AUTOMATIC CURRENCY PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING TICKET REDEMPTION MODULE
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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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26 Claims
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9. A method for redeeming tickets from a customer, comprising:
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receiving, in a ticket module of an automatic teller machine, one or more tickets encoded with a monetary ticket value or containing information related, in a database, to a monetary ticket value; determining, using a processor, a total value of the received one or more tickets; and dispensing currency from a currency dispenser, the currency having a total value that is related to the total value of the received one or more tickets. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for redeeming tickets from a customer, comprising:
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receiving, in a ticket module of an automatic teller machine, one or more tickets encoded with a monetary ticket value or containing information related, in a database, to a monetary ticket value; determining, using a processor, a total value of input tickets; displaying, on a display device of the automatic teller machine, an option for dispensing currency from a currency dispenser, the dispensed currency having a value related to the total value of the received one or more tickets; displaying, on a display device of the automatic teller machine, an option for directly depositing into an account a value relating to the total value of the received one or more tickets. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An automatic teller machine configured to redeem tickets, the automatic teller machine comprising:
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a ticket module configured to receive a ticket encoded with a monetary ticket value or containing information related, in a database, to a monetary ticket value; a bill dispenser configured to dispense bills; a processor operatively coupled to the ticket module and the bill dispenser, the processor being configured to determine a total value of one or more tickets received by the ticket module in association with a transaction, the processor being further configured to instruct the bill dispenser to dispense bills having a value that is related to the total value of the one or more tickets received by the ticket module. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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