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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Douglas A. Martin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Inventor:
Douglas A. Martin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
Outerwall Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically positioning a coin sensor are disclosed herein. An auto-positioning coin sensor configured in accordance with one embodiment of the disclosure includes a coin sensor for determining a physical characteristic of an object and a moving device operably coupled to the coin sensor. The moving device can be configured to adjust the position of the coin sensor to determine the physical characteristic. Auto-positioning coin sensors in accordance with the present technology can include coin sensors that can be positioned based on a measurement of a dimension of an object.