INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150140912 | COIN HOPPER WITH A COIN-DELIVERING PRESSER - A coin hopper includes a coin-dispensing unit including a hopper defining a coin outlet, a rotating disk, a power drive, a sensor module and a circuit module for dispensing coins having different thicknesses, and a coin-delivering presser mounted in the hopper and including an elastic member and a float rotatably supported on the elastic member for pressing on one thick coin or thin coin in the rotating disk, enabling the coins to be individually and smoothly delivered to the coin outlet for dispensing and avoiding a coin stuck problem. | 05-21-2015 |
20150063672 | VALUABLE DOCUMENT RECOGNITION SYSTEM WITH QR CODE RECOGNIZABILITY - A valuable document recognition system includes a main unit, and a circuit module including a microprocessor, a sensor unit for detecting the position of an inserted valuable document, a recognition module using an image pickup device and a bill recognition device for recognizing the authenticity, value and QR code of an inserted valuable document and a data storage module that includes a decode database having stored therein decode data corresponding the QR codes of predetermined valuable documents and a characteristic database having stored therein characteristic data corresponding to the anti-counterfeit characteristics of predetermined valuable documents. Thus, the valuable document recognition system is capable of recognizing the QR codes and anti-counterfeit characteristics of predetermined valuable documents. | 03-05-2015 |
20150062960 | LIGHT-EMITTING MOUNTING STRUCTURE OF A VALUABLE DOCUMENT ACCEPTOR - A light-emitting mounting structure for valuable document acceptor includes a main unit defining a front opening and a bill passage, LEDs mounted in the main unit and respectively arranged at opposing top and bottom sides relative to the front opening, a face panel mounted at the front side of the main unit and defining a bill insertion slot having a diverging front open side for the insertion of a valuable document into the bill passage, light diffuser panels respectively mounted in the face panel for diffusing light toward the diverging front open side of the bill insertion slot, and a light guide plate mounted in the face panel and adapted to guide emitted light from the LEDs toward the light diffuser panels. This design allows adjustment of the amount of installed LEDs and their installation locations. | 03-05-2015 |
20140311860 | BILL POSITION CORRECTION METHOD USING THE CHARACTERISTIC OF STEP LOSS OF STEP MOTOR - When a bill is inserted into the bill acceptor, sensor components sense the insertion of bill, bill-pressing roller set of bill transmission mechanism is driven to press bill, bill-transfer roller set is driven to transfer bill the bill-pressing roller set is released from the bill, and step motors of alignment correction unit are controlled to move correction devices toward each other to align the bill with the center line of bill passage subject to a predetermined number of steps. If the resistance force from bill is larger than the thrust force produced during rotation of step motors, utilize the step loss status of step motors and enable transmission devices to move correction devices away from bill when the rotation of step motors reaches the predetermined number of steps, and then enable bill-pressing roller set to press bill again and then enable bill-transfer roller set to transfer bill. | 10-23-2014 |
20140262679 | COIN ACCEPTOR WITH A LIMITER MECHANISM FOR ANTI-THEFT PROTECTION - A coin acceptor includes a coin acceptor main unit including a first holder shell and second holder shell pivotally coupled together, and a face panel including a panel body fastened to the front side of the first holder shell and a limiter mechanism mounted at the back side of the panel body and adjustable between a constraint position and a release position to control the biasing angle of the second holder shell relative to the first holder shell, preventing an evil person from inserting a screwdriver, pry or any other tool through a coin insertion slot or coin-return slot of the face panel into the inside of the coin acceptor main unit to damage the internal structure. | 09-18-2014 |
20140120817 | TROUBLESHOOTED COIN OUTPUT METHOD - A troubleshooted coin output method used in a coin dispensing and outputting machine including a machine main unit formed of a coin dispensing unit, a coin hopper consisting of a driver circuit, motors, coin-pushing modules and sensors and a circuit module, and coin tubes for storing coins. When outputting coins, the circuit module counts the amount of coins to be outputted subject to the amount of money to be given, and then stops the coin output operation if the outputted amount of coins does not match the amount of money to be given due to failure or one motor or any other reasons, and then counts the rest amount to be given, and then drives the other motor to output coins till that the desired amount are outputted, thereby troubleshooting the problem. | 05-01-2014 |
