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Method and apparatus for monetary articles authentification

US4086527A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1976
Grant dateApr 25, 1978
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Expiry dateMar 24, 1996

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07D5/08
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An authentication method for standardized objects, such as in particular monetary articles, in which an object to be authenticated is introduced into the field located between an emitter and a receiver delivering at least an alternative physical quantity, whose quantitative alteration produced by the presence of said object in said field is measured, the result being compared with a reference value pre-stored in a memory and distinctive of the object to authenticate, whereby, within a tolerance approximation, an authentication criterion is deducted, method characterized by the fact that said alteration is measured at different frequencies, that corresponding alterations are successively measured and then simultaneously compared with said respective reference quantities.

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