WO2010052798A1 - 硬貨識別装置および硬貨識別方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a coin discriminating apparatus and a coin discriminating method for generating a magnetic field by energizing an oscillating coil and detecting a signal excited by a receiving coil by the magnetic field, and in particular, a circuit scale.
- the present invention relates to a coin discriminating apparatus and a coin discriminating method capable of performing a coin discriminating process promptly and with high accuracy without increasing the amount.
- a coin discriminating apparatus that conveys coins using a transport mechanism and identifies the denomination or authenticity of a coin with a magnetic sensor composed of an oscillation side coil and a reception side coil disposed across a transport path is known ing.
- Patent Document 1 a composite signal having a plurality of frequencies is input to an oscillation side coil, a signal excited on the reception side coil is output on the reception side, and an input signal and an output signal are compared.
- a technique for identifying coins is disclosed.
- a high frequency (for example, 250 kHz) oscillation signal, a medium frequency (for example, 16 kHz) oscillation signal, and a low frequency (for example, 4 kHz) oscillation signal are combined and input to the oscillation side coil.
- the signal excited in the receiving side coil is extracted with a first filter for extracting a high frequency (for example, 250 kHz) signal and a second filter for extracting a medium frequency (for example, 16 kHz) signal. And a third filter that extracts a low-frequency (for example, 4 kHz) signal.
- a first filter for extracting a high frequency (for example, 250 kHz) signal
- a second filter for extracting a medium frequency (for example, 16 kHz) signal.
- a third filter that extracts a low-frequency (for example, 4 kHz) signal.
- each frequency signal (250 kHz, 16 kHz, or 4 kHz) constituting the synthesized wave is extracted.
- a signal of each frequency (250 kHz, 16 kHz, or 4 kHz) is compared between the receiving side and the transmitting side, and the denomination and authenticity of the coin are identified based on the attenuation characteristics of the signal.
- Patent Document 1 when the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 is used, there is a problem that the circuit scale of the coin identifying device increases. Specifically, on the reception side, it is necessary to prepare the same number of filters as the types of frequencies to be extracted for each reception side coil. If there are many types of reception side coils, the number of filters to be prepared becomes enormous. .
- the receiving side is at the timing when the coin center of the coin to be conveyed coincides with the sensor center. It is preferable to obtain the output signal of the coil.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides a coin identification device and a coin identification method capable of performing coin identification processing quickly and with high accuracy without increasing the circuit scale.
- the purpose is to do.
- the present invention uses a magnetic sensor that generates a magnetic field by energizing the oscillation side coil and detects a signal excited in the reception side coil by the magnetic field.
- a coin discriminating apparatus for identifying a coin to be conveyed wherein a synthesized signal applying means for applying a synthesized signal obtained by synthesizing a plurality of signals of a specific frequency to the oscillation side coil, and the synthesized signal by the synthesized signal applying means.
- the output signal from the reception side coil is converted into a digital signal and then developed on the frequency axis, and extracted from the signal developed by the development means.
- identifying means for identifying the coin based on the amplitude of the signal of the specific frequency.
- the present invention shows a substantially center line on the coin surface of the coin based on an output signal from the receiving coil when a single frequency signal is applied to the oscillation coil.
- the apparatus further comprises coin center detecting means for detecting that a coin center has arrived at the magnetic sensor, and the combined signal applying means oscillates the combined signal when the coin center is detected by the coin center detecting means. It applies to a side coil, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.
- the clock for generating the signal of the specific frequency applied to the oscillation side coil and the clock for converting the output signal from the reception side coil into a digital signal are the same in the above invention. It is based on a clock.
- the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the signals of the specific frequency included in the synthesized signal are signals of frequencies that are not in an integral multiple relationship.
- the identifying unit identifies the coin based on an output signal from the receiving coil corresponding to the single frequency signal used by the coin center detecting unit.
