1025 results about "Coin" patented technology

This invention in certain example instances relates generally to coin-operated video entertainment systems. More particularly, certain exemplary aspects of the invention provide methods and / or systems for controlling access to a portable coin-operated interactive entertainment device that may be used to play video games and access other forms of entertainment as well as providing features via such portable coin-operated interactive entertainment devices.

An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media includes a compact currency bill processing device, a coin scale, a keyboard, and a processor integrated into a housing as a single unit. The bill processing device is used for counting currency bills of a plurality of denominations and includes an input receptacle and a transport mechanism. The coin scale is adapted to determine a coin total for at least one group of coins. The keyboard is adapted to manually receive from an operator information related to at least one of the currency bills and the coins. The processor is communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device, the coin scale, and the keyboard and is adapted to determine an aggregate total corresponding to the sum of a received currency bill total, the coin total, and an other-media total.

A method and system and computer readable medium for processing currency including cash, coins, passive cards, prepaid cards, debit cards, check cards, and smart cards and for providing tokens including passive cards, debit cards, check cards, and smart cards. A transaction fee is calculated based upon a combination of one more of the following (i) type and amount of currency deposited; (iii) the type and amount of token requested; and (iii) the type and amount of the subsequent purchase.

The invention discloses a general point system based on blockchain. It includes the following modules: 1) Points entry module, which realizes the definition of digital assets of points of different institutions on the blockchain platform. 2) The point exchange module, through the smart contract technology on the blockchain, realizes the automatic exchange of points and system general point assets. 3) The points transfer module realizes the real-time transfer of points or mall coins between users. 4) Points consumption module, users can consume mall coins and exchange merchant rights in the system. 5) Points clearing module, through the smart contract, the merchant's mall currency is automatically liquidated into the value of the currency in circulation according to the ratio. 6) The record storage module records all operations and transactions in the system in the blockchain and prevents tampering. The present invention solves the problem of poor point circulation among various institutions and cumbersome liquidation of points across institutions, and realizes a general point system based on blockchain.

A coin identification method and apparatus capable of reliably acquiring stable two-dimensional images of both surfaces of coins 217, and using the acquired two-dimensional images to perform identification and discrimination, reliably and at high speed, between coin denomination, types, dates and origins of mint. In a coin pathway, imaging devices 207a,b are positioned at an image-capture position such that images above and below the surface of passing coins are captured under illumination. The coin denomination is identified by geometric measurements of enhanced images, the coin type is identified by matching templates to enhanced images, and the coin date and mint are identified using template matching to segmented sub-images. In one embodiment, the coin identification information is used for the promotion of a coin counting service. The results are displayed in an entertaining and engaging manner.

A coupon-dispensing kiosk for use at retail locations. The kiosk may, or may not, contain an Automated Teller Machine, ATM. The kiosk performs financial services, such as cashing checks. However, to avoid dispensing coins to customers, the kiosk prints coupons and dispenses them. The coupons will be redeemed by merchants associated with, or in close proximity to, the kiosk. The kiosk can be located, for example, at a shopping mall or local convenience store.

A method of exchanging coins that maximizes benefits to a host / operator of an implementing machine (10) and minimizes or eliminates any transaction charges to users of the machine (10) by providing users an establishment-specific or otherwise dedicated cash-substitute or other non-cash option in return for the coins. Possible exchange options include dispensing a disposable first type of cash-substitute device (40a,40b); storing a credit on a re-usable second type of cash-substitute device (44); making a charitable donation; and crediting an account. Because the establishment own or rents and operates the machine (10), exchanged coins can be used to replenish cash drawers or to replenish its coin dispensers or dispensing machines used, for example, at or by checkstands or self-checkout stands or self-service checkout systems, and because the exchange options are primarily establishment-specific, sales increase.

