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Systems and methods for a resources balancing tool are provided. A method includes: coupling, by a governing institution computing system, to a plurality of resource tracking devices associated with a plurality resource repositories; monitoring, by the governing institution computing system, resource availability across the plurality of resource repositories based on information received from the plurality of resource tracking devices; predicting, by the governing institution computing system, a resource amount in a resource repository of the plurality of resource repositories based on the monitored resource availability across the plurality of resource repositories; determining, by the governing institution computing system, that the predicted resource amount in the resource repository satisfies a threshold; and transmitting, by the governing institution computing system, a message based on the predicted resource amount in the resource repository satisfying the threshold.

A banknote transport system 10 includes: an air blowing tube 100 that forms an air flow path 101; a moving body 200 that travels inside the air blowing tube while receiving an air flow within the air blowing tube; a transport path 401 (a transport tube 400) having at least a portion arranged along the air blowing tube to be adjacent to the air blowing tube; and a transport body 500 configured to be able to retain a banknote and traveling inside the transport path. The moving body includes a moving body magnet 213, and the transport body includes a transport body magnet 523. The banknote transport system moves the transport body in conjunction with movement of the moving body receiving the air flow due to attraction and / or repulsion based on a magnetic force applied between the moving body magnet and the transport body magnet.

A bill processor is provided with a bill validator that may receive, from a mobile terminal, telecommunication signals inclusive of electronic currency information to store it in a stacker memory of a bill stacker. The bill processor includes an interface (80) for receiving electronic currency information transmitted from a mobile terminal (70), a bill validator (1) that has a validation transceiver (3) for receiving the electronic currency information transmitted from the interface (80) and a bill stacker (2) for accumulating bills considered genuine by and forwarded from the bill validator (1) so that the validation transceiver (3) of the bill validator (1) transmits electronic currency information to a stacker transceiver (21) of a bill stacker (2) that then sends the information to a stacker memory (22) of the bill stacker (2) to finally store the information in the stacker memory (22).

The present application relates to the technical field of financial equipment, in particular to a coin feeding device, a cash circulation processing device and a coin feeding method, the coin feeding device comprises a rack, a first coin kicking roller, a second coin kicking roller, a coin separating roller, a coin blocking part and a coin supporting part arranged on the rack, the rack comprises a support part and a reference part arranged at an included angle, the support part is used for supporting banknotes, and a coin inlet is formed between the reference part and the support part; along the coin feeding direction, the first coin kicking roller, the second coin kicking roller, the coin inlet and the coin separating roller are arranged in sequence; the coin supporting part is movably connected with the rack and can move relative to the rack and has a working position and an avoiding position; when the coin supporting part is located at the working position, the first coin kicking roller is used for driving the banknote to move along the coin supporting part to the reference part, so that the banknote is aligned along the reference part; when the coin supporting part is located at the avoiding position, the first coin kicking roller and the second coin kicking roller can jointly drive the banknote to enter between the coin separating roller and the coin blocking part through the coin inlet. The coin feeding device can solve the problem of coin jamming and improve the coin feeding reliability.

A moving body and a transport body are decelerated in a deceleration section by a deceleration mechanism. The deceleration mechanism includes a moving body that has moving body magnets and that moves on an air flow path while receiving an air flow, a transport body that has a magnetic material (transport body magnets or a transport body magnetic material repelling or attracting the moving body magnets and that is transported on a transport path in conjunction with the moving body on the basis of a magnetic force acting between the moving body magnets and the magnetic material, and braking means that is arranged in a deceleration section on the air flow path and that decelerates the moving body. The braking means includes an electric conductor in which an eddy current is generated due to movement of the moving body magnets.

