| 摘要 |
<p>A method and apparatus for identifying the denomination of a sample currency bill. The method comprises: (a) Scanning the sample currency bill to generate a number of sample patterns, each sample pattern representing variations in properties of a respective bill portion of the scanned sample currency bill, the bill portions being predefined to correspond to equivalent master pattern bill portions; (b) Correlating each sample pattern with the corresponding bill portions of a number of master patterns, each master pattern representing variations in the properties of a respective bill portion of a respective denomination currency bill, each bill portion containing at least a predetermined number of bill features, the bill features allowing different denominations of currency bill to be distinguished; and, (c) Determining the denomination of the sample currency bill in accordance with the result of the correlation.</p> |