Systems and methods are disclosed to tokenize an asset by: documenting a value for the asset by a promoter of the asset, generating a plurality of cryptocurrency coins / tokens corresponding to the value of the asset; embedding in the cryptocurrency coins / tokens a smart contract one or more investment terms including asset description, payment and timing; obtaining subscriptions and payments for the asset from a crowd; holding subscription payments from the crowd in escrow until a predefined condition is met; and releasing the coins / tokens to the promoter and recording ownership interest from the crowd.

Bit-currency Transactional Trust Tools (T3) is a set of tools and procedures based on expressing value through a bit string where the size of the string (bit count) reflects its value, and the identity of the bits is used to distinguish one such digital coin from the other, and for enabling an authentication hierarchy that alleviates the bottleneck of having a single source coin authentication for all transactions in coins issued (minted) by that mint; also enabling an instant split of a coin by simply splitting off a portion of the string of the coin, such that the bit count of the split-off string reflects its value. Each coin is comprised of that body string as described above, and a header that contains information regarding coin identifier, payment conditions, and suchlike. Such bit currency can be carried around everywhere bits are handled, and may be encrypted as necessary. Two online strangers could transact and make a payment by using the PINprivate procedure where by the strangers create a temporary secret which is sufficient for the payee to access the online location with the payment, and empty it before any third party can steal it; the temporary secret is based on the payer pre-calculating several computational tasks allowing the payee to randomly choose a task to compute, and communicating the identity of the chosen task (the temporary secret) by sending back the result, the task being a one-way function, it's unfeasible for any third party to find the secret before computing all the presented tasks. The bit currency can be exchanged between software applets carrying out rules of exchange and thereby allowing peer-to-peer networks to work more efficiently, and also allow for peer-to-peer distribution of digital goods to be carried out while honoring the digital rights of the digital file owner, so doing by allowing the mint to cut a portion of the payment digitally paid by the receiving node and allocate such cut to the digital rights owner.

A method of exchanging coins that maximizes benefits to a host / operator of an implementing machine (10) and minimizes or eliminates any transaction charges to users of the machine (10) by providing users an establishment-specific or otherwise dedicated cash-substitute or other non-cash option in return for the coins. Possible exchange options include dispensing a disposable first type of cash-substitute device (40a,40b); storing a credit on a re-usable second type of cash-substitute device (44); making a charitable donation; and crediting an account. Because the establishment own or rents and operates the machine (10), exchanged coins can be used to replenish cash drawers; and because the exchange options are primarily establishment-specific, sales increase.

A coin processing system includes a coin input area for receiving coins from a user, and a coin processing module for receiving and counting the coins from the coin input area. The coin processing module includes a coin hopper, a coin processing area, and a foreign object removal system. The coin hopper receives the coins from the coin input area. The coin processing area receives and counts the coins from the coin hopper. The foreign object removal system is located at least partially within the coin hopper, and removes a foreign object from the coin hopper subsequent to receiving the foreign object from the coin input area.

A money processing system according to the present invention includes a coin change dispenser, a note change dispenser, and a control terminal, each having a control unit. The control units are generally adapted to carrying out a “change dispensing mode” control for receiving money given by a customer and dispensing change as occasion demands, and is adapted to carrying out a “money exchange mode” control, when a money exchange instruction is given from instruction means. In the money exchange mode, (a) when a single piece of money is received, a normal money exchange process for dispensing a combination of exchanged money each having a denomination smaller than that of the received money is executed such that a sum total of the combination of the exchanged money is equivalent to the received money, and (b) when a plurality of pieces of money are received, a reverse money exchange process for dispensing a combination of (the minimum number of pieces of) exchanged money each having a denomination larger than that of the received money is executed such that a sum total of the combination of the exchanged money is equivalent to the received money.

