Metal susbstance detection system for detecting the presence position of a metal substance
CA 2118303 A1 · Owner: Takemoto, Takatoshi · Inventors: Takemoto, Takatoshi; Kawashima, Kazunari; Handa, Shigeru
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A metal substance detection system which comprises a matrix sensor (20) having a group of transmission lines (22) and a group of reception lines (26) and a signal processing system (170) which drives the matrix sensor for detecting the presence and position of a metal substance. The signal processing system scans the transmission line group and the reception line group; it sends a signal current to the former and receives a reception signal from the latter for detecting the presence and position of a metal substance based on the reception signal. If some lines of either the transmission line group or the reception line group are prespecified as unscanned lines, the signal processing system …
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