- the present invention is a coin identifying method for identifying a coin to be conveyed by using a magnetic sensor that generates a magnetic field by energizing the oscillation side coil and detects a signal excited in the receiving side coil by the magnetic field.
- a combined signal applying step of applying a combined signal obtained by combining a plurality of signals of a specific frequency to the oscillation side coil, and the combined signal being applied to the oscillation side coil in the combined signal applying step.
- An expansion step of converting the output signal from the reception side coil into a digital signal and expanding it on the frequency axis, and the amplitude of the signal of the specific frequency extracted from the signal expanded by the expansion step, And an identification step for identifying coins.
- a composite signal obtained by combining a plurality of signals having a specific frequency is applied to the oscillation side coil, and the output signal from the reception side coil when the composite signal is applied to the oscillation side coil is converted into a digital signal.
- the coin is identified on the basis of the amplitude of the signal of the specific frequency extracted from the expanded signal after the conversion to the frequency axis, so that the coin identification process can be performed without increasing the circuit scale. There is an effect that it can be performed.
- the coin center indicating a substantially center line on the coin surface of the coin based on the output signal from the receiving coil when a single frequency signal is applied to the oscillation coil is the magnetic sensor.
- the composite signal is applied to the oscillation side coil.
- the clock for generating a signal having a specific frequency applied to the oscillation side coil and the clock for converting the output signal from the reception side coil into a digital signal are based on the same clock.
- the clocks derived from the same reference clock on the oscillation side and the reception side it is possible to prevent the operation timing between the oscillation side and the reception side from being shifted due to a clock shift. .
- the signals of specific frequencies included in the combined signal are signals of frequencies that are not in an integer multiple relationship, it is possible to prevent the signals of specific frequencies from interfering with each other. Thus, there is an effect that noise due to signal interference can be reduced.
- the coin since the coin is identified based on the output signal from the receiving coil corresponding to the single frequency signal, the identification by the single frequency application in addition to the identification element by the synthetic frequency application.
- the element By using the element, there is an effect that the coin identification accuracy can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a coin identifying method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block value showing the configuration of the coin identifying device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the arrangement of the coils.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an oscillation side coil and a reception side coil.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an outline of processing executed by the control unit.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of the coin center detection process.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of denomination discrimination using Mahalanobis distance.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed by the coin identifying device.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of coin center detection processing.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an outline of a coin identifying method according to the prior art.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an outline of a coin identifying method according to the prior art.
- a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) 91 shown in the figure is a device that outputs a rectangular wave having an arbitrary frequency by pulse width modulation.
- the signal output from the PWM 91 is input to the driver 93 as a 250 kHz sine wave via the filter 92a, and also the driver 93 as a 4 kHz sine wave via the filter 92b. I was typing in.
- the driver 93 synthesizes a 250 kHz sine wave and a 4 kHz sine wave and applies them to the oscillation coil 94.
- the excited signal is amplified by the amplifier 96, the signal corresponding to the 250 kHz sine wave is extracted by the filter 97a, and the signal corresponding to the 4 kHz sine wave is extracted by the filter 97b. .
- the rectifier circuit 98a converts the signal from the filter 97a into a DC voltage signal
- the rectifier circuit 98b converts the signal from the filter 97b into a DC voltage signal.
- the AD (analog-digital) converter 98 converts the DC voltage signal derived from the filter 97a and the DC voltage signal derived from the filter 97b into a digital signal, and a coin identifying process 99 is performed based on the digital signal from the AD converter 98. It was.
- a combined signal of two frequencies is input to the oscillation coil 94 (see (1) in FIG. 10), and the signal excited in the receiving coil 95 is set to two frequencies.
- the corresponding output signals were extracted by the filters (filter 97a and filter 97b).
- the signals from the filter 97a and the filter 97b are converted into direct currents by the rectifier circuit 98a and the rectifier circuit 98b, respectively.
- the number of filters on the receiving coil 95 side is increased accordingly. If a plurality of coils such as a transmission coil and a reflection coil are used as the reception coil 95, the number of filters on the reception coil 95 side increases according to the number of coils.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a coin identifying method according to the present invention.
