Currency processing system with fitness detection
First Claim
1. A user-configurable currency processing device, comprising:
- an input receptacle adapted to receive input currency bills;
a reading device adapted to retrieve at least a first characteristic information relating to fitness from each of the currency bills;
a transport mechanism adapted to serially transport the currency bills from the input receptacle to the reading device and then to one of a plurality of output receptacles;
a memory device for storing one of or both of user-definitions and user settings for at least the first characteristic information;
an I/O device configured at least to receive a user input;
a processor adapted to process the first characteristic information retrieved for each of the currency bills by the reading device and assign the currency bill to a category defined by a user to correspond to the processed first characteristic information; and
a controller adapted to discharge each currency bill from the transport mechanism to another transport mechanism or to an output receptacle designated by a user to receive said category of currency bills.
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Abstract
In one aspect, a method of processing currency in a currency processing machine includes the act of retrieving, from a plurality of input currency bills, characteristic information from each of the bills, the characteristic information itself including at least a first characteristic information relating to fitness. The method also includes the act of assigning to each currency bill one of a plurality of fitness types and fitness levels relating to the first characteristic information of the bill, at least one of the fitness types and the fitness levels being defined by a user. The method also includes the act of outputting each currency bill along one of a plurality of output paths designated by the user to receive currency bills, the output path having a fitness type and/or fitness level assigned to the currency bill.
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25 Claims
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1. A user-configurable currency processing device, comprising:
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an input receptacle adapted to receive input currency bills;
a reading device adapted to retrieve at least a first characteristic information relating to fitness from each of the currency bills;
a transport mechanism adapted to serially transport the currency bills from the input receptacle to the reading device and then to one of a plurality of output receptacles;
a memory device for storing one of or both of user-definitions and user settings for at least the first characteristic information;
an I/O device configured at least to receive a user input;
a processor adapted to process the first characteristic information retrieved for each of the currency bills by the reading device and assign the currency bill to a category defined by a user to correspond to the processed first characteristic information; and
a controller adapted to discharge each currency bill from the transport mechanism to another transport mechanism or to an output receptacle designated by a user to receive said category of currency bills. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of processing currency in a currency processing machine, comprising the acts of:
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retrieving, from a plurality of input currency bills, characteristic information from each of the bills, the characteristic information comprising at least a first characteristic information relating to fitness;
assigning to each currency bill one of a plurality of fitness types and fitness levels relating to the first characteristic information of the bill, at least one of the fitness types and the fitness levels being defined by a user;
outputting each currency bill along one of a plurality of output paths designated by the user to receive currency bills having at least one of the fitness type and the fitness level assigned to the currency bill. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for tracking currency comprising the acts of:
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processing a plurality of bills to determine fitness;
reading, from each of the plurality of processed bills, characteristic information comprising at least a first characteristic information relating to a bill fitness and a second characteristic relating to a bill serial number;
assigning the first characteristic information to one of a plurality of fitness levels defined by a user; and
comparing at least the second characteristic information to a corresponding field in a database of previously processed bills. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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