(19)
(11) EP 0 952 556 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/43

(21) Application number: 99113458.6

(22) Date of filing: 28.05.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: G07B 11/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 29.05.1996 US 18563 P
16.01.1997 US 34954 P
27.02.1997 US 38340 P

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
97927796.9

(71) Applicant: CUMMINS-ALLISON CORPORATION
Mount Prospect Illinois 60056 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Stromme, Lars R.
    Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (US)
  • Csulits, Frank M.
    Gurnee, IL 60031 (US)
  • Graves, Bradford T.
    Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (US)
  • Jones, William J.
    Kenilworth, IL 60043 (US)
  • Klein, Robert L.
    DesPlaines, IL 60018 (US)
  • Mazur, Richard A.
    Naperville, IL 60540 (US)
  • Mennie, Douglas U.
    Barrington, IL 60010 (US)
  • Schreiter, Heinz W.
    Skokie, IL 60076 (US)
  • Anderson, Matthew L.
    Salem, WI 53168 (US)
  • Munro, Mark C.
    Park Ridge, IL 60068 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 12 - 07 - 1999 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Method and apparatus for document processing


(57) A currency evaluation device (10) for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle (12) and a plurality of output receptacles (217a, 217b) for receiving the bills after they have been evaluated. A transport mechanism transports the bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the output receptacles along a transport path. A discriminating unit (247) including a detector positioned along the transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacles evaluates the bills. The discriminating unit determines the denomination of the bills and detects the occurrence of a plurality of error conditions. The evaluation device also comprises an interface (15) that permits a user of the evaluation device to specify how the plurality of error conditions are to be handled.






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