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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Inventors:
Guenter Baitz, Berlin, DE;
Wolfgang Malke, Berlin, DE;
Uwe Krueger, Berlin, DE;
Oliver Schaefer, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH, Paderborn, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 7/06 (2006.01); G06K 9/78 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2013.01); G06K 9/78 (2013.01); G07F 7/0609 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reverse vending machine has an insertion area for inserting an object into the inside of the reverse vending machine, a transport unit for transporting the object in a transport area along a transport axis and an arrangement of cameras for capturing images of the object from several capturing directions. The image capturing direction of each camera is directed toward the transport area. Further, the cameras are arranged outside the transport area and not below the transport area.