Patent ID: 9472039
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G07D

Claim Text:
1. A paper sheet handling apparatus configured to count papers sheets, comprising: a taking-in module configured to take in the paper sheets and a batch card one by one from a bundle in which the paper sheets and the batch card having identifying information are placed in an overlapping manner; a conveying module configured to convey the paper sheets and the batch cards taken in by the taking-in module; an inspecting module configured to detect denomination, direction, and fitness status of the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying module, acquire a count result, and detect the identifying information from the batch card; a batch card processing module configured to associate the count result with the identifying information; accumulating modules configured to accumulate the paper sheets detected by the inspecting module; a storing module configured to store setting information in which the accumulating modules are associated with the denomination, the direction, and the fitness status of the paper sheets to be accumulated; a sorting module configured to specify the accumulating module which accumulates the paper sheets based on the denomination and the direction detected by the inspecting module and the setting information and to convey the paper sheets to the specified accumulating module; an operating module configured to accept an operation; a displaying module configured to display various kinds of information; and a controlling module configured to display a setting screen by the displaying module based on the setting information stored in the storing module and to update the setting information based on the operation input to the operating module, the setting screen including a menu for setting the denomination of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules, a menu for setting the direction of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules, and a menu for setting the fitness status of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules; wherein the menu for setting the direction of the paper sheets to be accumulated for each of the accumulating modules includes, as set items, a first posture in which a front surface of the paper sheet is directed upward and an upper end of the paper sheet is directed forward of a conveyance direction, a second posture in which a front surface of the paper sheet is directed upward and a lower end of the paper sheet is directed forward of the conveyance direction, a third posture in which a back surface of the paper sheet is directed downward and an upper end of the paper sheet is directed forward of the conveyance direction, and a fourth posture in which a front surface of the paper sheet is directed downward and a lower end of the paper sheet is directed forward of the conveyance direction.