PEN-SIZE PAPER CURRENCY READER

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Agency: Department of Education	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 20896	Program Year/Program: 1994 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 20896	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: APPLIED SCIENCES LABORATORY, INC.
P.O. Box 21158 Albuquerque, NM 87154 0115
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: Yes

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 2: Fiscal Year: 1994

Title: PEN-SIZE PAPER CURRENCY READER

Agency: ED

Contract: N/A

Award Amount: $252,299.00

Abstract:
DIFFERENTIATING AMONG THE DENOMINATIONS OF U.S. CURRENCY IS A PROBLEM FOR THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DEVICES THAT ASSIST THE BLIND IN DETERMINING CURRENCY DENOMINATIONS ARE RELATIVELY LARGE AND EXPENSIVE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS A SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF PATTERN RECOGNITION AND MICRO-ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP A PEN-SIZE PAPER CURRENCY READER. RECENT ADVANCES IN NEURAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY AND ANALOG VERY LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION (VLSI) CIRCUIT TECHNOLOGY WILL BE APPLIED TO DEVELOP AN INEXPENSIVE DEVICE FOR QUICKLY AND ACCURATELY DETERMINING CURRENCY DENOMINATIONS. PRELIMINARY RESULTS ARE PRESENTED WHICH SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF THE PARTICULAR NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH.

Principal Investigator:
John P Ditucci
Senior Engineer
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Applied Sciences Laboratory
Po Box 21158 Albuquerque, NM 87154

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Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No