Patents by Inventor Erich Horn

Erich Horn 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).

  • Method and device for performing a test for acceptability of bank notes by automatic vending machines
    Patent number: 7034323
    Abstract: In order to provide a procedure and a device that will enable the, at least partially, automated acceptance of bank notes that can be realized in an acceptable cost range and that will enable the highly automated, rapid acceptance of bank notes with a high level of certainty, a method, in which a test for the acceptability of bank notes is performed by automatic vending machines is proposed; by this method a bank note is fed via a transport unit to a digitalization station, where it is at least partially digitized; the data obtained in this manner are then compared with stored data by a computer unit, which makes a determination of value, and renders an automatic decision regarding acceptance. If the automatic decision regarding acceptance is negative, an image of the digitized data is generated in order to allow a service employee to perform a visual inspection of the note and render a final decision regarding acceptance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Reheidt & Bachmann GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Horn, Bernd Voeller
  • Method for accepting and/or authenticating documents
    Publication number: 20040210453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for accepting and/or authenticating documents, especially banknotes, as well as a device for performing the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: SCHEIDT & BACHMANN GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Miller, Peter Hoffges, Erich Horn
  • Method and device for performing a test for acceptability of bank notes by automatic vending machines
    Publication number: 20020118872
    Abstract: In order to provide a procedure and a device that will enable the, at least partially, automated acceptance of bank notes that can be realized in an acceptable cost range and that will enable the highly automated, rapid acceptance of bank notes with a high level of certainty, a method, in which a test for the acceptability of bank notes is performed by automatic vending machines is proposed; by this method a bank note is fed via a transport unit to a digitalization station, where it is at least partially digitized; the data obtained in this manner are then compared with stored data by a computer unit, which makes a determination of value, and renders an automatic decision regarding acceptance. If the automatic decision regarding acceptance is negative, an image of the digitized data is generated in order to allow a service employee to perform a visual inspection of the note and render a final decision regarding acceptance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Erich Horn, Bernd Voeller