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20110147057 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming a pad for mounting an electronic component on a resin layer, forming a solder-resist layer on the resin layer and the pad, exposing an upper surface of the pad and a portion of a side wall of the pad from the solder-resist layer, and forming a metal layer on the upper surface of the pad and the portion of the side wall of the pad. | 06-23-2011 |
20110232948 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a core substrate having a penetrating hole, a first circuit on a first surface of the substrate, a second circuit on a second surface of the substrate, and a through-hole conductor in the hole connecting the first and second circuits. The hole has first and second opening portions. The first opening portion becomes thinner toward the second surface. The second opening portion becomes thinner toward the first surface. The first opening portion has first and second portions. The second opening portion has first and second portions. The first and second portions of the first opening portion form inner walls bending inward at the boundary between the first and second portions. The first and second portions of the second opening portion form inner walls bending inward at the boundary between the first and second portions. | 09-29-2011 |
20120043123 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED WIRING BOARD - [Subject Matter] To provide a printed wiring board in which no warping occurs even if interlayer insulation layers without core material are laminated on a core substrate. | 02-23-2012 |
20130008702 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a core substrate having a penetrating hole penetrating through the core substrate and having a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer and an insulative substrate interposed between the first and second layers, a first circuit formed on a surface of the core, a second circuit formed on opposite surface of the core, and a through-hole conductor formed in the penetrating hole of the core and connecting the first and second circuits. The penetrating hole has first and second opening portions, the first opening portion becomes thinner from the first surface toward the second surface, the second opening portion becomes thinner from the second surface toward the first surface, and the first and second insulation layers are comprised of resin materials easier to be processed by laser than resin material of the insulative substrate under same conditions of the laser. | 01-10-2013 |
20130292166 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a resin layer, pads formed on the resin layer and positioned to be connected to an electronic component, and a solder-resist layer formed on the resin layer and exposing upper surfaces of the pads and portions of side walls of the pads. Each of the pads has a metal layer such that the metal layer is formed on each of the upper surfaces of the pads and each of the portions of the side walls of the pads exposed by the solder-resist layer. | 11-07-2013 |
20130305531 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes a core substrate having a penetrating hole penetrating through the core substrate and having a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer and an insulative substrate interposed between the first and second layers, a first circuit formed on a surface of the core, a second circuit formed on opposite surface of the core, and a through-hole conductor formed in the penetrating hole of the core and connecting the first and second circuits. The penetrating hole has first and second opening portions, the first opening portion becomes thinner from the first surface toward the second surface, the second opening portion becomes thinner from the second surface toward the first surface, and the first and second insulation layers are comprised of resin materials easier to be processed by laser than resin material of the insulative substrate under same conditions of the laser. | 11-21-2013 |
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20090248250 | STEERING CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A steering control device for a vehicle includes a yawing value obtaining means for obtaining a yawing value corresponding to a yawing motion of the vehicle, a stabilizing force calculating means for calculating a stabilizing force for assisting an operation of a steering operation member, operated by a driver for steering a steered wheel of the vehicle, in a direction opposite to a direction of the yawing motion of the vehicle, on the basis of the yawing value, and a force applying means for applying the stabilizing force to the steering operation member in the direction opposite to the yawing motion direction, wherein the stabilizing force calculating means includes a counter-steer value calculating means for calculating a counter-steer value indicating a degree of steering the steered wheel in the direction opposite to the yawing motion direction, and wherein the stabilizing force is adjusted based on the counter-steer value. | 10-01-2009 |
