Embodiment
(embodiment 1)
The contrast accompanying drawing describes the 1st embodiment of the present invention below.Fig. 2 is the front view of Coin identifying apparatus of the present invention.Among Fig. 2, the input port 21 of coin is connected with the path 22 of coin.The wall of path 22 is provided with 3 identification sensors 23,24,25, is arranged as the concavo-convex concavo-convex sensor 23 of main detection coin respectively in turn, mainly detects the material sensor 24 of material of coin and the thickness transducer 25 that mainly detects the thickness of coin.There is certain distance at the center of these identification sensors 23,24,25 to path 22.
In addition, concavo-convex sensor 23 and thickness transducer 25 are respectively equipped with coiled 2 sensors, dispose towards path 22, and to these two coils of path 22 anti-phase connection of connecting, making mutual inductance is what bear.Therefore, owing to can detect the thickness of coin, therefore can access and the sidewall of coin by path 22 or the high measurement accuracy that passes through location independent of this coin of middle body of path from the both sides of path 22.Also promptly, the output of each coil be subjected to and sidewall between the influence of distance become the low main cause of accuracy of detection, but under situation about detecting from both sides, this influence is cancelled out each other.
In addition, material sensor 24 is respectively equipped with coiled 2 sensors 24, is configured to facing to path 22, and two coils series connection of this that face are with being connected mutually, makes mutual inductance for just.Therefore, owing to can detect the material of coin, be not subjected to the sidewall of coin 22 by path 22 or the high measurement accuracy of the influence of passing through the position of this coin of middle body of path thereby can access from the both sides of path 22.Also promptly, the output of 2 coils be subjected to and sidewall between the influence of distance be the low essential factor of accuracy of detection, but under situation about detecting from both sides, this influence is cancelled out each other.
The output of these identification sensors 23,24,25 is connected with the identification part 26 of coin, and the output of this identification part 26 (with reference to figure 1) is connected with the judegment part 27 of coin.Judge true, the puppet of input coin and the kind of coin.
In addition, the terminal of path 22 is provided with door 28, and the coin that is judged as " puppet " in the judegment part 29 is directed to outlet 29.In addition, the coin that is judged as " very " in the judegment part 27 is pressed the classification of coin kind in division 30, imports to each kind institute admission extinguisher 31 of setting respectively.In addition, the base of admission extinguisher 31 is connected with payment portion 32, piece number that the specie payment of the kind of needs can be gone out need.In addition, function is only limited in the Coin identifying apparatus of identification, also can not possess door 28, division 30, admission extinguisher 31 and payment portion 32.
Fig. 1 is the block scheme of Coin identifying apparatus, is made of identification sensor 23,24,25, identification part 26 and coupled judegment part 27.At first, identification part 26 is described.The output of concavo-convex sensor 23 is connected with rectification circuit 36 through oscillatory circuit 35.In addition, the output of material sensor 24 is connected with rectification circuit 38 through oscillatory circuit 37.Equally, the output of thickness transducer 25 is connected with rectification circuit 40 through oscillatory circuit 39.
And the output of these rectification circuits 36,38,40 is connected with the judegment part 27 that is made of microcomputer 41.In the judegment part 27, at first the output with rectification circuit 36,38,40 is connected with each end of electronic switch 42, and the common end of this electronic switch 42 is connected with A/D converter 43.
In addition, this electronic switch 42 inputs to the input end of microcomputer 41 with rectification circuit 36,38,40 aanalogvoltages of being exported, and realizes by this input end of sequential scanning.In addition, A/D converter 43 uses the A/D converter portion that is built in the microcomputer 41, and analog quantity is transformed to digital quantity.
The output of this A/D converter 43 is connected with side's input end of the 2nd temperature corrector 44.45 are the Temperature Detector that thermistor constituted, and cooperate with impedance phase and can carry out temperature detection accurately easily.This Temperature Detector 45 does not need for each identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) is provided with respectively, and is irrelevant with the number of identification sensor, and 1 Temperature Detector 45 can only be set, and therefore helps cost degradation.
In addition, this Temperature Detector 45 be configured in identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) near.Therefore, owing to can learn that characteristic value is along with near the temperature the identification sensor of environment temperature change, so can carry out temperature correction accurately.In addition, if this Temperature Detector 45 is configured near the identification part 26, owing to can detect near the identification part 26 temperature exactly, thus can carry out temperature correction exactly.