20140097063 | BILL JAM TROUBLESHOOTING - A bill jam troubleshooting employed in a bill acceptor used in a consumer system includes the step of displaying an error message when a fake bill is identified by a sampling and validation module, the step of driving the transmission mechanism to carry the inserted bill back and forth over a validation zone repeatedly twice when a bill jam is detected, and the step of controlling the transmission mechanism to return the inserted bill to the bill slot. Thus, the invention improves the function and effect on the overall use of the product, and enhances the advantages and opportunities of commodity sales channels to increase product competitiveness. | 04-10-2014 |
20140083815 | VALUABLE PAPER POSITION CORRECTION METHOD - A valuable paper position correction method for correcting an offset valuable paper includes the step of enabling two sensors of a sensor unit to sense the presence of the valuable paper, the step of determining the time span between the detection of the sensors, the step of calculating the difference in distance between the two bill-transfer roller sets using the detected data of the time span and the revolving speeds of motors, the step of calculating the length of time needed for speed change, the step of controlling one of the motors to change its speed in driving the respective bill-transfer roller set, and the step of controlling the speeded up or slowed down motor to return to its former speed after the length of time for speed change is up. | 03-27-2014 |
20130032447 | COIN/BILL ACCEPTOR - A coin/bill acceptor includes a face panel defining a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot and a coin return slot, a first housing fastened to the back side of the face panel and defining a bill passageway in communication with the bill insertion slot and accommodating therein a transmission unit for transferring the inserted bill from the bill insertion slot into the bill passageway and a bill validator module for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted bill, a second housing hinged to the first housing at one lateral side, a spacer board being attached to the inner lateral side of the second housing and defining a coin passageway in communication with the coin insertion slot and a coin return passageway in communication with the coin return slot, a coin validator module being arranged in the for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted. | 02-07-2013 |
20120217126 | COIN DETECTOR - A coin detector having the characteristics of simple structure, low cost and high recognition speed is disclosed to include a housing defining therein a coin passage, and a circuit module, which uses an optical pickup device consisting of an optical module and an analog-to-digital converter to detect the number and pitch of the parallel lines and grooves of the reeded edge of each inserted coin and a microprocessor to determine the authenticity and value of each inserted coin by means of comparing the data of the sensed number of pitch of parallel lines and grooves with a predetermined reference data. | 08-30-2012 |
20120156977 | COIN HOPPER WITH AN UPWARD COIN PASSAGE - A coin hopper includes a coin pusher consisting of a container, a rotating disc and a power drive for dispensing coins, and a rack that defines therein a coin passage that extends upwardly from the coin pusher and consists of a bottom sloping segment, an intermediate arched segment and a top vertical segment for guiding out coins one by one and has floating rods transversely arranged therein to prohibit dispensed coins from backward displacement and to avoid coin stacking, track parts damage or motor overload. | 06-21-2012 |
20110266113 | Bill and coin acceptor - A compact size bill and coin acceptor for use in an automatic vending machine or game machine is disclosed to include a face panel having a bill slot, a coin slot and a coin-return slot, a first housing that comprises a bill passage, a power drive mechanism adapted for transferring an inserted bill from the bill slot through the bill passage and a bill recognition module adapted for recognizing the authenticity and value of an inserted bill, and a second housing that comprises a coin passage in communication with the coin slot, a coin sensor module and an optical recognition device adapted for sensing the authenticity and value of an inserted coin, a driven gear set for assisting transfer of an inserted bill through the bill passage, a coin-return passage in communication with the coin-return slot and a gate movable by an electromagnetic valve to open the passage between the coin passage and the coin-return passage. | 11-03-2011 |
