EP0072189A3 - A method and apparatus for calibrating a coin validation apparatus - Google Patents

A method and apparatus for calibrating a coin validation apparatus Download PDF

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EP0072189A3
EP0072189A3 EP82304100A EP82304100A EP0072189A3 EP 0072189 A3 EP0072189 A3 EP 0072189A3 EP 82304100 A EP82304100 A EP 82304100A EP 82304100 A EP82304100 A EP 82304100A EP 0072189 A3 EP0072189 A3 EP 0072189A3
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Ronald Edgar Daw
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Landis and Gyr Communications UK Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D5/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of coins, e.g. for segregating coins which are unacceptable or alien to a currency
    • G07D5/08—Testing the magnetic or electric properties
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D2205/00—Coin testing devices
    • G07D2205/001—Reconfiguration of coin testing devices
    • G07D2205/0012—Reconfiguration of coin testing devices automatic adjustment, e.g. self-calibration

Abstract

A method of calibrating a coin validation apparatus including a coin testing section (1) and a programmable memory (3) comprises subjecting two tokens successively to a coin test using the coin testing section (1) to determine the values of two parameter signals for each token which are characteristic of the effect of each token on the coin testing section (1). These determined parameter values for the two tokens are then compared with standard values of the parameter signals for the two tokens, and from the determined parameter values and the standard values, calibration factors relevant to that particular coin testing section (1) are computed. Standard values of the parameter signals for a set of coins to be used with the coin validation apparatus are then operated on using the computed calibration factors to compute individual reference values of the parameter signals for each coin in the set appropriate for that particular coin testing section (1). Finally, the programmable memory (3) is programmed with these computed individual reference values. An apparatus for performing this method includes two tokens, a programmed memory (5) containing standard values of the parameter signals for the said two tokens and standard values for coins acceptable to the validation apparatus, and a programmed computer (4).
EP82304100A 1981-08-10 1982-08-03 A method and apparatus for calibrating a coin validation apparatus Expired EP0072189B1 (en)

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AT82304100T ATE24619T1 (en) 1981-08-10 1982-08-03 PROCEDURE AND EQUIPMENT FOR CALIBRATION OF A COIN MACHINE.

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