| ELLENBY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20110279225 | Methods and Apparatus for a Security Electronic Drop Safe - Systems and techniques for providing an improved electronic safe are described. In one aspect, an electronic safe is provided with enhanced security, increased functionality and ease of use. The electronic safe may contain a camera, proximity sensor, vibration sensor and other sensors to sense and identify users. A wireless tag may be used to identify the person making deposits or also personnel making a cash pickup. The security is further enhanced by ensuring the power cannot be removed to the safe by having an internal battery backup power source and management electronics. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110011927 | METHODS AND APPARAUTS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DROP SAFE - Systems and techniques for providing an improved electronic safe are described. In one aspect, an electronic safe is provided with enhanced security, increased functionality and ease of use. The electronic safe may accept both cash and non-cash deposits, identifying tags and envelopes or folders. A wireless tag may be used to identify the person making deposits. A plurality of electronic safes may be networked together in a wireless local area network. The wireless local area network of electronic safes may be wirelessly networked with an off site host system. In another aspect, an electronic safe is provided with a wireless communications link for communicating with a handheld terminal which may be used to update the electronic safe and initiate the generation of automatic reports. In another aspect, an electronic safe automatically generates reports detailing the operation of the safe. The electronic safe may predict the time when a cassette for storing deposits will be full. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20090166152 | Two Door Electronic Safe - A two door electronic safe is described wherein a bill acceptor, as well as other electronic control circuitry, and a banknote canister are partitioned in first and second compartments with access by first and second access doors, respectively, so that a service call can be made to service the bill acceptor or other electronics without having to allow access to the banknote canister thereby facilitating service calls and allowing the separation of the service call function from the cash collection function. | 07-02-2009 |