20110036680 | BILL BOX - A bill box includes a box body for receiving bills from a bill acceptor, and a bill hold-down mechanism, which has a frame base defining therein a bill passage in communication between the bill acceptor and the bill box, recessed portions at one side of the bill passage, a bill-transfer wheel set mounted in the frame base for transferring bills from the bill acceptor into the box body, a bill pusher device operable to push a bill away from the bill passage into the box body, and a non-return device mounted in the frame base for prohibiting back movement of a received bill. The non-return device includes a stop member pivotally mounted in the frame base and biasable into the recessed portion to block the bill passage and a follower member pivotally mounted in the frame base and movable by a bill to bias the stop member into blocking the bill passage when the bill is being pulled backwards after having been delivered into the box body. | 02-17-2011 |
20100320056 | BILL ACCEPTOR THAT PREVENTS ARCHING OF EACH RECEIVED BILL - A bill acceptor includes a bill acceptor main unit having a bill insertion slot, a bill transfer mechanism for transferring each inserted bill through a bill passage to a bill outlet, a bill recognition unit for recognizing the authenticity and value of each inserted bill and a bill pusher for pushing each inserted bill out of the bill outlet, and a bill box having a front opening facing the bill pusher, two elongated stop members disposed at two opposite lateral sides of the front opening in a parallel manner, a bill-receiving bearing board supported on spring members inside the box body of the bill acceptor for receiving each bill that is pushed away from the bill outlet into the bill box and a baffle pivotally mounted in the box body at the top side of front opening adjacent to the bill outlet and biasable for letting each inserted bill be pushed by the bill pusher out of the bill outlet onto the bill-receiving bearing board and reversible to hold down each received bill on the bill-receiving bearing board in a smooth condition to avoid bill jams. | 12-23-2010 |
20100300829 | BILL BOX WITH WIRELESS MEMORY FUNCTION FOR BILL ACCEPOR - A bill box for use in a bill acceptor having a RFID read/write module and adapted for receiving bills from the bill acceptor is disclosed to include a housing having a bill inlet, a bill storage chamber and a top bracket with a mounting chamber, and a memory carrier frame mounted in the mounting chamber of the bracket and carrying a RFID memory for recording bill storage data by the wireless read/write module of the bill acceptor wirelessly for quick bill storage check. | 12-02-2010 |
20100270119 | Bill acceptor with a bill passage adjustment structure - A bill acceptor includes a bill acceptor body defining therein a bill passage, a bill slot panel mounted on the front side of the bill acceptor body and defining a bill insertion slot for the insertion of a bill into the bill passage, a bill box located on the rear side of the bill passage, a transmission mechanism for transferring an acceptable bill through the bill passage toward the bill box, a bill recognition unit for checking the authenticity and face value of an inserted bill, a bill pressing device for pushing each acceptable bill away from the bill passage into the inside of the bill box, two first adjustment devices for mounting on two opposite lateral sides of the bill passage to adjust the width of the bill passage to one of a set of bill passage widths, and two second adjustment devices for mounting on the inside of the bill slot panel at two opposite lateral sides relative to the bill insertion slot to adjust the width of the bill insertion slot subject to the bill passage width defined by the first adjustment devices. | 10-28-2010 |
20100176197 | BILL ACCEPTOR HAVING A RFID RECOGNITION FUNCTION - A bill acceptor for use in an automatic vending machine to accept both cash payment and RFID stored-value card payment is disclosed to include a face panel that has a RFID sensing zone for sensing a RFID value-added card, a bill insertion slot for the insertion of a bill, a display for displaying data and operating buttons for operation by the user, and a bill acceptor body that has a bill passage connected to the bill insertion slot, a bill-transfer roller set for transferring an inserted bill from the bill insertion slot through the bill passage to a bill box and a control circuit module consisting of a microprocessor, a RFID chip, a sensor, a memory, a surveillance device and a clock. | 07-15-2010 |
20100140863 | BILL POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BILL ACCEPTOR - A bill position adjustment method and system for bill acceptor is disclosed to include a body with an insertion slot and a bill passage, a transmission mechanism for transferring an inserted bill, a recognition device for recognizing the authenticity and value of an inserted bill, an entrance sensor and a stoppage sensor mounted in the bill passage for controlling the transmission mechanism to transfer the inserted bill into position for recognition, a bill passage adjustment mechanism for adjusting the width of the bill passage to correct the direction of an inserted bill into accurate alignment with the recognition device, and a bill sensor mounted in a sensor zone in the insertion slot for detecting the width of an inserted bill and controlling the bill passage adjustment mechanism to adjust the width of the bill passage subject to the detection result. | 06-10-2010 |
