Bill identifying apparatus and a bill identifying method

A bill identifying apparatus comprising:

• a sensor section for obtaining identification data from part of the whole area of a bill, the sensor section being removably mounted on the body of the bill identifying apparatus in manner such that a mounting position of the sensor section is changeable, whereby a region for obtaining the identification data from the bill passing through a bill transfer path in the bill identifying apparatus body can be changed, wherein said sensor section is divided into two units, that is, a front side sensor unit located on the front side of a bill transfer path in the bill identifying apparatus body and a rear-side sensor unit located on the rear side, both the front- and rear-side sensor units being removably mounted on the bill identifying apparatus body and wherein said front-side of said body is a mounting plate of the bill identifying apparatus.

A bill identifying apparatus comprising:

• a sensor section for obtaining identification data from part of the whole area of a bill, the sensor section being removably mounted on the body of the bill identifying apparatus in a manner such that a mounting position of the sensor section is changeable, whereby a region for obtaining the identification data from the bill passing through a bill transfer path in the bill identifying apparatus can be changed, wherein said sensor section is divided into two units, that is, a front-side sensor unit located on the front side of a bill transfer path in the bill identifying apparatus body and a rear-side sensor unit located on the rear side, both the front- and rear-side sensor units being removably mounted on the bill identifying apparatus body and wherein said rear-side of said body is a bill storage section of the bill identifying apparatus.

A bill identifying apparatus comprising a unitized sensor section for obtaining identification data from a bill, the sensor section being removably mounted on the body of the bill identifying apparatus, and wherein a plurality of types of said unitized sensor sections are provided in advance, and said sensor sections are provided respectively with reference data to be compared with the identification data obtained from the bill by tie sensor sections when verifying the authenticity of the bill, the reference data being selected corresponding to the sensor sections attached to the bill identifying apparatus body.

A bill identifying apparatus comprising:

• a unitized section for unitized sensor section for obtaining identification ata for a bill, the sensor section being removably mounted on the body of the bill identifying apparatus, wherein a plurality of types of said unitized sensor sections are provided in advance, said sensor sections are provided respectively with reference data to be compared with the identification data obtained from the bill by the sensor sections when verifying the authenticity of the bill, the reference data being selected corresponding to the sensor sections attached to the bill identifying apparatus body and said plurality of kinds of reference data are stored in a control device of the bill identifying apparatus, corresponding individually to the sensor sections.

A bill identifying apparatus comprising a unitized sensor section for obtaining identification data from a bill, the sensor section being removably mounted on the body of the bill identifying apparatus, wherein a plurality of types of said unitized sensor sections are provided in advance, said sensor sections are provided respectively with reference data to be compared with the identification data obtained from the bill by the sensor sections when verifying the authenticity of the bill, the reference data being selected corresponding to the sensor sections attached to the bill identifying apparatus body and said plurality of kinds of reference data are individually in storage elements removably mounted in the bill identifying apparatus body.