Patent · US Expired

Process for identifying an embossed image of a coin in an automatic coin tester

US6819410B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

15Claims

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Assignee

National Rejectors, Inc. GmbH · US

Inventors

Markus Adameck · Rödermark, DE
Manfred Eich · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Michael Hossfeld · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2003
Grant date	Nov 16, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 14, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG07D5/005
WIPO fieldControl
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process for identifying an embossed image of a coin in an automatic coin tester, in which a coin is moved to an image receiver and a light source, the image receiver picks up at least one image of the embossed image of the coin, and a validation device compares the image to a first reference pattern to find out whether the first reference pattern is contained in the image which was picked-up. If the first reference pattern is contained in the image, the validation device determines whether a second reference pattern is contained in an area the position of which is determined relative to the position of the first reference pattern, the validation device producing a genuine coin or counterfeit coin signal for the coin depending on the coincidence of the image with the reference patterns.

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