Patent ID: 7703671

Claim:
A system for monitoring the activity of a targeted substance on a stream of currency comprising: at least one multifunctional detection apparatus integrally disposed in a currency counter and currency shuffler device for disturbing the targeted substance and causing the targeted substance to be airborne; said at least one multifunctional detection apparatus comprising at least one substance sensor for sampling and testing the targeted substance airborne from the stream of currency; an apparatus for processing the stream of currency comprising an integrated apparatus enhancing movement of ambient air past the currency and directing the air to said at least one sensor for sampling and testing, wherein said sensors are remotely re-configurable; and at least one data transmission component for transmission of data collected by the at least one sensor to a central data processor which processes said data from said transmission, said data processor comprising at least one computing component for processing transmitted data in real time to identify and ignore background noise and isolate and identify the targeted substance.