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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Ncr Atleos Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Shannon Louise Mcgrath, Perth, GB;
Alexander William Whytock, Perthshire, GB;
Barry James Allen, Dundee, GB;
Dyllon Charles William Dodds, Angus, GB;
Conor Michael Fyfe, Carnoustie, GB;
Greg Robert Harrison, Angus, GB;
Scott Low Colston, Dundee, GB;
Gary Alexander Ross, Midlothian, GB;
NCR Atleos Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A cash trapping monitor apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a monitor printed circuit board (PCB) interposed between a shutter assembly PCB and a dispenser/recycler PCB. The monitor PCB is connected/interfaced to a time-of-flight (TOF) sensor and an ultrasonic sensor both of which are situated behind a shutter blade in a media chute of a media handling device. Blade states reported by the shutter are changed by the monitor PCB before reporting to the dispenser/recycler PCB when distance measurements provided by the sensors indicate a cash trapping device is present in the chute, indicate that the shutter blade is missing, and/or indicate an original shutter blade was replaced with a different shutter blade.