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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Tomra Systems Asa, Asker, NO;
Inventors:
Geir Saether, Asker, NO;
Ronald Sivertsen, Vettre, NO;
Tom Lunde, Blommenholm, NO;
Johnny Njåstad, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
TOMRA SYSTEMS ASA, Asker, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); B30B 9/32 (2006.01); B30B 15/00 (2006.01); G07F 7/06 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/0185 (2013.01); B30B 9/321 (2013.01); B30B 15/0094 (2013.01); G06K 7/1413 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); G06Q 20/4016 (2013.01); G07F 7/0609 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fraud detection system for a reverse vending machine, the system including: a detector adapted to detect at least one container entered into the reverse vending machine; a compactor load sensor adapted to measure load of a compactor of the reverse vending machine during operation, wherein the compactor is adapted to compact entered containers downstream of said detector; and a compactor load sensor monitoring device configured to determine whether the detected at least one container is compacted as expected based on the load measured by the compactor load sensor.