Patent ID: 6351551
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: B65H,G06Q,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A currency denominating device adapted to receive a stack of currency bills, rapidly denominate and count the bills in the stack, and re-stack the bills comprising:a bill input receptacle adapted to receive a stack of currency bills; at least one output receptacle; a bill transport defining a transport path and adapted to transport the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the output receptacle along the transport path; a sensor positioned adjacent to the transport path; a control panel having an input device adapted to receive input from an operator of the device; and a processor electrically coupled to the sensor and the control panel and programmed to: (a) denominate bills; (b) keep track of the value of bills processed; (c) suspend the operation of the device when the denominating processor is unable to identify the denomination of a bill; (d) enable the operator, upon suspension of the operation of the device, to designate via the control panel the denomination of a bill whose denomination is not determined by the processor; and (e) enable the operator, upon suspension of the operation of the device, to restart the operation of the device without designating the denomination of a bill whose denomination is not determined by the processor.