[Problem] To make it possible to enhance the accuracy of remaining medium detection. [Solution] A medium transaction device comprising: a container unit that contains a medium; a liftable stage which is provided inside the container unit, and on which the medium is accumulated; a conveyance roller which is provided above the container unit, separates the medium accumulated on the stage, and conveys the medium to a conveyance gate; a detection unit that detects whether the medium remains on the stage; a tongue piece roller having a tongue piece that flicks away the medium remaining on the conveyance gate; and a control unit that operates the tongue piece roller when the medium is not detected as remaining by the detection unit.
B65H 7/12 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed responsive to double feed or separation
G07D 11/13 - Containers for valuable papers with internal means for handling valuable papers
G07D 11/235 - Means for sensing or detection for detecting malfunctions
A lock mechanism according to the present invention comprises: a release lever that is capable of rotating in a locking direction and an unlocking direction in conjunction with the rotation of a key insertion part; and a lock lever that is provided at a position at which contact occurs when the release lever rotates in the unlocking direction and that restricts drawing to the outside when a key part is in a locked state while allowing drawing to the outside when the key part is in an unlocked state. The release lever is provided with a curved corner part which serves as a first abutment part that rotates in the unlocking direction so as to abut the lock lever and that causes the lock lever to transition into an allowing state in which drawing is allowed and a left side part which serves as a second abutment part that, after the lock lever has transitioned into the allowing state, further rotates in the unlocking direction so as to abut the lock lever and that maintains the allowing state of the lock lever.
A banknote processing device according to the present invention comprises: a housing; a device body which is provided so as to be able to be drawn out from the housing; a banknote storage container which is removably provided to the device body and which stores banknotes; and a drawing detection unit which detects that the device body has been drawn out from the housing. The banknote storage container includes a banknote storage space in which the banknotes are to be stored and a partitioning part which partitions the banknote storage space into a first storage space and a second storage space and moves in directions in which the first storage space is enlarged and narrowed, so as to switch a storage destination of the banknotes between the first storage space and the second storage space. When the drawing detection unit has detected that the device body has been drawn out from the housing, the partitioning part moves in the direction in which the first storage space is enlarged.
[Problem] The present invention addresses the problem of reducing the likelihood that a medium being transported will be blocked. [Solution] Provided is a switching gate having a plurality of blades that switch the transport direction of a medium being transported by a transport belt between a plurality of directions, including at least a first direction or a second direction, by coming into contact with the medium. The plurality of blades include a blade pair disposed at a first interval that is greater than the width-direction length of the transport belt from each other, and a blade disposed at a second interval that is less than the first interval from the other blades. The blade pair disposed at the first interval have auxiliary blades that reduce the interval of the blade pair.
B65H 5/00 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines
B65H 5/02 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by belts or chains
B65H 5/06 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers
B65H 5/38 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
B65H 29/16 - Delivering or advancing articles from machines; Advancing articles to or into piles by contact of one face only with moving tapes, bands, or chains
B65H 29/60 - Article switches or diverters diverting the stream into alternative paths
G07D 11/18 - Diverting into different paths or containers
G07D 11/237 - Means for sensing or detection for detecting malfunctions for detecting transport malfunctions, e.g. jams or misfeeds
[Problem] To make it possible to improve the ease of operation for inserting and taking out a coin roll. [Solution] A coin-roll storage device provided with: a coin-roll tray having columns of coin-roll storage spaces formed along a prescribed direction; and a coin-roll detection substrate provided along the prescribed direction so as to face side faces of individual coin rolls stored in the columns of coin-roll storage spaces, wherein the coin-roll detection substrate has sensors at positions corresponding to the individual coin-roll storage spaces included in the columns of coin-roll storage spaces, the output of each of the sensors changing depending on whether or not a coin roll is present, each of the coin-roll storage spaces has a first side wall, which is located on the side on which the coin-roll storage space is provided, a second side wall, which faces the first side wall, and a bottom face, and the second side wall has a slope section and a vertical section, the slope section having a slope in a direction in which the distance from the first side wall increases toward an insertion/withdrawal slot through which the coin roll is inserted/withdrawn in the coin-roll storage space, and the vertical section being formed between the slope section and the bottom face.
[Problem] To provide a technology which makes it possible to further improve the usability of an information processing device for a user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device comprising: a detection unit which detects the state of connection with a sound pickup device; a processing unit which processes a sound signal obtained by the sound pickup device for which connection with the information processing device was detected by the detection unit; and a virtual speaker unit which functions as a virtual sound output device, and which receives the input of a processed sound signal, i.e., the sound signal subjected to processing by the processing unit.
Provided is an automatic ticket vending machine comprising: a discharge opening for discharging a medium in a discharge direction; an accumulation unit that is provided below the discharge opening, and that accumulates the medium which has been discharged from the discharge opening; and a guide unit that is provided opposing the discharge opening, and that has a guide surface which guides the medium discharged from the discharge opening to the accumulation unit. The guide unit forms, between the accumulation unit and a lower end part of the guide unit on the accumulation unit side, a receiving opening from which the medium accumulated in the accumulation unit can be removed, and the guide unit is arranged so that a virtual line following the guide surface intersects the accumulation unit.
G07B 5/00 - TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; TAXIMETERS; ARRANGEMENTS OR APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING FARES, TOLLS OR ENTRANCE FEES AT ONE OR MORE CONTROL POINTS; FRANKING APPARATUS - Details of, or auxiliary devices for, ticket-issuing machines
B65H 5/38 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
B65H 31/26 - Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the pile
[Problem] To provide a media-processing device with which it is possible to prevent deformation of taken-in media. [Solution] A media-processing device comprising: a plurality of drums on which a belt is suspended, the plurality of drums being provided so as to be capable of rotating; a tape of which one end is fixed to the belt, the tape being wound around the outer circumference of the belt while media are taken in in association with rotation of the plurality of drums; and a reel to which the other end of the tape is fixed, the reel being provided so as to be capable of winding in the tape that is wound on the belt, the length of a linear section of the belt between the plurality of drums being equal to or greater than the length of the media in the direction of intake onto the outer circumference of the belt.
[Problem] To provide a media processing device that detects free storage space provided in a cassette with higher accuracy and that is more widely applicable. [Solution] Provided is a media processing device comprising: a media storage cassette including a media storage space that stores media and a partition plate that partitions the media storage space into a lower storage unit and an upper storage unit and that is provided in a movable manner in a vertical direction in a specified movable range within the media storage space; a transfer unit that transfers media to the media storage cassette; a partition plate position detection sensor that detects a position of the partition plate in the vertical direction; and a control unit that controls the partition plate, the partition plate position detection sensor, and the transfer unit. After issuing an instruction to move the partition plate to a lowermost end of the movable region, the control unit determines whether there is free space for storing the media in the lower storage unit on the basis of the position of the partition plate in the vertical direction after being moved, the position being detected by the partition plate position detection sensor.
B65H 31/24 - Pile receivers multiple or compartmented, e.g. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
[Problem] To reduce the waiting time for users of a banknote processing device. [Solution] A banknote processing device comprising: a dispensing unit that dispenses banknotes to a user; a discrimination unit that discriminates banknotes conveyed within the banknote processing device; a first storage unit that stores banknotes; a second storage unit that stores banknotes; a temporary retention unit that temporarily retains the banknotes discriminated by the discrimination unit; and a control unit that controls the conveyance of banknotes according to a dispensing instruction directed to the dispensing unit. The second storage unit can be operated in a recycle state in which the banknotes in the second storage unit can be transferred to the dispensing unit, and in a deposit-only state in which the banknotes are not transferred to the dispensing unit, wherein in a first transaction mode, the control unit controls the transfer of banknotes from the first storage unit and also controls the conveyance of the transferred banknotes so that those of the transferred banknotes that are determined as abnormal by the discrimination unit are conveyed to the second storage unit, which is currently in the deposit-only state, without going through the temporary retention unit.
Provided is a coin processing device comprising: a coin storage that stores coins; a withdrawal conveyance belt that conveys the coins delivered from the coin storage in a first direction; a guide part that guides the coins on the withdrawal conveyance belt in a second direction that crosses the first direction; and a lift transport part that forms an upward conveyance path for conveying the coins upward while clamping the coins with a first belt that is disposed at one surface side of the coins to be guided in the second direction by the guide part and a second belt that is disposed at the other surface side of the coins.
Provided is a paper money storage case including: a first paper money storage part that comprises a first paper money storage space for storing first paper money; a second paper money storage part that comprises a second paper money storage space for storing second paper money and that is provided, along with the first paper money storage part, along the vertical direction; and a first door that can open such that the outside is caused to communicate with only the first paper money storage space while the second paper money storage space remains in a state of being closed off from the outside.
