APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAINTAINING AND REPAIRING BANKNOTE VALIDATOR USING A NETWORK

• US 20140379125A1
• Filed: 06/20/2014
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kisan Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Kisan Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KWON, Oh Hyun, Ko, Changho
• Granted Patent: US 9,196,108 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/241
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/28 Setting of parameters; Software updates
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/04 Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint G07D7/01 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/121 Apparatus characterised by sensor details
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/187 Detecting defacement or contamination, e.g. dirt
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/209 Monitoring, auditing or diagnose of functioning of ATMs

Abstract

There is provided an apparatus and a method of maintaining, repairing and/or optimizing a banknote validator using a network. The apparatus includes a banknote validator configured to count banknotes or determine genuineness or fitness of the banknotes, a wired or wireless network connection unit configured to relay or transmit one or more first data items and/or software, first data items and software updating, maintaining and/or repairing the banknote valuator and including security information, and a server configured to receive one or more second data items and software version information from the banknote validator and optionally transmit maintenance and repair results to the banknote validator through the wired or wireless network connection unit. The wired or wireless network connection unit may comprise a predetermined smart device or a web adjuster.

Claims

1. An apparatus for maintaining and/or repairing a banknote validator, the apparatus comprising:

a banknote validator configured to count banknotes or determine genuineness or fitness of the banknotes;

a wired or wireless network connection unit configured to relay or transmit one or more first data items and/or software, the first data items and software updating, maintaining and/or repairing the banknote validator and including security information; and

a server configured to receive one or more second data items and/or software version information from the banknote validator and optionally transmit maintenance and/or repair results to the banknote validator through the wired or wireless network connection unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second data items comprise two or more members of the group consisting of internal set information of the banknote validator, UV reflectance values, UV transmittance values, IR reflectance values, IR transmittance values, magnetic sensor values, visible ray reflectance values, visible ray transmittance values, tape sensor values, banknote fitness determination reference values, banknote images, forged banknote information, sensor operation information, state information, parameter information, log data, serial numbers, sensing history data, state data items of sensors, counting data, genuineness determination data, fitness determination data, entire accumulated data, accumulated data since most recently collected data, and software information, and

the first data items include optimized threshold values of sensors or parameter values for determining banknote fitness, determining forged banknotes, and counting banknotes.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to receive the security information from the wired or wireless network connection unit when the banknote validator is maintained or repaired.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to instruct the wired or wireless network connection unit to delete any first data items and software after the first data items and/or the software are relayed or transmitted to the banknote validator.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is a predetermined smart device including one or more applications configured to receive and execute commands to update, maintain and/or repair the first data items and/or the software of the banknote validator.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is a predetermined smart device connected to the banknote validator with hardware or to the server through a predetermined communication path when an application in the predetermined smart device to update, maintain and/or repair the first data items and/or the software of the banknote validator is executed.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is a predetermined smart device independently connected to the banknote validator to receive the second data items and the software information, to monitor operation states of the banknote validator and states of sensors, or to adjust or optimize the banknote validator.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the banknote validator directly accesses the Internet, a designated computer, or at least one previously registered Internet address.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, comprising a plurality of banknote validators, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit connects the plurality of banknote validators in a predetermined region and simultaneously or sequentially maintains and repairs the plurality of banknote validators, and/or optimizes the banknote validators.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a banknote database (DB) configured to classify at least one of the second data items, the software version information, and security information received from the banknote validator by type and storing the classified second data items, software version information, and/or security information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the banknote validator transmits the second data items to the server through the wired or wireless network connection unit, and

updated reference information in the banknote DB is automatically transmitted to the banknote validator through the wired or wireless network connection unit.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is synchronized with the server and the banknote DB.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is configured to record and manage whether the banknote validator is maintained and repaired, display and analyze the maintenance and/or repair results, or display and analyze a plurality of data items and/or information in the banknote DB.

14. A method of maintaining, repairing and/or optimizing a banknote validator using a network, the method comprising:

connecting a wired or wireless network connection unit and a server;

connecting the wired or wireless network connection unit and the banknote validator;

requesting various data items from the banknote validator using the server;

receiving in the server the various data items;

maintaining, repairing, and/or optimizing the banknote validator; and

optionally, after maintaining, repairing and/or optimizing the banknote validator, transmitting maintenance and/or repair results to the banknote validator.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the various data items comprise two or more members of the group consisting of internal set information of the banknote validator, UV reflectance values, UV transmittance values, IR reflectance values, IR transmittance values, magnetic sensor values, visible ray reflectance values, visible ray transmittance values, tape sensor values, banknote fitness determination reference values, banknote images, forged banknote information, sensor operation information, state information, parameter information, log data, serial numbers, sensing history data, state data items of sensors, counting data, genuineness determination data, fitness determination data, entire accumulated data, accumulated data since most recently collected data, and software information, and

the various data items include optimized threshold values of sensors or parameter values for determining banknote fitness, determining forged banknotes, and counting banknotes.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is a predetermined smart device, and the method further comprises receiving the various data items in the predetermined smart device during operation of the banknote validator, monitoring operation states of the banknote validator and states of sensors using the predetermined smart device, or adjusting or optimizing the banknote validator using the predetermined smart device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising causing the banknote validator to directly access the Internet, access a designated computer, or access at least one previously registered Internet address.

18. A method of maintaining, repairing and/or optimizing a banknote validator using a network, the method comprising:

connecting a banknote validator to the Internet;

automatically connecting the banknote validator to a server;

transmitting various data items of the banknote validator to the server;

classifying the various data items and storing the various data items in a banknote database (DB) using the server;

searching or analyzing the various data items in the banknote DB to update optimization information; and

maintaining, repairing and/or optimizing the banknote validator using the updated optimization information.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the various data items comprise two or more members of the group consisting of internal set information of the banknote validator, UV reflectance values, UV transmittance values, IR reflectance values, IR transmittance values, magnetic sensor values, visible ray reflectance values, visible ray transmittance values, tape sensor values, banknote fitness determination reference values, banknote images, forged banknote information, sensor operation information, state information, parameter information, log data, serial numbers, sensing history data, state data items of sensors, counting data, genuineness determination data, fitness determination data, entire accumulated data, accumulated data since most recently collected data, and software information, and

the various data items include optimized threshold values of sensors or parameter values for determining banknote fitness, determining forged banknotes, and counting banknotes.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising connecting the banknote validator to the server through a wired or wireless network connection unit,

wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit comprises a predetermined smart device or a web adjuster.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the wired or wireless network connection unit is the predetermined smart device, and the method comprises independently connecting the predetermined smart device to the banknote validator and receiving the various data items in the predetermined smart device during operation of the banknote validator, monitoring operation states of the banknote validator and states of sensors using the predetermined smart device, or adjusting or optimizing the banknote validator using the predetermined smart device.

22. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising causing the banknote validator to directly access the Internet, access a designated computer, or access at least one previously registered Internet address.