Automated banking machine currency tracking system and method

Abstract

An automated banking machine (10) includes a user interface (12) including an opening (20). Users of the machine deliver and receive individual sheets and stacks of sheets to and from the machine through the opening. Stacks of sheets may include sheets such as notes, checks or other documents. Stacks input to the machine may include mixtures of various types of sheets. The machine operates to receive notes, process checks and perform other operations. Notes received in the machine and assessed as valid may be recycled and dispensed to other users. Notes assessed by the machine as being of questionable validity may be marked with a removable mark and subjected to further analysis. Checks processed by the machine may be imaged by an imaging device, cancelled and stored in the machine or alternatively returned to a user. Documents produced by the machine such as receipts, checks or money orders as well as notes dispensed from the machine may be assembled into a stack within the machine and delivered from the machine through the opening.

Description

technical field [0001] This invention relates to automated banking machines, and more particularly to automated banking machines for transmitting and receiving documents such as currency notes and authenticating suspicious banknotes for analysis and processing. Background technique [0002] Automated banking machines are well known in the art. One common type of automated banking machine is an automated teller machine (ATM). Individuals use ATMs to receive cash from their accounts, pay bills, transfer cash between accounts, and make deposits. Certain .ATMs enable customers to deposit checks, money orders, travelers checks, or other instruments. Such ATMs sometimes have the ability to create electronic images of deposited documents. [0003] ATMs can also provide various types of chips to customers. This sheet contains the cash bill that the customer withdraws from the machine. The user may also receive sheet material such as money orders, bank checks, temporary vouchers...

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Also in some cases the documentation presented may often appear to be valid but does not meet the machine's reception requirements

However, even when presented with such documents that are likely to be valid, the machine rejects them as not meeting the full set of criteria for documents of unambiguous reliability to be received, stored, and subsequently distributed by the machine

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