The present invention is provided with: an accumulation tray in which banknotes are accumulated and which moves in a first direction from a state of being stowed in a device interior so that the accumulation tray is exposed to the device exterior; a banknote guide that is provided to an upper part of the accumulation tray and guides the banknotes; and a banknote ejection regulation unit that is rotateably attached to a first-direction end of the banknote guide and that regulates ejection, in the first direction, of the banknotes that have been accumulated in the accumulation tray. A first-direction end of the banknote ejection regulation unit and a first-direction end of the bottom of the accumulation tray take a nested shape overlapping in the direction of accumulation of banknotes that have been accumulated in the accumulation tray.
Provided is a medium treatment device comprising: a storage means that stores one or a plurality of sets of medium recognition reference information; a recognition means that recognizes the state of a subject medium by using the medium recognition reference information; and a setting means that, when new medium recognition reference information and verification information corresponding to the new medium recognition reference information are stored into the storage means, sets usage of the new medium recognition reference information valid or invalid; wherein when the setting means sets usage of the new medium recognition reference information valid, the recognition means recognizes the state of a medium by using corresponding new medium recognition reference information.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
[Problem] To use a microphone that is attached to a wearable item to acquire, efficiently and with high quality, the voice produced by a user. [Solution] The present invention relates to a voice processing device. This voice processing device is characterized by comprising: a wearable item that is worn on a user's body, and has a plurality of microphone arrays attached thereto; and an area sound acquisition means that, on the basis of input signals supplied from each of the microphone arrays, acquires beamformer output in which directivities have been formed from each of the microphone arrays toward a target area including a target location on the user's body, and uses the acquired beamformer output to acquire target area sound for which the target area serves as the sound source, wherein the respective directivities of the microphone arrays overlap only in one region, which includes the target area.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
[Problem] To provide a conference system capable of effectively suppressing the occurrence of howling in a web conference or the like. [Solution] A conference system according to the present invention comprises: a first mixing means for outputting, to each terminal participating in a conference, a first combined sound signal obtained by combining respective microphone input signals of other terminals beside the terminal itself; a with-sound detecting means for detecting whether any of the first combined sound signals includes a sound; an attenuating means for attenuating a specific band of each first combined sound signal and outputting an output signal for each terminal after attenuation; a band limit detecting means for detecting that the output signals for each terminal after attenuation are included in the microphone input signals; an echo detecting means for detecting that the microphone input signal includes an echo if it is detected that the microphone input signal includes the output signals of each terminal after attenuation, and it is determined that the output signals include a sound; and an echo canceling means for canceling the echo detected by the echo detecting means from the microphone input signal.
H04M 3/56 - Arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities
H04B 3/23 - Reducing echo effects or singing; Opening or closing transmitting path; Conditioning for transmission in one direction or the other using a replica of transmitted signal in the time domain, e.g. echo cancellers
H04M 1/00 - Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
H04M 1/60 - Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers including speech amplifiers
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MEDIUM PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDIUM TRANSACTION DEVICE
This paper bill deposit and withdrawal machine comprises: an intake and release unit that is driven by a first motor and that pays out paper bills from a deposit and withdrawal unit; a first conveyance unit that is connected to the deposit and withdrawal unit and that is driven by a second motor that is driven independently from the first motor and conveys paper bills; a discrimination unit that is provided in the first conveyance unit and discriminates the conveyed paper bills; a rear conveyance unit that is connected to the first conveyance unit, is driven by a third motor that is driven independently from the first motor and the second motor, and conveys paper bills; a paper bill storage space that is connected to the rear conveyance unit and that stores normal paper bills; and a paper bill control unit that, when it is determined that there is a deposit rejected paper bill or a jammed paper bill that is an abnormal paper bill in the first conveyance unit, stops driving of the first motor to stop the intake and release unit, stops driving of the second motor to stop the first conveyance unit, and conveys normal bills that exist in the rear conveyance unit to the paper bill storage space and stores them.
During transfer processing in a paper currency deposit/withdrawal machine for an automatic teller machine, paper currency stored in a transfer source paper currency storage container is conveyed to a deposit/withdrawal unit, the paper currency is then conveyed to a temporary holding unit by the conveyance unit while recognition is performed by a recognition unit, and normal paper currency is conveyed to a transfer destination paper currency storage container and stored therein. As a result, the paper currency deposit/withdrawal machine is capable of transferring paper currency stored in the transfer source paper currency storage container to the transfer destination paper currency storage container, and by performing recognition processing by means of the recognition unit on this occasion, it is possible to recognize the denomination of each piece of paper currency, the degree of damage thereto, and the like again and tally the total number of stored pieces of paper currency again.
This medium processing device includes: a collecting unit for collecting together a plurality of sheets of media in a bundle; a binding unit for binding media bundles, which are the plurality of sheets of media that have been collected together by the collecting unit; and an accommodating unit which is provided below the binding unit and to which an accommodating bag for accommodating the media bundles that have been bound by the binding unit can be attached.
[Problem] To enable a system file to be updated easily. [Solution] An information processing device provided with: a display control unit for generating an operation screen for the purpose of specifying replacement data for replacing original data contained in a system file used for operating an automatic transaction device; and a creation unit for creating an update file containing the replacement data specified on the basis of an operation on the operation screen performed by an employee of a financial institution.
An automatic transaction device according to the present disclosure comprises: a card processing unit that reads magnetic data from and writes magnetic data to a magnetic storage part of an inserted medium, and that reads data stored in an IC chip of the medium; and a processor. The processor is configured to: read account information stored in the IC chip of the medium when the card processing unit has failed to read first magnetic data from the magnetic storage part of the medium; acquire, from an external device, second magnetic data to be written to the magnetic storage part of the medium on the basis of the account information that was read; and control the card processing unit to replace the first magnetic data in the magnetic storage part of the inserted medium with the second magnetic data.
G07D 11/20 - Controlling or monitoring the operation of devices; Data handling
G06K 7/00 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers
G06K 7/08 - Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers by means detecting the change of an electrostatic or magnetic field, e.g. by detecting change of capacitance between electrodes
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
G11B 5/02 - Recording, reproducing or erasing methods; Read, write or erase circuits therefor
This information processing device comprises: an information acquisition unit which acquires information relating to a prescribed procedure from an external terminal; a display unit which displays information relating to the prescribed procedure; an operation unit which receives operation information from an operator; a processing unit which performs a prescribed process on the basis of the information relating to the prescribed procedure; and a display control unit which controls the display unit. The display control unit displays, on the display unit, information relating to the prescribed procedure and an operation object which requests that the operator check the correctness of the information relating to the prescribed procedure.
G06F 3/0481 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
[Problem] To control the supply of electrical power to a communication unit and achieve power saving. [Solution] The present invention is a communication device that receives supply of electrical power from a battery unit and transmits/receives data signals, the communication device being provided with: a first wireless communication means that intermittently receives a data signal; a second wireless communication means that transmits a data signal; and a communication control means that temporarily holds the data signal received by the first wireless communication means, switches off the power supply to the second wireless communication means until a prescribed condition is satisfied, and once the prescribed condition is satisfied, switches on the power supply to the second wireless communication means, and causes the second wireless communication means to transmit the data signal being held.
G08C 15/00 - Arrangements characterised by the use of multiplexing for the transmission of a plurality of signals over a common path
H04Q 9/00 - Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom
[Problem] To provide a display operation unit and device that can suppress risk in terms of hygiene. [Solution] The present invention comprises: a display unit 10 having an operation screen 11; and an optical operation unit 20 that is disposed above the display unit 10 and detects the operation on the operation screen 11, wherein the display unit 10 and the operation unit 20 are spaced apart from each other, thereby forming a non-detection space Q between the operation screen 11 and a detection region P in which the operation can be detected. The present invention further comprises a plate-like or sheet-like protective member 12 that protects the operation screen 11, wherein the non-detection space Q may be formed between the detection region P and the protective member 12.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/041 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
G06F 3/042 - Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means by opto-electronic means
G06F 3/0488 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
[Problem] To maintain reliability. [Solution] A coin processing device 10 of an automated teller machine 1 is provided with: a deposit/withdrawal unit 13 having a container 13A in which a coin is dropped and a shutter 13B that opens and closes the container 13A; and a foreign substance storage unit 40 disposed on a side opposite to the container 13A with a container inside-outside communication space 48 formed in the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 interposed therebetween, the foreign substance storage unit 40 being configured to store a foreign substance FS that has entered through the container inside-outside communication space 48.
