Devices, systems, and methods for optical validation

US10325436B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Erik Van Horn · Mount Laurel, US
• Gennady Germaine · Cherry Hill, US
• Christopher K. Allen · Shallowater, US
• David Ryder · Summit, US
• Paul Poloniewicz · East Setauket, US
• Kevin Saber · Sewell, US
• Sean Philip Kearney · Marlton, US
• Edward Douglas Hatton · Gatineau, CA
• Edward C. Bremer · Victor, US
• Michael V. Miraglia · Hillsborough Township, US
• Robert Pierce · Oldsmar, US
• William Ross Rapoport · Bound Brook, US
• James Vincent Guiheen · Madison, US
• Chirag Patel · Bound Brook, US
• Patrick Giordano · Glassboro, US
• Timothy Good · Blackwood, US
• Gregory Rueblinger · Stratford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 22, 2016
• Grant date: Jun 18, 2019
• Expiry date: May 29, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D2207/00
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Existing currency validation (CVAL) devices, systems, and methods are too slow, costly, intrusive, and/or bulky to be routinely used in common transaction locations (e.g., at checkout, at an automatic teller machine, etc.). Presented herein are devices, systems, and methods to facilitate optical validation of documents, merchandise, or currency at common transaction locations and to do so in an obtrusive and convenient way. More specifically, the present invention embraces a validation device that may be used alone or integrated within a larger system (e.g., point of sale system, kiosk, etc.). The present invention also embraces methods for currency validation using the validation device, as well as methods for improving the quality and consistency of data captured by the validation device for validation.