Patent ID: 7631743
Filing Date: 2009-12-15
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for processing paper currency, comprising: a sensor unit that acquires deposited paper currency characteristic data indicating characteristics of deposited paper currency by reading characteristics of the deposited paper currency; a conveying unit that conveys deposited paper currency in a conveying direction; a folded paper currency determining unit that determines if the deposited paper currency is a folded paper currency based on a detection of a missing area in the deposited paper currency, in response to the deposited paper currency characteristic data, the folded paper currency having a folded portion; and a fold correcting processing unit that executes a fold correcting process for correcting the fold in the deposited paper currency in response to the determination that the deposited paper currency is the folded paper currency by changing an orientation of the deposited paper currency with respect to the conveying direction and providing the deposited paper currency having a changed orientation to the conveying unit to return the deposited paper currency to the sensor unit.