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Automatic cash transaction apparatus

US6006209A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateSep 19, 1997
Grant dateDec 21, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D11/40
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic cash transaction apparatus includes a deposit/payment port for depositing/paying bills; a circulatable bill storage unit for storing therein circulatable bills used to be paid among the deposited bills: an uncirculatable bill storage unit for storing therein uncirculatable bills not used to be paid; a convey path for conveying bills among the deposit/payment port, the circulatable bill storage unit, and the uncirculatable bill storage unit; a feature extracting means provided on the convey path, for extracting a pictorial pattern for the respective bills deposited via the deposit/payment port; and a memory means for storing therein the features extracted by the feature extracting means with respect to each of the deposited bills.

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