(19)
(11) EP 1 227 446 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/48

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/31

(21) Application number: 02008595.7

(22) Date of filing: 28.05.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07D 7/00, G07D 7/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(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 / 0960399

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Stromme, Lars, R.
    3080 Holmestrand (NO)
  • Csulits, Frank, M.
    Gurnee, IL 60031 (US)
  • Graves, Bradford, T.
    Arligton Heights, IL 60004 (US)
  • Jones, William, J.
    Barrington, IL 60010 (US)
  • Klein, Robert, L.
    Chicago, Il 60658 (US)
  • Mazur, Richard, A.
    Naperville, IL 60540 (US)
  • Mennie, Douglas, U.
    Barrington, IL 60010 (US)
  • Schreiter, Heinz, W.
    Plainfield, Il 60544 (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)

   


(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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