US 6,981,637 B2 | ||
Automatic teller machine | ||
Hiroto Nagayoshi, Kokubunji (Japan); Noriaki Fujimura, Owariasahi (Japan); Hiroshi Sako, Shiki (Japan); and Tatsuhiko Kagehiro, Kokubunji (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Feb. 21, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/369,658. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2002-320627 (JP), filed on Nov. 05, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0084521 A1, May 06, 2004 | ||
Int. Cl. G06F 17/60 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 235—379 | 18 Claims |
1. An automatic teller machine comprising:
a cash in/out unit;
a sensor for sensing a note during a deposit transaction of said note;
transporting means for transporting said note from said cash in/out unit to said sensor at a first speed;
a control unit;
verification means for receiving signal information collected by said sensor, for determining whether a money value amount
of said note is identifiable by said signal information, for verifying whether a money value amount identifiable note is genuine
or counterfeit or unclassified by said signal information, and for outputting genuine or counterfeit or unclassified information;
unclassified note housing means for housing, during and after the deposit transaction, unclassified notes that have identifiable
money value amounts and that are verified not being genuine or counterfeit by said signal information during the deposit transaction;
and
means for housing notes other than said unclassified notes.
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