Counterfeit note detection via machine olfaction chemical analysis
AssigneeBank of America Corporation
InventorsPaul Mattison, Richard Brown, Ronald Schnittman, Carl Parziale
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Abstract
A method and system for detecting counterfeit money may include an automated teller machine (ATM) including an olfactory sensor configured to detect counterfeit notes and valid notes, an olfactory signature database comprising counterfeit note olfactory signatures and valid note olfactory signatures, wherein the ATM may be in communication with the olfactory signature database, and wherein the olfactory sensor via the ATM detects and transmits olfactory note signatures to the olfactory signature database, and wherein the ATM is configured to reject a detected counterfeit note for deposit.
Claims13
An automated teller machine (ATM) comprising:
- a card reader;
- a display screen;
- a note reader;
- an olfactory sensor coupled to the note reader, wherein the olfactory sensor is configured to detect a paper type, a metal type, and an ink type of counterfeit notes;
- and
- a second sensor coupled to the note reader and configured to detect counterfeit notes via visual or IR scanning to identify microprinting, paper type, ink type, metal components, IR detectable components, UV detectable components, fonts, geographical characteristics, and serial numbers, wherein the note reader rejects detected counterfeit notes, and wherein the ATM transmits a warning of detected counterfeit notes to the United States Secret Service and a financial institution of a user of the ATM.
A system for detecting counterfeit money comprising:
- an automated teller machine (ATM) comprising an olfactory sensor configured to detect counterfeit notes and valid notes;
- and
- an olfactory signature database comprising counterfeit note olfactory signatures and valid note olfactory signatures, wherein the ATM is in communication with the olfactory signature database, wherein the olfactory sensor detects and transmits olfactory note signatures of notes deposited into the ATM to the olfactory signature database, and wherein the olfactory note signatures comprise a note paper type, a note ink type, and a note metal type, and wherein the ATM further comprises an internal reservoir containing a compound or a solvent for application to a note to assist in detection of olfactory note signatures of notes deposited into the ATM.
A method of detecting counterfeit money, comprising:
- accepting, via an automated teller machine (ATM), a note for deposit, wherein the ATM comprises an olfactory sensor configured to detect counterfeit notes and a second sensor configured to detect counterfeit notes via visual or IR scanning to identify microprinting, paper type, ink type, metal components, IR detectable components, UV detectable components, fonts, geographical characteristics, and serial numbers;
- detecting, via the olfactory sensor and the second sensor, a counterfeit note;
- rejecting the counterfeit note;
- and
- transmitting a warning of the detected counterfeit note to a financial institution of a user of the ATM.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.