A processing device that acquires a face image of a user, generates code information including at least feature data of the face image of the user, provides the code information to the user, reads the code information, and matches the acquired feature data of the face image of the user against the feature data of the face image included in the code information to verify personal identification.
G06Q 20/40 - Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check of credit lines or negative lists
G06F 21/32 - User authentication using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06K 19/06 - Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the kind of the digital marking, e.g. shape, nature, code
[Problem] To provide a technique for enabling more accurate authentication of a device before a connection between the device and a host computer is established. [Solution] Provided is a currency handling device comprising: an information output unit that outputs first device identification information recorded in a device; an authentication key acquisition unit that, when it is determined by an authentication server that the first device identification information matches second device identification information registered in advance in the authentication server, acquires a first authentication key associated with the second device identification information; and a state control unit that renders the state of the device usable when the first authentication key matches a second authentication key recorded in the device.
This transaction device is provided with a processor. The processor is configured to: cause respective pieces of financial institution software of a plurality of financial institutions to virtually start up on base software; and when the financial institution to be used is designated, cause the financial institution software of said financial institution to be operated so that transaction processing that can be provided via an own transaction device of said financial institution is executed.
A problem is to improve the protection performance of a light shielding detection sensor when detachably mounting a medium storage of a medium handling device. The problem is resolved by a medium handling device comprising: a medium storage that stores a medium, and a medium storage mounting slot for detachably mounting the medium storage into the device in the detachable mounting direction, wherein the medium storage mounting slot includes a U-shaped light shielding detection sensor that has a light shielding detection space and detects light shielding when the medium storage is in a predetermined state, the medium storage includes a light-shielding member for light-shielding the light shielding detection space of the light shielding detection sensor when the medium storage is in the predetermined state, a gap is formed in a predetermined direction between the medium storage and the medium storage mounting slot, and the medium storage mounting slot further includes a guide that guides the light-shielding member so that the light-shielding member does not collide with the light shielding detection sensor when the medium storage is detachably mounted at an angle with respect to the direction in which the gap has been formed.
The information processing device according to the present invention is provided with: an operation display unit (133); a storage unit (160) which stores a plurality of sets of processing content information including past processing content and date and time information; a search unit (151) which, on the basis of operation date and time information about user operations, searches the storage unit for a repetitive stereotyped process in which the same processing content was repeatedly performed in the same time period as indicated by the operation date and time information; and a control unit (150) which displays a screen including a selection button for a repetitive stereotyped process, on the operation display unit (133) on the basis of the results of the search performed by the search unit (151), and upon selection of the selection button, automatically displays and switches between a plurality of operation screens that reflect the processing content of the repetitive stereotyped process.
Provided are a customer service unit and an automated transaction device which are capable of minimizing malfunctions of a sensor due to external light. A customer service unit 4 including a bill storage unit 4d for storing bills that are delivered, said customer service unit 4 being provided with: a deposit/withdrawal opening 4b that communicates with the bill storage unit 4d; a sensor 23 disposed within the bill storage unit 4d; and a sensor cover 30 for preventing a light receiving element 23b of the sensor 23 from being illuminated with external light coming through the deposit/withdrawal opening 4b. The sensor cover 30 preferably has a light blocking part, the cross section of which perpendicular to the optical axis of the sensor 23 has an inverted U-shape.
[Problem] To enable a medium to be retrieved with greater ease than has conventionally been the case. [Solution] In a period during which a bill controller 20 moves a bill press 91 and a pull guide 92 from a gathering position to a delivery position, a period from a time point t1 to a time point t2 during which both the bill press 91 and the pull guide 92 are moved and a period from a time point t2 to a time point t3 during which only the pull guide 92 is moved are provided.
According to the present invention, a paper money dispenser is provided with: a customer service part, an identification part, a temporary storage part, a rejection storage, and a left-behind storage, which are provided to an upper unit side; and a paper money storage and a replenishment/recovery cassette, which are provided to a lower unit side. In the paper money dispenser, the rejection storage and the left-behind storage are arranged adjacent to each other in the vertical direction.
The present invention suppresses occurrence of conveyance failure of media with a simple configuration. A medium handling device 100 is provided with: a medium handling mechanism 30 that performs arbitrarily defined handling of media; a cassette loading unit 20 into which cassettes (medium storage cassettes 10) for housing the media are loaded; and a housing 40 for housing therein the cassette loading unit. The cassette loading unit has: a cassette loading frame 21 into which the cassettes are loaded; and a turning frame 26 that is turnably supported by turning shafts 23 provided to the cassette loading frame. A bottom surface 26b of the turning frame has provided thereon first engagement parts 61 for positioning the cassettes and a second engagement part 62 for positioning the turning frame. An upper surface 10t of each of the cassettes has formed thereon first engaged parts 71 that engage with the first engagement parts. An upper surface 21t of the cassette loading frame has formed thereon a second engaged part 72 that engages with the second engagement part.
This medium-discriminating device comprises: a magnetic head part that reads magnetism, through using a magnetic sensor, from a paper-sheet-form medium transported along a transport direction; a brush roller part in which a plurality of brush rollers, in each of which a brush having a plurality of flexible bristles is provided to the peripheral side surface of a roller, are inserted into shafts along a width direction orthogonal to the transport direction; and a support part that rotatably supports the shafts and allows the brushes to come into contact with the magnetic head part or the medium.
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G07D 7/04 - Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
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CONCEPTUAL STRUCTURE EXTRACTION DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD
[Problem] To enable a concept pair and the relationship thereof to be extracted by taking one or more categorized documents as a data set, carrying out learning as a classification task of classifying each document, and using attention information obtained in the learning process. [Solution] A conceptual structure extraction device according to an embodiment of the present invention is characterized by being provided with: an attention information extraction unit that converts a categorized input document into a numerical expression, extracts attention information to which strict attention is paid, from a word group included in the input document, and carries out learning recursively; and a classification unit that uses the attention information extracted by the attention information extraction unit to derive a correlation between a concept pair comprising each word included in the input document and a classification label for the input document.
G06F 16/383 - Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually using metadata automatically derived from the content
[Problem] To enable multi-point vibration measurement by means of a simple and cheap configuration. [Solution] According to the present invention, an interference signal generation unit generates continuous light, splits the continuous light into two beams of probe light and reference light, frequency-shifts any one among the probe light and the reference light, transmits the probe light to a multi-port input and output unit, generates an interference signal by coherently detecting scattered light and the reference light, and transmits the interference signal to a digital signal generation unit. The multi-port input and output unit outputs the probe light from first to N-th irradiation-side input and output ports (where N is an integer of 2 or greater) at a prescribed time interval, irradiates first to N-th objects to be measured, receives the scattered light scattered by the first to N-th objects to be measured, and transmits the scattered light to the interference signal generation unit. The digital signal generation unit samples the interference signal at a prescribed sampling frequency and converts the sampled signals into digital signals, and a signal processing unit acquires a phase change in the interference signal from the digital signals to calculate vibrations of the first to N-th objects to be measured.
After it is detected that conveyance by a conveyance unit has stopped, a control unit of the banknote handling device identifies the serial numbers of banknotes not detected by a detection unit among banknotes recognized by a recognition unit and displays the result on a display unit, the control unit carrying out the identification by deleting from the serial numbers stored in a storage unit a quantity of serial numbers corresponding to the counted value in the order of those stored first; in addition, the control unit increments the counted value stored in the storage unit by the quantity of banknotes corresponding to the serial numbers not selected from a selection unit by an operator.
An automatic cash transaction device of the present invention is provided with: a depositing/dispensing port shutter which has a plate shape, is positioned inside a depositing/dispensing port, and moves, in an opening direction that is toward the rear side in the movement direction approximately along the surface direction of the depositing/dispensing port shutter, from a closed position where a bill storage part for storing the bills deposited from the outside through the depositing/dispensing port is closed from the outside to an open position where at least a portion of the bill storage part is open to the outside; a gear shaft that is disposed on the opening direction side with respect to the depositing/dispensing port shutter, extends in the width direction that is left and right directions perpendicular to the movement direction, and causes the depositing/dispensing port shutter to move in the movement direction by moving along the movement direction together with the depositing/dispensing port shutter; and a central support part at least one portion of which is provided in the vicinity of the widthwise central section of the gear shaft and on the opening direction side of the depositing/dispensing port shutter, and which faces the shutter outside direction in the gear shaft.