A bill and coin processing system including a bill and coin processing apparatus having: an interface unit capable of exchanging information via a communication unit with the point-of-sales terminal machine; a money receiving unit receiving money by way of a price of a commercial product; a discriminating unit discriminating between at least denominations of the bills and coins received from the money receiving unit; a storing / discharging unit stored with the received bills and coins on the basis of a result of the discrimination made by the discriminating unit and capable of discharging the bills and coins by giving a discharge instruction to the bill and coin processing apparatus from the point-of-sales terminal machine; a money discharging unit discharging the bills and coins outside a machine, which have been discharged from the storing / discharging unit; and a control unit controlling the money discharging unit to discharge the bills and coins from the storing / discharging unit on the basis of a discharge instruction accepted by the interface unit and given to the bill and coin processing apparatus from the point-of-sales terminal machine.

PCT No. PCT / SE96 / 01030 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 8, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 8, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 21, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 07485 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 27, 1997A coin counting and sorting machine has a coin lifting device with an open bowl for receiving and forwarding an unsorted mass of coins, a sorting device for sorting coins being supplied thereto, and a coin transferring device for transferring the coins from the coin lifting device to the coin sorting device while establishing an order among the coins suitable for sorting and counting. The coin transferring device is provided with a first and a second element between which a transportation channel for the coins is disposed, wherein the first element is movable with respect to the second element so as to effect the transferring of the coins, and with a resilient device arranged with the transportation channel for pressing the coins against the first, movable element with a locally increased coin transferring speed as a result.

The invention relates to coin sorting equipment, and discloses a coin separating device. The coin separating device comprises a casing (1), wherein a coin inlet (2) is formed in the top of the casing (1); a baffle rack (3) is arranged inside the casing (1); a vibrating motor (4) is connected into the baffle rack (3); the end part of the baffle rack (3) is connected with the casing (1) through springs (14); a first baffle (5), a second baffle (6) and a third baffle (7) are perpendicularly lapped on the baffle rack (3); flow guide ridges (13) are arranged on the bottom surface of each of the first baffle (5) and the second baffle (6); first coin separating holes (8) are formed in the bottom of the first baffle (5); second coin separating holes (9) are formed in the bottom of the second baffle (6). The coin separating device is small and exquisite in size and compact in structure, accurate and efficient screen separation of coins in the different currency value is realized through vibrating screen separation of the coins in different size, the whole screen separation process does not need too much manual operation, and the degree of mechanization and automation is high.

The gated parking corral is a protected parking area designed to be set up in parking lots or fields to protect a vehicle from damage. The gated corral has a fence with vertical posts and horizontal beams attached between the vertical posts to form an enclosure. At the end of the enclosure, a gate arm is pivotally connected to one of the vertical posts. A padded rail is connected between the vertical posts and protects vehicles from dings when the doors are opened. Sensors are affixed along the horizontal beams that determine the presence of a vehicle within the enclosure. Once the sensors detect a vehicle within the enclosure, the gate arm is closed. Upon payment of a certain amount of monies into a coin box connected to the gate arm, the gate arm will operate in an upward direction to allow the vehicle to exit the corral.

The invention relates to a bus coin arrangement device, belonging to the public mechanic designing field. The bus coin arrangement device comprises a rack, a bank note arrangement mechanism fixed on the rack, a coin separating mechanism and a guiding collection mechanism; for the wrinkled bank note, a set square and a delivery belt execute mutual pressure on the wrinkled bank note to perform expanding processing, the bank note is expanded along the set square, the arrangement and collection are performed on the bank note on the premise that the bank note is not taken out, and then the expanded bank note enters a containing box by utilizing an arc blade of a guiding collection mechanism; for the coins, various classifications and collections can be performed according to the face values of the coins, and the coins can be quickly separated and arranged. After expansion, the bank note is not only compressed and flattened and is also arranged and collected. The compression and collection for the initial expanded bank note can be realized through the cooperation of the guiding collection mechanism. The whole bus coin arrangement device can solve the problem which cannot be solved by the normal currency counting device, realizes the fast and efficient arrangement of the bank notes, and lightens the bank note arrangement burden of the public transport industry.