The output of this Temperature Detector 45 is connected with the opposing party's input of the 2nd temperature corrector 44 through temperature arithmetical unit 46.Temperature arithmetical unit 46, the temperature correction that goes out each identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) according to operation independent in the output valve of Temperature Detector 45.In addition, this computing is not being carried out when inserting coin in input port 21.Therefore, this computing brings influence can for the recognition time of coin.By like this, do not need to carry out simultaneously temperature detection and handle, thereby can realize the control simplified with identification.
The output of this temperature arithmetical unit 46 is connected with the opposing party's input of the 2nd temperature corrector 44.Therefore, the 2nd temperature corrector 44 can carry out the temperature correction corresponding near the temperature the identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25).In addition, can also carry out identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) temperature correction separately.But the 2nd temperature corrector 44 also is used for the irrelevant common correction with the coin kind that drops into.By carrying out such temperature correction, owing to can carry out the temperature correction of summary, thus can improve recognition performance.
The output of the 2nd temperature corrector 44 is transfused to coin kind determining device 47, judges input coin kind by this coin kind determining device 47.In the judgement of 47 pairs of coin kinds of this coin kind determining device, use the maximal value of each identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) to judge.Therefore, can be accurately and easily carry out the coin kind and judge.In addition, this coin kind determining device 47 can also be judged according to the output data of the less relatively material sensor 24 of the difference of temperature variation in 3 identification sensors, in this case, can carry out the less summary of coin kind influence is judged.
The output of this coin kind determining device 47 is connected with the side input of the 1st temperature corrector 48, and simultaneously, the opposing party's output is connected with the output of said temperature arithmetical unit 46.In the 1st temperature corrector 48, according to the coin kind that coin kind determining device 47 is judged, the data that serviceability temperature arithmetical unit 46 is exported are revised.Like this, owing to can carry out the temperature correction corresponding to the kind of coin, therefore temperature correction exactly.
To near the flutter of the identification sensor of the temperature change this temperature sensor as shown in Figure 3.Among Fig. 3,55 is the family curve of identification sensor with respect to temperature variation.Here, transverse axis 56 is a temperature, and the longitudinal axis 57 is the output of identification sensor.This family curve 55 is generally represented by the quadratic expression shown in following.And y is a recognition data, y
0Be the data under the given temperature, t is a temperature.
y=y
0(at
2+bt+c)
Therefore, by revising according to the quadratic function shown in the following formula, can carry out the relatively little correction accurately of error at the 1st temperature corrector 48.
In addition, quadratic coefficients of each identification project of identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) (concavo-convex, material, thickness) and coefficient of first order are stored in the memory storage (below be called storer) 50 in advance, revise by the quadratic function that uses these coefficients, can easily carry out suitable correction to each identification project, a coefficient of variation just can be finely tuned simultaneously.
Further, store the quadratic coefficients and the coefficient of first order of each coin kind, revise by the quadratic function that uses these coefficients, can easily carry out suitable correction to each coin kind, a coefficient of variation just can be finely tuned simultaneously.
In addition, can revise the output of each identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25) by each intrinsic modified value.Therefore, can carry out accurate temperature correction.
The output of the 1st temperature corrector 48 is connected with the side input of comparer 49, and the opposing party of comparer 49 input simultaneously is connected with the storer 50 of the reference value of the kind of coin with the true and false of preserving coin.In this comparer 49 with storer 50 in the reference value of being preserved compare.
The output of this comparer 49 is connected with output terminal 52 through determining device 51.In this determining device 51,, judge the true and false and the kind of input coin according to the comparative result that comparer 49 is exported.Afterwards, this judged result is from output terminal 52 outputs.
In the present embodiment, the 1st temperature corrector 48 is scaled the output of A/D converter 43 to fixed temperature (25 ℃) and revises, therefore no matter can both judge accurately with certain output level under what environment temperature.In addition, the reference data of being preserved in the storer 50 also is converted into 25 ℃ (giving fixed temperature) and preserves, and therefore, even variation of ambient temperature does not need to revise the data as benchmark yet, just can judge.In addition, because the output that makes 25 ℃ of Temperature Detectors 45 under (giving fixed temperature) therefore, does not need product to be set to given temperature as the common value between the product (Coin identifying apparatus), only just can be transformed to given temperature by calculating.
In addition, in the judegment part 27,, the action of the 2nd temperature corrector 44, temperature arithmetical unit 46, coin kind determining device the 47, the 1st temperature corrector 48, comparer 49 and determining device 51 is handled by being installed in the software in the microcomputer.Therefore, can simplify formation, not need to change hardware simultaneously, only change software and just can change correction formula and correction factor.
