| US 7,551,764 B2 | ||
| Currency bill and coin processing system | ||
| Mark G. Chiles, Montgomery, Tex. (US); and Curtis W. Hallowell, Palatine, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/880,011. | ||
| Application 11/880011 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/403371, filed on Apr. 13, 2006, granted, now 7,269,279. | ||
| Application 11/403371 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/368144, filed on Feb. 18, 2003, granted, now 7,158,662, filed on Jan. 02, 2007. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/367171, filed on Mar. 25, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0269097 A1, Nov. 22, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—135 [194/205; 194/206] | 33 Claims |
| 1. A 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 processig 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; and
a controlling device communicatively coupled to the currency bill processing device and the coin scale, the controlling device
including
a keypad adapted to manually receive information from an operator, the information being related to at least one of the currency
bills, the coins, and other media, and
a printer adapted to print a hardcopy of information associated with the currency bills, the coins, and the other media.
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