Patent ID: 8074806
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A banknote handling apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives banknotes to be counted; a recognition unit that recognizes attributes including denominations of the banknotes to be counted that have been imported from the receiving unit; a plurality of stacking units that store the banknotes sorted based on a recognition result by the recognition unit in accordance with a setting for sorting; an operation unit that selects a counting mode and a setting for stacking; and a verification counting process control unit that imports the banknotes to be counted to execute a first counting process when the operation unit selects a verification mode as the counting mode, stores the banknotes in the plurality of stacking units in a designated first setting for stacking, executes a verification counting process on the banknotes stacked in the first setting for stacking, stores the banknotes in the plurality of stacking units in a designated second setting for stacking that is different from the first setting for stacking, and determines match/mismatch of the number of banknotes of each denomination in the first counting process and the verification counting process.