The utility model provides an automatic voucher issuing device and financial equipment. The automatic voucher issuing device comprises a machine body, a medium issuing mechanism, a transfer mechanism and a printing mechanism, the machine body is provided with a plurality of placement layers which are arranged in the longitudinal direction, and the placement layers are provided with respective medium distribution mechanisms; the transferring mechanism is movably arranged on the machine body and can further convey the media output by the medium issuing mechanism to the printing mechanism. The printing mechanism is used for printing or supplementing the medium transmitted by the transfer mechanism to form a required voucher; the transfer mechanism comprises a transfer table, a paper feeding assembly, a guide assembly and a driving assembly for providing power; the transfer table can be controlled by the driving assembly to move to the corresponding placement layer, so that a paper inlet of the paper feeding assembly is opposite to a paper outlet of the medium issuing mechanism, and the transfer table is used for receiving the medium to the paper feeding assembly; automatic issuing, transferring and printing of vouchers are achieved, manual operation is greatly reduced, and working efficiency is improved.

To reduce the occupied area.SOLUTION: A money handling device 1 includes: a banknote processing unit 20 that stores banknotes deposited through a banknote deposit portion 21 in a banknote storage box 24 corresponding to a denomination, and, when a banknote dispensing instruction is given, feeds banknotes from the corresponding banknote storage box 24 and dispenses them through a banknote dispensing portion 22; and a coin processing unit 40 that stores coins deposited through a coin deposit portion 41 in a coin storage box 44 provided for each denomination, and, when a coin dispensing instruction is given, feeds coins from the corresponding coin storage box 44 and dispenses them through a coin dispensing portion 48, the banknote processing unit and the coin processing unit being stored in a device body 10 in such a manner that the banknote deposit portion 21, the banknote dispensing portion 22, the coin deposit portion 41 and the coin dispensing portion 48 are exposed to the outside. The banknote processing unit 20 and the coin processing unit 40 are stored in the device body 10 such that the banknote deposit portion 21 and the coin deposit portion 41 are arranged at approximately the same height position in such a manner that at least parts of the units overlap each other vertically.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

For the purpose of forming a sheet stack in the infeed area (62) of the sheet processing device, the following steps are performed: a) sheets are stacked by the stacker wheels (65) onto the sheet stack (40) positioned on the lift base (22), b) the unloading base (20) is introduced into the infeed area so that it is positioned under the stacker wheels in a position that is positioned above the top sheet of the sheet stack formed on the lift base, and c) a further sheet is stacked by the stacker wheels onto the unloading base (40) positioned under the stacker wheels. the sheet stack formed on the lifting base is stacked on top of the lowering base to form a further sheet stack (41) on the lowering base, d) the gripping device (30) is introduced into the feeding area so that the sheet stack formed on the lifting base is gripped by the gripping device, e) the sheet stack formed on the lifting base is removed from the feeding area by the gripping device and following removal of the sheet stack, f) the lifting base is moved up to the lowering base, and g) the further sheet stack formed on the lowering base is transferred onto the lifting base and the lowering base is moved away from the feeding area.

A system comprising: a check Image Record (CIR) database configured to store, for each of a plurality of accounts, a CIR, wherein each CIR comprises feature information related to features extracted from a plurality of reference checks associated with the associated account of the plurality of accounts; memory configured to store instructions; and a processor coupled with the CIR database and the memory, the processor configured to run the instructions, which cause the processor to: receive an image of a test check associated with an account of the plurality of accounts, extract feature information from the image, compare the features with the feature information stored in the CIR database for the account associated with the test check, generate a fraud score, and update each CIR by determining.

A document handler for identifying, verifying and / or authorizing documents is disclosed herein. The document handler includes a passageway formed in a validator, and a drive unit detachably mounted in the validator. The drive unit works to convey documents along the passageway in the validator, and therefore, each part of the drive unit is gradually worn through operation cycles causing steady deterioration in its quality, performance and function. To monitor the deterioration, the drive unit has one or more drive sensors for detecting physical values related to the quality, performance and / or function of the drive unit and memory for storing the physical values detected by the drive sensors. Accordingly, reductions in physical values detected by the drive sensors can indicate the degree or level of deterioration in the drive unit. Once physical values reach a threshold value, notices can be transmitted to personnel to change out the drive unit before failure.

