US4795889A
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Automatic bill refilling method for bill recycle module using customer sensor
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1986-08-18
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Granted: 1989-01-03
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Expires: 2006-08-18
Abstract
Abstract In an automatic teller machine having a bill recycle module, when a deficiency detector detects a bill box to be deficient in bills, the operation of supplying bills from a refilling cashbox to the bill box is initiated provided that a customer sensor detects no person in front of the machine. The bill supplying operation continues as long as no person is detected until the number of the bills in the bill box reaches a predetermined value. Whenever a person is detected, the bill supplying operation is interrupted and the machine becomes again ready to accept a transaction. The bill supplying operation thus interrupted is resumed when the customer sensor ceases to detect a person.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuhiko Matuura
- 👤 Kunio Usijima
- 👤 Tetsuo Goto
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:54
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07D; G07D11/00; G07D11/20; G07D11/24; G07D11/25; G07F19/207
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
An automatic bill refilling method for an automatic teller machine including at least a bill handling module having a plurality of first bill boxes for respective bill denominations, a second bill box containing bills for refilling, deficiency detecting means for detecting deficiency of bills in each of said first bill boxes, and customer sensor means for detecting existence of a customer in front of said machine, said method comprising the steps of: detecting deficiency of bills in one of said first bill boxes; and supplying bills successively from said second bill box to said one of said first bill boxes after detecting said deficiency, only when said customer sensor means detects that no customer exists in front of said machine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
An automatic bill refilling method for an automatic teller machine including at least a bill handling module having a plurality of first bill boxes for respective bill denominations, a second bill box containing bills for refilling, deficiency detecting means for detecting deficiency of bills in each of said first bill boxes, and customer sensor means for detecting existence of a customer in front of said machine, said method comprising the steps of: detecting deficiency of bills in one of said first bill boxes; and supplying bills successively from said second bill box to said one of said first bill boxes after detecting said deficiency, only when said customer sensor means detects that no customer exists in front of said machine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
56 words
An automatic bill refilling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supplying step includes the step of interrupting the supplying of bills when said customer sensor means detects the existence of a customer in front of said machine so as to set said machine in a state in which a normal transaction can be accepted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
An automatic bill refilling method as claimed in claim 2, wherein said supplying step further includes the step of resuming the supplying the bills when said customer detecting means again detect that no customer exists in front of said machine.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
An automatic bill refilling method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of, terminating the supplying of bills when the amount of bills contained in said one of said first bill boxes reaches a predetermined value.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
An automatic bill refilling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second bill box contains bills of different denominations, and said supplying step includes the step of selecting bills of a denomination corresponding to said one of said first bill boxes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
An automatic bill refilling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second bill box is also used for loading said first bill boxes with an initial stock of bills.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
An automatic bill refilling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second bill box is also used for collecting bills from said first bill boxes.
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