PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15760989
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["209", "534000"]

Abstract:
A paper sheet handling apparatus includes a stacking unit which allows paper sheets transported by a transport unit to be stacked therein in alignment with faces of an adjacent pair of the paper sheets being in contact with each other. A recognition unit recognizes which of a face or back of each of the paper sheets transported faces up, and how each of the paper sheets is oriented. A controller classifies the paper sheets into a plurality of types different in thickness distribution based on the result of recognition, manages the number of paper sheets of each type stacked in the stacking unit, and makes a determination whether to permit the stacking of the paper sheets in the stacking unit based on the type of the paper sheets recognized by the recognition unit, and the number of paper sheets of each type that have been stacked in the stacking unit.

Claim (Index 1):
A paper sheet handling apparatus, comprising:\n an intake unit through which paper sheets are taken in one by one; a transport unit which transports the paper sheets taken in through the intake unit; a recognition unit which recognizes which of a face or back of each of the paper sheets being transported by the transport unit faces up and how each of the paper sheets being transported by the transport unit is oriented; a stacking unit in which the paper sheets transported by the transport unit are stacked in alignment, with surfaces of an adjacent pair of the paper sheets being in contact with each other; and a controller which controls transport of the paper sheets to the stacking unit, wherein the controller is configured to: classify the paper sheets into a plurality of types that are different in thickness distribution based on a result of recognition by the recognition unit as to which of the face or back of the paper sheet faces up, and how the paper sheet is oriented; manage the number of paper sheets of each type stacked in the stacking unit; and make a determination whether to permit the stacking of the paper sheets in the stacking unit based on the type to which the paper sheets recognized by the recognition unit belong, and the number of paper sheets of each type that have been stacked in the stacking unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.37879
- Patent Class: 209.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12733319', '15520590', '12736166', '15662320', '14852657']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6855548966836809
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5003358051216635
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6670329875274791
- Mean Citation Score: 284.058502
- Max Citation Score: 289.72147
- Similarity Product: 237.68276224126697

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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