As mentioned above, the characteristic that concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25 are extracted is converted to digital quantity by A/D converter 43.Afterwards, this is transformed to the characteristic of digital quantity, according to the detected environment temperature of Temperature Detector 45, at first undertaken and the irrelevant common correction of input coin kind by the 2nd temperature corrector 44, afterwards, further carry out critically correction accurately according to inserting coin kind by the 1st temperature corrector 48.
The characteristic that has been corrected according to environment temperature compares with the reference value that is kept in the storer 50 in advance in comparer 49 like this, according to the comparative result from this comparer 49, is judged the true and false and the coin kind of coins by determining device 51.
Like this, by using the 1st, the 2nd temperature corrector 48,44, can carry out coin recognizing method stably.In addition, because the 1st, the 2nd temperature corrector 48,44 is set at after the A/D converter 43, therefore can realizes, thereby can carry out trickle correction by software.
In addition, can in one group the 1st, the 2nd temperature corrector 48,44, carry out independently temperature correction to each identification sensor (concavo-convex sensor 23, material sensor 24, thickness transducer 25).
(embodiment 2)
Fig. 4 is Coin identifying apparatus A/D converter in the embodiment 2 and near block scheme thereof.Among Fig. 4,61 is the formed concavo-convex sensor of coil, is connected with oscillator 62 to form oscillatory circuit 63.In addition, 64 is the formed material sensor of coil, is connected with oscillator 65 to form oscillatory circuit 66.Equally, 67 is the formed thickness transducer of coil, is connected with oscillator 68 to form oscillatory circuit 69.
Afterwards, the output of these oscillatory circuits 63,66,69 is connected with each input with a side of (logic product) circuit 71,72,73 respectively.In addition, this input with the opposing party of circuit 71,72,73 is connected with the output of control part 74, and these and circuit 71,72,73 are controlled to be conducting in turn.
These outputs with circuit 71,72,73 carry out " or " be connected the back be connected with frequency counter (counter) 75.The output of this frequency counter 75 is connected with control part 74.In addition, this frequency counter 75 is resetted by the reset signal from control part 74.
Aforesaid connection has realized A/D converter by frequency counter 75.Also promptly, from the feature of concavo-convex sensor 61, material sensor 64, thickness transducer 67 resulting coins, the oscillation frequency that is transformed to corresponding to this feature by oscillatory circuit 63,66,69.These oscillatory circuit 63,66,69 frequencies of being exported with circuit 71,72,73 in pass through in turn, measure each oscillatory circuit 63,66,69 oscillation frequency of being exported by frequency counter 75.Afterwards, should export and inputed to control part 74 as digital quantity.When this frequency counter 75 is counted each oscillatory circuit 63,66,69 oscillation frequency of being exported at every turn, all to reset.Like this, be digital quantity by a frequency counter 75 with the output transform of oscillatory circuit 63,66,69.
In addition, among the present invention, identification sensor is provided with Temperature Detector all in addition.With the part of identification sensor as Temperature Detector (the sensor output during standby when use does not have coin), represent the temperature characterisitic of identification sensor to detect under the situation of temperature, because the characteristic of the characteristic of Temperature Detector and identification sensor and dispose closely relatedly so can produce the detection error.Relative therewith, among the present invention, Temperature Detector and identification sensor are independent, can high sensitivity and detect environment temperature reliably.
In addition, only preserve correction factor among the present invention, revise computing by output to identification sensor, can be with the trickle correction of less memory capacity realization according to environment temperature.Under the situation of correction with the form storage with relative environment temperature, be 5 kinds for example at coin as identifying object, be judged as each 20 project, temperature is divided into per 5 ℃ of one-levels from-30 ℃ to 70 ℃, just needs to amount to the memory capacity of 2000 data.Even not to the output of identification sensor, only the reference data (for example being judged as the higher limit and the value of rolling off the production line of the permissible range of certified products) that is kept in advance in the storer is revised under the situation of computing, if the coin as identifying object is 5 kinds, judge respectively be 20 projects, also need to amount to the memory capacity and correction computing of 200 data.
In addition, by in the 2nd temperature corrector, carrying out and the irrelevant common temperature correction of the kind of coin, judge the coin kind by coin kind determining device 47 simultaneously, carry out temperature corrective action corresponding to the judged result of this coin kind determining device 47, can carry out high speed and high-precision identification, improve recognition performance.
In the above-mentioned example, can only revise among the present invention, can significantly shorten memory capacity and operation time 20 data of item number.Might not only judge in the coin kind determining device 47,, also can in the 1st temperature corrector 48 and comparer 49, realize high speed even it can both be judged various coin kinds to a kind.