20100268419 | MOTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motion control device for a vehicle having a braking means for applying a brake toque to a wheel of the vehicle and maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling the braking means, the motion control for the vehicle, includes a steering angular velocity obtaining means for obtaining a steering angular velocity of the vehicle, a maximum steering angular velocity calculating means for calculating a maximum steering angular velocity on the basis of the steering angular velocity, a determining means for determining a reference turning state quantity on the basis of the maximum steering angular velocity, an actual turning state quantity obtaining means for obtaining an actual turning state quantity of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling the brake toque on the basis of the reference turning state quantity and the actual turning state quantity. | 10-21-2010 |
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20120100253 | MALTOTRIOSYL TRANSFERASE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - The object is to provide a novel glycosyltransferase and the use thereof, the glycosyltransferase catalyzes transglucosylation of maltotriose units under conditions which can be employed for the processing of foods or the like. Provided is a maltotriosyl transferase which acts on polysaccharides and oligosaccharides having α-1,4 glucoside bonds, and has activity for transferring maltotriose units to saccharides, the maltotriosyl transferase acting on maltotetraose as substrate to give a ratio between the maltoheptaose production rate and maltotriose production rate of 9:1 to 10:0 at any substrate concentration ranging from 0.67 to 70% (w/v). | 04-26-2012 |
20120135468 | BETA-GALACTOSIDASE DERIVED FROM BACILLUS CIRCULANS - Disclosed is a novel β-galactosidase. Specifically disclosed are a β-galactosidase derived from | 05-31-2012 |
20140004226 | MALTOTRIOSYL TRANSFERASE, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
20150232813 | SACCHARIDE OXIDASE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME AND USE OF SAME - A protein having a novel saccharide oxidase activity capable of being subjected to various uses is provided. The present invention provides a protein having the following physicochemical characteristics: (1) effect: oxidizing a saccharide to produce a saccharic acid; (2) substrate specificity: acting on glucose, maltotriose, maltose, galactose, maltotetraose, lactose, and cellobiose; and, (3) [Km value of glucose]/[Km value of maltose]≦1. | 08-20-2015 |
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20090167335 | Probe Card - Provided is a probe card capable of surely bringing probes into contact with a contact object regardless of a temperature environment of a test. To achieve the object, the probe card includes a plurality of probes that are made of a conductive material and come into contact with electrode pads of a semiconductor wafer to input or output an electric signal; a probe head that houses and holds the probes; a substrate that has a wiring pattern corresponding to the circuitry; and a space transformer that is stacked on the probe head, changes a space of the wiring pattern of the substrate and thus relays wires, and has electrode pads provided on a surface on a side opposed to the probe head in association with the relayed wires. Both ends of the probes come into contact with portions near the centers of the electrodes pads of the semiconductor wafer and the space transformer under an environment having an average temperature of a lowest temperature and a highest temperature in testing the semiconductor wafer. | 07-02-2009 |
20090219043 | Probe Card - A probe card includes probes that are made of a conductive material and come into contact with a semiconductor wafer to receive or output an electric signal; a probe head that holds the probes; a substrate that has a wiring pattern corresponding to a circuit structure for generating a signal for a test; a reinforcing member that reinforces the substrate; an interposer that is stacked on the substrate for connection of wires of the substrate; a space transformer that is stacked between the interposer and the probe head and transforms intervals among the wires; and a plurality of first post members that have a height greater than the thickness of the substrate, and are embedded in a portion of the substrate on which the interposer is stacked. | 09-03-2009 |
20090221186 | Conductive Contact Holder and Conductive Contact Unit - A conductive contact holder and a conductive contact unit with improved corrosion resistance and with excellent durability are provided. To this end, there is provided: a holder substrate having a first opening that accepts a signaling conductive contact that inputs and outputs a signal to and from a circuitry, and a second opening that accepts a grounding conductive contact for supplying a ground potential to the circuitry; a first holding member that is inserted into the first opening to hold the signaling conductive contact; and an insulating coat that is made of an insulating material, and covers at least one surface of the holder substrate. | 09-03-2009 |
20100001748 | Probe Card - A probe card includes a flat wiring board having a wiring pattern corresponding to a circuit structure for generating a signal for a test, an interposer that is stacked on the wiring board and relays wirings of the wiring board, a space transformer that is stacked on the interposer and fastened thereto by an adhesive, transforms a space between the wirings relayed by the interposer, and leads the wirings out to a surface opposite a surface facing the interposer, and a probe head that is stacked on the space transformer and houses and holds a plurality of probes. | 01-07-2010 |
