MEDIUM DISCRIMINATION DEVICE AND CURRENCY HANDLING DEVICE

• Main Author: MIMURA TOMONORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.07.2022
• 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

To provide a medium discrimination device and a currency handling device, capable of suppressing a medium from floating without affecting detection or discrimination of a medium.SOLUTION: A medium discrimination device 1 that performs discrimination by using an image obtained by imaging a coin K as a medium, includes: an imaging unit 31 that images a conveyance surface Ra on which the medium is conveyed, and the medium being conveyed; and elastic members 14 as pressing members that press the medium onto the conveyance surface. The pressing members are disposed within an imaging range of the imaging unit 31, in particular, in the vicinity of the center of the imaging range in a conveyance direction of the medium.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】媒体の検出や鑑別に影響を与えずに媒体が浮くのを抑制することができる媒体鑑別装置および貨幣取扱装置を提供するものである。【解決手段】媒体である硬貨Ｋを撮像した画像を用いて鑑別を行う媒体鑑別装置１であって、媒体が搬送される搬送面Ｒａと、搬送される前記媒体を撮像する撮像部３１と、前記媒体を搬送面に押し付ける押圧部材としての弾性部材１４と、を備え、前記押圧部材は、撮像部３１の撮像範囲内であって、前記媒体の搬送方向に対する前記撮像範囲の中央付近に配置されている、ことを特徴とする。【選択図】図２