ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,205, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hyosung TNS Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for detecting skew of banknotes in ATM" was invented by Hyun Soo Jang (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Jin You Lim (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Da Hye Shin (Incheon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting a skew of banknotes in an automated teller machine (ATM), and particularly, to an apparatus for detecting a skew of banknotes in an ATM capable of more effectively and accurately detecting a defective conveying state of the banknotes passing through a conveying route by including...