Check-actuated control mechanisms – Including value accumulator for plural checks – Having solid state circuitry
Patent
1995-08-09
1997-04-29
Merritt, Karen B.
Check-actuated control mechanisms
Including value accumulator for plural checks
Having solid state circuitry
194317, 324227, G07D 508
Patent
active
056240198
ABSTRACT:
Money items are validated by determining whether n measured properties lie within an n-dimensional ellipse associated with a particular money item. The center of the ellipse lies on the statistical mean of the property measurements for that particular item, and each axis is related to the standard deviation for a respective property measurement.
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Lowe Scott L.
Mars Incorporated
Merritt Karen B.
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