Patent ID: 6381354
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B65H,G06Q,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A compact currency evaluation device for identifying the denomination of currency bills of different denominations comprising:a housing having a depth dimension, a width dimension and a height dimension within which said device is enclosed; said height dimension being about 4 times the smaller cross-sectional dimension of the smallest dimensioned bill to be identified by said device; a denomination discriminating unit adapted to denominate bills of a plurality of denominations independently of the dimensions of the bills, said denomination disriminating unit retrieving characteristic information from one or more bills; a memory for storing master characteristic information associated with each genuine bill which the system is capable of identifying; and said denomination discriminating unit including signal processing means for comparing said retrieved characteristic information with master characteristic information associated with at least one genuine bill; said signal processing means generating an indication of the denomination of said bill based on said comparison when said retrieved characteristic information sufficiently matches said master characteristic information.