CA2256760A1 - Method and apparatus for document processing - Google Patents
Method and apparatus for document processingInfo
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- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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- G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
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Abstract
A currency evaluation device (10) for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle (12) and a plurality of output receptacles (217a, 217b) for receiving the bills after they have been evaluated.
A transport mechanism transports the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the output receptacles along a transport path. A
discriminating unit (247) including a detector positioned along the transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacles evaluates the bills. The discriminating unit determines the denomination of the bills and detects the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions. The evaluation device also comprises an interface (15) that permits a user of the evaluation device to specify how the plurality of error conditions are to be handled.
A transport mechanism transports the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the output receptacles along a transport path. A
discriminating unit (247) including a detector positioned along the transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacles evaluates the bills. The discriminating unit determines the denomination of the bills and detects the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions. The evaluation device also comprises an interface (15) that permits a user of the evaluation device to specify how the plurality of error conditions are to be handled.
Claims (47)
1. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to one of said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacle, said discriminating unit counting and determining the denomination of said bills; and means for flagging bills meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria; wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt in response to a determination that a bill meets or fails to meet said criteria, said bill meeting or failing to meet said criteria being termed a flagged bill, wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt before said flagged bill has been delivered to one of said output receptacles.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to one of said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacle, said discriminating unit counting and determining the denomination of said bills; and means for flagging bills meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria; wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt in response to a determination that a bill meets or fails to meet said criteria, said bill meeting or failing to meet said criteria being termed a flagged bill, wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt before said flagged bill has been delivered to one of said output receptacles.
2. The currency evaluation device of claim 1 wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt with said flagged bill being located at an identifiable location within said transport mechanism.
3. The currency evaluation device of claim 1 wherein said certain criteria is said discriminating unit determining the denomination of a bill and wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt when a bill fails to meet said criteria of having its denomination determined by said discriminating unit, said bill failing to meet said criteria having its denomination determined by said discriminating unit being termed a no call bill.
4. The currency evaluation device of claim 3 wherein said flagging device causes said transport mechanism to halt with said flagged bill being located at an identifiable location within said transport mechanism.
5. The currency evaluation device of claim 1 wherein said discriminating unit further determines whether said bills are suspect and wherein said certain criteria is said discriminating unit determining a bill is suspect and wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt when a bill meets said criteria of being determined to be suspect by said discriminating unit, said bill being determined to be suspect being termed a suspect bill.
6. The currency evaluation device of claim 5 wherein said flagging device causes said transport mechanism to halt with said suspect bill being located at an identifiable location within said transport mechanism.
7. The currency evaluation device of claim 1 wherein said certain criteria is said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bill and wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt when a bill fails to meet said criteria of having its denomination determined by said discriminating unit, said bill failing to meet said criteria having its denomination determined by said discriminating unit being termed a no call bill, and wherein said discriminating unit further determines whether said bills are suspect.
8. The currency evaluation device of claim 7 wherein said means for flagging also causes said transport mechanism to halt when a bill meets a second criteria of being determined to be suspect by said discriminating unit, said bill meeting a second criteria of being determined to be suspect being termed a suspect bill.
9. The currency evaluation device of claim 8 wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt before said suspect bill has been delivered to one of said output receptacles.
10. The currency evaluation device of claim 1 having exactly two output receptacles.
11. The currency evaluation device of claim 10 wherein said means for flagging causes said transport mechanism to halt with said flagged bill being located at an identifiable location within said transport mechanism.
12. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
at least one output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
wherein upon the detection of a particular error condition the operation of saidevaluation device is suspended so that a bill triggering said particular error condition is stopped before being delivered into said output receptacle such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
at least one output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
wherein upon the detection of a particular error condition the operation of saidevaluation device is suspended so that a bill triggering said particular error condition is stopped before being delivered into said output receptacle such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
13. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
at least one output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions; and an interface permitting a user to specify that the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended upon the detection of a particular error condition so that a bill triggering said particular error condition is stopped before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
at least one output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions; and an interface permitting a user to specify that the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended upon the detection of a particular error condition so that a bill triggering said particular error condition is stopped before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
14. A method of operating a currency evaluation device that discriminates the denomination currency bills comprising the steps of:
receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated an input receptacle of the evaluationdevice;
transporting, under control of the evaluation device, said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to one or more output receptacles of the evaluation device:
determining the denomination of said bills under control of the evaluation device:
detecting the occurrence of an error condition; and suspending said transporting upon the detection of said error condition so that a bill triggering said error condition is stopped before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated an input receptacle of the evaluationdevice;
transporting, under control of the evaluation device, said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to one or more output receptacles of the evaluation device:
determining the denomination of said bills under control of the evaluation device:
detecting the occurrence of an error condition; and suspending said transporting upon the detection of said error condition so that a bill triggering said error condition is stopped before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
15. The currency evaluation device of claim 14 wherein said bill is stopped at a predetermined position with said transport mechanism.
16. The currency evaluation device of claim 14 wherein said error condition is a stranger error condition.
17. The currency evaluation device of claim 14 wherein said error condition is a denomination change error condition.
18. The currency evaluation device of claim 14 wherein said error condition is a separate series error condition.
19. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit counting and determining the denomination of said bills;
means for flagging a bill meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria, said means for flagging causing said transport mechanism to halt in response to the detection of a bill meeting or failing to meet said criteria; and a routing interface, said routing interface comprising a data retrieval device, said data retrieval device receiving information from a user of said evaluation device specifying to which output receptacles bills that are flagged by said flagging means bills are to be directed.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit counting and determining the denomination of said bills;
means for flagging a bill meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria, said means for flagging causing said transport mechanism to halt in response to the detection of a bill meeting or failing to meet said criteria; and a routing interface, said routing interface comprising a data retrieval device, said data retrieval device receiving information from a user of said evaluation device specifying to which output receptacles bills that are flagged by said flagging means bills are to be directed.
20. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills;
means for flagging a bill meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria; and a routing interface comprising a data retrieval device, said data retrieval device receiving information from a user of said evaluation device specifying to which output receptacles bills flagged by said means for flagging are to be directed; said routing interface permitting said user to direct flagged bills to any one or any group of said plurality of output receptacles.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills;
means for flagging a bill meeting or failing to meet a certain criteria; and a routing interface comprising a data retrieval device, said data retrieval device receiving information from a user of said evaluation device specifying to which output receptacles bills flagged by said means for flagging are to be directed; said routing interface permitting said user to direct flagged bills to any one or any group of said plurality of output receptacles.
21. The currency evaluation device of claim 20 further comprising a flagging control interface, said flagging control interface comprising a flagging data retrieval device, said flagging data retrieval device receiving information from a user of said evaluation device specifying whether said evaluation device should suspend operation based on the detection of a bill meeting or failing to meet said criteria.
22. The currency evaluation device of claim 21 wherein said flagging data retrieval device receives information from said user specifying a predetermined position at which said flagged bill is to be located when the operation of said evaluation device is suspended.
23. The currency evaluation device of claim 22 wherein said flagging data retrieval device permits said user to specify that a flagged bill is to be the last bill delivered to one of said output receptacles when the operation of said evaluation device is suspended.
24. The currency evaluation device of claim 22 wherein said flagging data retrieval device permits said user to specify that the operation of said evaluation device is to be suspended before a flagged bill has been delivered to one of said output receptacles.
25. The currency evaluation device of claim 21 wherein said flagging data retrieval device comprises a touch-screen.
26. The currency evaluation device of claim 20 wherein said criteria is said discriminating unit determining the denomination of a bill and wherein said means for flagging flags bills whose denominations have not been determined by said discriminating unit.
27. The currency evaluation device of claim 20 wherein said data retrieval device comprises a touch-screen.
28. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
an interface permitting a user of said evaluation device to specify how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
a plurality of output receptacles for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacles along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacles, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
an interface permitting a user of said evaluation device to specify how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled.
29. The currency evaluation device of claim 28 wherein said interface permits said user to specify, for each of said error conditions, to which output receptacle or receptacles a bill triggering a particular error condition is to be directed.
