Patent ID: 7856401

Claim:
An automated teller machine (ATM) comprising: a banknote cassette arranged to store banknotes; a banknote presenter arranged to present banknotes to an ATM customer; a banknote transport path coupling the banknote cassette and the banknote presenter; a banknote pick mechanism associated with the banknote cassette and arranged to pick banknotes from the banknote cassette; a transport mechanism arranged to transport picked banknotes along the banknote transport path from the banknote cassette to the banknote presenter; a first banknote sensor in the form of a first wireless tag reader disposed along the banknote transport path and arranged to wirelessly detect banknotes being transported along the banknote transport path from the banknote cassette to the banknote presenter; and a controller arranged to (i) control the banknote pick mechanism to pick banknotes a required number of times from the banknote cassette to fulfill a banknote dispense request made by the ATM customer, and (ii) control the banknote pick mechanism to change the required number of times banknotes are to be picked from the banknote cassette based upon an actual number of banknotes which have been detected by the first wireless tag reader as banknotes are being transported along the banknote transport path from the banknote cassette to the banknote presenter to fulfill the banknote dispense request which has been made by the ATM customer.