Patent ID: 9483910
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: G07D,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A bill processing unit comprising: a bill slot allowing bills of a plurality of currency circulation zones to be accepted into the bill processing unit; a bill transportation mechanism configured to transport the bills between the bill slot and parts of the bill processing unit; a plurality of bill cases connected to the bill transportation mechanism; a storage configured to store identification data of each of the bill cases and identification data of each of the currency circulation zones in association with one another; a bill reader configured to read information from the bills while the bills are being transported by the bill transportation mechanism; a bill identifying unit configured to identify the currency circulation zone of each of the bills based on bill information data read by the bill reader; an import control unit configured to specify one of the bill cases associated with the currency circulation zone identified by the bill identifying unit based on the identification data stored in the storage and control the bill transportation mechanism to import the bills to the specified bill case; a currency circulation zone classification unit configured to classify sets of information data of the respective currency circulation zones stored in the storage into information data of a particular currency circulation zone and information data of other currency circulation zones; a payout instruction unit configured to receive an instruction to pay out the bills; an export control unit configured to specify, in response to an instruction from the payout instruction unit, one of the bill cases associated with the particular currency circulation zone based on the identification data stored in the storage, and control the bill transportation mechanism to export the bills by transporting them from the specified bill case to the bill slot; and a payout amount specifying unit configured to receive a payout amount of the bills, wherein the export control unit controls the bill transportation mechanism to export the bills to the bill slot, the number of which corresponds to the payout amount specified in the payout amount specifying unit, and the currency circulation zone classification unit sets a currency circulation zone in which the bill processing unit is installed as the particular currency circulation zone.