20100001752 | PARALLELISM ADJUSTING MECHANISM OF PROBE CARD - A parallelism adjusting mechanism of a probe card is provided. The parallelism adjusting mechanism can bring probes held by a probe card into uniform contact with a wafer even if a parallelism between a mounting reference surface for the probe card and the wafer as a test object is lost. To achieve this purpose, specifically, to adjust a parallelism of a probe card ( | 01-07-2010 |
20100052707 | Probe Card - A probe card includes probes that come into contact with a semiconductor wafer to receive or output an electric signal; a probe head that holds the probes; a substrate that has a wiring pattern corresponding to a circuit structure for generating a signal for a test; a reinforcing member that reinforces the substrate; an interposer that is stacked on the substrate and includes a housing having connection terminals resilient in an axial direction thereof and hole portions each housing one of the connection terminals; and a space transformer that is stacked between the interposer and the probe head and transforms intervals among the wires. | 03-04-2010 |
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20080317720 | Fat-Derived Progenitor Cell and Use Thereof - An objective of the present invention is to provide methods for producing progenitor cells which show a high proliferation ability ex vivo and promote neovascularization or myocardium regeneration, by culturing pluripotent cells in a medium containing adrenomedullin (AM) and/or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Moreover, another objective of the present invention is to provide the progenitor cells and uses thereof. In order to solve the above problems, the inventors of the present application have successfully developed a novel culture technique for producing progenitor cells from adipose tissues more efficiently compared to the conventional techniques, by using adrenomedullin (AM) and/or vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). The progenitor cells produced by the present inventors are specialized cells having a potent proliferation ability, a revascularization ability, and a myocardium regeneration ability, and have the property of not differentiating into adipocytes even if subjected to differentiation induction into adipocytes. Therefore, the progenitor cells of the present invention can be effective pharmaceutical agents for intractable diseases in the brain, lung, liver, kidney and the like. | 12-25-2008 |
20090053277 | Cell Sheet Containing Mesenchymal Stem Cells - Mesenchymal stem cells are pluripotent cells capable of differentiating into myocardial and vascular endothelial cells. The present invention demonstrates that the mesenchymal stem cell sheet have therapeutic potential for a severely damaged heart due to its pluripotency and in situ self-renewal capability. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue were cultured to prepare a mesenchymal stem cell sheet. Four weeks after induction of myocardial infarction in rats, the mesenchymal stem cell sheet was transplanted to the heart. The mesenchymal stem cell sheet were readily engrafted to the surface of the scarred myocardium, grew gradually in situ, and formed a thick layer (approximately 600 μm) in 4 weeks. The grown transplanted mesenchymal tissue contained newly formed blood vessels, myocardial cells, and undifferentiated mesenchymal cells. The engrafted mesenchymal stem cells inhibited thinning of the myocardial wall in the scar area, and improved cardiac function and survival rate in rats with myocardial infarcts. Thus, mesenchymal stem cell sheet transplantation may represent a novel therapeutic approach for myocardial tissue regeneration. | 02-26-2009 |
20090105171 | Methods for Regenerating and Repairing Damaged Tissues Using Adrenomedullin - [Problems to be Solved] An objective of the present invention is to provide methods for regenerating or repairing damaged tissues using adrenomedullin. Another objective is to provide pharmaceutical agents that comprise adrenomedullin as an active ingredient for regenerating or repairing damaged tissues. | 04-23-2009 |
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20130258910 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - In a wireless communication device, in a correction value calculating mode, a control unit flips switches to the “a” sides, a modulation processing unit generates a CW signal as an I channel signal, a DAC converts the digital CW signal into an analog CW signal, an LPF eliminates the high-frequency component from the CW signal, a mixer functions as an up-converter for up-converting the CW signal, a PA amplifies the RF power of the CW signal, a mixer functions as a down-converter for down-converting the CW signal, an ADC converts the analog CW signal into a digital CW signal, a level detecting unit detects the voltage level of the CW signal, a correction value calculating unit calculates a correction value based on the detected voltage level, and a correction value storing unit stores the calculated correction value. | 10-03-2013 |
20150065061 | RADIO COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication circuit includes a transmitter that includes a modulator modulates a signal with a first modulation scheme and a power amplifier amplifies the signal modulated with the first modulation scheme and output the amplified signal and transmits the amplified signal, a receiver that includes a demodulator demodulates the signal output from the transmitter with a second modulation scheme that is different from the first modulation scheme, a pre-distortion compensator compensates occurred upon the amplification of the signal, of the signal input to the transmitter, based on the demodulated signal and a power controller controls supply of power to the receiver and the pre-distortion compensator and stop the supply of the power based on an average power level of the signal output from the transmitter and a peak-to-average power ratio that is a ratio of an instantaneous peak power level to the average power level. | 03-05-2015 |
