ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,263, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Japan Cash Machine Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Automatic bill handling system" was invented by Yoshiaki Uemizo (Osaka, Japan) and Takashi Ueda (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for automatic handling of bank notes, gambling tickets, bills, or other types of paper notes. The disclosed devices, systems, and methods are directed to, or include, various robot arms, which may be articulated, that are configured to open a bill storage container, remove a bundle of bills, load the bundle on a bill conveying device, and load the bundle of bills in a ...