasahi, JP;
Yuji Nagaya, Seto, JP;
Tomoyo Takai, Owariasahi, JP;
Yuji Nagaya, Seto, JP;
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bill handling apparatus having a thickness detection sensorfor detecting the thickness of bills; optical sensorsandfor acquiring images of the profiles and surfaces of the bills; a judgment unit for judging the positions and directions of folds of the bills with the use of signals obtained with the thickness detection sensorand the optical sensorsand; and a control unit for exercising control such that if a judgment result of the judgment unit shows that the position and direction of a fold of a folded bill are unlikely to cause double bill transfer during bill transfer by considering the relationship of the folded bill to a bill located immediately before or after the folded bill, the folded bill is kept in the apparatus without being returned to the user.