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US 2006/0032726 A1Published application
Optical inspection system for reconstructing three-dimensional images of coins and for sorting coins
OwnerDietrich Vook, Richard Baer +3inventors
InventorsDietrich Vook, Richard Baer, Xuemei Zhang, S. Rosner, Izhak Baharav
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Abstract
A coin inspection system including a coin passageway, an illumination apparatus to illuminate at least one coin positioned on the coin passageway, a sensing apparatus positioned to receive light reflected from the coin and a processing apparatus to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of the coin based on the reflected light.
Claims20
A coin inspection system, comprising:
- a coin passageway;
- an illumination apparatus to illuminate at least one coin positioned on the coin passageway;
- a sensing apparatus positioned to receive light reflected from the coin;
- and
- a processing apparatus to reconstruct a three-dimensional image of the coin based on the reflected light.
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A method for inspecting coins, the method comprising:
- receiving a coin on a coin passageway;
- illuminating the coin;
- sensing reflected light from the coin;
- and
- reconstructing a three-dimensional image based on the reflected light.
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A coin inspection system comprising:
- means for receiving a coin on a coin passageway;
- means for illuminating the coin;
- means for sensing reflected light from the coin;
- and
- means for reconstructing a three-dimensional image based on the reflected light.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.