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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2003
Kevin Charles Mulvey, Warrington, GB;
Kevin Charles Mulvey, Warrington, GB;
Money Controls Limited, Royton Oldham, GB;
Abstract
An acceptor for money items, comprises sensor circuitry (S-S) to provide individual money items signals (Rs) depending on items of money under test, and a processor configuration () to develop for each of the money items under test, a transformed money item signal (Tnew) as a function of the value of the money item signal and at least one variable parameter (A) that is a function of a fraud criterion such as history data (AVG Dn & MAX Dn) relating to the values of the money item signals for previously tested money items, to make a comparison of the values of the transformed money item signals (Tnew) with a fixed window limit value (W, L) and to accept each money item if it falls within the window limit.