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Paper currency fold recognition apparatus and method

US10388099B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2015
Grant dateAug 20, 2019
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Expiry dateOct 30, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20084
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided are a device and method for identifying a paper currency fold. The device includes: a transparent protective body, configured to maintain components in the device to be clean; a laser source, configured to emit laser light a rectangular grating, configured to modulate the laser light into stripes which changes to be bright or dark according to a certain rule on a surface of a paper currency; an area array photoelectric sensor, configured to capture an image; an imaging lens group, configured to converge an image of the surface of the paper currency onto the area array photoelectric sensor; and an information processing module electrically connected with the area array photoelectric sensor, configured to process an image signal captured by the area array photoelectric sensor.

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