Patent ID: 8695776
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. A bundle bill/check acceptor, comprising: a bundle receiving module configured to receive a bundle of bills/checks that are introduced into the bundle bill/check acceptor; a transfer module disposed behind the bundle receiving module, wherein the transfer module is configured to separate the bundle of bills/checks received from the bundle receiving module into individual bill/check on a leaf-by-leaf basis, and then transferring the individual bill/check; a bill checker module configured to discriminate authenticity of the individual bill or check that is being transferred and to monitor an image of the individual bill or check; an alignment module configured to align the individual bill/check transferred from the bill checker module; a recognition module disposed right below the alignment module, the recognition module is configured to read data on each of the individual checks transferred from the alignment module; an escrow module disposed on a front end of the acceptor body, the escrow module is configured to escrow the bills/checks transferred from the recognition module; a print module disposed between the recognition module and the escrow module, the print module is configured to endorse each of the checks escrowed by the escrow module; a reject module disposed in a central portion of the acceptor body, the reject module is configured to discharge, to the bundle receiving module, a rejected bill/check that cannot be discriminated by the bill checker module or a bill/check escrowed by the escrow module upon a request to cancel the deposit thereof; and a cassette unit provided in a lower portion of the acceptor body, wherein the cassette unit is configured to separately receive the bills escrowed by the escrow module, the check endorsed by the print module, a retraction bill/check of the rejected bill/check discharged to the bundle receiving module by the reject module, and a bill/check that is determined as being a counterfeit bill/check by the recognition module.