Image analysis – Applications – Reading paper currency
Patent
1996-11-21
1999-06-15
Tran, Phucc
Image analysis
Applications
Reading paper currency
G06K 900
Patent
active
059129824
ABSTRACT:
A currency counting and discrimination device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills to be discriminated, a discriminating unit for discriminating the denomination of the currency bills, and one or more output receptacles for receiving the currency bills after being discriminated by the discriminating unit. The device further comprises a transport mechanism for transporting the currency bills, one at a time, from the input receptacle past a sensor of the discriminating unit and to the one or more output receptacles.
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Tran Phucc
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