UNIVERSAL BANK NOTE DENOMINATOR AND VALIDATOR

摘要

An apparatus and method for providing an indication of a type of note passing through the apparatus includes a note transport (12) which moves the note past a transversely spaced spot sensing assembly (18). Each assembly includes four emitters (32). Other elements of the invention include a reflectance detector (20), a transmission detector (22) and a memory (138). The emitters direct radiation onto test spots (34) and a control circuit (24) generates reflectance values from the detected radiation. These values are used to determine the note type.