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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2011
Charles P. Jenrick, Palatine, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
John R. Blake, St. Charles, IL (US);
Matthew L. Anderson, Salem, WI (US);
Gary P. Watts, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Curtis W. Hallowell, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert J. Klein, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey G. Knoll, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Tomasz M. Jagielinski, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Charles P. Jenrick, Palatine, IL (US);
Douglas U. Mennie, Barrington, IL (US);
John R. Blake, St. Charles, IL (US);
Matthew L. Anderson, Salem, WI (US);
Gary P. Watts, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Curtis W. Hallowell, Palatine, IL (US);
Robert J. Klein, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey G. Knoll, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Tomasz M. Jagielinski, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, a method of processing currency in a currency processing machine includes the act of retrieving, from a plurality of input currency bills, characteristic information from each of the bills, the characteristic information itself including at least a first characteristic information relating to fitness. The method also includes the act of assigning to each currency bill one of a plurality of fitness types and fitness levels relating to the first characteristic information of the bill, at least one of the fitness types and the fitness levels being defined by a user. The method also includes the act of outputting each currency bill along one of a plurality of output paths designated by the user to receive currency bills, the output path having a fitness type and/or fitness level assigned to the currency bill.