Patent ID: 9472040
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G07D

Claim Text:
1. A bill recognizing and counting apparatus comprising: an operation unit configured to receive a setting of a given bill processing mode from a plurality of bill processing modes, wherein the plurality of bill processing modes includes a denomination mode in which a denomination of a bill is recognized, and a counting mode in which a number of the bill is counted without recognizing the denomination of the bill; a feeding and transporting unit configured to feed and transport a given bill; a transport-path switching unit configured to switch a transport route of the given bill from a main transport path to a branched transport path; a detecting unit configured to detect a skew of the given bill; a recognizing unit configured to perform, according to the given bill processing mode, at least one of a denomination recognition process and a counting process; and a control unit configured to perform a control function such that