The present disclosure provides a sheet storage apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus capable of effectively reducing tension applied to the entrance portion of a storage bag that stores sheets at the time of sealing the storage bag. The sheet storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a sealing unit that seals a predetermined portion of the storage bag storing sheets and a tension reducing unit that reduces the tension applied to the predetermined portion.

To achieve downsizing of the entire device.SOLUTION: There is provided a money handling device 1 in which a banknote processing unit 20 that, when a banknote is deposited through a banknote deposit portion 21, determines with a discrimination portion 27 whether or not the banknote is acceptable, stores the banknote determined to be acceptable in a banknote storage box 24 corresponding to a denomination, and, when a dispensing instruction is given, feeds the banknote from the corresponding banknote storage box 24, conveys it to a banknote dispensing portion 22, and dispenses it is stored in a device body 10 in such a manner that the banknote deposit portion 21 and the banknote dispensing portion 22 are exposed to the outside. The banknote processing unit 20 is configured such that an upper banknote processing constitution section 20a having the banknote deposit portion 21, the discrimination unit 27, and the banknote dispensing portion 22, and a lower banknote processing constitution section 20b having the banknote storage box 24 are integrated vertically. Under such a condition that an opening of the device body 10 is opened by a door body 12, the upper banknote processing constitution section 20a and the lower banknote processing constitution section 20b can be pulled out together vertically to the outside of the device body 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a first facing section and a second facing section which are arranged so as to face each other in a facing direction with an insertion space interposed therebetween; and a conveyance section that conveys a paper sheet. The first facing section includes a first shutter that openably closes a first opening portion, and is disposed so as to be movable, in the facing direction, to an insertion position at a time when the paper sheet is inserted and a conveyance position at a time when the paper sheet is conveyed. The first facing section and the conveyance section include first shutter opening / closing units which open the first opening portion by meshing with each other to open the first shutter when the first facing section moves from the insertion position to the conveyance position.

In an exchange device for gaming chip and cash currency, the gaming chip has a color or indication of value on its external surface, the exchange device comprises: a cash currency insertion opening; a cash currency reading section for obtaining authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted from the cash currency insertion opening; an inserted cash currency amount display section configured to display the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section; a gaming chip storage section configured to store the gaming chips by type; a gaming chip dispensing section configured to dispense the gaming chips corresponding to the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section from the gaming chip storing section; a take-out section in which the paid out gaming chips are placed; and a user recognition section configured to recognize a person wishing exchange.

Sensors are mounted to surfaces of an intermediate module and a lower module of a media handling device. The sensors report to firmware and the firmware determines whether the lower module is in proper alignment with the intermediate module based on the reported sensor data. A spring plunger is configured with sufficient tension to push the lower module into alignment and a motorized latch controlled by the firmware is configured to pull the lower module into alignment and / or assist the spring plunger in pushing the lower module into alignment. In an embodiment, a lid and a lid alignment rail apparatus is provided to ensure a lid of the lower module is properly latched, aligned, and unlatched.

A planar ejector is disclosed, including an ejecting mechanism and a motor mounted on a side of an interior of the ejecting mechanism. A top of the ejector is provided with a compress mechanism, and a side of a bottom of the compress mechanism is provided with a support plate. The ejecting mechanism includes a first shell, a side of the first shell is clamping connected to a second shell, the first shell and the side of the first shell are opened with an ejecting slot, and the first shell and a side of a bottom of the first shell are fixedly mounted with a first handle. By setting the motor and increasing the utilization efficiency of the motor, the force area is also shared with the two eject gears, allowing the motor's power to be fully utilized and thus increasing the permissible capacity of the ejector.