[Problem] To perform efficient and stable area sound pick-up processing. [Solution] The present invention pertains to a sound pick-up device. The sound pick-up device according to the present invention comprises: a means for acquiring target direction signals on the basis of beam-forming of input signals supplied from a plurality of microphone arrays; a means for calculating a correction coefficient for bringing target area sound components included in the target sound direction signals of the microphone arrays closer to each other; and a means for selecting, on the basis of the correction coefficient, a main microphone array which is used as a reference when the target area sound is extracted. The sound pick-up device is characterized in that the target direction signal for each of the microphone arrays is corrected with reference to the main microphone array and using the correction coefficient, and the target area sound is extracted on the basis of the corrected target direction signal of each of the microphone arrays.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
This automatic transaction device comprises a device management unit which recognizes, with predetermined timing, one or more devices mounted to an automatic transaction device, compares whether identification information for each recognized device matches identification information for each device contained in the device management information which manages each device, and if, as a result of the comparison, there is a device that does not match, aborts the handling of said automatic transaction device.
[Problem] To provide an image processing device capable of reducing troubles of occurrence of determination errors due to undesired reference images. [Solution] The present invention is characterized in that: in an image processing device, in which an image capturing unit and an illumination unit are controlled to determine, on the basis of a reference image, a state of a subject in a closed space that can be opened and closed, a reference image acquisition control unit, in response to an external trigger, acquires data without illumination, then extracts from the data without illumination a representative value representing an opened/closed state, then acquires, on the basis of a determination result based on the representative value from an update timing determination unit, an image with illumination captured by the image capturing unit while the illumination unit being illuminating, and then outputs the image with illumination as a reference image candidate to a reference image acquisition core unit; the update timing determination unit compares the representative value with a threshold value and outputs the determination result in accordance with a comparison result; and the reference image acquisition core unit updates the reference image due to the input of the reference image candidate.
Provided is a medium processing device comprising a drum, a tape, a movable guide, and a charge eliminating part. The drum is rotatably supported so as to rotate around a rotation axis, and winds a paper sheet-shaped medium around a circumferential side surface. The tape sandwiches and winds the medium between the tape and the circumferential side surface in association with rotation of the drum. The movable guide can move so as to follow the drum diameter of the drum, which varies according to the winding amount of the medium, and opposes the drum so as to guide the medium between the movable guide and the circumferential side surface. The charge eliminating part is provided to the movable guide, abuts an outer surface, of the tape, which is a side separated from the rotation axis of the drum, and discharges an electric charge that has moved from the electrostatically charged tape.
B65H 29/51 - Piling apparatus of which the discharge point moves in accordance with the height of the pile piling by collecting on the periphery of cylinders
Without incorporating an expensive device, this invention uses signal processing to prevent fading from causing accuracy degradation. This invention comprises: a light source unit that produces optical pulses as probe light, a light reception unit that produces a beat signal through coherent detection of signal light produced by an object of measurement as a result of the probe light, and a computation unit that receives the beat signal. The computation unit comprises a light information acquisition means, accuracy degradation prevention means, and phase difference information acquisition means. For each optical pulse, the light information acquisition means acquires, from the beat signal, the distribution of the intensity I(tj) and phase P(tj) of the signal light in relation to the light reception time tj of the signal light. The accuracy degradation prevention means sets a reference time ST. The phase difference information acquisition means acquires a phase difference for the light reception time tj of the signal light as the phase difference P(tk) - P(ti) between the light reception time tk, where tk > tj > ti and the difference between tk and ti is the reference time ST, and the light reception time ti and acquires the distribution of the phase difference in relation to the light reception time of the signal light.
This image processing device is equipped with: a camera for outputting a captured image; an image determination unit for determining whether or not the captured image is suitable for identity verification of a customer on the basis of the captured image outputted from the camera; and a guide unit for guiding the customer when determined, on the basis of the determination from the image determination unit, that the image is not suitable for identity verification.
In the present invention, a light intensity acquisition unit acquires the intensity of output light resulting from the backscattering of probe light in an optical fiber. An OTDR waveform acquisition means sequentially acquires and stores OTDR waveforms that are the waveforms of the output light for each optical pulse sent from the light intensity acquisition unit. A moving average acquisition means acquires and stores a kth moving average waveform by averaging kth to (k + M - 1)th temporally continuous OTDR waveforms. A differential waveform acquisition means acquires a differential waveform p'(x) for a (k + M + N)th OTDR waveform and the kth moving average waveform. A position-specific statistical information acquisition means acquires a sample average μ(x) and a standard deviation σ(x) for each position of kth to (k + i - 1)th (where i is an integer greater than or equal to 2) differential waveforms. A degree-of-abnormality acquisition means calculates the degrees of abnormality at each position. An abnormality determination means determines whether there has been abnormal vibration on the basis of the values of the degrees of abnormality, and when there has been abnormal vibration, acquires the position at which the abnormal vibration occurred.
An objective of the present invention is to suppress tampering of the content of receipts or improve security. A code output device according to the present invention comprises: a code generation unit which encodes medium information which is managed in or externally to a medium processing device; and a code output unit which outputs code on the basis of data which is encoded by the code generation unit. A medium processing device according to the present invention comprises one or a plurality of storage cartridges and carries out a process relating to a medium stored in each of the storage cartridges, said medium processing device comprising: a code generation unit which encodes medium information which is stored in the storage cartridges of the medium processing device; and a code output unit which outputs code on the basis of data which is encoded by the code generation unit.
[Problem] To provide a classification device, a classification system, a classification method, and a storage medium capable of minimizing an increase in throughput while improving the accuracy of classification. [Solution] Provided is a classification device that comprises: a processing unit for acquiring non-negative evaluation data for a prescribed data region from time series data; a storage unit for storing a training coefficient matrix generated from first non-negative training data corresponding to the prescribed data region and a classification model parameter generated on the basis of a first class associated with the first training data; a feature extraction unit for generating an evaluation coefficient matrix from the evaluation data on the basis of a training basis matrix generated from the first training data; a classification unit for classifying the evaluation coefficient matrix into the first class on the basis of the classification model parameter; and a region identification unit for identifying the prescribed data region.
G10L 21/0308 - Voice signal separating characterised by the type of parameter measurement, e.g. correlation techniques, zero crossing techniques or predictive techniques
Provided is a cash processing device comprising: one or a plurality of medium storage units comprising a storage vault and a fluid discharge mechanism unit which discharges a fluid on a medium stored in the storage vault; one or a plurality of discharge control units from which can be read unique identification information associated with the one or the plurality of medium storage units, and which comprises a control unit which, on the basis of a wireless signal from a first wireless communication unit, controls an operation of the corresponding fluid discharge mechanism unit; and a system control unit comprising a state control unit which monitors the occurrence of an anomalous state based on an inputted sensing signal, and a second wireless communication unit which wirelessly communicates the control signal relating to the fluid discharge according to the result of the monitoring by using the unique identification information acquired from each of the discharge control units.
G08B 15/02 - Identifying, scaring or incapacitating burglars, thieves or intruders, e.g. by explosives with smoke, gas, or coloured or odorous powder or liquid
This transaction device executes transaction processing pertaining to a medium and comprises: a medium retention unit able to retain the medium; a plurality of first storages for storing the medium; a second storage that is able to store the medium and can be attached to/detached from the transaction device; a conveyance unit able to convey the medium via a conveyance route connecting between the first storage, the second storage, and the medium retention unit; and a sorting unit that is provided to the conveyance route and is able to sort the medium passing therethrough. When maintenance work is being performed, the conveyance unit conveys the medium from the first storage or the second storage to the second storage or the first storage, via the medium retention unit and the sorting unit.
[Problem] To efficiently reduce the number of layers in a neural network while suppressing a reduction in the performance of the neural network. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device comprising: a generation unit for generating a plurality of second neural networks each of which is provided in parallel for a first neural network, as well as outputting to each of the plurality of second neural networks and generating a third neural network that records an output distribution; a learning unit for training the third neural network so that a value pertaining at least to a difference based on the respective outputs of the plurality of second neural networks and the output of the first neural network is minimized; and a determination unit for determining one neural network from the plurality of second neural networks on the basis of the statistical quantity of output of the third neural network pertaining at least to one or more data.
Provided is a sensor data compression system comprising: a sensor terminal provided with a sensor for acquiring sensor data, a data compression unit for, by using a mathematical model for acquiring a compression ratio pertaining to compression sensing on the basis of feature amounts of the acquired sensor data, compressing the sensor data using the compression ratio, a data communication unit for transmitting the compressed sensor data by the data compression unit, and a deviation detection unit for detecting a deviation between the acquired sensor data and sensor data used for constructing the mathematical model, wherein when the detected deviation exceeds a threshold value, the data communication unit transmits the sensor data not compressed using the compression ratio to a model construction device; and the model construction device provided with a compression ratio model construction unit for reconstructing the mathematical model by using the sensor data received from the sensor terminal, which is not compressed using the compression ratio, and a model transmission unit for transmitting the reconstructed mathematical model by the compression ratio model construction unit to the sensor terminal.
