Automatic currency processing system having ticket redemption module
First Claim
1. A method for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
- receiving, at a self-service redemption machine, one or more tickets encoded with a monetary ticket value or containing information related, in a database, to a monetary ticket value;
determining a total inputted value of valued received tickets; and
instructing coin and bill dispensers within the self-service redemption machine to dispense coins, bills, or coins and bills having a total redeemed value that is related to said total inputted value.
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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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28 Claims
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1. A method for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
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receiving, at a self-service redemption machine, one or more tickets encoded with a monetary ticket value or containing information related, in a database, to a monetary ticket value; determining a total inputted value of valued received tickets; and instructing coin and bill dispensers within the self-service redemption machine to dispense coins, bills, or coins and bills having a total redeemed value that is related to said total inputted value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4)
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3. A machine for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
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a ticket verifier for receiving 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 to said customer; a coin dispenser configured to dispense coins to said customer; and a controller coupled to the ticket verifier, the coin dispenser, and the bill dispenser, the controller determining a total inputted value of one or more tickets input into the ticket verifier in association with a transaction, the controller instructing the coin and bill dispensers to dispense, coins, bills, or coins and bills having a redeemed value that is related to said total inputted value.
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5. A ticket redemption machine for redeeming tickets input by a customer, comprising:
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a ticket verifier for receiving, in a redemption transaction, one or more tickets, each ticket containing a code indicative of a monetary ticket value; a currency dispenser configured to dispense currency to said customer; and a controller coupled to said currency dispenser and said ticket verifier, said controller determining a total value of said one or more tickets, said controller instructing said currency dispenser to dispense currency having a value related to said total value. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
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receiving, at a self-service redemption machine, a bar-coded ticket; verifying a bar-coded ticket; accepting the bar-coded ticket upon satisfactory verification; adding an amount of the accepted bar-coded ticket to a total deposit amount; and instructing coin and bill dispensers within the self-service redemption machine to dispense coins, bills, or coins and bills having a total redeemed value that is related to the total deposit amount. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A machine for redeeming items of value from a customer, comprising:
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a ticket module configured to read a bar-coded ticket to determine a value of the bar-coded ticket; a bill module configured to dispense bills to said customer; a coin module configured to dispense coins to said customer; and a controller coupled to the ticket module, the coin module, and the bill module, the controller verifying the bar-coded tickets, accepting valid bar-coded tickets, and adding a value of valid bar-coded tickets to a total inputted value, the controller instructing the coin and bill dispensers to dispense, coins, bills, or coins and bills in an amount related to the total inputted value. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A ticket redemption machine for redeeming tickets input by a customer, comprising:
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a ticket module configured to read bar-coded tickets, the bar-code of each of the bar-coded tickets being associated with a monetary ticket value; a currency dispenser configured to dispense currency to the customer; and a controller coupled to said currency dispenser and the ticket module, the controller determining a total value of the bar-coded tickets, the controller instructing the currency dispenser to dispense currency in an amount related to the total value. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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