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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2007
Hiroshi Ohtomo, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Ohtomo, Saitama, JP;
Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd., Saitama-ken, JP;
Abstract
A coin identifying sensor and a coin identifying apparatus has coin detecting sections (X andZ) that are formed by relatively disposing a group of coin identifying sensors (A,B,C andD) with each group provided with three aligned and integrated coin sensors. Each, of the sensors has a core wound with a coil. The sensors are disposed in a coin path in a direction crossing a movement direction of a coin. The first and second coin detecting sections are sequentially disposed on a coin path () to determine whether a coin is real or not using detection data of diameter, material and thickness of the coin based upon detection outputs sequentially obtained from the coin detecting sections.