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5909602 Image forming apparatus having a specimen image judging section and an image information suitability judging section  
In the present image forming system, when a digital copying machine having no specimen image judging section makes a copy, it transfers an input image to an image processing apparatus having the...
5909502 Software loading system for a currency scanner  
An apparatus and method for loading software changes into a currency discrimination machine. In one embodiment, a flash card having a memory remotely programmed with a second software code is...
5870487 Method and apparatus for discriminting and counting documents  
A method and device for discriminating documents by comparing a scanned pattern retrieved from a first side of a test document with one or more stored master patterns retrieved from a first side of...
5864629 Character recognition methods and apparatus for locating and extracting predetermined data from a document  
A method for automatically locating and recognizing amount data on a document by scanning the document to first locate a particular symbol, such as a dollar sign "$", and then using the located "$"...
5847849 Image processor apparatus capable of updating reference data for determining similarity between features  
An image processor having a circuit for holding data on features of registered specific images, a circuit for determining the degree of similarity between features of an input image and the held...
5845008 Image processing device and method for identifying an input image, and copier scanner and printer including same  
An image processing device is disclosed which can reliably detect documents which may not be copied, which has a very small probability of false positives, and which can handle newly issued...
5828777 Image processing method and apparatus for preventing coping of specified documents  
An image processing apparatus for performing accurate discrimination between specific originals and ordinary originals. CCD 101 inputs RGB signals, and color-space matching judgment circuit 106 and...
5825911 Device for ascertaining the authenticity of an article and image forming apparatus used for preventing bank bills, securities and the like from being, forged  
An article 1 to be prevented from forgery previously contains an optical semiconductor, the mixing ratio of which is predetermined. Under the condition that a light source 6 is turned off,...
5822448 Method and apparatus for currency discrimination  
An improved method of generating a master pattern corresponding to given denomination for use in a discrimination system capable of discriminating among currency bills of different denominations....
5815174 System and method of thermally verifying freshly printed images  
A system and method for detecting a latent image formed with an invisible ink. A mechanism, such as a heater for heating the ink, provides a temperature differential between the ink and the...
5799102 Bank note scanner utilizing olfactory characteristics for authentication  
The invention concerns a bank note scanner (2) for assessing the authenticity of a bank note, which includes a vacuum pump (4), an olfactory sensor (8), an authentication means (28) for producing...
5790932 Image forming apparatus for delaying the processing of image data whether the image represented by the image data is a predetermined image  
An image forming apparatus, such as a copying machine, is provided with a function of detecting in an original presented for copying, a particular image which should not be copied, for example,...
5790693 Currency discriminator and authenticator  
A method of detecting counterfeit bills includes the steps of determining the denomination of the bill being evaluated, generating data corresponding to the concentration of magnetic ink on the...
5784483 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus performs a judging function of judging similarity between an image represented by input image data and a specific image; tests the judging function; and sets one of a...
5781653 Image processing apparatus for determining copying-inhibited document  
There is provided by the present invention an image processing apparatus which accurately determines a copying-inhibited document prepared by using paper with a copying-inhibited pattern printed or...
5771315 Image reading apparatus and image processor incorporating the same for comparing read patterns corresponding to visible and infrared light with registered patterns to identify copy-prohibited printed matter  
An image reading apparatus includes a first reading element for receiving visible light in reflected light from a color document and reading image data corresponding to the visible light as...
5737418 Encryption of bill validation data  
A method for encrypting bill validation data generated by a bill validator is disclosed. Such data includes an inserted bill's denomination and country of origin as determined by sensors in the...
5731880 Image processing apparatus for discriminating an original having a predetermined pattern  
An apparatus and a method for processing images, with which a specific original can be discriminated from others with a high accuracy. An image processing apparatus includes an input unit (210) for...
5729623 Pattern recognition apparatus and method of optimizing mask for pattern recognition according to genetic algorithm  
A bill-recognition apparatus includes a neural network having a learning capability and performs high-efficiency pattern recognition of seven kinds of U.S. dollar bills. Pattern image data...
5727667 Machine for validating checks and authenticating paper money  
This invention features a machine for both validating checks and authenticating paper currency. The check validating apparatus of the machine is made up of a photo-sensor, a magnetizing unit, a...
5724438 Method of generating modified patterns and method and apparatus for using the same in a currency identification system  
An improved method of generating modified scanned or master patterns for use in a discrimination system capable of identifying one or more currency bills. Each of the scanned and master patterns...
5717779 Filtering illumination for image lift  
Arrangement for lifting image of checks, with Xenon lamp, Fluorescent lamp or like source of stable-wavelength-output and CCPD Camera means selected to exhibit "close-to-human" spectral response...
5692068 Portable hand-held banknote reader  
A method and apparatus of reading bank notes is provided comprising storing signals in a memory. The imaging apparatus for scanning a stationary banknote includes a stationary light source, mirror,...
5680472 Apparatus and method for use in an automatic determination of paper currency denominations  
A method and apparatus for use in automatic determination of the denominations of currency bills employs a light scanner to produce pixel signals representative of light pixels from bill surface...
