US 12,169,995 B2
Evaluating currency in areas using image processing
Paul Pechinko, Harpersfield Township, OH (US)
Assigned to JCM American Corporation, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed by JCM American Corporation, Las Vegas, NV (US)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/036,589.
Application 17/036,589 is a division of application No. 16/810,455, filed on Mar. 5, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/838,046, filed on Apr. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0027564 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06V 10/98 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G07D 7/00 (2016.01); G07D 7/1205 (2016.01); G07D 11/50 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 7/003 (2017.05) [G06V 10/993 (2022.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G07D 7/1205 (2017.05); G07D 11/50 (2019.01); G07D 2207/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for evaluating currency in areas using image processing, comprising:
a non-transitory storage medium that stores instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to:
receive one or more images of an area from an image sensor positioned at least one meter above said area, said one or more images depicting at least a portion of one or more items of currency, the one or more images captured responsive to a preestablished gesture by a person proximate to the one or more items of currency;
process the one or more images to identify one or more items of currency in the area;
determine whether any of the one or more items of currency have an error condition;
when any of the one or more items of currency is determined to have the error condition, provide an output on the error in substantially real-time and transmit said output on the error condition to an electronic device having a display, said electronic device separate and distinct from said image sensor and positioned proximate to the one or more items of currency such that a person monitoring the electronic device may immediately correct or address the error condition with the one or more items of currency as transmitted to the electronic device; and
maintain a running count of the total value of currency imaged within said areas by determining denominations of each of said one or more items of currency by evaluating a position of a security strip on each of said one or more items of currency and/or a glow color associated with said security strip on each of said one or more items of currency when subjected to ultraviolet light.