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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
194206 ; 194207 ; 209534 ;
Abstract
In a bill examination device in which a signal pattern obtained by scanning the bill with a photo-detector or a magnetic detector is compared with a reference for testing the authenticity, the signal is subjected to differentiation or removal of a direct-current component before the comparison. The effect of the differences or offsets of the detector or its associated circuit due to manufacturing variations, temperature change, or aging, and differences in the darkness of printing or smudge on the bill is reduced, and the reliability of the authenticity test is improved.