A banknote processing apparatus capable of properly storing and dispensing a banknote is provided. The banknote processing apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a banknote; a long-edge orientation storage unit that receives and stores, in a first orientation, the banknote transported by the transport unit, the first orientation being an orientation in which a short edge of the banknote is a leading edge thereof; a short-edge orientation storage unit that receives and stores, in a second orientation, the banknote transported by the transport unit, the second orientation being an orientation in which a long edge of the banknote is a leading edge thereof; and a control unit that selects, by controlling the transport unit, a storage destination for the banknote transported by the transport unit, from among any of the long-edge orientation storage unit and the short-edge orientation storage unit.

A paper sheet handling machine (for example, banknote handling machine (10)) includes: a recognition unit (18) configured to recognize a paper sheet transported by a transport unit (16); a storage unit (for example, banknote storages (30) or banknote storage cassette (40)) configured to store the paper sheet recognized by the recognition unit (18); a memory unit (54) configured to store a maximum capacity for paper sheets in the storage unit; and a maximum capacity change unit (58) configured to change the maximum capacity stored in the memory unit (54), on the basis of information about a kind of the paper sheet recognized by the recognition unit (18).

A sheet processing system A includes a sheet processing apparatus 1 that transports and stores a sheet in one of short-edge leading orientation and long-edge leading orientation; a sheet housing section 3 that stores the sheet in the other of the short-edge leading orientation and the long-edge leading orientation; and an orientation changing section 4 that transports the sheet between the sheet processing apparatus 1 and the sheet housing section 3, changes transport orientation of the sheets which is being transported between the short-edge leading orientation and the long-edge leading orientation.

According to one embodiment, a paper sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance mechanism which conveys a paper sheet with fluorescent ink print information along a conveyance path, a fluorescence reference member including a fluorescent material and arranged to oppose to the conveyance path, a light source device which irradiates the fluorescence reference member with excitation light, and an imaging device which images the fluorescence emission of the fluorescence reference member and acquires an image including a contour of the paper sheet passing over the fluorescence reference member and an image of the fluorescent ink print information of the paper sheet.

The invention provides a Raman-detectible composition comprising two or more different Raman-active 2D materials. Also provided is a formulation comprising the Raman-detectible composition and a binder; a substrate comprising the Raman-detectible composition; the use of the Raman-detectible composition to tag a substrate; a method for tagging a substrate with the Raman-detectible composition; and a method for analysing a substrate or formulation for the presence of the Raman detectible composition.

A paper sheet processing method that is to be employed by a paper sheet processing device. The paper sheet processing method involves acquiring image information for a paper sheet, transmitting the acquired image information to an external character recognition device, receiving the results of character recognition by the character recognition device from the character recognition device, and using the results of the character recognition by the character recognition device to process the paper sheet.

In a magnetic sensor device, a sheet-like detection object transported along a transport plane is magnetized by a magnetizing magnet that forms a magnetization magnetic field in which magnitude of a magnetic field component parallel to the transport plane is larger than or equal to a saturation magnetic field of a second magnetic body having a second coercivity larger than a first coercivity. The magnetic sensor device includes: a bias magnet that forms a bias magnetic field in which magnitude of a magnetic field component parallel to the plane of the detection object is larger than the first coercivity and less than the second coercivity in the bias magnetic field at the plane of the detection object; and a magnetoresistive effect element chip disposed at the bias magnet and facing the plane of the detection object.

A security element comprising a first and a second pattern formed in or on a substrate is described, the first pattern (105; 205) being formed by discrete elements (105a-105g; 205a-205c) of a first material that are distributed over a first region (101) of the substrate (100; 200), the second pattern (106; 206) being formed by discrete elements (106a-106i; 206a-206c) of a second material that are distributed over a second region (102) of the substrate (100; 200), said second material being different from said first material, said first and second regions of the substrate overlapping, wherein the discrete elements of at least one of the first and second patterns are distributed randomly, a part of the discrete elements of the first pattern (105; 205) overlap with a part of the discrete elements of said second pattern (106; 206), and the security element is defined by the first pattern (105; 205), the second pattern (106; 206) and a third pattern (107; 207) associated with the overlap of some or all of the discrete elements of said first and second patterns.

A value document has a security marking in the form of at least two luminescing substances which are present in a defined relative quantitative share and are jointly excitable by one excitation pulse. The time courses of the intensities are different and at least one luminescing substance has a non-monoexponential time course. In a method for identifying the security marking, the time course of the total intensity is detected and a linear combination of a formula is adapted including time courses of the intensities of the luminescing substances. The security marking is identified on the basis of the linear coefficients.

In order to support the verification of a security document, the document is placed on a verification device having a touchscreen. A conductive structure embedded in the document is detected by the touchscreen and the position and orientation of a window in the document is calculated therefrom. The verification device then displays an image positioned and rotated to appear at the location of the window. The image may interact with the document to generate Moir patterns, fluorescent images or animations.