Patent Document ID: 9792754
Application ID: 14407188
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A banknote handling apparatus configured to perform a sorting process of banknotes, the banknote handling apparatus comprising: a taking-in unit configured to take in a banknote one by one; a transport unit configured to transport the banknote having been taken in from the taking-in unit; a recognition unit configured to recognize the banknote transported by the transport unit; a plurality of stacking units configured to stack the banknote recognized by the recognition unit; a sorting-category receiving unit configured to receive one or more sorting categories selected from a currency type, a denomination of the banknote, an orientation of the banknote, a fitness of the banknote and a version of the banknote; and a control unit configured to create one or more sorting patterns to stack the banknote recognized by the recognition unit in the plurality of stacking units, the sorting patterns setting the elements of the received sorting categories for the stacking units based on the result of a comparison of the number of stacking units with a mathematical product of the number of elements of the one or more received sorting categories.