Banknote acceptor

• US 6,903,342 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2002
• Issued: 06/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation (International Currency Technologies)
• Original Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation (International Currency Technologies)
• Inventors: Chien, Tien-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): GAGLIARDI, ALBERT J
• Application Number:
  US10/255,613
• Publication Number:
  US 20030234361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 984 Days
• Field of Search: 250/341.1, 250/341.8, 250/330, 250/271
• US Class Current: 250/341.1
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/121 Apparatus characterised by sensor details
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 7/128 Viewing devices

Abstract

An infrared banknote acceptor for use to verify the authenticity of banknotes is constructed to include a housing, the housing having a base adapted to hold the banknote to be verified, a light source adapted to emit an infrared light beam onto the banknote carried on the base of the housing for verification, an image pickup adapted to receive infrared light reflected by the ink of the banknote carried on the base of the housing for verification and to convert received infrared light signal into video signal, and a display unit adapted to receive and display the video signal outputted from the image pickup.

Claims

1. An infrared banknote acceptor adapted to verily the authenticity of banknotes, comprising:

a housing, said housing having a base adapted to hold the banknote to be verified;

a light source adapted to emit an infrared light beam onto the banknote carried an said base of said housing for verification;

an image pickup adapted to receive infrared light reflected by the ink of the banknote carried on said base of said housing for verification and to convert received infrared light signal into video signal; and

a display unit adapted to receive and display the video signal outputted from said image pickup for visual verification and authentication thereof.

2. The infrared banknote acceptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said base comprises a power adapter adapted to receive external power supply for said hight sourse, said image pickup, and said display unit.

3. The infrared banknote acceptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said housing comprises a power sensor provided in said bese and adapted to turn on said hight source, said image pickup, and said display unit when the user put a banknote on said base for verification and to turn off said light source, said image pickup, and said display unit when the user removed the banknote from said base after verification.

4. The infrared banknote acceptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said light source is comprised of an infrared emitter.

5. The infrared banknote acceptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said image pickup is a charge-coupled device module comprising a charge-coupled device.

6. The infrared banknote acceptor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said display unit comprises a display screen for displaying the video signal outputted from said image pickup.