A mobile communication device connected currency receiving, accepting, capturing, verifying, and rejecting apparatus comprising a receptacle monetary storage area therein, a denomination discriminator interfacing the receptacle monetary storage area, the denomination discriminator comprising at least one sensor for sensing at least one physical characteristic of currency passing therethrough, a mobile communication device interface for communication with a mobile communication device or a internally housed mobile communication device or a inbuilt controller or a rearward image sensors of a mobile communication device and a device controller interfacing the mobile communication device interface and the denomination discriminator wherein, in use, the device controller is configured for establishing communication with the mobile communication device or a internally housed mobile communication device or a inbuilt controller or a rearward image sensors of a mobile communication device detecting a denomination using the at least one physical characteristic and transmitting the denomination to the mobile communication device or a internally housed mobile communication device or a inbuilt controller or a rearward image sensors of a mobile communication device, wherein:
- the denomination discriminator comprises:
- an entrance slot for taking a coin and a note;
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- interrupt sensors along the entrance slot;
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- parallel rollers aligned with the slot to take both the coin and the note therebetween;
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- drive for turning the rollers;
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- rotational transducer operably coupled to the rollers measuring rotations;
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- displacement transducer operably coupled to the rollers to measure displacement therebetween;
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- fixed and displaceable frame;
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- solenoid for rejecting the coin or the note;
- wherein, using the same rollers, the device controller is configured for:
- determining, detecting, transmitting and verifying measurements to categorise currency both the length of the currency inserted through the slot and the denomination discriminator using the rotation transducer and thickness of the currency inserted through the slot and the denomination discriminator using the displacement transducer and determining the acceptable denomination dimension characteristics according to at least one of length and thickness of the currency, wherein:
- the application controller or the image processing of a mobile communication device and a internally housed mobile communication device and a inbuilt controller and a rearward image sensors of a mobile communication device process the currency image data to either reject the currency by reversing a drive motor to turn the rollers or continue operation of the rollers to accept the currency into the monetary storage area;
- the apparatus comprises:
- image data processor;
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- data interface;
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- memory device;
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- digital display interface;
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- graphical user interface controller, and image recognition controller;
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- image processing controller;
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- remote server;
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- inbuilt image sensors orientated towards the entrance slot capturing image data of the currency;
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- rearward image sensors of a mobile communication device orientated towards the entrance slot capturing image data of the currency therebetween;
- the apparatus further comprises:
- tamper sensors and reflector;
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- recess slide for credit card payments;
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- cradle for the mobile communication device;
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- solenoid to lock or open the receptacle;
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- optic sensors;
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- magnetic sensors and adjacent magnetic disk sensors;
- wherein, the apparatus is further configured for:
- verifying, transmitting, recognising, detecting and identifying the denomination by storing the image processing captured currency image data and determining the denomination according to at least one of length and thickness to determine whether the measured length and thickness meets the acceptable dimension parameters of the detected denomination;
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- an image processing controller for image processing to capture and store currency image data memory for each currency and, if the apparatus detects that the currency image data does not meet acceptable image characteristics of the denomination, the apparatus is configured for causing the application controller and the device controller and the image processing controller for a mobile communication device and a internally housed mobile communication device and a inbuilt controller and a rearward image sensors of a mobile communication device to process the currency image data to either to reject the currency by reversing a drive motor to turn the rollers or continue operation of the rollers to accept the currency into the monetary storage area.