APPARATUS FOR MEDIA RECOGNITION AND METHOD FOR MEDIA KIND DISTINCTION WITH THE SAME
First Claim
1. An apparatus for recognizing a medium, the apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit for obtaining color information and size information regarding an inserted medium; and
a determination unit for determining the type of the medium based on color information and size information regarding a banknote obtained from the sensor unit.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a medium recognition apparatus for determining the type of a medium by using color information obtained by scanning the inserted medium, as well as a method for determining the type of a medium by using the apparatus. Color information and size information obtained by scanning only a partial region of a medium image, the hue of the medium image scanned by the image sensor, or RGB channel color information scanned by the color sensor is compared with pre-stored reference information to determine the type of the medium. This guarantees that the type of the medium is determined quickly and accurately based on simple comparing results.
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1. An apparatus for recognizing a medium, the apparatus comprising:
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a sensor unit for obtaining color information and size information regarding an inserted medium; and a determination unit for determining the type of the medium based on color information and size information regarding a banknote obtained from the sensor unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for determining the type of a medium by using a medium recognition apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
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scanning an image of an inserted medium; comparing color information and size information regarding the scanned medium image with pre-stored reference color information and size information, respectively; and determining the type of the medium according to the comparison result. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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