Automatic currency processing system
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Abstract
An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for producing respective output signals. The bill travels along the transport path in the direction of a predetermined dimension of the bill. A memory stores master characteristic patterns corresponding to associated predetermined surfaces of a plurality of denominations of genuine bills. Sampling circuitry samples the output signals associated with the respective first and second opposing surfaces of the scanned bill. A signal processor is programmed to determine which one of the first and second opposing surfaces corresponds to the associated predetermined surfaces of the plurality of denominations of genuine bills. The processor then correlates the output signal associated with the one of the first and second opposing surfaces corresponding to the associated predetermined surfaces with the master characteristic patterns to identify the denomination of the scanned bill.
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42 Claims
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9. A method for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
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receiving, at a self-service redemption machine, money input by said customer;
discriminating said money input to said redemption machine;
determining, at said redemption machine, a monetary value associated with a substrate bearing a value;
determining a total input value that is the sum of a value of said money and said monetary value of said substrate;
receiving a designation of an account by said customer; and
associating an amount relating to said total input value to said account. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
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receiving from a customer, at a self-service redemption machine, a substrate bearing a value;
determining, at said redemption machine, a value associated with said substrate;
receiving a designation of an account;
associating an amount relating to said value to said account. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A redemption method, comprising:
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receiving, at a self-service redemption machine, a plurality of randomly oriented coins input by said customer;
discriminating said coins input by said customer to determine an authenticity thereof;
determining, at said redemption machine, a value associated with said coins;
receiving, at said self-service redemption machine, at least one bill input by said customer;
discriminating said at least one bill input by said customer to determine an authenticity thereof;
determining, at said redemption machine, a value associated with said at least one bill;
determining a total redemption value that is the sum of said value of said coins and said value of said at least one bill, minus any optional transaction fee;
displaying on a video display a menu of transactions available to the customer; and
communicating at least one of said total input value and a redemption value relating thereto to a computer remote from said redemption machine. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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