Currency processing system with fitness detection

In one aspect, a method of processing currency in a currency processing machine includes the act of retrieving, from a plurality of input currency bills, characteristic information from each of the bills, the characteristic information itself including at least a first characteristic information rel...

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Main Authors Jenrick, Charles P, Mennie, Douglas U, Blake, John R, Anderson, Matthew L, Watts, Gary P, Hallowell, Curtis W, Klein, Robert J, Knoll, Jeffrey G, Jagielinski, Tomasz M
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.07.2011
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Summary:In one aspect, a method of processing currency in a currency processing machine includes the act of retrieving, from a plurality of input currency bills, characteristic information from each of the bills, the characteristic information itself including at least a first characteristic information relating to fitness. The method also includes the act of assigning to each currency bill one of a plurality of fitness types and fitness levels relating to the first characteristic information of the bill, at least one of the fitness types and the fitness levels being defined by a user. The method also includes the act of outputting each currency bill along one of a plurality of output paths designated by the user to receive currency bills, the output path having a fitness type and/or fitness level assigned to the currency bill.