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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5715926
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08553381

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Apparatus for validating items of value is described. The apparatus includes a measurement circuit including an inductor, the complex impedance of which varies in accordance with the interaction between a test item of value and a magnetic field within which the inductor is located. Circuitry is provided for extracting first and second periodic signals from the measurement circuit, and a circuit is provided for timing the interval between corresponding portions of the first and second periodic signals. A processing element then determines the value of a parameter related to at least one of the real and imaginary parts of said complex impedance, as a measure of the validity of said test item, from the outputs of the timing circuit.

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  • MEI, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dillon, Stephen John Boxford, GB 3 22
Furneaux, David Michael Reading, GB 8 59
Steel, Paul Franklin Wokingham, GB 4 56

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