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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184893 | Enhanced note processing Techniques and systems are disclosed to perform, in some examples, the steps of receiving a note or an image of a note, imaging at least a portion of the note, determining a value of at least one field indicated by a predetermined identifier of the note through char... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8155423 | System and method for tracing bank notes A system and method are provided for tracing bank notes or, specifically, counterfeit money. In one example of the tracing system, an automatic teller machine (ATM) electronically connected to one or more devices is provided. The one or more devices comprise a depos... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8126251 | Photo sensor array for banknote evaluation A banknote acceptor illuminates a banknote as it passes through an evaluation channel in a manner to locate the banknote in the width of the channel. A photo sensor array receives reflected light from the surface of the banknote and has a series of responsive divisi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107712 | Method and testing device for testing valuable documents A method as well as a respective checking apparatus for checking a document of value (1), with which the document of value (1) at least in a partial area is illuminated with an intensity (IB) and at different measuring places (2) the ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103083 | Counting stacked documents The process for treating stacks formed of a predetermined number of planar substrates, such as securities, banknotes, checks and other similar documents, said securities being formed by prints on said substrates arranged in matrix-form in lines and columns, comprise... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094917 | Method for detecting monetary banknote and performing currency type analysis operation A method for detecting an image corresponding to at least a monetary banknote is provided. The method includes selecting a detection procedure from a plurality of different detection procedures, and verifying the image according to the selected detection procedure. ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086017 | Detecting improved quality counterfeit media A method of creating a classifier for media validation is described. Information from all of a set of training images from genuine media items is used to form a segmentation map which is then used to segment each of the training set images. Features are extracted fr... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077961 | Bank note processing machine and method for identifying forged bank notes The invention relates to a bank note processing machine and a method for recognizing forged bank notes. With the bank note processing machine according to the invention and the method for recognizing forged bank notes according to the invention the starting p... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8023715 | Automatic currency processing system having ticket redemption module An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for produc... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8009893 | Security document carrying machine readable pattern The present invention relates generally to security documents (e.g., banknotes, ID documents, certificates, packaging, etc.). One claim recites a security document including a security pattern provided thereon. The security pattern includes a line structure in which... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7978899 | Currency processing system with fitness detection In one aspect, a method of processing currency in a currency processing machine includes the act of retrieving, from a plurality of input currency bills, characteristic information from each of the bills, the characteristic information itself including at least a fi... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7957576 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program Data representing a sheet of document is obtained. Then, an area where it is possible to obtain a paper fingerprint from the obtained data representing the sheet of document is determined, and a paper fingerprint intensity of the sheet of document is calculated base... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7949175 | Counterfeit deterrence using dispersed miniature security marks A method is disclosed for detection of miniature security mark configurations within documents and images, wherein the miniature security marks are in the form of dispersed miniature security marks and may include data marks or a combination of data marks and anchor... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7936914 | Authenticity determination method, apparatus, and program To determine authenticity of a solid body simply and precisely, a reference area of a paper sheet which is genuine is optically read from two different directions, and the image is registered as a reference image. A check area of a paper sheet subjected to the authe... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7929749 | System and method for saving statistical data of currency bills in a currency processing device A currency processing system data storage arrangement is provided for a currency processing system, which includes a first controller, a communication interface, and a sensor or sensors arranged to output to the first controller raw data associated with a sensed cha... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916924 | Color processing method for identification of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes A color processing method for identification of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; extracting color histogram data for each section; assigning a color vector for each section according ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7903863 | Currency bill tracking system A system and method is presented for tracking and tracing currency bills involved in deposit and withdrawal transactions. A transaction identifier is obtained. Currency bills involved in the transaction are scanned in order to obtain their serial numbers. The serial... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899233 | System and method for tracing bank notes A system and method are provided for tracing bank notes or, specifically, counterfeit money. In one example of the tracing system, an automatic teller machine (ATM) electronically connected to one or more devices is provided. The one or more devices comprise a depos... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7885450 | Method for characterizing texture of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes A method for characterizing texture of areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; calculating a gray level for each section; selecting potential sections from the sections, the potential sectio... