公开(公告)号：EP3309757A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-18

申请号：EP17152035.6

申请日：2017-01-18

申请人： International Currency Technologies Corporation

发明人： CHANG, Chia-Min ,  CHAN, Shao-Po ,  TSOU, Ming-Hua ,  CHIU, Wei ,  WANG, Yuan-Chun ,  HSU, Hang-Chih

IPC分类号： G07D1/00

CPC分类号： G07D5/02 ,  G07D1/00 ,  G07D1/02 ,  G07D3/02 ,  G07D9/06 ,  G07D11/0036 ,  G07F5/24

摘要： A coin acceptor includes main body having coin dispenser mounted therein, coin tubes mounted in the main body and disposed at the bottom side of the coin dispenser, and sensing device including multiple optical sensor modules respectively aimed at the coin tubes. The distance between each optical sensor module and the coins in the respective coin tube is calculated by: measuring the time taken for the reflected light to travel from the coins in the respective coin tube to the proximity sensor of the respective optical sensor module and then multiplying the time thus measured by the speed of light. The number of coins in each coin tube is calculated by: deducting the distance between the respective optical sensor module and the coins in the respective coin tube from the pre-measured depth of the empty coin tube, and then dividing the reminder thus obtained by the thickness of single coin.

摘要翻译： 硬币接受器包括其中安装有硬币分配器的主体，安装在主体中并设置在硬币分配器的底侧的硬币管，以及包括分别针对硬币管的多个光学传感器模块的传感装置。 通过以下方式计算每个光学传感器模块与相应硬币管中的硬币之间的距离：测量反射光从相应硬币管中的硬币行进到相应光学传感器模块的邻近传感器所花费的时间， 由光速测量的时间。 通过以下方式计算每个硬币管中的硬币的数量：从空硬币管的预先测量的深度中减去相应的光学传感器模块与相应硬币管中的硬币之间的距离，然后将由此获得的提醒除以 单枚硬币的厚度。