20100108759 | VOICE DEVICE FOR AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE - A voice device for use in an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a card reader for reading a voice file from an inserted electronic card, an input/output module for receiving a control signal from the automatic vending machine, a voice module, and a microprocessor for converting the voice file into a voice signal for output through a voice output device of the voice module subject to the control signal from the automatic vending machine. | 05-06-2010 |
20100108462 | BILL ACCEPTOR WITH LICENSE RECOGNITION AND POWER-SAVING POWER CONTROL FUNCTIONS - A bill acceptor for use with an automatic vending machine is disclosed to include a body having a bill/license insertion slot and a passage extending backwards from the bill/license insertion slot, and a circuit assembly, which includes a bill recognition unit for checking the authenticity and par value of a bill, a license recognition unit for checking the authenticity obtaining a predetermined data of a license, a communication interface module for data communication between the bill recognition unit/license recognition unit and the automatic vending machine, and a power-saving power supply module electrically connected with the communication interface module for controlling the automatic vending machine to enter the sleep mode when the automatic b vending machine is not used within a predetermined time period after startup and for providing power supply to wake up the automatic vending machine upon insertion of a bill/license and recognition of the authenticity of the inserted bill/license. | 05-06-2010 |
20100078290 | AUTOMATIC VENDING MACHINE WITH USER'S IDENTITY RECOGNITION FUNCITON - An automatic vending machine for selling controlled commodities is disclosed to include a host, a card-swiping unit, a bill acceptor unit and a coin acceptor unit. The host has installed in the face panel thereof multiple display compartments for accommodating commodities to be sold, and a commodity take-out port and a coin-return outlet located on the face panel near the bottom side. The card-swiping unit has a card-swiping slot installed in the face panel of the host and an authenticity recognition module and an image sensor module for recognizing the user's identity. The bill acceptor unit has an insertion slot for the insertion of a card or bill, a transmission device for transferring each inserted card or bill, and a recognition device for recognizing the authenticity of each inserted card or bill. The coin acceptor unit has an induction coil module for detecting the authenticity and value of each inserted coin. | 04-01-2010 |
20090321516 | Face panel assembly with an RFID module - A face panel assembly is disclosed having a mounting flange for detachably fastening to a bill/coin acceptor in an automatic vending machine, a slot for the insertion of a bill/coin into the bill/coin acceptor, and a RFID module, which has a sensor for sensing a RFID stored-value card for enabling the RFID module to fetch stored data from the RFID stored-value card and to transmit the fetched data to the automatic vending machine, and a transmission interface (wired or wireless type) for communication between the RFID module and the automatic vending machine. | 12-31-2009 |
20090321217 | BILL ACCETOR WITH A GATE CONTROL UNIT - A bill acceptor includes a housing defining an insertion slot and a passage extending from said insertion slot, a transmission mechanism for delivering each inserted bill/license from the insertion slot to the passage and then to a bill box been attached to the housing, a gate controllable to open/close the insertion slot, an solenoid valve controllable to move the gate between the close position and the open position, a first media sensor disposed at a front side relative to the gate for driving the solenoid valve to open the gate upon detection of the insertion of a bill/license into the insertion slot, and a second media sensor disposed at a rear side relative to the gate and adapted for driving the solenoid valve to close the gate after the delivery of an inserted bill/license to the passage by the transmission mechanism. | 12-31-2009 |
20090302113 | LICENSE CHECKER - A license checker for use in a vending machine for controlled hazardous items is disclosed to include a housing, which has an insertion slot and a card space defined in a rack thereof in communication with the insertion slot, a sensor module, which comprises photo sensors for detection the insertion of a license into the housing and elastic return devices movable relative to the photo sensors subject to insertion of a license for causing the photo sensors to output a driving signal, a light source module, which is driven by the driving signal from the photo sensors to emit various wavelengths of light onto the anti-counterfeit characteristics and character data of the license in a predetermined order, and an image pickup module, which picks up the image of anti-counterfeit characteristics and character data of the license for license authenticity validation and character data recognition. | 12-10-2009 |
