Patent ID: 7978899

Claim:
A user-configurable currency processing device, comprising: an input receptacle adapted to receive input currency bills; a first fitness detector adapted to retrieve at least a first characteristic information relating to a first predefined fitness type from each of the currency bills; a second fitness detector adapted to retrieve at least a second characteristic information relating to a second predefined fitness type from each of the currency bills; a transport mechanism adapted to serially transport each of the currency bills from the input receptacle to the first fitness detector and the second fitness detector and then to one of a plurality of output receptacles; a physical memory device bearing assignments of designated values of said first characteristic information to predetermined ones of said plurality of first predefined fitness levels and assignments of designated values of said second characteristic information to predetermined ones of said plurality of second predefined fitness levels; a controller configured to process the first characteristic information retrieved for each of the currency bills by the first fitness detector and assign to the currency bill a first fitness level associated with the first characteristic information of the first fitness type and corresponding to a designated value of the processed first characteristic information and configured to process the second characteristic information retrieved for each of the currency bills by the second fitness detector and assign to the currency bill a second fitness level associated with the second characteristic information of the second fitness type and corresponding to a designated value of the processed second characteristic information, and wherein the plurality of defined fitness levels for the first characteristic information of the first predefined fitness type comprises at least an unfit level and a plurality of fit levels, and wherein the plurality of defined fitness levels for the second characteristic information of the second predefined fitness type comprises at least an unfit level and a plurality of fit levels.