30. The currency evaluation device of claim 28 wherein said interface permits said user to specify, for each of said error conditions, whether said evaluation device should suspend operation.
31. The currency evaluation device of claim 28 wherein said interface permits said user to specify that the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended so that a bill triggering a particular error condition is stopped before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
32. The currency evaluation device of claim 31 wherein said bill is stopped at a predetermined position within said transport mechanism.
33. The currency evaluation device of claim 31 wherein said particular error condition is a stranger error condition.
34. The currency evaluation device of claim 31 wherein said particular error condition is a denomination change error condition.
35. The currency evaluation device of claim 31 wherein said particular error condition is a separate series error condition.
36. The currency evaluation device of claim 28 wherein said interface permits said user to specify that upon the occurrence of a particular error condition (1) the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended or (2) a bill triggering said particular error condition should be off-sorted to an output receptacle without suspending the operation of said evaluation device.
37. The currency evaluation device of claim 36 wherein said interface permits said user to specify that upon the occurrence of a particular error condition the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended so that a bill triggering said particular error condition is presented in an output receptacle.
38. The currency evaluation device of claim 36 wherein said interface permits said user to specify that upon the occurrence of a particular error condition the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended so that a bill triggering a particular error condition is stopped before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism.
39. The currency evaluation device of claim 28 wherein said interface permits said user to specify that upon the occurrence of a particular error condition whether the operation of said evaluation device should be suspended so that a bill triggering a particular error condition is stopped (1) before being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is located within said transport mechanism or (2) after being delivered into one of said output receptacles such that said bill is the last bill delivered into said one output receptacle.
40. The currency evaluation device of claim 39 wherein said particular error condition is a stranger error condition.
41. The currency evaluation device of claim 39 wherein said particular error condition is a denomination change error condition.
42. A currency evaluation device comprising:
a discriminating unit for evaluating currency bills, said discriminating unit including a detector, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
an interface permitting a user of said evaluation device to specify how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled; and a memory storing user information specifying how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled.
a discriminating unit for evaluating currency bills, said discriminating unit including a detector, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
an interface permitting a user of said evaluation device to specify how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled; and a memory storing user information specifying how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled.
43. A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack, said device comprising:
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
an output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacle along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacle, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
a memory storing information associated with a plurality of modes of operation of the device, said memory being designed to store at least one user-defined mode of operation;
an interface permitting a user of said evaluation device to define said user-defined mode of operation; said interface receiving information from said user specifying how said device is to operate including how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled; said information being stored in said memory;
a mode selection element permitting the user to select one of said modes of operation.
an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated;
an output receptacle for receiving said bills after said bills have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism for transporting said bills, one at a time, from said input receptacle to said output receptacle along a transport path;
a discriminating unit for evaluating said bills, said discriminating unit including a detector positioned along said transport path between said input receptacle and said output receptacle, said discriminating unit determining the denomination of said bills and detecting the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions;
a memory storing information associated with a plurality of modes of operation of the device, said memory being designed to store at least one user-defined mode of operation;
an interface permitting a user of said evaluation device to define said user-defined mode of operation; said interface receiving information from said user specifying how said device is to operate including how said plurality of error conditions are to be handled; said information being stored in said memory;
a mode selection element permitting the user to select one of said modes of operation.
44. A currency transport mechanism for transporting currency bills, one at a time, to one of a plurality of output receptacles, said currency transport mechanism comprising:
at least one transport plate being substantially smooth and without surface features and having therein a plurality of apertures;
at least one follower plate being substantially smooth and without surface features, said at least one follower plate being substantially parallel and positioned in spaced relation to said at least one transport plate so as to define a currency pathway there between; and a plurality of transport rolls wherein each transport roll protrudes through a corresponding one of said plurality of apertures so as to frictionally engage and transport currency bills along said pathway.
at least one transport plate being substantially smooth and without surface features and having therein a plurality of apertures;
at least one follower plate being substantially smooth and without surface features, said at least one follower plate being substantially parallel and positioned in spaced relation to said at least one transport plate so as to define a currency pathway there between; and a plurality of transport rolls wherein each transport roll protrudes through a corresponding one of said plurality of apertures so as to frictionally engage and transport currency bills along said pathway.