- a pulse width signal obtained by synthesizing the three frequencies output from the PWM 1a is converted into an amplitude signal (see 2 in the figure) by the filter 1b, and sent to the driver 1c.
- the driver 1c inputs the combined signal received from the filter 1b to the oscillation coil 1d.
- the filter 1b performs processing for converting the difference in pulse width in the pulse train received from the PWM 1a into voltage change, that is, FV (Frequency to Voltage) conversion.
- FV Frequency to Voltage
- the excited signal is amplified by the amplifier 1f and then input to the AD (analog / digital) converter 1g. Then, after the composite signal output from the AD converter 1g is accumulated in the memory 1h, the FFT processing 1i is performed and developed on the frequency axis (see 3 in the figure). By doing in this way, as shown in the figure, each frequency signal (3a, 3b and 3c in the figure) constituting the composite signal is developed by the FFT processing 1i.
- a composite signal of three frequencies is input to the oscillation coil 1d (see (1) in the figure), and on the receiving coil 1e side, output signals corresponding to the three frequencies are subjected to FFT processing. It was decided to extract by (fast Fourier transform processing) (see (2) in the figure).
- FFT processing fast Fourier transform processing
- the timing at which the coin center of the conveyed coin coincides with the sensor center is detected based on the amplitude attenuation of the single frequency signal (see the memory 1j and the amplitude calculation process 1k in the figure). ). Further, the coin identifying process 1m is performed based on the output from the FFT process 1i from which the three frequencies are extracted and the output relating to the amplitude attenuation of the single frequency from the amplitude calculating process 1k, which will be described later.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the coin identifying device 10 according to the present embodiment.
- the coin identification device 10 includes an oscillation side coil 11, a reception side coil 12, a timing sensor 13, a clock 14, and a control unit 15.
- the control unit 15 further includes an oscillation control unit 15a, an AD (analog / digital) conversion unit 15b, an amplitude calculation unit 15c, a coin center detection unit 15d, a frequency expansion unit 15e, and a coin identification unit 15f. ing.
- the oscillation side coil 11 is a primary coil to which a single frequency or a synthesized frequency is applied in accordance with an instruction from the oscillation control unit 15a of the control unit 15.
- the reception side coil 12 is a secondary coil for acquiring a voltage excited by applying a signal to the oscillation side coil 11.
- the oscillation side coil 11 and the reception side coil 12 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the arrangement of each coil.
- 30a and 30b shown in the same figure have shown the both ends of a conveyance path, and the coin 101 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow shown in the figure in the state where it has been shifted to the conveyance path end 30a. To do.
- a transmission side offset coil 32 and a transmission anti-offset side coil 33 corresponding to the transmission coil are disposed at positions facing the oscillation coil 31 via the conveyance path.
- the transmission coil refers to a coil installed on the surface of the conveyance path facing the oscillation coil 31 via the conveyance path.
- the transmission side offset coil 32 is located at a position where the coin end of the coin 101 in contact with the conveyance path end 30a can be easily detected, and the transmission counter offset side coil 33 is separated from the conveyance path end 30b. Each end is installed at a position where it can be easily detected regardless of the denomination.
- the transmission side offset coil 32 is configured by winding a coil 32b around the outer periphery of the core 32a.
- the transparent anti-collision side coil 33 is also configured by winding a coil 33b around the outer periphery of the core 33a.
- the oscillation coil 31 is configured by winding a coil 31c as a unitary core 31a and core 32a separately arranged.
- a reflection coil 34 is installed inside the coil 31c wound between the core 31a / core 31b of the oscillation coil 31.
- the reflection coil 34 has a core side coil 34a corresponding to a secondary coil wound around a core corresponding to the central axis.
- the reflection coil 34 is adjacent to the same conveyance path surface as the oscillation coil 31.
