Anritsu Corporation

Shintaro Inagaki

Ken Shioiri

Yoshifumi Takahashi

Masaru Honma

Noriyuki Kodama

Takahasi Iwamoto

Takahisa Iwamoto

Akira Kobayashi

Coin discriminating apparatus

The present invention relates to a coin discriminating apparatus for discriminating the thickness, material, diameter, and the like of a coin at high precision. A transmission coil (11) receives an AC signal generated by an AC signal generating unit (24) and applies an alternating magnetic field to a coin (C) to be discriminated. A reception coil (12) detects an electromotive force induced when the the transmission coil (11) applies the alternating magnetic field on the coin to be discriminated. A detection signal generating unit (27) generates a detection signal having a predetermined phase with respect to the AC signal generated by the AC signal generating unit (24). A phase detecting unit (26) phase-detects the electromotive force detected by the reception coil (12) in accordance with the detection signal generated by the detection signal generating unit. Discriminating units (28-31) discriminate at least one of the thickness, material, and diameter of the coin to be discriminated on the basis of a signal output from the phase detecting unit (26). Since the thickness, material, and diameter of the coin are independently separately detected, the denomination of the coin can be discriminated at high precision.

Coin diameter discriminating apparatus

A plurality of photocells are two-dimensionally arranged on a single light-image receiving plane. Each photocell is connected to first and second sum signal output lines. These lines receive output signals from the photocells through transmission switches, and output sum signals of these signals to an amplifier. The amplifier outputs the difference between the two signals received from the first and second sum signal output lines. A memory stores control signals including weighting data for controlling transmission, isolation, amplification factors, and/or an attenuation factors with respect to the individual transmission switches, and outputs the control signals to the transmission switches. Each transmission switch multiplies or does not multiply the output signal from the corresponding photocell with a specific amplification or attenuation factor, and transmits the product to the first or second sum signal output line. A memory controller writes the weighting data into the memory. A function generator outputs the weighting data of a two-dimensional function.

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Ebina, Japan

Shintaro Inagaki