Paper sheet handling system, method of use thereof, and method of use of bar-code ticket handling machine

A method of use of a paper-sheet handling system comprising the steps of:

• preparing a paper-sheet handling system configured to handle a bundle of paper-sheets including banknotes and bar-code tickets, the paper-sheet handling system including a banknote handling machine configured to take in paper-sheets, one sheet at a time, discriminate the banknotes included in the paper-sheets taken therein, and reject the paper-sheets when the paper-sheets other than the banknotes are taken therein, a bar-code ticket handling machine configured to take in paper-sheets, one sheet at a time, read the bar-code information of each bar-code ticket included in the paper-sheets taken therein while obtaining an image of the bar-code ticket, and reject the paper-sheets when paper-sheets other than the bar-code tickets are taken therein, and a host controller being communicatively connected both with the banknote handling machine and with the bar-code ticket handling machine, information concerning the discrimination result of the banknotes being sent from the banknote handling machine to the host controller as well as the bar-code information read from each bar-code ticket being sent from the bar-code ticket handling machine to the host controller;
• classifying the banknotes and the bar-code tickets in advance and preparing the respective bundles separately;
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• having the banknote handling machine handle the prepared bundle of the banknotes while having the bar-code ticket handling machine handle the prepared bundle of the bar-code tickets,
• wherein the banknote handling machine and the bar-code ticket handling machine are physically separate, the bar-code ticket handling machine includes an image obtaining section that directly obtains the whole image of each bar-code ticket, and the bar-code ticket handling machine is capable of handling five hundred or more sheets of bar-code tickets per minute.

A method of use of a bar-code ticket handling machine for use in handling a bundle of paper-sheets including bar-code tickets, the bar-code ticket handling machine being configured to take in paper-sheets, one sheet at a time, read the bar-code information of each bar-code ticket included in the paper-sheets taken therein while obtaining an image of the bar-code ticket, the method comprising the steps of:

• collecting the bundle of paper-sheets including the bar-code tickets from the bar-code ticket handling machine;
• adding a medium provided with identification data information to the bundle of paper-sheets when the bundle of paper-sheets are collected from the bar-code ticket handling machine;
• stacking a plurality of bundles with the medium provided with the identification data collectively, on the bar-code ticket handling machine;
• having the bar-code ticket handling machine process the plurality of paper-sheets collectively, and during the handling, having the bar-code ticket handling machine read the identification data information of each medium included in each bundle of paper-sheets;
• associating the bar-code information of each bar-code ticket read by the bar-code ticket handling machine and information concerning the image obtained by the bar-code ticket handling machine with the identification data information of the medium read by the bar-code ticket handling machine;
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• rejecting the medium which has been read and also rejecting the paper-sheets, for which the bar-code information could not be read,
• wherein the bar-code ticket handling machine includes an image obtaining section that directly obtains the whole image of each bar-code ticket, and the bar-code ticket handling machine is capable of handling five hundred or more sheets of bar-code tickets per minute.

A paper-sheet handling system for use in handling a bundle of paper-sheets including banknotes and bar-code tickets, the paper-sheet handling system comprising:

• a banknote handling machine configured to take in paper-sheets, one sheet at a time, discriminate the banknotes included in paper-sheets taken therein, and reject the paper-sheets when the paper-sheets other than the banknotes are taken therein;
• a bar-code ticket handling machine configured to take in paper-sheets, one sheet at a time, read the bar-code information of each bar-code ticket included in the paper-sheets taken therein while obtaining an image of the bar-code ticket, and reject the paper-sheets when the paper-sheets other than bar-code tickets are taken therein;
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• a host controller, which is communicatively connected both with the banknote handling machine and with the bar-code ticket handling machine, and to which information concerning the discrimination result of the banknotes is sent from the banknote handling machine as well as to which the bar-code information read from each bar-code ticket is sent from the bar-code ticket handling machine,
• wherein the banknote handling machine and the bar-code ticket handling machine are physically separate, the bar-code ticket handling machine includes an image obtaining section that directly obtains the whole image of each bar-code ticket, and the bar-code ticket handling machine is capable of handling five hundred or more sheets of bar-code tickets per minute.