- the oscillation coil 31 corresponds to the primary coil
- the transmission side offset coil 32, the transmission counter side offset side coil 33, and the core side coil 34a of the reflection coil 34 correspond to the secondary coil described above.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an oscillation side coil and a reception side coil.
- the oscillation coil 31 is classified as an oscillation side coil
- 33 and the core side coil 34a of the reflection coil 34 are classified as reception side coils.
- a combined wave of signals of 4069 Hz, 22380 Hz and 128174 Hz is applied to the oscillation coil 31.
- the current flowing through the oscillation coil 31 is measured to identify the coin. It was decided to add to the judgment element in the processing.
- signals corresponding to the signals of 4069 Hz, 22380 Hz, and 128174 Hz constituting the composite wave applied to the oscillation coil 31 are excited in the transmission side offset coil 32, the transmission anti-side offset coil 33, and the reflection coil 34, respectively.
- the voltages generated in the transmission side offset coil 32, the transmission counter side offset coil 33, and the reflection coil 34 are measured and added to the determination elements in the coin identification process.
- FIG. 4 the case where signals of 4069 Hz, 22380 Hz, and 128174 Hz are respectively used is illustrated.
- other frequencies may be used as long as the frequency is not an integral multiple of each other and the characteristics of coins are easily detected. It is good also as changing to the frequency of.
- the timing sensor 13 is provided on the upstream side of the conveyance path with respect to the oscillation side coil 11 and the reception coil 12, and includes, for example, a light emitting element and a light receiving element provided at positions facing each other across the conveyance path. In this case, the timing sensor 13 detects the approach of the coin by detecting that the light from the light emitting element is blocked by the coin with the light receiving element.
- the clock 14 is a source oscillation clock when the oscillation control unit 15a and the AD conversion unit 15b operate, and determines the operation timing of each processing unit by multiplying the reference clock generated by the clock 14.
- the oscillation control unit 15a and the AD conversion unit 15b operate on the basis of the reference clock generated by the clock 14, and thus the operation timing that occurs when each processing unit operates based on a different reference clock. Deviation can be prevented. As a result, even when a deviation occurs in the reference clock, a signal excited in the reception side coil 12 can be acquired as a signal having the same frequency as the frequency applied to the oscillation side coil 11.
- the control unit 15 performs control to switch between a single frequency signal and a synthesized frequency signal for a signal applied to the oscillation side coil 11, and outputs and synthesizes a signal excited by the receiving side coil 12 corresponding to the single frequency signal. It is a processing unit that performs coin identification based on an output corresponding to a frequency signal.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an outline of processing executed by the control unit 15.
- 3A shows a view of the magnetic sensor shown in FIG. 3 as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the conveyance path surface
- FIG. 3B shows a signal applied to the oscillation side coil 11.
- a timing chart is shown in (C) of the figure, and a timing chart of each processing based on a signal excited in the receiving coil 12 is shown.
- the oscillation side coil 11 performs the three-frequency combined oscillation according to the instruction from the oscillation control unit 15a.
- the reception side coil 12 performs sampling (a).
- the frequency developing unit 15e performs an FFT process on the data acquired by sampling (a).
- the amplitude value of each specific frequency obtained by the FFT processing is used as a reference value when the coin 100 is not present at the installation position of the oscillation side coil 11 / reception side coil 12.
- the oscillation-side coil 11 performs single-frequency oscillation according to an instruction from the oscillation control unit 15a.
- the coin center detecting section 15d performs the coin center detecting process.
- this coin center detection process is performed based on the data acquired by the sampling (b) implemented in parallel.
- the receiving coil 12 performs sampling (c).
- the frequency developing unit 15e performs an FFT process on the data acquired by sampling (c).
- the amplitude value of each specific frequency obtained by this FFT process is used as a measured value at a position where the coin center coincides with the sensor center.
- the determination process by the coin identification part 15f is implemented in the control part 15, and the transmission process of a determination result is performed at a predetermined timing.
