Banknote processing device and method for monitoring a filling state of a banknote processing device
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
InventorSimranjeet Bhagat
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Abstract
A banknote processing device, includes a banknote compartment configured to receive a plurality of banknotes to be processed and a drive unit configured to move the banknotes out of the banknote compartment such that a filling state of the banknote compartment changes over time. The banknote processing device has an acquisition unit configured to acquire a present filling state of the banknote compartment, the present filling state being representative for an amount of banknotes located within the banknote compartment, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to generate an output signal based on the present filling state of the banknote compartment. A method is provided for monitoring a filling state of a banknote processing device.
Claims15
A banknote processing device, comprising:
- a banknote compartment configured to receive a plurality of banknotes to be processed;
- a drive unit configured to move single banknotes of the plurality of banknotes out of the banknote compartment such that a filling state of the banknote compartment changes over time;
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a present filling state of the banknote compartment, the present filling state being representative for an amount of banknotes located within the banknote compartment;
- wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire the present filling state based on sensor data obtained from within the banknote compartment;
- wherein the acquisition unit is configured to generate an output signal based on the present filling state of the banknote compartment;
- wherein, for refilling the banknote compartment with additional banknotes,
- the acquisition unit is configured to provide the output signal via a user interface of the banknote processing device to a user of the banknote processing device,
- or
- the acquisition unit is configured to provide the output signal to a control unit of the banknote processing device, wherein the control unit is configured to control the banknote processing device based on the output signal by filling the banknote compartment with additional banknotes, wherein the control unit is configured to activate a supply unit for automatically supplying additional banknotes into the banknote compartment.
A method for monitoring a filling state of a banknote processing device, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of banknotes within a banknote compartment of the banknote processing device;
- successively moving single banknotes of the plurality of banknotes out of the banknote compartment such that a filling state of the banknote compartment changes over time;
- acquiring a present filling state of the banknote compartment, the present filling state being representative for an amount of banknotes located within the banknote compartment;
- generating an output signal based on the present filling state by an acquisition unit of the banknote processing device, that is configured to acquire the present filling state based on sensor data obtained from within the banknote compartment,
- wherein, for refilling the banknote compartment with additional banknotes,
- the acquisition unit provides the output signal via a user interface of the banknote processing device to a user of the banknote processing device
- or
- the acquisition unit provides the output signal to a control unit of the banknote processing device, wherein the control unit controls the banknote processing device based on the output signal by filling the banknote compartment with additional banknotes, wherein the control unit activates a supply unit for automatically supplying additional banknotes into the banknote compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.