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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7426987 | Compact coin denomination discriminating device A coin denomination discriminating device for improving coin dispensing devices which incorporates components formed of non-magnetic material including a non-magnetic rotor having a coin receiving portion and a non-magnetic reference guide to guide coins from a stor... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7152727 | Method and apparatus for coin or object sensing using adaptive operating point control A coin sensor is provided including a method and apparatus for providing adaptive operating point (AOP) control. The AOP control is provided using circuits and associated methods and algorithms connected between measurement circuits of the coin sensor and the coin s... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7104384 | Method and apparatus for measuring the diameter of coins A method for measuring the diameter of coins in coin validators, comprising the steps below: The coins traverse an electromagnetic field which is formed such as to partially hide the field, at least also by their upper area. The field is ge... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073654 | Coin selector for bimetal coins A coin selector assembly includes a coin passageway having at least a pair of thickness sensor unit operatively positioned along the coin passageway to provide respective measurements of the thickness of the coin. A comparing unit compares the respective thickness s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7010154 | Money identifying method and device A money identifying method and a device which can identify money with high precision and quickly by optimally binarizing a surface image of the money. The center coordinates and radius of subject coin C are extracted by a coin shape extraction section from the surfa... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6902050 | Coin mechanism of simplified construction and method of coin validity testing and vending machine operation The validity of a coin is tested in a coin mechanism typically used for vending products. A test arm which is integrally and resiliently connected to a back plate contacts a coin when the coin wheel is rotated, and the test arm resiliently deflects in response to co... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6892871 | Sensor and method for discriminating coins of varied composition, thickness, and diameter A coin discrimination sensor having an excitation coil and two detector coils arranged to detect eddy currents in a passing coin. The excitation coil is provided a composite waveform formed by adding a low frequency signal (30 KHz) with a high frequency signal (480 ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6688449 | Image pickup device and pattern identification apparatus A pattern identification apparatus is used to speedily identify tokens at a game arcade. The apparatus is inexpensive and has an image pickup device (15). The image pickup device has an area sensor (17) consisting of a two-dimensional matrix of photoelect... | 02/10/2004 |
| 5538123 | Coin discriminating apparatus A coin discriminating apparatus includes a light emitter for illuminating the surface of a coin, a light receiver for receiving reflected light from the surface of the coin and producing pattern data of the coin, a pattern data memory for storing the patt... | 07/23/1996 |
| 4951799 | Method of correcting coin data and apparatus for inspecting coins A method of correcting coin data and an apparatus for inspecting coins in which determination data is formed on the basis of data read out from a permanent memory, and authenticity and determination of coins are determined on the basis of the readout data... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4558775 | Apparatus for passive analysis of containers to determine acceptability for recycling An apparatus for the receipt of a recyclable container is disclosed. The apparatus includes a manually rotatable carrier having a container receiving station. The recyclable container is inserted into the receiving station where the presence or absence of... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4556140 | Method and apparatus for discriminating coins or bank notes A method and apparatus for discriminating coins or bank notes, in which sensors measure characteristics of coins or bank notes. Processing control apparatus provides a reference value setting mode and a discrimination mode. In the reference value setting ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4546868 | Coin testing apparatus A coin testing apparatus for discriminating between acceptable and unacceptable coins has a ramp down which coins are constrained to roll. A first optical device is positioned in predetermined spaced relationship with the ramp to detect a first parameter ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4546869 | Coin testing apparatus The operation of a coin testing apparatus is checked by switching the apparatus to a test mode. In the test mode, the properties of items inserted into the apparatus are compared with stored "test" ranges, instead of "acceptability" ranges which are norma... | 10/15/1985 |
