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US 11,080,960 B2Granted
Identification of coin authenticity by evaluation of environmental coin damage
OwnerChristopher J. Rourkinventor
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Abstract
A method for identifying counterfeit coins, comprising receiving surface image data and edge image data of the coin at a processor. Identifying a plurality of defects using the processor. Comparing each of the plurality of defects to a database of known authentic coin image data defects to determine whether the coin is authentic.
Claims19
A method for inspecting coins, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of sets of coin data, wherein each set of coin data includes a plurality of image data items and associated source data that identifies 1) a geographic location where a coin associated with the set of coin data was found or 2) that the coin associated with the set of coin data is counterfeit;
- generating a data structure that associates each of the sets of coin data with other sets of image data as a function of the image data items and the associated source data;
- receiving image data of a coin at a processor that includes a plurality of image data items, and wherein one or more of the image data items comprise a set of pixels of image data associated with a location where the coin was acquired;
- processing the image data of the coin at the processor with the data structure to determine whether the image data of the coin is associated with image data items that 1) have associated source data that identifies a geographic location or 2) are associated with one or more counterfeit coins;
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- generating an indication of the geographic location or the association with one or more counterfeit coins for the image data of the coin.
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A method for inspecting coins, comprising:
- receiving a set of image data of a coin at a processor, the set of image data including one or more set of pixels of image data associated with a location where the coin was acquired;
- processing the set of image data using the processor and a data structure created from a plurality of sets of image data of known authentic coins and known counterfeit coins and associated source data;
- receiving an indication from the processor that the set of image data corresponds to either the known authentic coins or the known counterfeit coins;
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- displaying the indication.
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A processor configured to perform a method for inspecting coins, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of sets of coin data, wherein each set of coin data includes a plurality of image data items and associated source data that identifies 1) a geographic location where a coin associated with the set of coin data was found or 2) that the coin associated with the set of coin data is counterfeit;
- generating a data structure that associates each of the sets of coin data with other sets of image data as a function of the image data items and the associated source data;
- receiving image data of a coin at the processor that includes a plurality of image data items, and wherein one or more of the image data items comprise a set of pixels of image data associated with a location where the coin was found;
- processing the image data of the coin at the processor with the data structure to determine whether the image data of the coin is associated with image data items that 1) have associated source data that identifies a geographic location or 2) are associated with one or more counterfeit coins;
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- generating an indication of the geographic location or the association with one or more counterfeit coins for the image data of the coin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.