User alerts based on image capturing by a bill storage device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10679451-B2
Application number	US-201816236996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2018
Priority date	Apr 6, 2018
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A device monitors activity associated with a user of a currency bill storage device based on currency bill data received from the currency bill storage device over a period of time. The currency bill storage device includes image sensor(s) configured to capture images of currency bills. The currency bill data is based on the images. The device tracks a balance in the currency bill storage device based on the currency bill data and identifies, based on the activity, an upcoming transaction in which the user is expected to utilize a particular quantity of currency bills in the currency bill storage device. The device determines whether the balance is sufficient relative to the particular quantity of currency bills and performs one or more actions to cause an alert to be provided to the user based on determining whether the balance is sufficient relative to the particular quantity of currency bills.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a user device and from a currency bill storage device, one or more images of a currency bill,
wherein the currency bill storage device is one of:
a wallet,
a billfold,
a pocketbook, or
a purse;
performing, by the user device, an action relating to the one or more images to determine a denomination of the currency bill;
causing, by the user device, a first alert to be provided to a user of the currency bill storage device to provide information identifying the denomination of the currency bill;
updating, by the user device and based on the denomination of the currency bill, a balance associated with the currency bill storage device; and
causing, by the user device, a second alert to be provided to the user of the currency bill storage device to provide information identifying the updated balance.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more images are captured by image sensors included in the currency bill storage device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the action relating to the one or more images to determine the denomination of the currency bill includes:
comparing the one or more images to stored images of different denominations.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a denomination of another currency bill cannot be determined; and
providing a prompt to reinsert the other currency bill into the currency bill storage device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that an object other than a currency bill has been inserted into the currency bill storage device; and
providing a notification that the object other than the currency bill has been inserted into the currency bill storage device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a location of the currency bill storage device;
determining an appropriate currency that is used at the location;
detecting a currency bill in a different currency than the appropriate currency is removed from the currency bill storage device; and
causing a third alert to be provided that indicates the different currency is removed from the currency bill storage device.

7. A device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured to:
receive, from a currency bill storage device, one or more images of a currency bill,
wherein the currency bill storage device is one of:
a wallet,
a billfold,
a pocketbook, or
a purse;
perform an action relating to the one or more images to determine a denomination of the currency bill;
cause a first alert to be provided to a user of the currency bill storage device to provide information identifying the denomination of the currency bill;
update, based on the denomination of the currency bill, a balance associated with the currency bill storage device; and
cause a second alert to be provided to the user of the currency bill storage device to provide information identifying the updated balance.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more images are captured by image sensors included in the currency bill storage device.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors, when performing the action relating to the one or more images to determine the denomination of the currency bill, are to:
compare the one or more images to stored images of different denominations.

10. The device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further to:
determine a denomination of another currency bill cannot be determined; and
provide a prompt to reinsert the other currency bill into the currency bill storage device.

11. The device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further to:
determine that an object other than a currency bill has been inserted into the currency bill storage device; and
provide a notification that the object other than the currency bill has been inserted into the currency bill storage device.

12. The device of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors are further to:
determine a location of the currency bill storage device;
determine an appropriate currency that is used at the location;
detect a currency bill in a different currency than the appropriate currency is removed from the currency bill storage device; and
cause a third alert to be provided that indicates the different currency is removed from the currency bill storage device.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
receive, from a currency bill storage device, one or more images of a currency bill,
wherein the currency bill storage device is one of:
a wallet;
a billfold,
a pocketbook, or
a purse;
perform an action relating to the one or more images to determine a denomination of the currency bill;
cause a first alert to be provided to a user of the currency bill storage device to provide information identifying the denomination of the currency bill;
update, based on the denomination of the currency bill, a balance associated with the currency bill storage device; and
cause a second alert to be provided to the user of the currency bill storage device to provide information identifying the updated balance.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more images are captured by image sensors included in the currency bill storage device.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to perform the action relating to the one or more images to determine the denomination of the currency bill, cause the one or more processors to:
compare the one or more images to stored images of different denominations.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine a denomination of another currency bill cannot be determined; and
provide a prompt to reinsert the other currency bill into the currency bill storage device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine that an object other than a currency bill has been inserted into the currency bill storage device; and
provide a notification that the object other than the currency bill has been inserted into the currency bill storage device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
determine a location of the currency bill storage device;
determine an appropriate currency that is used at the location;
detect a currency bill in a different currency than the appropriate currency is removed from the currency bill storage device; and
cause a third alert to be provided that indicates the different currency is removed from the currency bill storage device.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first alert comprises an audible alert indicating the denomination of the currency bill.

20. The device of claim 7 , wherein the first alert comprises a haptic alert indicating the denominatio

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Benkreira Abdelkadar M'Hamed
• Mossoba Michael
• Edwards Joshua

Classifications

• G07D11/50

  Sorting or counting valuable papers · CPC title

• G07F19/202

  Depositing operations within ATMs (depositing in general G07D11/00) · CPC title

• G06Q20/3221

  Access to banking information through M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q20/1085

  involving automatic teller machines [ATMs] · CPC title

• G07D11/24 Primary

  Managing the inventory of valuable papers · CPC title