20160080010 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A wireless communication apparatus includes an amplifying unit that amplifies an input signal that includes signals with different frequencies of a first frequency and the second frequency; a measuring unit that measures a level of inter modulation distortion generated in a signal obtained by the input signal being amplified by the amplifying unit; a determining unit that determines whether the level of the inter modulation distortion measured by the measuring unit is equal to or greater than a regulation value that is previously stored; and a control unit that decreases, when a result of the determination obtained by the determining unit indicates that the level of the inter modulation distortion is equal to or greater than the regulation value, a level of a signal input to the amplifying unit. | 03-17-2016 |
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20120294598 | EXCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY - An exchangeable lens includes: a mount unit at which a camera body is detachably engaged; a plurality of drive target members, conditions of which change as a drive force is applied thereto; an initialization unit that executes initialization processing for each of the plurality of drive target members; an initialization status transmission unit that transmits initialization statuses, each indicating a status of the initialization processing executed for one of the drive target members, to the camera body via a first transmission path over predetermined first cycles; and a drive condition transmission unit that transmits a drive condition of at least one drive target member among the plurality of drive target members to the camera body via a second transmission path different from the first transmission path over predetermined second cycles different from the predetermined first cycles. | 11-22-2012 |
20130022348 | ADAPTER, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND ADAPTER CONTROL PROGRAM - An adapter includes: a first mount section that is detachably attached to a camera body; a second mount section that is provided separately from the first mount section and is detachably attached to any one of a plurality of types of interchangeable lenses which are different from each other in a method of controlling a diaphragm; and an accessory control section that controls the diaphragm of the interchangeable lens in response to a common control command which is received from the camera body regardless of the type of the interchangeable lens mounted on the second mount section. | 01-24-2013 |
20130028590 | ADAPTER, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND ADAPTER CONTROL PROGRAM - An adapter includes: a first mount section that is detachably attached to a camera body; a second mount section that is provided separately from the first mount section and is detachably attached to an interchangeable lens; and an adapter control section that is capable of communicating between the camera body mounted on the first mount section and the interchangeable lens mounted on the second mount section. The adapter control section provides body transmission lens information for transmission to the camera body, on the basis of lens information requested from the camera body and lens information received from the interchangeable lens, through mutually different methods according to types of the lens information. | 01-31-2013 |
20130077952 | ADAPTER, CAMERA SYSTEM, AND ADAPTER CONTROL PROGRAM - An adapter includes: a first mount section that is detachably attached to a camera body; a second mount section that is provided separately from the first mount section and is detachably attached to an interchangeable lens; and a power supply section that generates supply voltages of a third power supply system and a fourth power supply system, which are to be fed to the interchangeable lens mounted on the second mount section, from a second power supply system between a first power supply system of the camera body, which is mounted on the first mount section, and the second power supply system which is different from the first power supply system. | 03-28-2013 |
20150229829 | EXCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY - An exchangeable lens includes: a mount unit at which a camera body is detachably engaged; a plurality of drive target members, conditions of which change as a drive force is applied thereto; an initialization unit that executes initialization processing for each of the plurality of drive target members; an initialization status transmission unit that transmits initialization statuses, each indicating a status of the initialization processing executed for one of the drive target members, to the camera body via a first transmission path over predetermined first cycles; and a drive condition transmission unit that transmits a drive condition of at least one drive target member among the plurality of drive target members to the camera body via a second transmission path different from the first transmission path over predetermined second cycles different from the predetermined first cycles. | 08-13-2015 |
