Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Mazowiesky

Thomas W. Mazowiesky has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Currency Validator Video Graphic Display Bezel
    Publication number: 20090294243
    Abstract: A bezel display for a currency acceptor that displays a pixelated image of the last bill accepted by the validator to show the player what was inserted. When not displaying the last bill accepted, the display can be used as an aesthetic addition, and when a fault occurs in the acceptor, it can display in multiple languages what is causing the fault, as well as display images showing where the fault has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Harold Charych, Thomas W. Mazowiesky, Miroslaw Blaszczec
  • Currency Validator with Rejected Bill Image Storage
    Publication number: 20090294244
    Abstract: A currency validator having capability to record and store the image of rejected bills inserted into a currency validator, permitting the operator to determine the reasons for bill rejection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Harold Charych, Thomas W. Mazowiesky, Miroslaw Blaszczec
  • Bank note validator
    Patent number: 6223876
    Abstract: A bank note detector has four LED's emitting Red, Green, Blue, and infrared light and a detector for sensing light reflected and transmitted from the bank note. The system includes microprocessor for analysis circuiting for selecting and adjusting the LED's, for programmable amplifying the light detected and feeding the amplified signal to the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Global Payment Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Walsh, Miroslaw Blaszczec, Thomas W. Mazowiesky
  • Apparatus and method for detecting a security feature in a currency note
    Patent number: 6104036
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting watermark and security thread in a currency note. Optical sensing circuits positioned from the surface of the currency note rely upon the transmissive and reflective characteristics of the security features and the note itself to determine the authenticity of the note and the security feature. The apparatus and methods determine a difference signal between the transmissive and reflective light signals and compare the difference signal to a series of known difference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Global Payment Technologies
    Inventor: Thomas W. Mazowiesky