Patent ID: 7269279
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
1. An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media, 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 compact currency processing device 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; a keyboard adapted to manually receive from an operator information related to at least one of the currency bills and the coins; a processor communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard, the processor being adapted to receive at least one of currency bill information from the currency bill processing device, coin information from the coin scale, and information from the keyboard, the processor being adapted to determine an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of at least one of a currency bill total, a coin total, and an other-media total; and a housing for integrating the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, the processor, and the keyboard into a single unit.