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US 2018/0082505 A1Published application
Active coin control device
AssigneeCrane Payment Innovations, Inc.
InventorsMichael David Nunn, William Martin Osborne
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Abstract
An embodiment of this disclosure provides an apparatus, including a control blade configured to move by rotating or translating. The apparatus also includes a magnet coupled to the control blade. The apparatus also includes an electric coil. The magnet is positioned such that movement of the control blade causes the magnet to influence an electromagnetic field of the electric coil.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a control blade configured to move by rotating or translating;
- a magnet coupled to the control blade;
- and
- an electric coil,
- wherein the magnet is positioned such that movement of the control blade causes the magnet to influence an electromagnetic field of the electric coil.
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A method for controlling a coin mechanism, comprising:
- receiving an amount of an electric current from a sensor indicating a movement by rotation or translation of a control blade, wherein the electric current is produced from an electric coil when a magnet coupled to the control blade influences an electromagnetic field of the electric coil;
- and
- controlling the movement of the control blade using an interaction between the magnet and the electric coil.
The method of claim 19, further comprising:
- identifying a reduction in the electric current;
- and
- producing an additional electric current to increase the electric current.
A coin recognition system, comprising:
- an enclosure including a payment access mechanism, wherein the payment access mechanism comprises a coin mechanism, and wherein the coin mechanism comprises:
- a control blade configured to move by rotation or translation;
- a magnet coupled to the control blade;
- and
- an electric coil,
- wherein the magnet is positioned such that movement of the control blade causes the magnet to pass influence an electromagnetic field of the electric coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.