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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-Hyuk Lee, Seoul, KR;
Do-Hyeon Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong-Chang Lee, Daegu, KR;
Seong-Taek Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ki-Yeung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Abstract
An apparatus for identifying a counterfeit bill is provided. The apparatus includes a camera module configured to receive a captured IR image of a bill; a binary image generator configured to generate a binary image of the bill, based on the IR image; a distance value calculator configured to compare a predetermined area of the binary image with a predetermined area of a pre-stored real bill database corresponding to the predetermined area of the binary image; and a corrected image generator configured to generate a corrected image based on a result of the comparison.