| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7185750 |
Coin distinguishing method and device |
March 6, 2007 |
| A coin distinguishing method capable of concurrently picking up the images of the surface and the side of a coin by using two light sources, downsizing a device, and providing high-accuracy coin distinguishing. The side of a coin (C) falling through a coin passage (101) in an advancing |
| 7010154 |
Money identifying method and device |
March 7, 2006 |
| 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 surface image of the subjec |
| 6685000 |
Coin discrimination method and device |
February 3, 2004 |
| A coin discrimination method and device reliably acquires stable two-dimensional images of the surfaces of coins, and using the acquired two-dimensional images is able to perform discrimination, reliably and at high speed, between genuine and counterfeit coins, and between coin types. |
| 6484864 |
Coin inspection method and device |
November 26, 2002 |
| A coin inspection method and a device which can inspect a coin with a high precision, by extracting a large amount of information from a sensor detection signal waveform. In coin inspection which is performed based on a detection signal waveform of a magnetic sensor disposed along a coin |