- the oscillation control unit 15a is a processing unit that performs a process of receiving a reference clock from the clock 14 and switching a signal applied to the oscillation side coil 11 to either a single frequency or a synthesized frequency.
- the single frequency is switched to the synthesized frequency, and when the predetermined number of samplings has elapsed, the single frequency is switched.
- the coin center detection unit 15d notifies that the coin center coincides with the magnetic sensor center, the single frequency is switched to the synthesized frequency.
- the frequency is switched to a single frequency.
- the oscillation control unit 15a also performs a process of switching the frequency of a single frequency, each frequency constituting the synthesized frequency, and the number of frequency signals to be synthesized according to an instruction from an input unit (not shown). To do.
- the AD (analog-digital) converter 15b converts the analog signal excited by the receiving coil 12 into a digital signal, and provides the amplitude signal to the amplitude calculator 15c and the frequency expander 15e. It is assumed that the AD converter 15b receives a reference clock from the clock 14 in the same manner as the oscillation controller 15a.
- the amplitude calculation unit 15c is a processing unit that performs a process of calculating the total amplitude value by adding the signals acquired by the two transmission sensors (the transmission side offset coil 32 and the transmission counter offset side coil 33). The details of the amplitude calculation process performed by the amplitude calculator 15c will be described later with reference to FIG.
- the amplitude calculation unit 15c also performs a process of outputting the calculated amplitude to the coin center detection unit 15d and the coin identification unit 15f.
- the coin center detection unit 15d When a single frequency signal is applied to the oscillation side coil 11, the coin center detection unit 15d receives the signal excited by the reception side coil 12 via the AD conversion unit 15b, and changes the amplitude value of the excitation signal. Based on the above, a process of detecting the timing when the coin center coincides with the sensor center is performed. Here, an outline of the coin center detection process performed by the coin center detection unit 15d will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an outline of the coin center detection process.
- the amplitude value of the excitation signal starts to decrease.
- the change rate of the amplitude value becomes 0 (see B in the figure).
- the coin center detection unit 15d monitors the change rate of the amplitude value obtained by the sampling (b) shown in FIG. 5, and detects the timing when the change rate becomes 0, that is, the minimum value of the amplitude value.
- the frequency expansion unit 15e receives the signal excited by the reception side coil 12 via the AD conversion unit 15b when a composite frequency signal is applied to the oscillation side coil 11, and expands the excitation signal on the frequency axis. It is a processing unit that performs processing to extract each frequency signal constituting the synthesized frequency by performing processing. The frequency expansion unit 15e also performs a process of outputting each extracted frequency signal to the coin identification unit 15f.
- the coin identifying unit 15f is based on the amplitude of the excitation signal when applying the single frequency signal received from the amplitude calculating unit 15c and each frequency signal extracted from the excitation signal when applying the synthesized frequency signal received from the frequency developing unit 15e. It is a processing unit that performs processing for identifying the denomination and authenticity of the coin 101 using the Mahalanobis distance.
- the Mahalanobis distance is a distance considering a probability distribution, and is generally used for multivariate analysis using correlation between multivariables.
- the Mahalanobis distance is calculated by using the voltage related to each frequency detected from each coil included in the receiving coil 12 shown in FIG. 4 and the amplitude calculated by the amplitude calculator 15c as variables. Will be.
- denomination discrimination using Mahalanobis distance will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of denomination discrimination using Mahalanobis distance.
- (A) of the figure shows the denomination discrimination using the conventional upper and lower thresholds for each element, and (B) of the same figure shows the denomination discrimination using the Mahalanobis distance. .
- ⁇ indicates the sample value of the denomination A
- X indicates the sample value of the denomination B
- the frequency ⁇ axis in the figure indicates various sensor values detected by each receiving side coil 12 when the frequency ⁇ is applied to the oscillation side coil 11, and the frequency ⁇ axis is a frequency ⁇ different from the frequency ⁇ . Is applied to the oscillation side coil 11 and indicates various sensor values detected by each reception side coil 12.
