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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1983
Kenichi Yonekura, Himeji, JP;
Kazuto Asami, Himeji, JP;
Yushi Hino, Himeji, JP;
Katsumi Yagi, Himeji, JP;
Glory Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
A device for determining the diameters of circular objects such as coins is made up of a pair of photo-electric converters which are extended from both sides of a coin passageway towards the central line of the latter, a pair of light-shielded portion area measuring circuits for producing signals representing the areas of the portions of the converters which are shielded from light by a circular object according to the outputs of the converters, an adder for providing the sum of the outputs of the two light-shielded portion area measuring circuits, a maximum value memory circuit for storing the maximum of the outputs of the adder which are provided during passage of one circular object through the converters, and a circuit for determining the diameter of the circular object according to the data stored in the maximum value memory circuit.