EP0319524A3 - Method and apparatus for currency validation - Google Patents

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EP0319524A3
EP0319524A3 EP89102127A EP89102127A EP0319524A3 EP 0319524 A3 EP0319524 A3 EP 0319524A3 EP 89102127 A EP89102127 A EP 89102127A EP 89102127 A EP89102127 A EP 89102127A EP 0319524 A3 EP0319524 A3 EP 0319524A3
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currency validation
currency
validation
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EP0319524A2 (en
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Bob M. Dobbins
Elwood E. Barnes
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Mars Inc
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Priority claimed from US06/659,411 external-priority patent/US4628194A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/04—Testing magnetic properties of the materials thereof, e.g. by detection of magnetic imprint
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G07D7/121—Apparatus characterised by sensor details
EP89102127A 1984-10-10 1985-10-04 Method and apparatus for currency validation Expired - Lifetime EP0319524B1 (en)

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HK74195A HK74195A (en) 1984-10-10 1995-05-11 Method and apparatus for currency validation

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US06/659,411 US4628194A (en) 1984-10-10 1984-10-10 Method and apparatus for currency validation
US659411 1984-10-10
EP85307126A EP0178132B2 (en) 1984-10-10 1985-10-04 Method and apparatus for currency validation

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EP0319524A2 EP0319524A2 (en) 1989-06-07
EP0319524A3 true EP0319524A3 (en) 1989-09-20
EP0319524B1 EP0319524B1 (en) 1994-06-01

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GB8829208D0 (en) * 1988-12-15 1989-01-25 Palmer Paul Banknote counterfeit detecting apparatus
US5295196A (en) 1990-02-05 1994-03-15 Cummins-Allison Corp. Method and apparatus for currency discrimination and counting
US5768426A (en) 1993-11-18 1998-06-16 Digimarc Corporation Graphics processing system employing embedded code signals
US5748763A (en) 1993-11-18 1998-05-05 Digimarc Corporation Image steganography system featuring perceptually adaptive and globally scalable signal embedding
US6449377B1 (en) 1995-05-08 2002-09-10 Digimarc Corporation Methods and systems for watermark processing of line art images
US6345104B1 (en) 1994-03-17 2002-02-05 Digimarc Corporation Digital watermarks and methods for security documents
US5614824A (en) * 1995-05-15 1997-03-25 Crane & Co., Inc. Harmonic-based verifier device for a magnetic security thread having linear and non-linear ferromagnetic characteristics

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US3966047A (en) * 1974-11-27 1976-06-29 Rowe International Inc. Paper currency acceptor
US4283708A (en) * 1979-06-13 1981-08-11 Rowe International, Inc. Paper currency acceptor
EP0056116A1 (en) * 1980-12-16 1982-07-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Pattern discriminating apparatus
US4349111A (en) * 1980-04-04 1982-09-14 Umc Industries, Inc. Paper currency device
US4442541A (en) * 1979-08-15 1984-04-10 Gte Laboratories Incorporated Methods of and apparatus for sensing the denomination of paper currency
US4464787A (en) * 1981-06-23 1984-08-07 Casino Technology Apparatus and method for currency validation

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US3966047A (en) * 1974-11-27 1976-06-29 Rowe International Inc. Paper currency acceptor
US4283708A (en) * 1979-06-13 1981-08-11 Rowe International, Inc. Paper currency acceptor
US4442541A (en) * 1979-08-15 1984-04-10 Gte Laboratories Incorporated Methods of and apparatus for sensing the denomination of paper currency
US4349111A (en) * 1980-04-04 1982-09-14 Umc Industries, Inc. Paper currency device
EP0056116A1 (en) * 1980-12-16 1982-07-21 Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba Pattern discriminating apparatus
US4464787A (en) * 1981-06-23 1984-08-07 Casino Technology Apparatus and method for currency validation

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