- the threshold range regarded as the denomination A is set to the frequency ⁇ axis and the frequency ⁇ axis (see “denomination A range” in FIG. 7), and the denomination
- the threshold range regarded as B was set to the frequency ⁇ axis and the frequency ⁇ axis (see “Denomination B range” in the figure).
- the denomination A range and the denomination B range overlap for the frequency ⁇ axis, or the denomination A range and the denomination B range for the frequency ⁇ axis. If it overlaps, the denomination of the overlapping denomination cannot be clearly separated, and the separation ability of denomination A and denomination B cannot be said to be sufficient.
- the denomination A range is an area within a predetermined closed curve with respect to the distribution center 71 (“denomination A” in the figure).
- the denomination B range is an area within a predetermined closed curve with respect to the distribution center 72 (see “denomination B range” in the figure). Therefore, the separation ability between the denomination A and the denomination B can be improved by performing the multivariate analysis using the Mahalanobis distance.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed by the coin identifying device. If the timing sensor 13 detects the arrival of a coin (step S101, Yes), the oscillation control unit 15a instructs the oscillation side coil 11 to synthesize a plurality of frequencies (step S102). If the determination condition in step S101 is not satisfied (No in step S101), the process in step S101 is repeated.
- the frequency expansion unit 15e that has received the signal excited by the reception side coil 12 via the AD conversion unit 15b performs an FFT process (step S103), and outputs an output signal amplitude value corresponding to each frequency constituting the combined oscillation. (Reference value without coins) is acquired (step S104).
- step S105 the coin center detection process which acquires the timing which a coin center arrives at the sensor center by the coin center detection part 15d is performed (step S105), and when such a timing is detected, the oscillation control part 15a has multiple frequencies. Is instructed to the oscillation side coil 11 (step S106). The detailed processing procedure of step S105 will be described later with reference to FIG.
- the frequency expansion unit 15e that has received the signal excited by the reception side coil 12 via the AD conversion unit 15b performs FFT processing (step S107), and outputs an output signal amplitude value corresponding to each frequency constituting the combined oscillation. (Coin reaction value) is acquired (step S108).
- deployment part 15e is the multiple frequency correction value which deducted the single frequency output value acquired by step S105, and the coin-less time reference value acquired by step S104 from the coin reaction value acquired by step S108, and Is input to the coin identifying unit 15f (step S109). Subsequently, the coin identifying unit 15f performs a coin identifying process (step S110) and ends the process.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of coin center detection processing.
- the coin center detection unit 15d receives the input value to the oscillation coil 31 and the transmission.
- Output values from the unilateral coil 32 (transmission L), the transmission anti-coincident side coil 33 (transmission R), and the reflection coil 34 are stored in a memory such as a ring buffer (step S202).
- step S203 it is determined whether or not data for a predetermined time (for a predetermined period of the used wavelength) has been acquired. If data for a predetermined wavelength has been acquired (step S203, Yes), step is performed. A total amplitude value (transmission L amplitude value + transmission R amplitude value) is calculated for the data stored in S202 (step S204). In addition, when the determination condition of step S203 is not satisfied (step S203, No), the processing after step S202 is repeated.
- the coin center detection unit 15d refers to the history of the amplitude total value calculated in step S204, and whether or not the rate of change of the amplitude total value is 0 or whether the amplitude total value has taken an extreme value. (Step S205), and when the change rate of the total amplitude value is 0 (step S205, Yes), the fact that the center of the coin has been detected is notified (step S206), and the process is terminated. In addition, when the determination condition of step S205 is not satisfied (step S205, No), the processing after step S202 is repeated.
- the oscillation control unit applies a combined signal obtained by combining a plurality of signals having a specific frequency to the oscillation side coil, and the combined signal is applied to the oscillation side coil.
