Patent ID: 8336715
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A banknote processing device that sorts and stacks plural banknotes, the banknote processing device comprising: a take-in unit that is provided at an upper position of the banknote processing device and takes in the plural banknotes placed on the take-in unit one by one; a recognition unit that recognizes the banknote taken in by the take-in unit; a first upper stacking unit that is provided at an upper position of the banknote processing device; a second upper stacking unit that is provided adjacent to the first upper stacking unit at the upper position of the banknote processing device; first to fourth lower stacking units that are arranged in parallel at lower positions of the banknote processing device, each of the first to fourth lower stacking units including an opening that opens on a front side thereof; a transport unit that transports the banknote taken in by the take-in unit to one of the first and second upper stacking units and the first to fourth lower stacking units; and a controller that controls the transport unit to transport at least one of the banknotes to the first upper stacking unit when recognition results obtained by the recognition unit for the banknotes are rejected notes, to transport at least one of the banknotes to one of the first to fourth lower stacking units when the recognition results obtained by the recognition unit for the banknotes are not rejected but of the at least one specific denomination, and to transport at least one of banknotes to the second upper stacking unit in a denomination-mixed manner when the recognition results obtained by the recognition unit for the banknotes are not rejected notes and not of the at least one specific denomination.