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881519 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873199 | Method and device for verifying valuable documents A method and apparatus for checking value documents having an authenticity feature in the form of at least one luminescent substance, includes forming a measuring vector from the measuring values corresponding to different frequencies and/or frequency domains of the... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860293 | Method and apparatus for determining the authenticity of bank notes Forged bank notes are no longer reliably distinguishable from bank note originals (BN) on the basis of their luminescent fibers. According to the invention, the excitation of the fibers to luminescence is effected by means of excitation radiation (S) from the restri... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7840056 | Paper sheet processor In a paper sheet processing apparatus comprising a function for determining the state of a paper sheet, an optical sensor generates template data by optically reading the state of an input paper sheet. A template data unit stores template data of a paper sheet. An i... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835563 | Method of guaranteeing the authenticity of documents by checking for the presence of a changed feature, and the document What are proposed are a method and a system for guaranteeing the authenticity or checking the authenticity of documents, in particular banknotes or the like, which each have a substrate (1) with specific substrate features (2), an image of the substrat... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7778456 | Automatic currency processing system having ticket redemption module An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for produc... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7751608 | Model-based synthesis of band moire images for authenticating security documents and valuable products The present invention relies on a band moiré image layout model capable of predicting the band moiré image layer layout produced when superposing a base band grating layer of a given layout and revealing line grating layer of a given layout. The base band grating ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747060 | Currency examining system A currency examining system for detecting counterfeit currency. There is a magnifying device, substantially above the bill of currency being examined, configured to magnify the image of the currency; a transparent support member, substantially below the magnifying d... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7738690 | Verification method for determining areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes Verification of areas within an image corresponding to banknotes includes dividing the image into a plurality of image sections; generating a banknote boundary map having border sections corresponding to a boundary of monetary banknotes within the image; generating ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7724938 | System and method for intelligent currency validation Currency is validated by comparing identifying information extracted from the currency, such as a serial number associated with the currency, to identifying information in a list corresponding to invalid currency, such as counterfeit currency. If the extracted ident... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7715612 | Discriminating apparatus In a discriminating apparatus, a substrate portion of printed matter is irradiated with a light beam emitted from a light source, and the intensity of the light beam reflected from the substrate is detected by a photodetector. The discrimination as to whether the pr... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7715611 | Documentation authentication In order to check the authenticity of a banknote or other such document it is printed with two patches of magnetisable ink, and each patch is magnetised to present a multipole sequence of alternating polarity. If the document is folded to bring the two patches toget... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7715610 | Method and apparatus for processing signals in testing currency items A method of testing a document comprises deriving a plurality of measurements from the document at a resolution R and processing the measurements to derive values at a different resolution. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706592 | Method for detecting a boundary of a monetary banknote within an image A method for detecting a boundary of a monetary banknote within an image includes dividing the image into a plurality of sections; generating a color feature map containing color histogram data for each section of the image; generating a gray level feature map indic... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706593 | Verification method for determining areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes A method for verifying areas within an image corresponding to monetary banknotes includes: dividing the image into a plurality of verification sections; generating a banknote boundary map having border sections corresponding to boundaries of valid monetary banknotes... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7672499 | Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting A U.S. currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of U.S. currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. According to one embodiment the device comprises an input receptacle positioned to receive a stack of bills to be evaluated and at least... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7650027 | Fake document including fake currency detector using integrated transmission and reflective spectral response A currency genuineness detection system using plurality of opto-electronic sensors with both transmission and reflective (including fluorescence) properties of security documents is developed. Both detection sensing strategies utilise integrated response of the wide... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7639858 | Currency validation A method for developing a template of a reference document, such as a bank note and using that template to validate other test documents. The method involves using images of a plurality of reference documents, such as banknotes and segmenting each image in a like ma... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7627161 | Authenticity determination method, apparatus and program An authenticity determination method and an apparatus for determining the authenticity of solid object having a random and readable intrinsic characteristic distributed on the surface thereof are disclosed. In this method and apparatus, reference data expressing the... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7602956 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7590274 | Method and apparatus for currency discrimination An improved method and apparatus for discriminating between currency bills of different denominations uses an optical sensing and correlation technique based on the sensing of bill reflectance characteristics obtained by illuminating and scanning a bill along one of... | 09/15/2009 |