A communication system S according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of first communication devices 2 and a second communication device 3 connected to the first communication devices and to a wide area network, wherein each of the plurality of first communication devices is provided with: a reception unit 211 that receives a block chain; a signature unit 212 that, if the number of signatures is less than a predetermined threshold value, outputs a block chain obtained by adding a signature to the block chain and that, if the number of signatures has reached the predetermined threshold value, outputs the block chain; and a transfer unit 213 that transfers the block chain to another communication device, and wherein the second communication device is provided with: a reception unit 311 that receives the block chain; and a transfer unit 313 that, if the number of signatures is less than the predetermined threshold value, transfers the block chain to another communication device and that, if the number of signatures has reached the predetermined threshold value, transfers the block chain to the wide area network.
Provided is a bill processing device including: a deposit unit which receives a deposited bill; a carrying unit which is connected to the deposit unit and carries the bill; a distinguishing unit which distinguishes the bill carried from the deposit unit; a deposit amount counting unit which counts a deposited amount on the basis of the distinguishing result from the distinguishing unit; a successive comparison unit which successively compares a prescribed deposit limit amount with the counting result from the deposit amount counting unit, and determines whether the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount; and a carrying control unit which stops the carrying of the bill, when the counting result exceeds the deposit limit amount.
Provided is a paper currency processing device which sequentially reads in serial numbers of paper currency inserted by a depositor into a deposit part in a deposit transaction, sequentially carries out a comparison process by comparing a serial number against the serial numbers of the other sheets of paper currency inserted together into the deposit part, and carries out an abnormality response process if there is a match. The paper currency processing device also carries out a comparison process by comparing a serial number against the serial numbers of sheets of paper currency inserted into the deposit part over a plurality of separate deposits in the course of a single deposit transaction and serial numbers of paper currency inserted in a prior deposit transaction carried out with the same depositor. As such, even when counterfeit notes having identical serial numbers are inserted by the depositor all at once, or in a plurality of separate deposits, or over a plurality of deposit transactions, the paper currency processing device is able to sense that the serial numbers are identical and hence carry out an appropriate abnormality response process.
G07D 11/225 - Means for sensing or detection for detecting or indicating tampering
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G07D 7/0047 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
According to the present invention, a light intensity acquisition unit acquires the intensity of output light in which probe light is backscattered by an optical fiber. An OTDR waveform acquisition unit sequentially acquires and stores an OTDR waveform that is a waveform of output light for each optical pulse sent from the light intensity acquisition unit. A moving average acquisition unit acquires and stores a k-th moving average waveform by averaging k-th to (k+M-1)-th OTDR waveforms which are temporally continuous. A differential waveform acquisition unit acquires a differential waveform between a (k+M+N)-th OTDR waveform and a k-th moving average waveform. A statistical information acquisition unit acquires a sample average μ of the differential waveform, and a standard deviation σ. An abnormality degree acquisition unit calculates the abnormality degree at each position and acquires an abnormality degree waveform indicating the abnormality degree. An abnormality determination unit determines whether there is abnormal vibration on the basis of the value of the abnormality degree, and when there is abnormal vibration, acquires the position at which there is the abnormal vibration.
This radio communication system includes a radio communication device and a plurality of radio relay devices. The radio communication device: transmits an adjacent search packet; receives one or more response packets in response to the adjacent search packet; after the adjacent search packet has been transmitted, switches an operating state of the radio communication device from intermittent operation to continuous operation; upon being notified that a reception standby time for response packets has elapsed, selects a radio relay device to set as a connection destination, from among radio relay devices of the transmission sources of the response packets received during the reception standby time; and after selecting the connection destination, switches the operating state from continuous operation to intermittent operation. Each radio relay device: receives the adjacent search packet; transmits the response packet in response to the adjacent search packet; and upon being notified that a transmission standby time, which is a time to wait until transmitting the response packet, has elapsed, transmits the response packet using a communication method for continuous operation.
H04W 40/10 - Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing based on wireless node resources based on available power or energy
A transaction device comprising: a bill deposit/withdrawal hole unit which accepts deposit and/or withdrawal of bills; a storage container which stores bills; a transfer unit which has a transfer path for transferring bills between the bill deposit/withdrawal hole unit and the storage container; a bill identification information retention unit which reads and retains bill identification information about bills transferred through the transfer path; a storage detection unit which detects bills that are stored in or discharged from the storage container through the transfer unit; and an information presentation unit which, if a failure event occurs, presents the bill identification information acquired from the bill identification information retention unit, in association with the detection result of the storage detection unit.
DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, DATA DISTRIBUTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM, DISTRIBUTOR NODE, DISTRIBUTION PROCESSING PROGRAM, RECEIVING NODE, AND RECEIVING PROCESSING PROGRAM
Provided is a data distribution system comprising: distributor nodes serving as distributors of distribution data; a plurality of receiving nodes which are capable of receiving distribution data from either the distributor nodes or other receiving nodes and carrying out a prescribed process thereon, and redistributing the received distribution data to other receiving nodes; and a communication control device for controlling the communication between the distributor nodes and each of the receiving nodes. The communication control device comprises: a distribution tree management part for, in accordance with selection of a parent node selection part, managing the configuration of a distribution tree configured by the distributor nodes and the receiving nodes; and a communication control part for, in accordance with the configuration of the distribution tree being managed by the distribution tree management part, controlling the communication between the distributor nodes and each of the receiving nodes. Each of the distributor nodes comprises a distribution data transmission part for transmitting distribution data in accordance with communication control by the communication control device. Each of the receiving nodes comprises a distribution data transceiver part for transmitting and/or receiving the distribution data according to the control by the communication control device.
In a bill teller machine (10) of an automatic depositing/dispensing machine (1), a lower conveyance part (21) is divided into a lower front conveyance part (22) on the front side and a lower rear conveyance part 23 on the rear side. When there is a rejected bill (BLR) in a forward bill movement process, a bill control part (11) of the bill teller machine (10) causes bills (BL) in an upper conveyance part (18) and the lower rear conveyance part (23) to be reversely conveyed and stored in a bill storage chamber (25D) that is the movement origin of the bills (BL), while the rejected bill (BLR) is reserved on a conveyance path in the lower front conveyance part (22). Accordingly, the bill teller machine (10) is able to convey the rejected bill (BLR) to a reject chamber (17) connected to the upstream side relative to an identification part (14) and store the rejected bill in the reject chamber while other bills (BL) are retracted from the conveyance path.
Provided is a medium handling apparatus having: a housing that has an opening part formed on an opening side where an internal space and the outside are in communication with each other and that has formed therein a door which can open/close the opening part; a plurality of units that are formed so as to be drawn from and retracted into the housing; a conveyance part that is provided to at least one of the plurality of units and that conveys a medium by rotating a roller; and a manual roller drive part that is provided in the vicinity of an end portion on the opening side in at least one of the plurality of units in a state of being retracted inside the housing, and that rotates the roller.
Provided is a cash processing apparatus provided with: a deposit unit that receives a plurality of bank notes deposited thereinto; one or more bank note housing units; a recognition unit that counts the bank notes delivered from the deposit unit, and recognizes the state of each of the bank notes; one or more withdrawal units which each have a withdrawal port and to which bank notes rejected by the recognition unit are conveyed; and a control unit that carries out a counting process in which the bank notes delivered from the deposit unit are counted and recognized by the recognition unit and are then accumulated in the corresponding bank note housing units, and carries out one accumulation process by dividing the process into a plurality of the counting processes, wherein the control unit allows the counting processes to be carried out continuously even when the rejected bank notes remain in the withdrawal units at the completion of each of the counting processes.
[Problem] The purpose of the present invention is to allow a target area of machine learning to be simply set while allowing the degree of progress of the machine learning to be easily checked. [Solution] Provided is an image processing device comprising: a video acquisition unit that acquires a video that has captured a portion or the entirety of a terminal operated by a user; an area setting unit that sets a target area in the video; an image processing unit that extracts a feature amount from the target area; a learning unit that uses the feature amount to perform additional learning; a learning status determination unit that acquires the degree of progress of the additional learning; and a notification unit that provides notification about the degree of progress.
