Banknote handling system for automated casino accounting
AssigneeJapan Cash Machine Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshiaki Uemizo, Takashi Ueda
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Abstract
A banknote handling system includes an unlocking system. The unlocking system includes a camera, a first mechanical arm to which one or a plurality of keys are affixed, and a controller that determines a position of a keyhole based on an image from the camera, and controls the first arm to insert one of the one or the plurality of keys into the keyhole and turn the inserted key for unlocking. In many examples, the unlocking system is configured to unlock a banknote cashbox.
Claims11
A document handling and transportation system for use in a casino counting room environment, the system comprising:
- a first mechanical arm configured to unlock and open a storage container lid;
- a second mechanical arm configured to:
- remove a document from an interior volume of a storage container exposed after the storage container lid is opened by the first mechanical arm;
- and
- grasp the document in the storage container;
- a conveyor system configured to transport the storage container from a first initial position relative to the first mechanical arm to a second initial position relative to the second mechanical arm;
- a document sorter configured to receive the document from the second mechanical arm, and further configured to sort the document into a document stack;
- a third mechanical arm configured to grasp the document stack from the document sorter;
- and
- a document bundler configured to receive the document stack from the third mechanical arm, the document bundler configured to bind the document stack with a strap;
- wherein:
- the storage container comprises a memory;
- and
- the conveyor system is configured to access the memory to receive information describing the document contained in the storage container.
A method for processing banknotes and tickets stored in locked cashboxes for use in a casino counting room environment, the method comprising:
- receiving a locked cashbox at an input of a conveyor system;
- conveying the locked cashbox, via the conveyor system, to a first location relative to a first mechanical arm;
- unlocking, by the first mechanical arm, the locked cashbox;
- opening, by the first mechanical arm, a lid of the unlocked cashbox;
- conveying the opened cashbox, via the conveyor system, to a second location relative to a second mechanical arm;
- grasping, by the second mechanical arm, a document stack from within the opened cashbox thereby emptying the opened cashbox;
- conveying the empty cashbox, via the conveyor system, to a third location relative to a third mechanical arm;
- closing, via the third mechanical arm, the lid of the empty cashbox;
- locking, via the third mechanical arm, the closed empty cashbox;
- transporting, via the second mechanical arm, the document stack to a document jogger;
- jogging the document stack with the document jogger;
- transporting, via the second mechanical arm, the document stack to a document sorter;
- and
- sorting the document stack into groups with the document sorter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.