APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TAPE-PASTE BANKNOTE AND DETECTING METHOD THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting a tape-attached banknote (currency note or bill) using ultrasonic waves to be implemented in automatic teller machines including currency counters, bill scanners, CDs, BRMs (Bill Recycling Machines), CRMs (Cash Recycling Machines). In particular, the present invention can be advantageously used for sorting out mutilated banknotes, such as, a torn out or repaired banknote that is joined together by tape, in any kind of ATMs provided with a cassette feeder for conveying a number of sheets of bills individually one by one into the machine and a discrimination section for sensing types and conditions of conveyed bills. Since the present invention makes use of ultrasonic waves, not a mechanical structure as in the related art, tape-attached mutilated banknotes are detected at a higher accuracy.