Patent ID: 6601687
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: B65H,G07D,G07F

Abstract:
A method of processing a plurality of currency bills with a currency handling device, the currency handling device including a transport mechanism adapted to transport each of the bills, one at a time, from an input receptacle past an evaluation unit to a plurality of output receptacles, the currency handling device includes a user-interface adapted receive input from a user of the currency handling device, the method comprising:disabling at least one of a plurality of output receptacles; receiving a plurality of currency bills; transporting the bills from the input receptacle past the evaluating unit to the plurality of output receptacles; determining information concerning each of the bills; designating the particular one of the plurality of output receptacles to which each of the bills are transported based on the determined information concerning each of the bills; comparing the designated output receptacle for each of the bills to the disabled output receptacle; and re-designating the particular one of the plurality of output receptacles to which each of the bills are transported to an alternative output receptacle when the designated output receptacle is the disabled output receptacle.