A method and associated apparatus for cleaning a secure instrument including a substrate, visual data and a security feature, including exposing the secure instrument to ozone sufficient to clean the substrate and not compromise the security feature and the visual data, where to clean the substrate includes to remove one or more substances from the substrate into the ozone or to chemically alter the one or more substances in or on the substrate such that exposing the secure instrument to a supercritical fluid removes the one or more substances.

Disclosed are a reading assembly and a paper currency sorter. The reading assembly includes a reading component and a frame. The frame includes a first side wall and a second side wall being disposed oppositely to each other. The reading component is disposed between the first side wall and the second side wall. A first end surface of the reading component is in insertion connection with the first side wall through an insertion member. The insertion member is in linear contact or point contact with the first side wall, and can pivot on a contact position relative to the first side wall in the process of assembling. A second end surface of the reading component is fixedly connected with the second side wall through a connection piece.

A money handling machine (for example, a money depositing/dispensing machine 100) includes: a coin-roll storage unit (for example, a coin-roll storage device 180) configured to store a coin roll; an authentication unit 107 configured to authenticate an authority of an operator; and a controlling unit 102 configured to control the coin-roll storage unit so as to dispense the coin roll to replenish a plurality of settlement places 20 at a time only when the authority of the operator authenticated by the authentication unit 107 is a predetermined authority.

A banknote crack detection method and a banknote crack detection apparatus are provided. The banknote crack detection apparatus includes an image collection unit, configured to collect an optical transmission image of an inputted banknote, a pre-processing unit, configured to receive a banknote image signal collected by the image collection unit, and perform foreground region positioning and cutting on the banknote image signal; a crack detection unit, configured to detect whether a crack exists; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the banknote is qualified according to a detection result of the crack detection unit; and a control unit, configured to control operation of each of the above units.

A banknote crack detection method and a banknote crack detection apparatus are provided. The banknote crack detection apparatus includes an image collection unit, configured to collect an optical transmission image of an inputted banknote, a pre-processing unit, configured to receive a banknote image signal collected by the image collection unit, and perform foreground region positioning and cutting on the banknote image signal; a crack detection unit, configured to detect whether a crack exists; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the banknote is qualified according to a detection result of the crack detection unit; and a control unit, configured to control operation of each of the above units.

Provided is a sheet transport mechanism disposed between a feeding mechanism feeding out a sheet and an acceptance mechanism receiving the sheet. The sheet transport mechanism includes: a transport unit that transports the sheet; and a plurality of curl correction units each including a contact unit which comes into contact with the sheet that is transported by the transport unit. The plurality of curl correction units is disposed at positions different from each other on a transport route of the transport unit, respectively.

Provided is a sheet transport mechanism disposed between a feeding mechanism feeding out a sheet and an acceptance mechanism receiving the sheet. The sheet transport mechanism includes: a transport unit that transports the sheet; and a plurality of curl correction units each including a contact unit which comes into contact with the sheet that is transported by the transport unit. The plurality of curl correction units is disposed at positions different from each other on a transport route of the transport unit, respectively.

Described is a method for providing measurement data for value documents to a specified purpose of use employing a value-document processing device which has a transport device for transporting the value documents, and a sensor device for capturing at least one property of value documents transported in the value-document processing apparatus by means of the transport device and forming measurement data describing the captured property, in which value documents are transported to the sensor device by means of the transport device and measurement data for these are respectively captured by means of the sensor device, it is tested whether the measurement data for the value documents meet a suitability criterion specified for the purpose of use, and measurement data for respectively one of the value documents either are permanently stored or discarded in dependence on the result of the testing.

Described is a method for providing measurement data for value documents to a specified purpose of use employing a value-document processing device which has a transport device for transporting the value documents, and a sensor device for capturing at least one property of value documents transported in the value-document processing apparatus by means of the transport device and forming measurement data describing the captured property, in which value documents are transported to the sensor device by means of the transport device and measurement data for these are respectively captured by means of the sensor device, it is tested whether the measurement data for the value documents meet a suitability criterion specified for the purpose of use, and measurement data for respectively one of the value documents either are permanently stored or discarded in dependence on the result of the testing.

A money handling apparatus 10 for handling money includes a storage and feeding unit 150, 270 configured to store the money and feed out the stored money, a dispensing unit 172, 260 configured to eject the money to an outside, a transport unit 170, 264 configured to transport the money fed out from the storage and feeding unit 150, 270 to the dispensing unit 172, 260, and a control unit 12 configured to perform dispensing process of the money by the dispensing unit 172, 260 by controlling at least one of the storage and feeding unit 150, 270 and the transport unit 170, 264. The control unit 12 performs the dispensing process of the money at an arbitrary timing after certain process of the money is performed.