Patent ID: 7034323

Claim:
A method for performing a test for acceptability in the reception of bank notes by automatic vending machines, the method comprising: feeding a bank note at an automatic vending machine configured to provide payment for products and services; transporting said bank note to a digitization station via a transport unit; at least partially digitizing the bank note to create digitized data; comparing the digitized data with a stored data of bank notes belonging to a currency system scanned in ahead of time in a computer unit, the computer unit performs a determination of value, and renders an automatic decision regarding acceptability; if the automatic decision regarding acceptability is negative, performing a detailed inspection of adjustable parameters in order that a preliminary decision between a direct rejection of the banknote and a final decision by a service employee may be rendered automatically; and if said preliminary decision is a final decision by a service employee, generating an image of the digitized data in order to allow its visual inspection by a service employee, who then renders a final decision regarding acceptability; and during the generating of the image, automatically marking areas of deviation that prompted the negative automatic decision regarding acceptability.