US 12,459,766 B2
Adaptive pressure media feeding
Jason Michael Gillier, Waterloo (CA); Matthew Sonnenberg, Kitchener (CA); and Benjamin T. Widsten, Kitchener (CA)
Assigned to NCR Atleos Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by NCR Atleos Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/611,285.
Application 16/672,583 is a division of application No. 15/222,252, filed on Jul. 28, 2016, granted, now 10,472,191.
Application 18/611,285 is a continuation of application No. 16/672,583, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,987,465.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217763 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B65H 1/14 (2006.01); B65H 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 1/24 (2006.01); B65H 3/04 (2006.01); B65H 3/54 (2006.01); B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/18 (2006.01); B65H 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 3/54 (2013.01) [B65H 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 1/14 (2013.01); B65H 1/24 (2013.01); B65H 3/047 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); B65H 7/18 (2013.01); B65H 2515/34 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for processing media items within a depository, the method comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a pressure reading from a pressure sensor associated with a tiltenator of a media separator module, wherein the tiltenator comprises a pressure plate configured to apply pressure to a bunch of media items;
adjusting, by the controller, a position of the pressure plate to apply an initial pressure to the bunch based on a type and a condition of the media items as determined from the pressure reading;
monitoring, by the controller, for a signal from a downstream sensor indicating whether a topmost item of the bunch has been separated and fed through the media separator module within a predetermined period of time;
modifying, by the controller, the pressure applied to the bunch by the pressure plate in response to an absence of the signal from the downstream sensor, wherein the modifying includes progressively and adaptively increasing the pressure in a series of incremental pressure adjustments; and
continuing the incremental pressure adjustments until the signal from the downstream sensor is received, indicating successful separation of the topmost item;
wherein the controller is further configured to reset a current pressure against the bunch to the initial pressure and back the topmost item and the bunch back to an entry feed point of the media separator module.