Paper currency handling apparatus and automated teller machine

• Main Authors: TAKAI, TOMOYO, NAGAYA, YUJI, OGAWA, GENTA, KATO, TOMOYASU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.01.2013
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; HANDLING OF COINS OR OF PAPER CURRENCY OR SIMILAR VALUABLEPAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING,DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING; PHYSICS

A paper currency handling apparatus (106) capable of determining destination of each paper currency based on currency identification result before conveyance into a temporal storage (4) if the order of paper currencies entered by user varies within the temporal storage (4). The apparatus has a conveyance path (2) conveying paper currencies, an identification portion (3) identifying each paper currency conveyed, a storage portion (108) storing identification information indicating identification result of each paper currency identified by the identification portion (3), and a control portion (104) controlling various portions. The identification portion (3) reads unique information about each paper currency conveyed along the conveyance path (2). The storage portion (108) stores the unique information about the currency read by the identification portion (3) and the identification information about the currency identified by the identification portion (3) by associating these information with each other.