- the output signal from the receiving coil is converted into a digital signal by an AD (analog-digital) conversion unit, then the frequency expansion unit is expanded on the frequency axis, and the coin identification unit is extracted from the expanded signal.
- the coin identifying device is configured to identify a coin based on the amplitude of a signal having a specific frequency.
- the coin center indicating a substantially center line on the coin surface of the coin based on the output signal from the receiving side coil when the coin center detecting unit applies a single frequency signal to the oscillation side coil is a magnetic sensor.
- the coin discriminating apparatus is configured to apply the composite signal to the oscillation side coil when it is detected that the center of the coin has been detected. Therefore, the coin identification process can be performed quickly and with high accuracy without increasing the circuit scale.
- the coin discriminating apparatus and the coin discriminating method according to the present invention are useful when it is desired to perform the coin discriminating process with high accuracy without increasing the circuit scale, and in particular, it is desirable to perform the coin discriminating process quickly. Suitable for cases.
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11 発振側コイル
12 受信側コイル
13 タイミングセンサ
14 クロック
15 制御部
15a 発振制御部
15b AD(アナログデジタル)変換部
15c 振幅算出部
15d 硬貨中心検出部
15e 周波数展開部
15f 硬貨識別部
30a、30b 搬送路端
31 発振コイル
31a、31b コア
32 透過片寄側コイル
32a コア
32b コイル
33 透過反片寄側コイル
33a コア
33b コイル
34 反射コイル
34a コア側コイル
51 搬送ピン
101 硬貨
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- 発振側コイルへ通電することで磁界を発生させ該磁界によって受信側コイルに励起された信号を検知する磁気センサを用いることで搬送される硬貨を識別する硬貨識別装置であって、
特定周波数の信号を複数合成した合成信号を前記発振側コイルに対して印加する合成信号印加手段と、
前記合成信号印加手段によって前記合成信号が前記発振側コイルに対して印加された場合における前記受信側コイルからの出力信号をデジタル信号へ変換したうえで周波数軸上に展開する展開手段と、
前記展開手段によって展開された信号からそれぞれ抽出された前記特定周波数の信号の振幅に基づいて前記硬貨を識別する識別手段と
を備えたことを特徴とする硬貨識別装置。 - 単一周波数の信号を前記発振側コイルに対して印加した場合における前記受信側コイルからの出力信号に基づいて前記硬貨の硬貨面における略中心線を示す硬貨中心が前記磁気センサへ到来したことを検出する硬貨中心検出手段
をさらに備え、
前記合成信号印加手段は、
前記硬貨中心検出手段によって前記硬貨中心が検出された場合に、前記合成信号を前記発振側コイルに対して印加することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の硬貨識別装置。 - 前記発振側コイルに対して印加される前記特定周波数の信号を生成するクロックおよび前記受信側コイルからの出力信号をデジタル信号へ変換するクロックは、同一のクロックに基づくものであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の硬貨識別装置。
- 前記合成信号に含まれる前記特定周波数の信号は、
それぞれが整数倍の関係にない周波数の信号であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の硬貨識別装置。 - 前記識別手段は、
前記硬貨中心検出手段が用いる前記単一周波数の信号に対応する前記受信側コイルからの出力信号に基づいて前記硬貨を識別することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の硬貨識別装置。 - 発振側コイルへ通電することで磁界を発生させ該磁界によって受信側コイルに励起された信号を検知する磁気センサを用いることで搬送される硬貨を識別する硬貨識別方法であって、
特定周波数の信号を複数合成した合成信号を前記発振側コイルに対して印加する合成信号印加工程と、
前記合成信号印加工程によって前記合成信号が前記発振側コイルに対して印加された場合における前記受信側コイルからの出力信号をデジタル信号へ変換したうえで周波数軸上に展開する展開工程と、
前記展開工程によって展開された信号からそれぞれ抽出された前記特定周波数の信号の振幅に基づいて前記硬貨を識別する識別工程と
を含んだことを特徴とする硬貨識別方法。
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