A settlement apparatus includes a case body; a coin inserting slot, provided at the case body, which receives a deposited coin; and a concaved shape money placement portion, arranged at the case body, which has a money placement surface on which the deposited coin which is received by the coin inserting slot is temporarily placed at the bottom surface portion thereof, wherein the money placement surface is connected to the coin inserting slot in a width direction of the case body and the money placement portion is located across a center of the case body in the width direction thereof to slide the deposited coin on the money placement surface toward the coin inserting slot.

A process for verifying an item deposit via a smart drop box. The process includes an item receptacle, a processor in communication with the item receptacle, a scanning device, and a database. The item receptacle is configured to receive an item from a user, scan the item, and generate item information. The processor is configured to compare the item information generated with identified item information from the database. If the information generated matches the information from the database, the item is accepted. In some embodiments, the deposit verification includes a printed receipt and/or an electronic verification.

A cash storage apparatus including a housing which is arranged in a horizontal orientation state where a surface from which a cash storage case is pulled out or pushed out serves as a front surface, or in a vertical orientation state where this front surface serves as an upper surface, an open/close cover which is provided to be positioned on a portion of an upper surface or undersurface of the housing when the housing is in the horizontal orientation state and is opened frontward when the housing is in the vertical orientation state, a lock mechanism which individually locks the cash storage case and the open/close cover, and an open/close mechanism having a rotator which releases locking of the cash storage case by the lock mechanism when rotating in one direction and releases locking of the open/close cover by the lock mechanism when rotating in a reverse direction.

A depository system operates in response to data bearing records. Information regarding planned future deposits is recorded, at least one record visible appearance feature is stored or generated, and data corresponding to the at least one record appearance feature is stored in associated relation with deposit data. The at least one record appearance feature is made visible on a deposit item. The deposit item is subsequently presented to a depository that includes an image sensor. The image sensor operates to read the at least one record appearance feature. At least one controller in the depository causes a determination to be made that at least one record appearance feature corresponds to a pre-registered deposit and such determination enables the deposit item to be received in the depository.

A validator having multiple modes of operation is contemplated. The validator may be operable in a standard mode where notes are escrowed and subsequently directed to a secure storage area depending on validity and a note-verify mode where notes are escrowed and subsequently returned to a user regardless of validity.

A speedy and efficient checkout process at a checkout counter in a store is realized by a deposit machine that receives deposited money from a customer and issues a pre-deposit receipt with which a pre-deposit amount is associated, and a POS register that scans a barcode of a commodity to calculate a checkout amount and reads a pre-deposit receipt to specify a pre-deposit amount. The POS register performs a checkout process for the checkout amount by using the pre-deposit amount, calculates, as change, a difference between the pre-deposit amount and the checkout amount, and causes a change machine to dispense money corresponding to the change.

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.

In a sheet handling machine (for example, a banknote handling machine) including a plurality of mounting units, a controlling unit controls a transporting unit and temporary storage units to perform parallel processing mode such that a storage operation for sending a sheet held by a first temporary storage unit among the plurality of temporary storage units to a storage member (for example, a banknote storage bag) and a transport operation for transporting the sheet from the transporting unit to a second temporary storage unit different from the first temporary storage unit are performed in parallel.

The present invention comprises: a depositing section; a withdrawal section; a first storage unit which is installed within a storage housing that is lockable, the first storage unit being used in at least one of depositing processing of the sheet and withdrawal processing of the sheet; an attachment section which detachably attaches a second storage unit to an outside of the storage housing, the second storage unit being used in at least one of the depositing processing and the withdrawal processing and storing the sheet in a state of being isolated from an outside of the second storage unit; a transport unit which transports the sheet among the depositing section, the withdrawal section, the first storage unit, and the second storage unit; and a control section which controls the transport unit to perform at least one of the above two processing.

Donation receiving apparatus has a denomination discriminator interfacing a storage area. The denomination discriminator has at least one sensor for sensing at least one physical characteristic of currency passing therethrough. A device controller interfaces a mobile communication device interface and the denomination discriminator. In use, the device controller establishes communication with the mobile communication device, detects a denomination using the at least one physical characteristic and transmits the denomination to the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device may execute an application controller which displays a graphical user interface on a digital display thereof which may display the denomination.