ITEM DETECTOR

• Main Authors: MURAYAMA TATSUO, YOSHINO MASAHIRO, YAMAMOTO TAKANORI, NINOMIYA YUUKI, HAMANO TAKEHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.05.2022
• Subjects: CHECKING-DEVICES; COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS; PHYSICS

To improve the accuracy of detecting an item.SOLUTION: An item detector 40 provided with detection means for detecting whether or not an item is present in a detection area C, wherein the detection means includes a light emitting unit (41 and 44) provided on one of a pair of side walls (50 and 60) defining a width dimension of the detection area C and a plurality of light receiving units (42 and 45) provided on the other of the pair of side walls (50 and 60), emits light from the light emitting units (41 and 44) in a manner that passes through the detection area C, and detects whether or not an item is present based on the state of light incidence on the light receiving units (42 and 45).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8 【課題】商品の検出精度の向上を図ること。【解決手段】検出領域Ｃにおける商品の有無を検出する検出手段を備えた商品検出装置４０であって、検出手段は、検出領域Ｃの幅寸法を規定する一対の側壁部（５０，６０）の一方に設けられた発光部（４１，４４）と、一対の側壁部（５０，６０）の他方に設けられた複数の受光部（４２，４５）とを備え、検出領域Ｃを通過する態様で発光部（４１，４４）から光を照射し、受光部（４２，４５）に対する光の入射状態に基づいて商品の有無を検出するものである。【選択図】図８