Patent ID: 8733553

Claim:
A bill processing apparatus, comprising: one or more sealing devices, each sealing device including two cassettes; a sorting device, coupled to the sealing devices, and including a plurality of cassettes, the sorting device configured to check a bill type, a fit/unfit state, and a conveying direction of each bill and to sort the bills into the cassettes of the sorting device and the sealing device; and a display unit configured to display information in a window format regarding the sealing device cassettes and the sorting device cassettes and associated conditions, including the bill type, fit/unfit state, and conveying direction, for each bill to be received in each of the sealing device cassettes and the sorting device cassettes; wherein, the sorting device comprises: a first selection unit which enables selection of one of the cassettes from the sealing device cassettes or the sorting device cassettes that are displayed in a window of the display unit; a second selection unit which selects one of the bill types that are displayed in a window of the display unit, as one of the conditions for each bill to be received in the selected sealing device cassette or selected sorting device cassette as selected by the first selection unit; a third selection unit which enables adjustment of fit/unfit state thresholds that are displayed in a window of the display unit, as one of the conditions for each bill to be received in the selected sealing device cassette or selected sorting device cassette, the fit/unfit state thresholds determining whether each bill is a fit or unfit bill; a setup unit which, in response to the selection of the sealing device cassette or the sorting device cassette by the first selection unit and the selection of the conditions for a bill by the second to third selection units, assigns the conditions selected by the second to third selection units to the selected sealing device cassette or selected sorting device cassette as selected by the first selection unit; wherein, the sealing device further comprises: a strapper selection unit which, in response to the first selection unit selecting one of the sealing device cassettes, enables setting of content to be printed on a strap via a window of the display unit, the printed strap being used to bundle a predetermined number of bills during a sealing operation, and wherein, when the setup unit assigns the same conditions for both of the two sealing device cassettes, the sealing device enables one of the two sealing device cassettes that has collected the predetermined number of bills to perform the sealing operation by bundling the collected bills of that sealing device cassette with the printed strap while enabling the other of the two sealing device cassettes to continue to collect the bills.