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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Crane Payment Innovations Gmbh, Buxtehude, DE;
Inventor:
Thorsten Schneider, Apensen, DE;
Assignee:
Crane Payment Innovations GmbH, Buxtehude, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 11/00 (2006.01); G07D 9/00 (2006.01); G07D 5/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 9/002 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G07D 5/02 (2013.01); G07D 11/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for determining the fill level of at least one coin tube comprises capturing at least one spatially resolved image of an upper side of the at least one coin tube using a spatially resolving optical sensor disposed at a defined distance above the at least one coin tube. Transmitting the at least one spatially resolved image to an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the at least one spatially resolved image using image processing to determine a fill level of the at least one coin tube.