To facilitate work of transferring currencies among plural currency processors.SOLUTION: A currency processing method executed by an information processor in a currency processing system including plural currency processors and the information processor includes: a decision step of deciding denominations and quantities of currencies to be transferred between respective currency processors at a time of transferring the currencies between the plural currency processors; a simulation step of simulating currency processing performed when transferring the currencies between the respective currency processors on the basis of the denominations and quantities of the currencies determined at the determination step; and a determination step of determining whether or not all currencies can be transferred between the respective currency processors on the basis of a result of the simulation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

To provide a coin processing device that prevents a coin from sticking to a gate part or chute part without using an external vibrator or the like.SOLUTION: A money processing device 1 includes: a storage part 50 that stores a coin; a coin payment port 22 that discharges a coin to the outside of an enclosure 2; a coin cassette 31 that recovers a coin; a conveyance part 30 that conveys a coin, the conveyance part at least including a payment route R1 from the storage part 50 to the coin payment port 22 and a recovery route R2 from the storage part 50 to the coin cassette 31 through a recovery chute 48; a gate part 47a that guides a coin conveyed from the storage part 50 to either the payment route R1 or the recovery route R2; a switching part 70 that switches the gate part 47a to either a first guiding position or a second guiding position; and a vibration application mechanism 90 that causes the gate part 47a or the recovery chute 48 to vibrate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

The invention relates to a bill acceptance device and equipment with an automatic bill arranging and binding function, the device comprises a machine base, a batch scanning module, a bill arranging mechanism, a bill aligning mechanism and a bill binding mechanism, the batch scanning module is installed on the machine base, and the batch scanning module is provided with a bill inlet and a bill outlet; a paper guide plate is arranged at the ticket outlet; the bill arranging mechanism is arranged below the paper guide plate, the bill aligning mechanism is driven by the bill arranging mechanism to swing, and the bill binding mechanism is arranged at one end of the bill aligning mechanism. By adopting the bill acceptance device provided by the invention, the efficiency, the automation degree, the accuracy and the normalization of bill acceptance are improved.

The invention relates to a door lock device for self-service equipment, the door lock device comprises an electromagnet, a mounting bracket and a spring bolt assembly, the electromagnet is mounted on the mounting bracket through a bolt, a containing hole is formed in the mounting bracket, and the spring bolt assembly is movably mounted on the mounting bracket through the containing hole; a cylindrical pin is inserted into the front end of an iron core of the electromagnet and movably connected with the spring bolt assembly, and the electromagnet drives the spring bolt assembly to move up and down in the containing hole through the cylindrical pin. A spring is further arranged between the installation support and the spring bolt assembly, the installation direction of the spring is consistent with the displacement direction of the spring bolt assembly, and the spring is used for resetting the spring bolt assembly. The structure is simple, and gate opening and closing control is more convenient.

A paper sheet handling apparatus includes: a partition portion that forms an insertion space into which a paper sheet is inserted from an insertion port with a first opposing portion, and forms a taking-out space from which the paper sheet is taken out from the insertion port with a second opposing portion; and a conveyor that conveys the paper sheet left in the taking-out space in a state of protruding toward the taking-out space from a first opening portion of the first opposing portion and a second opening portion of the partition portion. The partition portion includes a second shutter that openably closes the second opening portion, and a second shutter opening / closing unit that opens the second opening portion by opening the second shutter in conjunction with an operation in which the partition portion moves to the remaining banknote conveyance position.

The utility model discloses a coin dispensing machine, which is characterized in that a coin distribution unit and coin dispensing units are accommodated in an accommodating space in a body, channels are arranged in a plurality of coin accommodating tubes of the coin distribution unit, and two coin outlets of a base of the lower coin dispensing unit are aligned to the channels. At least more than one sensor and a rotating disc with a shifting device are respectively arranged at each coin outlet, each rotating disc can be driven to rotate by a driving part and a driving piece, at least one oscillating rod on each rotating disc can drive a plurality of shifting pieces to rotate, a shaft rod of each shifting piece is connected with a push block of an arm rod to be pushed by the oscillating rod, and a coin shifting rod is arranged on the other side of each shifting piece. Each coin outlet is used for fixedly arranging a positioning part on one side of the coin blocking elastic sheet, the other side of the coin blocking elastic sheet is provided with a limiting rod, two sliding elastic arms of each positioning part face the coin outlets, and slots of each positioning part are used for enabling each coin shifting rod to slide in and out and swing towards the opposite outer side, so that the purpose of controlling coin discharging of each coin storage tube can be achieved.

