US 6,981,638 B2
Automated banking machine
H. Thomas Graef, Bolivar, Ohio (US); Edward D. Laskowski, Seven Hills, Ohio (US); William D. Beskitt, Canton, Ohio (US); Michael Harty, North Canton, Ohio (US); Jeffrey Eastman, North Canton, Ohio (US); Richard J. Phelps, Stow, Ohio (US); and Natarajan Ramachandran, Uniontown, Ohio (US)
Assigned to Diebold, Incorporated, North Canton, Ohio (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/830,191.
Application 10/830191 is a division of application No. 09/993070, filed on Nov. 13, 2001, granted, now 6,749,111.
Application 09/993070 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/911329, filed on Jul. 23, 2001, granted, now 6,607,081.
Application 09/911329 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/664698, filed on Sep. 19, 2000, granted, now 6,315,194.
Application 09/664698 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/390929, filed on Sep. 07, 1999, granted, now 6,331,000.
Application 09/390929 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/980467, filed on Nov. 28, 1997, granted, now 6,273,413.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/338919, filed on Nov. 05, 2001.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/155281, filed on Sep. 21, 1999.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/100758, filed on Sep. 17, 1998.
Prior Publication US 2004/0255354 A1, Dec. 16, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/60 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—379 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A machine comprising:
a housing including an opening adapted to accept into the machine a stack of documents, the stack including both currency notes and checks;
a separating mechanism in the machine, wherein the separating mechanism is operative to separate each of the documents individually from the stack;
an imaging device operative to produce an electronic representation of at least a portion of checks that have been separated from the stack;
a validating device operative to assess the validity of notes that have been separated from the stack;
a note handling mechanism operative to store notes assessed as valid through operation of the validating device.