US4086527A
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Method and apparatus for monetary articles authentification
Assignee: Thales Avionics SAS
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Filing: 1976-03-24
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Granted: 1978-04-25
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Expires: 1996-03-24
Abstract
Abstract An authentication method for standardized objects, such as in particular monetary articles, in which an object to be authenticated is introduced into the field located between an emitter and a receiver delivering at least an alternative physical quantity, whose quantitative alteration produced by the presence of said object in said field is measured, the result being compared with a reference value pre-stored in a memory and distinctive of the object to authenticate, whereby, within a tolerance approximation, an authentication criterion is deducted, method characterized by the fact that said alteration is measured at different frequencies, that corresponding alterations are successively measured and then simultaneously compared with said respective reference quantities.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert G. Cadot
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 18:05
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D5/00; G07D5/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
An authentication method for standardized objects, such as in particular monetary articles, in which an object to be authenticated is introduced into the field located between an emitter and a receiver delivering at least an alternative physical quantity, whose quantitative alteration produced by the presence of said object in said field is measured, the result being compared with a reference value pre-stored in a memory and distinctive of the object to authenticate, whereby, within a tolerance approximation, an authentication criterion is deducted, method characterised by the fact that said alteration is measured at different frequencies, that corresponding alterations are successively measured and then simultaneously compared with said respective reference quantities.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
An authentication method for standardized objects, such as in particular monetary articles, in which an object to be authenticated is introduced into the field located between an emitter and a receiver delivering at least an alternative physical quantity, whose quantitative alteration produced by the presence of said object in said field is measured, the result being compared with a reference value pre-stored in a memory and distinctive of the object to authenticate, whereby, within a tolerance approximation, an authentication criterion is deducted, method characterised by the fact that said alteration is measured at different frequencies, that corresponding alterations are successively measured and then simultaneously compared with said respective reference quantities.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
108 words
An authenticating apparatus for standardized objects such as in particular monetary articles, comprising an oscillator energizing an emitter, a receiver delivering alternative physical quantities, a quantifying operator arranged to supply quantitative information relative to said quantities, a re-programmable memory and a comparator, characterized by the fact that the oscillator is of the controlled variable frequency type, that the memory is arranged to store the reference quantities relative to various standardized objects, and that it comprises further means arranged for selecting, from an initiating signal delivered by the quantifying operator, and by successive stages, the frequency of the oscillator and controlling simultaneously the corresponding progression of the memory register.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
108 words
An authenticating apparatus for standardized objects such as in particular monetary articles, comprising an oscillator energizing an emitter, a receiver delivering alternative physical quantities, a quantifying operator arranged to supply quantitative information relative to said quantities, a re-programmable memory and a comparator, characterized by the fact that the oscillator is of the controlled variable frequency type, that the memory is arranged to store the reference quantities relative to various standardized objects, and that it comprises further means arranged for selecting, from an initiating signal delivered by the quantifying operator, and by successive stages, the frequency of the oscillator and controlling simultaneously the corresponding progression of the memory register.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said emitter and receiver are respectively the primary coil and the secondary coil of a transformer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said means, the memory and the comparator are integrated in a processing unit of a micro-processor type.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said means, the memory and the comparator are integrated in a processing unit of a micro-processor type.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1981-04-24 | 1981-10-24 | 1982-04-25 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1985-04-24 | 1985-10-24 | 1986-04-25 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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