Provided is a sound pickup device that efficiently and effectively performs area sound pickup. The present invention relates to a sound pickup device. This sound pickup device is characterized by comprising a sound pickup unit that picks up a target area sound in a target area on the basis of input signals respectively inputted from two microphone arrays corresponding to a combination of arbitrarily defined two, other than mutually parallel ones, out of sides or diagonal lines of an N-gon (N is an integer of 3 or more) that constitute a microphone array unit in which N microphones are respectively arranged at the apexes of the N-gon.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
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COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE
[Purpose] To reduce the data amount of video data of a display area outputted by each of a plurality of nodes and enable high picture quality delivery. [Solution] According to the invention, a communication device for multicast delivering video data via delivery paths having a tree configuration receives area information including display area information of each of one or more lower communication devices; manages the area information including the display area information of each lower communication device and also manages the display area information of the local device; transmits area information that includes the area information including the display area information of each lower communication device and that also includes the display area information of the local device to an upper communication device; receives video data from the upper communication device; extracts a display area from the video data on the basis of the display area information of the local device; and transmits processed video data obtained by video processing the video data on the basis of the area information including the display area information of each lower communication device.
H04N 21/4402 - Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to MPEG-4 scene graphs involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display
[Problem] To provide a technology for facilitating the management of deposited bills stored in a deposit storage. [Solution] Provided is an automatic transaction device that is provided with: a depositing/dispensing unit that stores deposition cancelled bills which are cancelled during deposition, deposit rejected bills which are rejected during deposition, and dispensing bills which are to be dispensed during dispensing; a deposit storage that can store, among the deposition cancel bills, the deposition rejected bills, and the dispensing bills, untaken bills that have not been taken out from the depositing/dispensing unit; and a control unit that determines whether an unrecognizable bill is present or not when the untaken bills are present which have not been taken out from the depositing/dispensing unit, and that transports the untaken bills to the deposit storage when there is no unrecognizable bill among the untaken bills.
[Problem] It is desired that a technology be provided that is capable of improving the visibility of an operation unit of an automatic transaction device and preventing a reduction in the degree of freedom with respect to the position where a cover part of the operation unit can be set, while suppressing the manufacturing cost and preventing a deterioration in quality of the automatic transaction device. [Solution] An automatic transaction device comprising: an operation unit for receiving an input of information related to a transaction from an operator; a cover part capable of swinging between a blocking position for blocking all or a portion of the operation unit and an open position for opening the operation unit; and a detection unit for detecting whether the cover part is in the blocking position or the open position. The blocking position includes a position in which an end part of the cover part on the side opposite a rotating shaft is in contact with the operation unit.
According to the present invention, in a switch part (63) of a lower conveyance part (21) included in a paper currency deposit/withdrawal device (10) of an automated teller device (1), lower side rollers (132, 142) have a larger diameter than upper side rollers (131, 141) yet a lower side roller-central shaft distance (L134) is shorter than an upper side roller-central shaft distance (L133). For a blade plate (122) of a blade (101) in the switch part (63), a short blade endpoint distance (L124) is shorter than a long blade endpoint distance (L123) and is also shorter than the lower side roller-central shaft distance (L134). Thus, in the switch part (63), a gap between the blade (101) and a pair of conveyance rollers (107) can be made longer than a typical configuration, enabling a significant improvement in the degrees of freedom of design.
This banknote processing device (10) has: a banknote storage (BS) that holds address information and stores banknotes; an impact detection unit (IMD) that generates an impact signal when a damaging impact event is detected; a label ID holding unit (C) that holds label ID information on staining labels for staining banknotes in each banknote storage by a banknote staining mechanism (ISM); and a condition information holding unit (MCA) that, when staining labels are bonded by the banknote staining mechanism to the banknotes in response to the impact signal, generates condition information including the address information and the label ID information and holds the condition information.
An automatic transaction device comprising a main body housing, and a storage compartment that can be stored in the interior of the main body housing, can be removed to the outside of the main body housing, and stores a medium. In the interior of the main body housing there is a noncontact power transmission unit and a device-side communication unit for communicating information by means of electric field coupling. In the interior of the storage compartment there is a noncontact power reception unit that receives power from the noncontact power transmission unit, and a storage-compartment-side communication unit that is supplied with power by the noncontact power reception unit, and is for communicating information with the device-side communication unit by means of electric field coupling. In a storage state in which the storage compartment is stored in the main body housing, the noncontact power transmission unit and the noncontact power reception unit are in proximity to each other, and in the storage state in which the storage compartment is stored in the main body housing, the device-side communication unit and the storage-compartment-side communication unit are in proximity to each other.
A lock mechanism (10) restricting the opening of a front door (1) and comprising: a limiter (3) formed from a separate member from the front door (1); and a lock lever (2) rotatably attached to the front door (1) and moving between an opening-restricted position, at which the opening of the front door (1) is restricted by coming in contact with the limiter (3), and an opening-permitted position at which the opening of the front door (1) is permitted by avoiding contact with the limiter (3). The lock lever (2) has a recessed section (22b) as a rotation restriction section that restricts travel to the opening-permitted position in the area of contact with the limiter (3).
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H04L 9/12 - Transmitting and receiving encryption devices synchronised or initially set up in a particular manner
G02F 1/01 - Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour
In order to make it possible to reduce the component costs of an automated teller machine beyond what was previously possible: provided are a safe (8), a device main body disposed at the top of the safe, and a door member (7) that is shaped so as to cover a front surface (8a) of the safe and a front surface of the device main body and is attached to at least the device main body or the safe so as to be rotatable through the use of a hinge; the door member includes an inclined surface (7e) that connects a front surface (7a) of the door member and a base surface (7b) of the door member; the angle (θ1) formed by the front surface of the door member and the inclined surface of the door member is an obtuse angle; and the angle (θ3) formed by the base surface of the door member (7) and the front surface of the safe is a right angle.
In the present invention, the interval between a side guide and an outer impeller is shorter than the length in the height direction between a discharge opening and the top surface of an uppermost banknote placed on a stage. Due to this configuration, one end in the width direction of a banknote positioned between the side guide and the outer impeller can be prevented from reaching the height of the discharge opening even if the one end is deformed so as to be folded toward the discharge opening side. As a result, a situation in which the one end of the banknote collides with a subsequent banknote to be discharged from the discharge opening causing a banknote jam can be avoided.
The present invention eliminates the instability of sensitivity within an observation time comparable to that in the conventional POTDR. The present invention is configured to be provided with a light source unit, an optical fiber, and a polarization state measurement unit. The light source unit generates probe light by multiplexing a first optical short pulse and a second optical short pulse which have slightly different wavelengths from each other and which have polarization states that are orthogonal to each other. The probe light is inputted in the optical fiber. The polarization state measurement unit extracts waveband components which are respectively equal to the first and second optical short pulses and which are extracted from reflection light resulting from the probe light having been reflected by the optical fiber, measures the polarization states of the respective waveband components, and detects vibrations on the basis of temporal changes of the measured polarization states.
[PROBLEM] To enable a longer measuring distance when measuring with an OTDR. [SOLUTION] The present invention comprises: a light source unit for generating a probe light beam; a light detection unit for detecting a reflected light beam reflected by an optical fibre; and an optical path switchover unit equipped with first to fourth input/output terminals, amongst which the probe light beam is input to the first input/output terminal, and the second input/output terminal is terminated. The optical path switchover unit is capable of assuming: a first state in which the first input/output terminal and the third input/output terminal are connected, and the second input/output terminal and the fourth input/output terminal are connected; and a second state in which the first input/output terminal and the fourth input/output terminal are connected, and the second input/output terminal and the third input/output terminal are connected.
G01D 5/353 - Mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member; Means for converting the output of a sensing member to another variable where the form or nature of the sensing member does not constrain the means for converting; Transducers not specially adapted for a specific variable using optical means, i.e. using infrared, visible or ultraviolet light with attenuation or whole or partial obturation of beams of light the beams of light being detected by photocells influencing the transmission properties of an optical fibre
In the present invention, a money receiving part of a banknote processing device is configured to interlock, as an interlocking part, an interlocking plate of an interlocking lever of a center cover and an interlocking roller of a backup arm of a backup part 29. Due to this configuration, the money receiving part can displace the backup part upward in conjunction with shifting the center cover from a closed state to an opened state, and thus new banknotes can be loaded into the stacking space. Further, the money receiving part can lower the backup part to abut the top surface of the banknotes in conjunction with shifting the center cover from the opened state to the closed state, and thus the accuracy of separation and intake of the banknotes can be increased.
According to the present invention, a banknote processing apparatus opens a second shutter only in the case when there is deposit-rejected banknote in a second collection space of a second payment part, and closes the second shutter in other cases. Thus, in the banknote processing apparatus, immediately extracting the deposit-rejected banknote from the second collection space and suppressing noise as much as possible by closing the second shutter as long as possible, can be simultaneously achieved at a high level.
