US 5,970,165 AGranted

Paper discriminating device including peak counting and analysis

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux

InventorEiji Itako

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Abstract

A papers discriminating device which improves the accuracy in true or false judgment of imitation papers which are made by pasting parts of genuine papers on other papers. To a conventional process, a process is added in which the colors and shades of paper detected by a sensor are taken and analyzed by a CPU, the number of peaks of the entire shades and characteristic parts of the paper is examined for truth or falsehood by the CPU on the basis of the number of peaks of the shades, a ratio of peak level difference, and a combination pattern of the peak position and peak level.

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A paper discriminating device comprising:

measured data reading means, responsive to insertion of a paper, for sequentially reading measured data at a plurality of measurement positions over a measurement area of an entire paper, the measurement positions spaced along a longitudinal direction of the paper;
measured data storage means for sequentially storing the measured data of each of the measurement positions read by the measured data reading means in association with each of the measurement positions;
first judging means for judging genuineness of the paper by comparing the measured data of each of the measurement positions stored in the measured data storage means with a reference value previously set in association with each of the measurement positions;
peak value analyzing means for determining positive peak values and negative peak values of the measured data by comparing the measured data of each of the measurement positions read by the measured data reading means with the measured data already stored in the measured data storage means;
second judging means for counting the number of the positive peaks and the negative peaks determined by the peak value analyzing means and judging the genuineness of the paper by comparing the count value with a previously set reference count value;
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third judging means dividing the measurement area into a plurality of blocks, the third judging means for judging genuineness of the paper on the basis of a peak appearance pattern in each block and on the basis of a relative concentration in each divided block with respect to an entire concentration of the paper, the third judging means including:
fourth judging means for judging the genuineness of the paper based on whether or not a ratio of a difference between maximum measured data of the positive peaks and minimum measured data of the negative peaks in each block to a difference between the maximum measured data of the positive peaks and the minimum measured data of the negative peaks in the entire paper determined by the peak value analyzing means is within a range of a first allowable value previously set in association with each block;
fifth judging means for judging the genuineness of the paper based on whether or not the numbers of positive peaks and negative peaks in each block determined by the peak value analyzing means are within a range of a second allowable value previously set in association with each block;
and
sixth judging means for judging the genuineness of the paper by comparing positive peak and negative peak appearance patterns in each block determined by the peak value analyzing means with positive peak and negative peak appearance reference patterns previously set in association with each block.

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Abstract

A paper discriminating device comprising:

measured data reading means, responsive to insertion of a paper, for sequentially reading measured data at a plurality of measurement positions over a measurement area of an entire paper, the measurement positions spaced along a longitudinal direction of the paper;
measured data storage means for sequentially storing the measured data of each of the measurement positions read by the measured data reading means in association with each of the measurement positions;
first judging means for judging genuineness of the paper by comparing the measured data of each of the measurement positions stored in the measured data storage means with a reference value previously set in association with each of the measurement positions;
peak value analyzing means for determining positive peak values and negative peak values of the measured data by comparing the measured data of each of the measurement positions read by the measured data reading means with the measured data already stored in the measured data storage means;
second judging means for counting the number of the positive peaks and the negative peaks determined by the peak value analyzing means and judging the genuineness of the paper by comparing the count value with a previously set reference count value;
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third judging means dividing the measurement area into a plurality of blocks, the third judging means for judging genuineness of the paper on the basis of a peak appearance pattern in each block and on the basis of a relative concentration in each divided block with respect to an entire concentration of the paper, the third judging means including:
fourth judging means for judging the genuineness of the paper based on whether or not a ratio of a difference between maximum measured data of the positive peaks and minimum measured data of the negative peaks in each block to a difference between the maximum measured data of the positive peaks and the minimum measured data of the negative peaks in the entire paper determined by the peak value analyzing means is within a range of a first allowable value previously set in association with each block;
fifth judging means for judging the genuineness of the paper based on whether or not the numbers of positive peaks and negative peaks in each block determined by the peak value analyzing means are within a range of a second allowable value previously set in association with each block;
and
sixth judging means for judging the genuineness of the paper by comparing positive peak and negative peak appearance patterns in each block determined by the peak value analyzing means with positive peak and negative peak appearance reference patterns previously set in association with each block.

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