20160070153 | EXCHANGEABLE LENS AND CAMERA BODY - An exchangeable lens includes: a mount unit at which a camera body is detachably engaged; a plurality of drive target members, conditions of which change as a drive force is applied thereto; an initialization unit that executes initialization processing for each of the plurality of drive target members; an initialization status transmission unit that transmits initialization statuses, each indicating a status of the initialization processing executed for one of the drive target members, to the camera body via a first transmission path over predetermined first cycles; and a drive condition transmission unit that transmits a drive condition of at least one drive target member among the plurality of drive target members to the camera body via a second transmission path different from the first transmission path over predetermined second cycles different from the predetermined first cycles. | 03-10-2016 |
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20120209488 | ERRONEOUS PEDAL DEPRESSION HANDLING APPARATUS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING FUNCTIONS OF THE VEHICLE - In an apparatus for handling erroneous depression of the accelerator pedal of a vehicle, after control has been applied for partially or completely preventing the vehicle from being accelerated in response to actuation of the accelerator pedal, normal acceleration control is restored thereafter by a number of steps of successive decrease of the degree of acceleration restriction. Each step may be executed in response to some specific action performed by the vehicle driver, or each time a specific time interval elapses after commencement of the acceleration restriction. | 08-16-2012 |
20130041564 | SAFEGUARD SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A safeguard system for a vehicle is provided which works as an unintended operation control system. The safeguard system works to calculate an accelerator-manipulated variable representing a degree to which an accelerator of the vehicle is manipulated. When it is found that the accelerator-manipulated variable has dropped at a given rate and then risen within a preselected rise time period, the safeguard system determines that such an operation is an unintended action and controls an operation of the vehicle such as acceleration or speed of the vehicle to minimize the probability of encountering a hazard to the vehicle. | 02-14-2013 |
20130261915 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE - A vehicle control device is provided that performs control to suppress a dangerous situation for a vehicle without causing a driver to experience discomfort when an accelerator is erroneously operated, by setting an abnormality judgment threshold for the accelerator operation to a value based on a degree of risk to the vehicle. An accelerator position judgment threshold is set to be lower when risk in the periphery of the vehicle is higher, intermediate when the risk is intermediate, and higher when the risk is lower. When the risk is higher, an abnormality judgment is made upon the accelerator being lightly stepped on, and control is performed to suppress a dangerous situation. As the risk changes to intermediate and lower, the abnormality judgment is made at a greater accelerator position. | 10-03-2013 |
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20090121374 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CRYSTAL ORIENTED CERAMICS - A method of manufacturing a crystal oriented ceramics is disclosed. The method comprises preparing step, mixing step, shaping step and sintering method. At least one of anisotropically shaped powder, used as raw material, and a compact, formed by shaping step, is selected to have an orientation degree of 80% or more with a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 15° or less according to a rocking curve method. A microscopic powder, having an average grain diameter one-third or less that of anisotropically shaped powder, is prepared for mixing therewith to prepare raw material mixture. The raw material mixture is shaped into the compact so as to allow oriented planes of anisotropically shaped powder to be oriented in a nearly identical direction. In a sintering step, anisotropically shaped powder and microscopic powder are sintered with each other to obtain the crystal oriented ceramics. | 05-14-2009 |
20090242099 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PIEZOSTACK DEVICE - A method of producing a piezostack device including multiple piezoelectric ceramic layers of a crystal-orientated ceramic and multiple electrode-containing layers laminated alternately. A raw material mixture is prepared in the mixing step, as an anisotropically shaped powder of oriented particles and a reactive raw powder are mixed. The anisotropically shaped powder and the reactive raw powder are then mixed in amounts at a stoichiometric ratio giving an isotropic perovskite compound, and a Nb | 10-01-2009 |
20090295255 | MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A multilayered piezoelectric element and a method of producing the multilayered piezoelectric element are disclosed. The multilayered piezoelectric element is made of piezoelectric ceramic layers and electrode formation layers which are alternately laminated. The piezoelectric ceramic layers are made of crystal oriented ceramic as polycrystalline material. The crystal oriented ceramic is made mainly of an isotropic perovskite type compound in which the specific {100} crystal plane of each of crystal grains that form the polycrystalline material is oriented. The electrode formation layers have electrode parts forming inner electrodes containing a conductive metal. The isotropic perovskite type compound is expressed by a general formula (1): [Ag | 12-03-2009 |
