Patent ID: 7158662
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: G06Q,G07D

Abstract:
1. A compact system for processing currency bills and coins, 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 evaluation unit 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; and a processor communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device and the coin scale, the processor being adapted to receive a 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.