[Problem] An objective of the present invention is to enable reduced load on a network when reporting various state changes occurring in an automated transaction device, and avoidance of communication delays. Another objective of the present invention is to provide an automated transaction device, reporting device, reporting system, reporting method, and storage medium which are capable of reporting high-priority state changes that require prompt reporting, reliably and without delay, and reporting other necessary information as appropriate. [Solution] Provided is a reporting device characterized by comprising: an event detection unit for detecting an event occurring in the automated transaction device; a report assessment unit for assessing, on the basis of the description of the event, whether the event corresponds to an immediate-report event to be reported immediately; and a reporting unit for making the report if the event is assessed as the immediate-report event.
G07D 13/00 - Handling of coins or of valuable papers, characterised by a combination of mechanisms not covered by a single one of groups
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
Provided is a paper currency processing device, comprising: a deposit unit wherein paper currency is inserted; a plurality of dispensing units wherefrom the paper currency is ejected, including a first dispensing unit and a second dispensing unit; and a differentiation unit for differentiating the paper currency conveyed from the deposit unit. The first dispensing unit has: a first paper currency ejection unit for ejecting the paper currency into a first accumulation space of the first dispensing unit; a first stopper member for making contact with the paper currency ejected from the first paper currency ejection unit and retaining the paper currency in the first accumulation space; and a first shutter for restricting the extraction of the paper currency accumulated in the first accumulation space. The second dispensing unit is a dispensing unit for accumulating the paper currency conveyed from the deposit unit and assessed by the differentiation unit as abnormal paper currency, and has: a second paper currency ejection unit for ejecting the abnormal paper currency into a second accumulation space of the second dispensing unit; and a second stopper member for making contact with the abnormal paper currency ejected by the second paper currency ejection unit and retaining the abnormal paper currency in the second accumulation space.
B65H 31/10 - Pile receivers with movable end support arranged to recede as pile accumulates the articles being piled one above another and applied at the top of the pile
B65H 31/24 - Pile receivers multiple or compartmented, e.g. for alternate, programmed, or selective filling
B65H 31/26 - Auxiliary devices for retaining articles in the pile
A check processing device (1) is provided with a first sensor (54) for detecting the rear end of a check (CK) in the transport direction. The check processing device (1) is also provided with a width alignment roller pair (48A) which: transports the check (CK) so as to bring the check (CK) near a reference surface guide (32); is positioned in a manner such that the width alignment roller transport direction, which is perpendicular to the width alignment roller axis direction which extends along the axis of rotation of the width alignment rollers, is angled relative to the transport direction; and is positioned at an intermediate point on the first transport path (C1) in the transport width direction. The check processing device (1) is also provided with a width alignment roller pair (48B) which: transports the check (CK) so as to bring the check (CK) near the reference surface guide (32); is positioned in a manner such that the width alignment roller transport direction, which is perpendicular to the width alignment roller axis direction which extends along the axis of rotation of the width alignment rollers, is angled relative to the transport direction; and is provided on the first transport path (C1) between the reference surface guide (32) and the width alignment roller pair (48A) in the transport width direction at a position located downstream in the transport direction from the width alignment roller pair (48A) by a distance (L2) which is longer than a distance (L1), which is the interval in the transport direction from the first sensor (54) to the width alignment roller pair (48A).
B65H 9/16 - Inclined tape, roller, or like article-forwarding side registers
B65H 5/06 - Feeding articles separated from piles; Feeding articles to machines by rollers
B65H 7/10 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors responsive to presence of faulty articles or incorrect separation or feed responsive to incorrect side register
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
A check processing device (1) is equipped with a width alignment drive roller (50) which is positioned in a manner such that the width alignment roller transport direction is angled relative to the transport direction, and in which the following are formed: a center section (60) located in the center in the axial direction of the width alignment drive roller; a reference-surface-side rubber ring (64R) having a larger outer diameter than does the center section and located on the reference-surface side relative to the center section (60); and a reverse-reference-surface side rubber ring (64L) having a larger diameter than does the center section (60) and located on the reverse-reference-surface side relative to the center section (60). The check processing device (1) is also equipped with a width alignment press roller 52 which: is positioned in a location that faces the width alignment drive roller (50) and in a manner such that the width alignment roller transport direction is angled relative to the transport direction; has a penetrating part (66) formed therein, at least part of which penetrates the space between the rubber rings (64) of the width alignment drive roller (50); and transports a check (CK) so as to bring the check (CK) near the reference surface guide (32) by contacting the check (CK) with the center section (60) of the width alignment drive roller (50) and the penetrating part (66), and sandwiching the check (CK) therebetween.
A medium storage according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a storage unit for storing a medium therein; a handle unit configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the storage unit between a first state in which the handle unit is upright with respect to the storage unit and a second state in which the handle unit lies with respect to the storage unit; and a rotation restriction unit for restricting rotation of the handle unit along a second direction that is a direction opposite to rotation of the handle unit along a first direction from the first state to the second state. The handle unit has a grip portion extending along a direction parallel to the rotation axis; and an arm that includes a top surface portion or an apex portion on the grip portion side and extends in an extending direction from the rotation axis toward the top surface portion or the apex portion. In the arm, an end of the top surface portion closer to an arm center line that extends in the extending direction from the rotation axis or the apex portion is separated away from the arm center line in the first direction.
[Problem] To improve prevention of vandalism of a device. [Solution] A device comprises: a housing that has a housing body and a door that opens and closes the housing body; a bolt that can slide to a fixed position straddling the housing body and the door; a first engaging unit that restricts movement of the bolt in the fixed position by way of engaging with the bolt; a second engaging unit; and a cover member that is provided so as to cover the first engaging unit. While the bolt is in the fixed position, the cover member, by way of abutting the second engaging unit, maintains the second engaging unit in a position where the second engaging unit is not engaged with the bolt by opposing a biasing force toward a position where the bolt and the second engaging member engage.
A check processing apparatus is provided with: a deposit/dispensing slot for receiving a check bundle, defined as a bundle of checks, from the outside; a bundle conveyance unit for conveying, as is, the check bundle placed thereupon; a separation unit which is disposed on the downstream side of the bundle conveyance unit in the direction of conveyance of the check bundle, and which separates the uppermost check from the check bundle conveyed from the bundle conveyance unit to feed the uppermost check out of a feeder intake; and a bundle conveying impeller which is disposed above the check bundle placed on the bundle conveyance unit, and moves the uppermost check from the bundle conveyance unit toward the separation unit by contacting the uppermost check and rotating in an intake rotation direction.
The present disclosure provides an information-reading mechanism equipped with: a first transport guide which has an opening and guides transport in a first direction of a sheet-shaped medium on which information has been recorded; a first reading head which reads the information from the sheet-shaped medium and is configured so as to be capable of moving in the opening in a second direction which intersects the first direction; and a second transport guide which is provided on both sides of the first reading head in the second direction, and is configured so as to be capable of moving in the second direction in the opening along with the first reading head.
G07D 7/0047 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip using checkcodes, e.g. coded numbers derived from serial number and denomination
G07D 7/00 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
G07D 7/004 - Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using digital security elements, e.g. information coded on a magnetic thread or strip
A cash handling device, provided with: a banknote input unit for receiving bills inserted from the exterior; a delivery mechanism for delivering the bills inserted into the banknote input unit to a transportation unit; a bill press disposed so as to face the delivery mechanism, the bill press pressing a bill against the delivery mechanism to generate a pressing force against the bill from the delivery mechanism; and a control unit for referring to deposit setting information set in advance, and performing control to shift the bill press to a state of pressing the bill against the delivery mechanism if the deposit setting information indicates a bill press pressing mode and to retract the bill press to a prescribed position if the deposit setting information indicates a bill press retraction mode.
Provided is an operation panel structure (10) comprising a panel member (11) equipped with a non-contact IC read-in unit (21) upon which a non-contact IC medium (Cd) is placed. The upper surface part (12) of the panel member (11) comprises: an elongated protrusion-shaped protuberance part (22) which is formed in proximity to and in line with the extension direction of at least one of the fore edge (21a), the aft edge (21b), the left edge (21c), and the right edge (21d) of the non-contact IC read-in part (21); and a depression part (23) which is formed in a position on the side of the protuberance part (22) on which the non-contact IC medium (Cd) is placed so as to extend in the left-right direction in line with the extension direction of the protuberance part (22).