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20150136837 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MOUNTING METHOD - A deformation state of a predetermined specific site as a site of singulated substrates where the electrodes are liable to be positionally deviated due to deformation is detected for each of the singulated substrates. In component mounting operation for picking up electronic components, and mounting the electronic components on the singulated substrates, it is determined whether the mounting of the electronic component on the specific site of the singulated substrates is suitable or not, based on the detection results of the deformation state for each of the singulated substrates. The operation of mounting all of the electronic components on the singulated substrate having the specific site determined to be not suitable in mounting is canceled. | 05-21-2015 |
20160030970 | PASTE APPLICATION DEVICE - A paste application device includes a substrate holding part that holds a substrate, an application head that applies paste to the substrate, a test-application stage where test-application of the paste is performed, an imaging camera that images the paste applied to the test-application stage by the application head from a lateral direction, and a storage part that stores an image imaged by the imaging camera. | 02-04-2016 |
20160120037 | COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - A component mounting apparatus includes a carriage that holds a part feeder for supplying a component in a state of being attached to a base and attaches the part feeder to the base in a state of being coupled to the base; a mounting head that mounts the component to a substrate after the component is taken out of the part feeder held by the carriage coupled to the base through an opening formed between the base and a cover member formed so as to cover an upward side of the base; and a shutter moved from an opened position in which the opening is opened to a closed position in which the opening is closed when the carriage is separated from the base. | 04-28-2016 |
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20090114503 | BANKNOTE HANDLING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINE - A banknote handling apparatus and an automatic teller machine are provided which by no means suffer from the prolonged transaction time resulting from the second discrimination process that must be performed at reduced banknote transfer speeds. The banknote handling apparatus comprises a banknote receipt/payout section for receiving and paying out banknotes; a banknote discriminating section for discriminating false or problematic banknotes from genuine ones; a banknote storage for storing banknotes; a banknote transfer route for transferring banknotes among the sections and the storages; and a main control section for performing control processes, wherein the main control section causes the banknote discriminating section to perform the first banknote discrimination process when the banknote discriminating section discriminates the banknotes which the user paid in the banknote receipt/payout section in the pay-in transaction, and also to perform the second banknote discrimination process at the time other than the pay-in transaction. | 05-07-2009 |
20090229947 | PAPER CURRENCY HANDLING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE - A paper currency handling apparatus capable of determining destination of each paper currency based on currency identification result before conveyance into a temporal storage if the order of paper currencies entered by user varies within the temporal storage. The apparatus has a conveyance path conveying paper currencies, an identification portion identifying each paper currency conveyed, a storage portion storing identification information indicating identification result of each paper currency identified by the identification portion, and a control portion controlling various portions. The identification portion reads unique information about each paper currency conveyed along the conveyance path. The storage portion stores the unique information about the currency read by the identification portion and the identification information about the currency identified by the identification portion by associating these information with each other. | 09-17-2009 |
20090285470 | Paper handling apparatus and method therefor - A bill handling apparatus having a thickness detection sensor | 11-19-2009 |
20110125641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACING BANK NOTES - A system and method are provided for tracing bank notes or, specifically, counterfeit money. In one example of the tracing system, an automatic teller machine (ATM) electronically connected to one or more devices is provided. The one or more devices comprise a deposit device configured to receive an initial bank note; an image extraction device configured to extract one or more initial images from the initial bank note; a transaction log device configured to attach a transaction log to the one or more initial images, wherein the deposit device is further configured to receive a subsequent bank note, wherein the image extraction device is further configured to extract one or more subsequent images from the subsequent bank note; and a comparison device configured to compare the one or initial images to the one or more subsequent images in order to obtain a comparison result. | 05-26-2011 |