Patent ID: 9087425
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B65H,G07D

Abstract:
1. A banknote/check deposit/withdrawal apparatus, comprising: a deposit/withdrawal unit configured to receive banknotes and checks of differing sizes, the deposit/withdrawal unit further configured to discharge banknotes to be withdrawn, each of the banknotes and checks having two shorter edges and two longer edges connecting the two shorter edges; a medium discrimination unit configured to capture an image of each of the banknotes and checks, the medium discrimination unit further configured to classify each of the banknotes and checks based on the captured image; a check cassette configured to receive and stack the deposited checks received from the deposit/withdrawal unit; a plurality of banknote cassettes configured to receive and stack the deposited banknotes received from the deposit/withdrawal unit based on the classification made by the medium discrimination unit; and a carrying path extending from the deposit/withdrawal unit to the check cassette and the plurality of banknote cassettes via the medium discrimination unit, each of the banknotes and checks received at the deposit/withdrawal unit placed on the carrying path having the two shorter edges parallel to a moving direction of the carrying path and two longer edges perpendicular to the moving direction of the carrying path, the carrying path comprising a medium alignment unit configured to align a center of each of the banknotes and checks with a center of the carrying path by moving each of the banknotes and checks in a direction parallel to the two longer edges by a distance determined by the image captured at the medium discrimination unit.