20090294242 | BILL ACCETOR WITH IMPROVED FACE PANEL - A bill acceptor includes a main body attached with a bill box at the back side, a transmission mechanism for carrying a bill or license into a passage in the main body for examination by a recognition unit inside the main body and returning the rejected bill or examined license and carrying the examined bill to the bill box, and a face panel, which is fastened to the front side of the main body and has an insertion slot for the insertion of a bill/license into the passage and a finger guide portion disposed at one lateral side of the insertion slot for the insertion of a finger to bias a jammed license out of the insertion slot. | 12-03-2009 |
20090242353 | BILL ACCETOR - A bill acceptor in which a bill box has a baffle pivoted to the box body thereof at one side of a bill entrance of the box body and torsional springs bilaterally coupled between the baffle and the box body to bias the baffle toward a spring-supported bill-receiving bearing board inside the bill box so that the baffle allows a inserted bill to be moved onto the bill-receiving bearing board by a bill-pressing device in a bill acceptor main unit of the bill acceptor and immediately holds the bill positively on the bill-receiving bearing board after retrieval of the bill-pressing device. | 10-01-2009 |
20090218395 | BILL ACCEPTOR WITH RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION - A bill acceptor for verifying the authenticity of every inserted bill and accepting every verified bill is disclosed having operating buttons and a video display provided at a face panel for data input and displaying related operating message and data and a sensor zone for sensing a RFID stored-value card by a radio wave to fetch data from the RFID stored-value card and to add value to or deduct value from the RFID stored-value card subject to the operation mode selected by a consumer through the operating buttons. | 09-03-2009 |
20090218191 | CASH RECEIVER FOR CONSUMPTION SYSTEM - A cash receiver installed in an amusement machine for controlling the operation of the machine, including a face panel that has a coin slot, a coin-return slot and a vertical bill slot, a coin receiver unit that is affixed to the rear side of the face panel and has a coin entrance passage connected to the coin slot and a coin-return passage connected to the coin-return slot, and a bill receiver unit that is affixed to the rear side of the face panel and abutted against one side of the coin receiver unit and has a bill passage connected to the vertical bill slot. The client can insert a coin or a bill into the cash receiver to play the amusement machine. | 09-03-2009 |
20090057095 | Anti-EMI lens module - An anti-EMI lens module used in a bill acceptor is disclosed to include a circuit board, which has a plurality of electric recognition devices and a grounding device surrounding the electric recognition devices, a holder base mounted on the circuit board and holding a lens device and having a plurality of through holes respectively aimed at the electric recognition devices and a metal conducting layer disposed in contact with the grounding device of the circuit board and forming with the grounding device a grounding loop for absorbing and discharging static electricity during operation of the bill acceptor to protect the electric recognition devices against static electricity, radiowave and electromagnetic interference | 03-05-2009 |
20080314922 | CAPACITY-ADJUSTABLE CARD DISPENSER - A capacity-adjustable card dispenser is disclosed to include a housing having an accommodation chamber for holding a stack of cards for dispensing, a plurality of expansion modules attachable to one another in a stack and attachable to the housing to expand the accommodation chamber for accommodating a greater number of cards, and male and female coupling devices respectively provided at the housing and the expansion modules for enabling the expansion modules to be detachably secured to one another in a stack and detachably secured to the housing. | 12-25-2008 |
20080273255 | Lens module - A lens module includes a holder base, which is affixed to a circuit board and has bottom receiving holes for receiving LEDs or sensors on the circuit board and a top flange with a foolproof notch, a lens device press-fitted into the top flange and secured to the foolproof notch to ensure accurate positioning and having flat protrusions engaged into respective through holes in the holder base in alignment with the LEDs or sensors, and a top cover capped on the holder base to hold down the lens device and having through holes that receive convex portions of the lens device respectively. | 11-06-2008 |