Currency bill and coin processing system
First Claim
1. An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media, the system comprising:
- a compact currency bill processing device for counting currency bills of a plurality of denominations, the currency bill processing device having an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills and a transport mechanism adapted to transport the currency bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit to at least one output receptacle, the compact currency processing device being adapted to determine the denomination of each of the currency bills;
a coin scale adapted to receive at least one group of coins of a single denomination and to determine a coin total for the at least one received group corresponding to the value of the coins in the received group;
a keyboard adapted to manually receive from an operator information related to at least one of the currency bills and the coins;
a processor communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard, the processor being adapted to receive at least one of currency bill information from the currency bill processing device, coin information from the coin scale, and information from the keyboard, the processor being adapted to determine an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of at least one of a currency bill total, a coin total, and an other-media total; and
a housing for integrating the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, the processor, and the keyboard into a single unit.
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Abstract
An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media includes a compact currency bill processing device, a coin scale, a keyboard, and a processor integrated into a housing as a single unit. The bill processing device is used for counting currency bills of a plurality of denominations and includes an input receptacle and a transport mechanism. The coin scale is adapted to determine a coin total for at least one group of coins. The keyboard is adapted to manually receive from an operator information related to at least one of the currency bills and the coins. The processor is communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard and is adapted to determine an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of a received currency bill total, the coin total, and an other-media total.
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29 Claims
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1. An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media, the system comprising:
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a compact currency bill processing device for counting currency bills of a plurality of denominations, the currency bill processing device having an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills and a transport mechanism adapted to transport the currency bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit to at least one output receptacle, the compact currency processing device being adapted to determine the denomination of each of the currency bills; a coin scale adapted to receive at least one group of coins of a single denomination and to determine a coin total for the at least one received group corresponding to the value of the coins in the received group; a keyboard adapted to manually receive from an operator information related to at least one of the currency bills and the coins; a processor communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard, the processor being adapted to receive at least one of currency bill information from the currency bill processing device, coin information from the coin scale, and information from the keyboard, the processor being adapted to determine an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of at least one of a currency bill total, a coin total, and an other-media total; and a housing for integrating the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, the processor, and the keyboard into a single unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An integrated system for processing currency bills and coins, the system comprising:
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a compact currency bill processing device for counting currency bills of a plurality of denominations, the currency bill processing device having an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills and a transport mechanism adapted to transport the currency bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit to at least one output receptacle, the compact currency bill processing device being adapted to determine the denomination of each of the currency bills and generate a currency bill total corresponding to the total value of the stack of currency bills; a coin scale adapted to receive at least one group of coins of a single denomination and to determine a coin total for the at least one received group corresponding to the value of the coins in the received group; a processor communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device and the coin scale, the processor being adapted to receive the currency bill total from the currency bill processing device and the coin total from the coin scale, the processor being adapted to determine an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of the received currency bill total and the coin total; a keyboard communicatively linked to the processor adapted to manually receive from an operator information related to the currency bills and the coins; a printer communicatively linked to the processor adapted to receive the information from the processor and to provide a hardcopy of the information; and a housing for integrating the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, the processor, the keyboard, and the printer into a single unit. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for processing currency bills, coins, and other media using a physically integrated system, the method comprising:
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counting currency bills of a plurality of denominations using a currency bill processing device to determine a currency bill total, the currency bill processing device being physically coupled to a housing such that the currency bill processing device is located within the housing at least when in a storage position; determining a coin total for at least one group of coins of a single denomination using a coin scale, the coin scale being physically coupled to the housing such that the coin scale is located within the housing at least when in the storage position; manually entering an other-media total using a keyboard physically attached to the housing; and determining an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of the currency bill total, the coin total, and the other-media total using a processor located within the housing and communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media, the system comprising:
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a currency bill processing device physically coupled to a housing for determining a currency bill total, the currency bill processing device being located within the housing at least when in a storage position; a coin scale physically coupled to the housing for determining a coin total for at least one group of coins of a single denomination, the coin scale being located within the housing at least when in the storage position; a keyboard physically attached to the housing for manually entering an other-media total; and a processor located within the housing for determining an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of the currency bill total, the coin total, and the other-media total, the processor being communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard.
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