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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Applicant:
The Hillman Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Byron Keith Grice, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Phillip Gerlings, Chandler, AZ (US);
John Clayton Campbell, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Michael James Schmidt, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
The Hillman Group, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 19/14 (2006.01); G07F 17/00 (2006.01); B23C 3/35 (2006.01); E05B 19/04 (2006.01); B23P 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); E05B 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 19/14 (2013.01); B23C 3/35 (2013.01); B23P 15/005 (2013.01); E05B 19/0058 (2013.01); E05B 19/04 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/2036 (2013.01); G06Q 20/14 (2013.01); G07F 17/0014 (2013.01); H04N 5/2354 (2013.01); B23C 2235/12 (2013.01); B23C 2235/28 (2013.01); B23C 2235/41 (2013.01); G06K 2209/19 (2013.01); Y10T 70/7842 (2015.04); Y10T 409/300952 (2015.01);
Abstract
An identification module is disclosed for use in a key making machine. The identification module may have a key receiving assembly configured to receive only a shank of an existing key. The identification module may also have a tip guide, configured to receive a tip of the shank of the existing key. The tip guide may have a slot that exposes a tip end of the shank. The identification module may also have an imaging assembly configured to capture an image of the tip end through the slot.