45. A transport mechanism for transporting documents, one at a time, to one of a plurality of output receptacles, said transport mechanism comprising:
at least one transport plate being substantially smooth and without surface features and having therein a plurality of apertures; and at least one follower plate being substantially smooth and without surface features, said at least one follower plate being substantially parallel and positioned in spaced relation to said at least one transport plate so as to define a pathway there between, said at least one follower plate being adapted to be moved apart from said at least one transport plate so as to allow access to said pathway, said at least one follower plate includes at least one diverter having an open and a closed position being triggered by at least one solenoid, said closed position being defined by documents being diverted from said pathway into one of said plurality of output receptacles, and said open position being defined by documents progressing along said pathway past said at least onediverter.
at least one transport plate being substantially smooth and without surface features and having therein a plurality of apertures; and at least one follower plate being substantially smooth and without surface features, said at least one follower plate being substantially parallel and positioned in spaced relation to said at least one transport plate so as to define a pathway there between, said at least one follower plate being adapted to be moved apart from said at least one transport plate so as to allow access to said pathway, said at least one follower plate includes at least one diverter having an open and a closed position being triggered by at least one solenoid, said closed position being defined by documents being diverted from said pathway into one of said plurality of output receptacles, and said open position being defined by documents progressing along said pathway past said at least onediverter.
46. A transport mechanism for carrying currency bills, one at a time. to an evaluating mechanism and then to one of a plurality of output receptacles, said transport mechanism comprising:
transport means for carrying currency bills between an evaluating mechanism and a plurality of output receptacles, said transport means having a first substantially planar region defining a first plane and a second substantially planar region defining a second plane, said first substantially planar region and said second substantially planar region substantially defining said transport means between said evaluating mechanism and said plurality of output receptacles, and said second substantially planar region does not deviate substantially from said first substantially planar region.
transport means for carrying currency bills between an evaluating mechanism and a plurality of output receptacles, said transport means having a first substantially planar region defining a first plane and a second substantially planar region defining a second plane, said first substantially planar region and said second substantially planar region substantially defining said transport means between said evaluating mechanism and said plurality of output receptacles, and said second substantially planar region does not deviate substantially from said first substantially planar region.
47. A transport mechanism for carrying documents, one at a time, to an discriminating and authenticating mechanism having at least one scanhead and then to one of a plurality of output receptacles, said transport mechanism comprising:
transport means having at least one transport plate having therein a plurality of apertures for carrying documents between a discriminating and authenticating mechanism and a plurality of output receptacles, said transport means having a first substantially planar region defining a first plane and a second substantially planar region defining a second plane, said first substantially planar region and said second substantially planar region substantially defining said transport means between said discriminating and authenticating mechanism and said plurality of output receptacles, said second substantially planar region does not deviate substantially from said first substantially planar region;
at least one follower plate being substantially smooth and without surface features, said at least one follower plate being substantially parallel and proximate to said at least one transport plate, wherein said at least one follower plate and said at least one transport plate define a pathway there between; and a plurality of transport rolls protruding through one of said plurality of apertures so as to frictionally engage and transport a document along said pathway towards one of said plurality of output receptacles.
transport means having at least one transport plate having therein a plurality of apertures for carrying documents between a discriminating and authenticating mechanism and a plurality of output receptacles, said transport means having a first substantially planar region defining a first plane and a second substantially planar region defining a second plane, said first substantially planar region and said second substantially planar region substantially defining said transport means between said discriminating and authenticating mechanism and said plurality of output receptacles, said second substantially planar region does not deviate substantially from said first substantially planar region;
at least one follower plate being substantially smooth and without surface features, said at least one follower plate being substantially parallel and proximate to said at least one transport plate, wherein said at least one follower plate and said at least one transport plate define a pathway there between; and a plurality of transport rolls protruding through one of said plurality of apertures so as to frictionally engage and transport a document along said pathway towards one of said plurality of output receptacles.
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