A coin dispensing apparatus (100) has a cabinet (102) serving as an apparatus housing for said apparatus (100). The apparatus further has a controller and at least one dispenser for coins to be dispensed. The apparatus is adapted to dispense a specific composition of coins, under control by the controller, from said at least one dispenser (142) to a portable coin receptacle. A closeable dispense space (148) is arranged within said cabinet (100), and closeable dispense space (148) has an open state which permits reception of the portable coin receptacle to be filled, and a closed state which permits dispensing of said specific composition of coins from said at least one dispenser (142) into the portable coin receptacle while shielding said closeable dispense space (148) from external access during the dispensing.

The invention relates to the technology of laser holography anti-counterfeiting hot stamping, in particular to a preparation method for laser hot stamping foil of a metal coin and prepared laser hot stamping foil by using the method, and provides a preparation method for laser hot stamping foil of a metal coin and prepared laser hot stamping foil by using the method, which can adapt to gold stamping on the surface of the metal coin, enrich patterns on the surface of the metal coin, has an anti-counterfeiting function and is suitable for printing after stamping. The preparation method comprises the steps that a metallic nickel plate is manufactured, and a release layer, an imaging layer, a mold pressing layer, an aluminum coated layer and an adhesive layer are coated on a basement membrane strip, so that the metal coin has a brand-new effect, the operation process is simple and rapid, reproducibility of texts is good, large-scale production and durability are realized, the cost is reduced, the adhesion of the laser hot stamping foil is high, after being fastened on the surface of a metal product, the hot stamping foil does not easily fall off and has a smooth surface, through changing the formula of the adhesive layer and coating the adhesive layer for multiple times, a multi-layer bonding layer is formed, so that texts are firmly adhered on the surface of the metal, and wear resistance and weather fastness are realized.

An embodiment of the invention provides a metal coin identification method based on a deep neural network. The method comprises the following steps that a first deep neural network model is designed based on a characteristic of a metal coin, and the first deep neural network model comprises a random noise network layer and a light noise processing layer; the random noise network layer is removed from the trained first deep neural network model so that a second deep neural network model is obtained; the second deep neural network model is used to identify the metal coin which is not identified. By using the method in the embodiment of the invention, the deep neural network model which can effectively remove influences of the random noise and the light noise of the metal coin can be obtained. The model is used to identify the metal coin so that an error-prone metal coin identification problem caused by metal coin abrasion or an illumination influence can be effectively avoided. Accuracy of the metal coin identification is effectively increased. Besides, the embodiment of the invention provides a metal coin identification apparatus based on the deep neural network.

Methods and apparatus for prompting a user to enter currency of a first country including at least one of notes and coins into a foreign exchange kiosk; applying one or more currency exchange rates to a total of the entered currency to compute a converted currency amount of a second country; and conducting a money transfer with a third party based on the converted currency amount.

A coin identification method and apparatus capable of reliably acquiring stable two-dimensional images of both surfaces of coins 217, and using the acquired two-dimensional images to perform identification and discrimination, reliably and at high speed, between coin denomination, types, dates and origins of mint. In a coin pathway, imaging devices 207a,b are positioned at an image-capture position such that images above and below the surface of passing coins are captured under illumination. The coin denomination is identified by geometric measurements of enhanced images, the coin type is identified by matching templates to enhanced images, and the coin date and mint are identified using template matching to segmented sub-images. In one embodiment, the coin identification information is used for the promotion of a coin counting service. The results are displayed in an entertaining and engaging manner.

A method and system for establishing and managing digital cash. This method is to emit and circulate secure electronic cash that allows to use non-homomorphic signature schemes, and avoids having to use blind signature techniques. With one specific embodiment, the method provides anonymous digital cash, and comprises the steps of providing an entity with a secure coprocessor, a user establishing a secure channel to a program running on said coprocessor, and the user sending a coin to be digitally signed to the coprocessor.