A bill validator mount holds a bill validator in a bill insertion position relative to an electronic gaming machine (EGM), such that the bill validator is configured to receive a bill from a player in the bill insertion position. The mount cage assembly facilitates tilting the bill validator backward from the bill insertion position to a servicing position that allows access to the bill validator for servicing from a back of the EGM cabinet. The mount cage assembly additionally facilitates lowering the bill validator from the bill insertion position to a collections position, such that the cash box can be accessed for collections. The mount cage assembly provides a way to easily service the bill validator while keeping the cash box secure.

A management system is a management system configured to manage a gaming currency to be used for betting in a game in a casino and has a configuration wherein the gaming currency includes a built-in electromagnetic (EM) wire member and a built-in RFID part configured to store information, the management system comprises a gate including an EM detecting system configured to detect presence of the gaming currency possessed by a passing person passing therethrough by detecting presence of the EM wire member; and an RFID reading system configured to read the information from the RFID part, and the RFID reading system is configured to: read the information from the RFID part of the gaming currency declared by the passing person; or read the information from the RFID part of the gaming currency detected by detecting the EM wire member by the EM detecting system.

An item dispensing system includes one or more inventory drawers, at least one of the inventory drawers comprising one or more inventory tracks configured to hold items. At least a given one of the inventory tracks comprises a drive assembly comprising a motor and a sensor assembly affixed above a front of the given inventory track proximate an item drop region of the item dispensing system. The drive assembly is configured to controllably advance the items held in the given inventory track towards the item drop region, and the sensor assembly is configured to detect vending of items from the given inventory track to the item drop region using at least one light emitter and sensor. The item dispensing system also includes an item dispensing system controller configured to control the motor and monitor signals from the sensor to determine whether the given item has dispensed.

The invention provides a video processing method which can be applied to the technical field of audio and video. The video processing method comprises the following steps: acquiring a currency counting video, a currency identification and transaction information of a currency counting machine, wherein the transaction information represents information associated with currency counting; converting the transaction information into a digital watermark, and embedding the digital watermark into the currency counting video; adding a banknote identifier to the embedded banknote counting video to obtain an additional video; based on the content complexity of the additional video, slicing the additional video to obtain a plurality of video clips; and compressing the plurality of video clips to obtain a target video which is used for verifying the source uniqueness of the currency counting video. The invention further provides a video processing device, equipment, a storage medium and a program product.

A banknote storage handling device 300 includes a lid unit opening / closing mechanism 410 that moves a lid unit 170 to an open position by moving to a spaced position in a state where the lid body 171 is latched, a loading table 450 that is configured to receive and load paper sheet bundles Bs moved outward from a lateral opening by a paper sheet bundle moving member in accordance with movement of the lid unit to the open position when at a lifted standby position, and to be capable of being lowered from the standby position to a lowered position in a state where the paper sheet bundles are loaded thereon, and a loading table movement mechanism 560 that moves the loading table located at the lowered position to a predetermined paper sheet bundle discharge position.

A cash trapping monitor apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a monitor printed circuit board (PCB) interposed between a shutter assembly PCB and a dispenser / recycler PCB. The monitor PCB is connected / interfaced to a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor and an ultrasonic sensor both of which are situated behind a shutter blade in a media chute of a media handling device. Blade states reported by the shutter are changed by the monitor PCB before reporting to the dispenser / recycler PCB when distance measurements provided by the sensors indicate a cash trapping device is present in the chute, indicate that the shutter blade is missing, and / or indicate an original shutter blade was replaced with a different shutter blade.

An apparatus and a method for singling value documents involve a feeding device adapted to feed a respectively uppermost value document of a stack of value documents to a picking device adapted to pick the value document from the stack. A conveying device is adapted to receive the stack and to convey it relative to the feeding device. A distance sensor is adapted to detect at least one distance of the respectively uppermost value document of the stack received by the conveying device relative to the feeding device and generate at least one corresponding distance sensor signal. A control device is adapted to control the conveying of the stack relative to the feeding device and the location of the feeding device relative to the stack based on the distance sensor signal.