Cash supply chain surveillance

US8078534B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Bank of America Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michelle Nichols · Rock Hill, US
• Todd Atwood · Charlotte, US
• James Heddleson · Charlotte, US
• Steve Cargle · Denver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Aug 1, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08B13/2402
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The movement of physical cash and/or other monetary items along the cash supply chain requires security. Some security includes the continuous recordation of video or other images to provide a visual history of the activities that occurred at a particular location along the cash supply chain. By automatically identifying an item at various points along the cash supply chain and associating it with a particular timestamp, the relevant portions of the video surveillance may be quickly and efficiently identified when a suspicious event occurs.