5678155 Anti-counterfeiting device for use in an image-processing apparatus  
A character-detecting section detects characters from an image that has been read from a document. In order to allow a character-recognizing section to make a judgement as to whether or not the...
5659628 Special-document discriminating apparatus and managing system for image forming apparatus having a special-document discriminating function  
The present invention relates to a special-document discriminating apparatus used for providing a counterfeit preventing function to a digital copy machine and the like, and to a managing system...
5647010 Image forming apparatus with security feature which prevents copying of specific types of documents  
In a digital copier, facsimile machine, scanner, image filing apparatus or similar apparatus, an image processing device is provided with a capability of surely identifying confidential or secrecy...
5640463 Method and apparatus for authenticating documents including currency  
A method and device for authenticating documents comprising an ultraviolet light source illuminating a document to be tested; an ultraviolet light detector generating an output signal responsive to...
5638496 Color image input apparatus having color image identifying function  
A line sensor and image input section input a color image in a reading area containing an original, an original extracting section extracts an area of the original from the input image, a...
5631723 Image processing apparatus for determining whether an image contains a particular pattern using invisible light  
A specified original that is not supposed to be copied is marked with a pattern that is formed by infrared reflected light. A copying apparatus includes a detecting unit for detecting the pattern...
5615280 Apparatus for recording symbols printed on documents or the like  
Provided adjacent to the passageway for the bill 14 is an image sensor 17 which converts symbols printed on the bill 14 into electric signals during movement of the bill 14 along a passageway by a...
5604596 Copying apparatus having determination unit for special original and for controlling copying and marking based on determination  
A copying apparatus includes an image reading unit for optically reading an original and for outputting image signals, an image processing unit for processing the image signals from the image...
5565962 Method of and apparatus for preventing forgery of specific image  
The system of the present invention records a plurality of color separation images corresponding to an original color image simultaneously with determining whether the original color image conforms...
5550929 Means and method for reading indicia on a skewed substrate  
In one preferred embodiment, a method of reading indicia disposed on a substrate moving relative to a reader, the indicia being parallel to and at a known fixed distance from a linear portion of...
5542518 Method of identifying the denominations of pieces of paper  
A method of identifying the denominations of pieces of paper, for example, bills or securities. The method defines a separating hyperplane for each of all combinations of two denominations taken...
5537486 High-speed document verification system  
A high-speed document verification system includes a document which is printed with a pattern having a predetermined arrangement of different reflectivity due to varying densities, line...
5533144 Anti-counterfeit pattern detector and method  
An anti-counterfeit detector and method for identifying whether a platen image portion to be photocopied contains one or several pre-selected monetary note patterns. The detection is performed in a...
5530772 Apparatus and method for testing bank notes for genuineness using Fourier transform analysis  
In apparatus for detecting counterfeit bank-notes, an electronic camera forms a digital representation of a small area of the bank-note. The digital image is stored in an image memory. The Fourier...
5517577 Self aligning, low power character reading apparatus  
An apparatus for reading information off a document such as a check is herein disclosed. The apparatus includes an apparatus housing defining a specific path through which the document is intended...
5515451 Image processing system for selectively reproducing documents  
An image processing system which reads, in pixel units, an image on an original document using a scanner, processes the read image data, and outputs the processed image data. The image processing...
5504822 Character recognition system  
Banking apparatus for reading numeric information on bank checks, drafts and like documents. An electronic black/white pixel image of the numeric information is analyzed by a system capable of...
5502575 Imaging apparatus having a counterfeiting prevention function  
An imaging apparatus comprising a counterfeiting prevention arrangement and reliably preventing counterfeit reproduction of currency, negotiable certificates, and other registered documents is...
5483602 Method and apparatus for detecting printed images on documents by testing for the presence in the images of structural elements having defined regularities which are recognizable by the eye and common to a variety of documents  
In order to detect security documents irrespective of their individual graphic designs, a method and apparatus are provided in which the presence of certain structural elements common to a variety...
5468971 Verification device for currency containing an embedded security thread  
A linear array of photoemitters and photodiodes are positioned on opposite sides of currency paper for denomination and verification determination under transmitted light. The photoemitters are...
5465821 Sheet discriminating apparatus  
A sheet discriminating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a plurality of lines perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction. A plurality of light receiving...
5463469 Image processing apparatus capable of discriminating a predetermined image  
An image processing apparatus includes an input device for inputting image data representing an image. A first discriminating device discriminates whether the image represented by the input image...
5447240 Apparatus for determining whether a sheet is of a first type or a second type  
An apparatus for determining whether a sheet is of a first type or a second type, the sheet including two marks printed on opposite halves of the sheet. The apparatus includes a thickness detector...
5437357 Bill identification apparatus  
A bill identification apparatus which is hardly subject to decision errors attributable to fluctuations of detected data caused by aging or partial soiling of bills. In identifying a bill, physical...
5430664 Document counting and batching apparatus with counterfeit detection  
An apparatus for counting and verifying documents is provided with a digital control network. The digital control network coordinates the operations of counting and verifying documents. A transport...
5390003 Copying system for preventing copying of copy-prohibited images  
An image forming system, for preventing forgery of paper money, a check, securities or the like, having a plurality of copying apparatuses, and a controller, for controlling each of the copying...
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