GB2251110A - Automatic ticket dispenser - Google Patents
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- GB2251110A GB2251110A GB9027929A GB9027929A GB2251110A GB 2251110 A GB2251110 A GB 2251110A GB 9027929 A GB9027929 A GB 9027929A GB 9027929 A GB9027929 A GB 9027929A GB 2251110 A GB2251110 A GB 2251110A
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- ticket
- currency note
- unique identification
- banknote
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
- G07F17/42—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for ticket printing or like apparatus, e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
- G07F9/002—Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
- G07F7/04—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by paper currency
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Abstract
An automatic ticket dispenser reads and stores the serial number of a banknote that is accepted as payment for a ticket as well as the serial number of the ticket. if the banknote is later discovered to be a forgery, the ticket bought with the banknote can be identified and confiscated when next used. Preferably an optical scanner 10 reads the number on the banknote, the output from the scanner being sent to a computer 12. The entire area of the banknote may be masked except for the area bearing the serial number. If the note is accepted by a note validator 4, a ticket is issued from a stack 6 and conveyed to dispensing slot 9. The ticket may be a railway ticket, a telephone card, or a fuel card. <IMAGE>
Description
AUTOMATIC TICKET DISPENSER
The present invention relates to automatic ticket dispensers. By "ticket" in this specification is meant railway tickets, telephone cards, gasoline cards and other similar items that have value.
Automatic ticket dispensers which accept currency notes are known. The dispensers, using a note acceptance module, carry out a series of validation checks by optically and magnetically sampling the currency note and measuring certain characteristics such as reflectance and transmission. Such dispensers have not been widely adopted because of the possibility that the currency notes may be high quality forgeries.
An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic dispenser which reduces the potential loss arising from forged currency notes.
The invention provides an automatic currency note accepting ticket dispenser characterised in that the dispenser includes a means for recording and storing a unique identification of a currency note being accepted, enabling this-unique identification to be correlated with a unique identification of a ticket being dispensed so that if the currency note which has been accepted is subsequently found to be invalid the ticket which has been dispensed may be uniquely identified.
The invention will now be described more particularly by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings which show, by way of example only, one construction of apparatus and the use thereof. In the drawings
Figure 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus; and
Figure 2 illustrates the manner in which the unique
identification of the currency note is
identified.
Referring to Figure 1, a currency note (not shown) is received at a currency note entry slot 1 and is conveyed by conveyers 2 and 3 to currency note acceptor 4 and currency note vault 5. When the currency note is accepted by the note acceptor 4, a ticket is issued from ticket stack 6 and is conveyed by conveyers 7 and 8 to ticket dispensing slot 9.
An optical scanner 10 located between conveyers 2 and 3 reads the serial number on the currency note, and a ticket reader 11 between conveyers 7 and 8 reads the identification of the ticket. The output from the optical scanner 10 is sent to a computer 12 incorporating optical character recognition software for analysing the result of the optical scan to determine the currency note serial number. The currency note serial number and the ticket identification are both then correlated by a processer and sent to a central monitoring system (not shown).
Subsequently, the currency notes from the vault are presented to the bank in the normal way. If a particular currency note is found to be invalid, the central monitoring system can then identify the ticket issued for the currency note, and when the ticket is subsequently presented by the purchaser the ticket may be refused or retained.
Figure 2 shows in more detail how the optical scanning is performed. The entire area of the bank note is masked except the area bearing the serial number. This area is scanned and the results of the scan are analysed to yield the serial number.
Claims (6)
1. An automatic ticket dispenser comprising:
means for determining and storing a unique identification of a currency note inputted into the dispenser;
means for supplying a unique identification of a ticket dispensed in response to acceptance of the currency note; and
means for storing the unique identification of the ticket in correlation with the unique identification of the currency note, whereby, if the currency note is subsequently found to be invalid, the ticket may be uniquely identified.
2. An automatic ticket dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the means for supplying the unique identification of the ticket comprises first means for scanning the ticket to read the ticket's unique identification therefrom.
3. An automatic ticket dispenser according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the means for determining the unique identification of the currency note comprises second means for scanning the currency note to read the currency note's unique identification therefrom.
4. An automatic ticket dispenser according to claim 3, wherein the second scanning means is arranged to read a serial number from the currency note as the currency note's unique identification.
5. An automatic ticket dispenser according to claim 4, wherein the second scanning means is arranged to scan only a part of the currency note that contains the serial number.
6. An automatic ticket dispenser substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Priority Applications (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9027929A GB2251110B (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1990-12-21 | Automatic ticket dispenser |
SG103694A SG103694G (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1994-07-26 | Automatic ticket dispenser |
HK112994A HK112994A (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1994-10-20 | Automatic ticket dispenser |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB9027929A GB2251110B (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1990-12-21 | Automatic ticket dispenser |
Publications (3)
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GB9027929D0 GB9027929D0 (en) | 1991-02-13 |
GB2251110A true GB2251110A (en) | 1992-06-24 |
GB2251110B GB2251110B (en) | 1994-05-11 |
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GB9027929A Expired - Fee Related GB2251110B (en) | 1990-12-21 | 1990-12-21 | Automatic ticket dispenser |
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HK (1) | HK112994A (en) |
Cited By (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1122696A1 (en) | 2000-02-07 | 2001-08-08 | Ascom Systec AG | Method and device for the automatic depositing and dispensing of banknotes |
EP1445930A2 (en) * | 2003-02-07 | 2004-08-11 | PANINI S.p.A. | Scanner apparatus for scanning bank cheques and other paper documents |
FR2856496A1 (en) * | 2003-06-19 | 2004-12-24 | Schlumberger Systems & Service | METHOD FOR ISSUING A TITLE PAID BY ILLEGAL PAYMENT MEANS, AND AUTOMATED TITLE READING APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD |
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1990
- 1990-12-21 GB GB9027929A patent/GB2251110B/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1994
- 1994-10-20 HK HK112994A patent/HK112994A/en unknown
Cited By (8)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1122696A1 (en) | 2000-02-07 | 2001-08-08 | Ascom Systec AG | Method and device for the automatic depositing and dispensing of banknotes |
EP1445930A2 (en) * | 2003-02-07 | 2004-08-11 | PANINI S.p.A. | Scanner apparatus for scanning bank cheques and other paper documents |
EP1445930A3 (en) * | 2003-02-07 | 2005-01-05 | PANINI S.p.A. | Scanner apparatus for scanning bank cheques and other paper documents |
US7397586B2 (en) | 2003-02-07 | 2008-07-08 | Panini S.P.A. | Scanner apparatus for scanning bank checks and other paper documents |
EP1965582A1 (en) | 2003-02-07 | 2008-09-03 | PANINI S.r.l. | Scanner apparatus for paper documents |
FR2856496A1 (en) * | 2003-06-19 | 2004-12-24 | Schlumberger Systems & Service | METHOD FOR ISSUING A TITLE PAID BY ILLEGAL PAYMENT MEANS, AND AUTOMATED TITLE READING APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD |
WO2004114236A1 (en) * | 2003-06-19 | 2004-12-29 | Parkeon | Method of issuing a ticket which has been paid for using illegal payment means, and automaton and ticket read apparatus for implementing said method |
US7600678B2 (en) | 2003-06-19 | 2009-10-13 | Parkeon | Method of issuing a ticket paid for by illegal payment means, and a vending machine and ticket reader for implementing the method |
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Publication number | Publication date |
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GB2251110B (en) | 1994-05-11 |
GB9027929D0 (en) | 1991-02-13 |
HK112994A (en) | 1994-10-27 |
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PCNP | Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 19961221 |