The invention discloses an advanced mathematics probability presentation device. The statistical right-side up probability is equal to the statistical reverse-side up probability when coins are manually thrown, and the time-consuming and labor-consuming problem is solved by the device. A plurality of drums are arranged inside side walls; first air cylinders are arranged in the drums; electromagnets are arranged on piston rods of the first air cylinders; springs sleeving the outside of the first air cylinders are arranged in the drums; the upper parts of the springs are fixed with metal convex pieces; an oblique pad is arranged on the upper part of the inner cavity of each drum; a coin throwing space is enclosed by the plurality of drums, and a coin supply assembly is arranged among the drums and the side walls; the coin throwing space is equipped with an end cover which is in a hollow structure, and the upper end of the end cover is opened; the upper part of a pedestal is equipped with a poke rod driven by a motor, and a coin outlet is arranged between the installing end of the end cover and the pedestal. According to the presentation device, the environment is identical when the coins are thrown every time, the precision of testing results and the testing persuasion are ensured, and the device is convenient and simple in operation.

The invention relates to a laser holographic anti-counterfeiting stamping technology and particularly relates to a metallic coin stamped with a holographic anti-counterfeiting pattern and a manufacturing method thereof and provides the metallic coin which has a laser holographic anti-counterfeiting function and exquisite pattern and is stamped with the holographic anti-counterfeiting pattern and the manufacturing method of the metallic coin. The manufacturing method comprises the following steps of: duplicating a laser holographic image on a metallic nickel plate to form a metal nickel plate for die pressing; coating a release layer, an imaging layer, a die pressing layer, an aluminum plating layer and a dual-layer adhesive layer on a film belt of a base film; positioning, transferring and stamping a laser electrochemical aluminum stamping foil on the metallic coin; heating a stamping head to 80-90DEG C; meanwhile, preheating and improving the temperature of the original metallic coin to 90-100DEG C; and removing the film belt of the base film by the release layer to form the metallic coin with laser holographic pattern. The metallic coin generates a new visual color in the overlapped laser effect and is a novel metal coin anti-counterfeiting type; and in addition, the metallic coin has the advantages of accuracy in positioning, strong three-dimensional sense, abundant layers, simple and quick process, one-time transfer stamping, favorable reproducibility and no pollution.

A financial model for coin redemption where a coin redemption machine returns a financial instrument for at least 100% of the value of the coins or currency inserted for use in purchases.

The invention relates to an automatic detection device of two sides of a coin, which belongs to the technological field of detection device. The device comprises a detection surface which is used for bearing the coin, a parallel light source, and a linear array camera which is connected with an image processing system; the detection surface is arranged obliquely; the inclination is longer than the angle of friction of the coin and the detection surface; the surface is provided with an imaging slot with the length more than the diameter of the coin; a front reflecting mirror and a back reflecting mirror are respectively above and below the detection surface of the imaging slot; one side of the detection surface is provided with the parallel light source and the linear array camera; the front reflecting mirror and the back reflecting mirror reflect two parallel beams of the parallel light source respectively upwards and downwards to the imaging slot, and secondarily reflect the reflected light of the imaging slot to the position of the linear array camera. The automatic detection device has the significant advantage of high efficiency, avoids the forced transmission of the coin, and thus reduces the damage; the conveying distance of the coin is short; thus the structure is compact and the size is small.

PCT No. PCT / GB96 / 00804 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 6, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 6, 1998 PCT Filed Apr. 2, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97 / 04424 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 1997A coin validator is provided with at least two reference positions (U, D) for determining a diameter related characteristic of a coin being validated. In order to reduce the running to the testing station, the timing of a trailing point of the coin passing a first reference position (U) is used to determine the diameter related characteristic. Embodiments using optical inductive and piezo-electric sensors associated with the reference positions are disclosed. An inductive sensor for a coin validator comprises an elongate coil, which, when in use, is arranged such that the magnetic field is substantially constant across the width of the passageway. The use of coils of this type have the advantage of wrap around coils but enable the coin passageway to be shallower and be opened. A coin validator is described wherein the backwall of a coin passageway is movable to and fro so that the depth of the coin passageway can be adjusted. In an embodiment, a cam bears against the backwall of the coin passageway to set the depth thereof.