Patent ID: 9721417
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B65H,G07D

Claim:
1. A paper sheet insertion apparatus for inserting a paper sheet into a machine body of a paper sheet handling machine, the paper sheet insertion apparatus comprising: a placement unit in which a plurality of paper sheets are placed in a standing state on a placement member; a paper sheet feeding mechanism configured to feed, one by one, the paper sheets placed in the placement unit; an imaging unit configured to take an image of a side edge portion, on a placement member side, of the paper sheets placed in the placement unit, or a side edge portion, on a side opposite to the placement member side, of the paper sheets placed in the placement unit, to obtain image data; and a control unit configured to determine, based on the image data obtained by the imaging unit, whether or not the plurality of paper sheets placed in the placement unit are bundled by a bundling member.