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:
- a conveyor system;
- and
- a controller that is operable to:
- instruct the conveyor system to move a first cashbox of a group of cashboxes from a loaded cashbox waiting area to an unload cashbox area;
- determine that a robotic arm system opens the first cashbox and removes a set of documents from the first cashbox for providing to a sorting device;
- and
- after the set of documents is removed from the first cashbox, instruct the conveyor system to move the first cashbox to an empty cashbox storage area;
- and
- concurrent with instructing the conveyor system to move the first cashbox to the empty cashbox storage area, instruct the conveyor system to move a second cashbox of the group of cashboxes from the loaded cashbox waiting area to the unload cashbox area.
A document handling and transportation system for use in a casino counting room environment, comprising:
- a conveyor system;
- and
- a controller that is operable to instruct the conveyor system to move:
- a first cashbox of a group of cashboxes from a loaded cashbox waiting area to an unload cashbox area;
- the first cashbox to an empty cashbox storage area after the first cashbox is opened and a set of documents is removed from the first cashbox for providing to a sorting device;
- and
- a second cashbox of the group of cashboxes from the loaded cashbox waiting area to the unload cashbox area.
A document handling and transportation system for use in a casino counting room environment, comprising:
- a conveyor system;
- and
- a controller that is operable to:
- instruct the conveyor system to move a first cashbox of a group of cashboxes from a loaded cashbox waiting area to an unload cashbox area;
- signal unloading of the first cashbox;
- instruct the conveyor system to concurrently move the first cashbox to an empty cashbox storage area and a second cashbox of the group of cashboxes from the loaded cashbox waiting area to the unload cashbox area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.