Patent ID: 7175015
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: G06Q,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
1. A bill validation device comprising: a main body having a bill validation part validating a bill inserted through a bill insertion opening and a mechanism conveying a bill inserted into the bill insertion opening; a bill holder attached to the main body and holding bills determined as valid by the bill validation part; a data recording medium insertion opening, into which a card-shaped data recording medium may be inserted, located in the main body; a data recording medium processor, at least writing data to or reading data from the data recording medium, the data recording medium processor being included in the main body; and a pair of sensors arranged at a spacing no larger than width of the bill insertion opening, detecting a bill on a path from the bill insertion opening into the main body, the spacing being larger than width of the data recording medium insertion opening.