ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,647, issued on June 24, was assigned to LAUREL BANK MACHINES Co. LTD. (Tokyo), LAUREL MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan) and LAUREL PRECISION MACHINES Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Banknote processing system and banknote processing management method" was invented by Hiroyuki Kumagai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an imaging unit capable of imaging a banknote processing device and a periphery of a transaction operation clerk who is operating the banknote processing device and a recording unit that records imaging data of the imaging unit, an identification number that is visually identifiable is inscribed on at least on...