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.
Claims20
A document handling and transportation system for use in a casino counting room environment, comprising:
- an alignment receptacle configured to receive and position a stack of cashbox documents, the alignment receptacle defining at least a first aperture in a first alignment receptacle sidewall and a second aperture in a second alignment receptacle sidewall;
- a first push unit operable to move and push on a first edge of the stack of cashbox documents in the alignment receptacle through the first aperture, thereby aligning at least a first edge of each document in the stack of cashbox documents with one another;
- a second push unit operable to move and push on a second edge of the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the alignment receptacle through the second aperture, thereby aligning at least a second edge of each document in the stack of cashbox documents with one another, without substantially misaligning the first edges of each of the documents;
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- wherein said first edge and second edge are proximate to one another whereby the alignment mechanism aligns documents along the first edge and the second edge.
A document handling and transportation system for use in a casino counting room environment, comprising:
- a receptacle configured to receive a stack of cashbox documents for alignment, the receptacle comprising:
- a base;
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- a set of sidewalls attached to the base that define a first aperture in a first middle of a first sidewall of the set of sidewalls extending from a top of the first sidewall to the base and a second aperture in a second middle of a second sidewall of the set of sidewalls extending from a top of the second sidewall to the base;
- at least one movement mechanism operable to move the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the receptacle;
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- at least one alignment mechanism operable to align the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the receptacle by pushing on:
- a first edge of the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the receptacle through the first aperture;
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- a second edge of the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the receptacle through the second aperture;
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- wherein said first edge and second edge are proximate to one another whereby the alignment mechanism aligns documents along the first edge and the second edge.
A document handling and transportation system for use in a casino counting room environment, comprising:
- a moveable receptacle configured to receive a stack of cashbox documents, the moveable receptacle including at least one sidewall that defines at least one aperture;
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- at least one alignment mechanism operable to align the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the moveable receptacle by pushing on:
- a first edge of the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the moveable receptacle through the at least one aperture;
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- a second edge of the stack of cashbox documents positioned in the moveable receptacle through the at least one aperture, the second side perpendicular to the first side;
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- wherein said first edge and second edge are proximate to one another whereby the alignment mechanism aligns documents along the first edge and the second edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.