Title:
COIN DISCRIMINATING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3652558
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a coin discriminating device which can securely decide whether or not a coin having a common pattern on one surface and a different pattern on the other surface like Euro-coins can be received and its denomination.
SOLUTION: The coin discriminating device is equipped with a discrimination means which has two color sensors 24 and 34 detecting image data on the top surface of a coin on the upstream and downstream sides of a coin passage part 2, reads pattern data on both the top and reverse surfaces of the coin, and compares the image pattern data with reference pattern data stored in a reference data memory by the denominations to decide whether or not the coin can be accepted and its kind.
Inventors:
Skylark Hideyuki
Junichi Arikawa
Junichi Arikawa
Application Number:
JP23032599A
Publication Date:
May 25, 2005
Filing Date:
August 17, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Laurel Bank Machines Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G07D3/00; G07D5/00; G07D9/00; G07D5/02; (IPC1-7): G07D5/02; G07D9/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP10222716A | ||||
| JP8036661A | ||||
| JP2084970U | ||||
| JP2112090A | ||||
| JP6231332A | ||||
| JP63311591A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Koichi Oishi
Satoshi Yoshida
Satoshi Yoshida