An automatic transaction device is provided with: a banknote interface unit (10) in which one or both of insertion and withdrawal of banknotes are performed; an image pickup unit (50) which picks up an image of the banknote interface unit (10) from above; and an image pickup limiting unit (30) which has a light non-transmission area and limits the image pickup area of the image pickup unit, the image pickup limiting unit (30) limiting the image pickup area of the image pickup unit (50) to the banknote interface unit (10). An input interface unit (20) which receives an input of personal information (personal identification number) is further provided, the input interface unit (20) being disposed in the vicinity of the banknote interface unit (10).
A paper money dispensing machine according to the present invention, is provided with a dispensing machine dispensing port for discharging paper money to a customer, and a dispensing cassette having a separating delivery part for separating and delivering paper money from a paper money storage space in which paper money is stored, the separating delivery part being provided with a feed roller, a separating part for separating paper money through use of the feed roller and a gate roller facing the feed roller, a first roller which conveys the paper money and is provided coaxially with the feed roller and on the outside in an axial direction with respect to the feed roller, and a tension roller for coming in contact with the first roller and holding the paper money between the first roller and the tension roller, and the first roller having a first roller rubber part formed over the external peripheral surface of the first roller, and a rib having a height in a radial direction at least equal to that of the surface of the first roller including the first roller rubber part in an end part on a side separated from the feed roller in the axial direction.
[Problem] To provide an automatic transaction device capable of solving a problem caused by banknotes being horizontally set in a customer service section. [Solution] Provided is an automatic transaction device comprising: a customer service section for at least receiving insertion of deposited banknotes or delivering dispensed banknotes; a shutter movable so as to open and close an opening section of the customer service section; a bill press for pressing the banknotes inserted into the customer service section in a separation direction; a remainder detection sensor for detecting remaining banknotes in the customer service section; and a control unit for performing control such that after opening the shutter and receiving insertion of the banknotes or delivering the banknotes, the bill press is operated, a banknote set horizontally at a position that cannot be detected by the remainder detection sensor is detected, and a notification indicating that there is a remaining banknote is issued.
G07D 9/00 - Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
To provide a paper currency processing device with which it is possible to achieve the prevention of miscalculation and further improve operability, the paper currency device is configured so as to comprise: withdrawal ports (14, 15) wherein paper currency is accumulated; a conveyance unit which conveys the paper currency to the withdrawal ports (14, 15); a sensing unit (82) which is disposed in the withdrawal ports (14, 15) and which senses the accumulated quantity of the paper currency; shutter members (16, 17) which are movably disposed upon the withdrawal ports (14, 15) and which are capable of opening and closing the withdrawal ports (14, 15); an operation unit which accepts an operation; and a control unit (70) which assesses a transaction type if the accumulated quantity of the paper currency which has been conveyed to the withdrawal ports (14, 15) does not reach a prescribed quantity, and if the transaction type has been assessed to be a first transaction, performs control so as to open the shutter members, whereas if the transaction type has been assessed to be a second transaction, performs control so as not to open the shutter members (16, 17) and to open the shutter members (16, 17) if an operation to open the shutter members (16, 17) is accepted through the operation unit.
An upper roller impelled upwards is provided to a turnable delivery guide part provided to a delivery transportation part, and an upper groove into which the upper roller fits is provided to a transportation part-side guide part located above the delivery transportation part. The delivery guide part thereby turns as the upper roller fits into the upper groove, even if the position of the transportation part-side guide part becomes displaced from directly above the delivery guide part, whereby the delivery guide part can be linked to the transportation part-side guide part. In this manner, the delivery/transportation path of the delivery guide part can be connected to the transportation part-side transportation path of the transportation part-side guide part without separately providing a mechanism for turning the delivery guide part to the outer side in the width direction of the delivery guide part.
A medium printing/reading apparatus comprising: a conveyance guide which forms a conveyance space using the conveyance guide surface along the conveyance direction in which a paper sheet medium is to be conveyed; a conveying unit which conveys the medium in the conveyance direction while causing the surface of the medium to face the conveyance guide surface within the conveyance space; a printing unit which performs print processing for the printing surface of the medium; and a reading unit which is disposed downstream of the printing unit with respect to the conveyance path of the medium and reads the surface of the medium conveyed within the conveyance space. The reading unit is provided with: an imaging element which captures an image of the printing surface on the outside of the conveyance space; a light transmission guide unit which is disposed between the conveyance space and the imaging device, forms a reading surface facing the printing surface of the conveyed medium and allows light to pass therethrough; and a protruding unit which protrudes further towards the conveyance space than the reading surface.
B65H 5/38 - Article guides or smoothers, e.g. movable in operation immovable in operation
B65H 7/14 - Controlling article feeding, separating, pile-advancing, or associated apparatus, to take account of incorrect feeding, absence of articles, or presence of faulty articles by feelers or detectors by photoelectric feelers or detectors
H04N 1/00 - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - Details thereof
95.
AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM
Provided is an automatic transaction device that performs an exchange transaction in which cash in a first currency is exchanged for cash in a second currency, wherein the automatic transaction device comprises: a reading unit that reads medium-retained information which is retained in a medium and which includes at least information identifying an individual user; a first storage unit that stores, separately for each user, a transaction amount when the exchange transaction has been performed; and a control unit that acquires, on the basis of the medium-retained information which was read using the reading unit, a past transaction amount of a relevant user which is stored in the first storage unit, and that performs control to interrupt the current exchange transaction depending on whether the total of the past transaction amount and the total of the transaction amount of the current exchange transaction exceeds a predetermined upper limit amount.
This transaction system is provided with: a cash processing system for performing transaction processing between a cash processing device and a host computer; one or a plurality of servers holding transaction information necessary for one or a plurality of prescribed transactions; and a cooperative system for performing conversion processing between a telegraphic message with the cash processing device and a communication signal with the servers, and performing cooperative processing between the cash processing device and each server. The cash processing device obtains, from the server, the transaction information necessary for the transaction corresponding to specific information specifying the transaction via the cooperative system and carries out transaction processing with the host computer by using telegraphic messages including the transaction information necessary for the transaction.
G07D 9/00 - Counting coins; Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
G07F 19/00 - Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
97.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD
[Problem] To provide guidance images which are in accordance with a user even in an initial operation by the user. [Solution] Provided is an information processing device comprising: an eye detection unit for detecting an eye area from an image of a user input from an imaging unit; a line-of-sight detection unit for detecting the specific area of a display unit displaying the guidance image to which the line of sight is directed by analyzing the eye area detected by the eye detection unit; and a control unit for performing display control relating to the guidance image, on the basis of the line of sight not having been in a set area set in advance in relation the guidance image.
G06F 3/01 - Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
G06F 3/0484 - Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
[Problem] To suppress musical noise and the like when area sound pickup is performed. [Solution] The present invention relates to a sound pickup device. This sound pickup device is characterized by being provided with: a directivity formation means for forming directivity in a target area direction from an input signal using a beam former; a non-target area sound extraction means for extracting non-target area sound present in the target area direction of the directivity formed by the directivity formation means; and a target area sound enhancement means which inverts the phase of the non-target area sound by applying phase information of the input signal to the non-target area sound extracted by the non-target area sound extraction means and an output of the beam former, and which adds the phase-inverted non-target area sound to the output of the beam former.
H04R 1/40 - Arrangements for obtaining desired frequency or directional characteristics for obtaining desired directional characteristic only by combining a number of identical transducers
99.
MEDIUM TRANSACTION DEVICE AND MEDIUM STORAGE CHAMBER
[Problem] To prevent in advance a medium from being fraudulently removed from a medium storage chamber which can be attached to and detached from a body part, while the configuration of the medium storage chamber is made simple. [Solution] In a banknote dispenser 1, a banknote bundle detecting unit 60 is formed of: a light emitting unit 61 and a light receiving unit 62 that are attached to a rear guide 24 of a bundle conveyance unit 3; and a prism 63 attached to a first guide surface 41 of a reject cassette 17, wherein the optical axes X1, X2 thereof are positioned at the downstream side from a virtual shortest arc CS (fig. 5). As a result, in the banknote dispenser 1, while the configuration of the reject cassette 17 which is attached and detached is made simple, the presence of a banknote bundle W in a closing abnormality preliminary state, that is, the presence of a banknote bundle W that, when a shutter 45 is closed, may be jammed between the shutter 45 and the first guide surface 41, can be surely detected, whereby execution of maintenance work can be facilitated.
Provided is an automated transaction device, comprising: a medium input aperture which accepts an input of a medium from a customer; an assessment unit which assesses whether the inputted medium is counterfeit; and a notification unit which, if the assessment unit assesses that the inputted medium is counterfeit, notifies a specific subject to be notified which is selected from among a plurality of the subjects to be notified.
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