US Patent Issued to GLORY on March 25 for "Optical sensor, paper sheet identification device, and paper sheet processing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,699, issued on March 25, was assigned to GLORY LTD. (Himeji, Japan).

"Optical sensor, paper sheet identification device, and paper sheet processing device" was invented by Naoki Ueyama (Hyogo, Japan) and Daiki Takehara (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor of the present disclosure detects light reflected by a transported sheet and/or light transmitted through the sheet as well as light emitted from the sheet. The optical sensor includes: a light source configured to irradiate a sheet with excitation light and detection light; a controller configured to keep the light source turned off during each of light-o...