EP0628929A1 - Dispositif pour la reconnaissance visuelle de caractéristiques d'authenticité de billets de banque et de papiers de valeur - Google Patents

Dispositif pour la reconnaissance visuelle de caractéristiques d'authenticité de billets de banque et de papiers de valeur Download PDF

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EP0628929A1
EP0628929A1 EP94108795A EP94108795A EP0628929A1 EP 0628929 A1 EP0628929 A1 EP 0628929A1 EP 94108795 A EP94108795 A EP 94108795A EP 94108795 A EP94108795 A EP 94108795A EP 0628929 A1 EP0628929 A1 EP 0628929A1
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Wolfgang Richard Mastnak
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation
    • G07D7/128—Viewing devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D7/00—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency
    • G07D7/06—Testing specially adapted to determine the identity or genuineness of valuable papers or for segregating those which are unacceptable, e.g. banknotes that are alien to a currency using wave or particle radiation
    • G07D7/12—Visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation

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  • the invention relates to a pocket-sized device for everyone's use for reliable visual recognition of authenticity features on banknotes and other securities.
  • a hand-held device for counterfeit money detection is already known (EP-A-0 543 058), which has the form of a flashlight which is intended to emit light in the wavelength range from 100 to 500 nm in order to illuminate the banknotes and to reflect fluorescent colors in the banknotes for reflection stimulate, but at least in shops with bright neon lighting or in daylight, a promising visual inspection of banknotes with this known device can hardly be possible, and a pure fluorescence test appears not satisfactory either.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object to provide a pocket device for checking banknotes or other securities for authenticity features, which enables a reliable visual assessment of the authenticity of banknotes or securities under the conditions that arise in everyday traffic.
  • the basic concept of the invention namely the design of the device in a continuously rod-like elongated form with a rear handle part which contains the battery compartment, switch, etc., and a front test part which has a test gap for passing a bill, optics and lighting.
  • the rear handle part is expediently provided with a retaining clip in order to be able to carry the device in a jacket pocket, breast pocket or the like in the manner of a ballpoint pen to prevent it from falling out.
  • the embodiment of the device according to the invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, as can be seen, has a pronounced rod shape and need not be much thicker than a powerful fountain pen.
  • the housing 1 is, as can be seen, formed in its rear part as a handle 11 which serves as a container for holding a battery (not shown) and on which a switch 5 for switching the device on and off and a retaining clip 6 are formed.
  • the front test part 12 of the device forms a part of the Rod-shaped extension of the handle 11 and in its lower region consists of a front extension of the housing 1 which is formed in one piece with the handle and which is designed as a lamp chamber 4 for receiving lamps (not shown).
  • the top of this lamp chamber 4 is closed by a frosted glass-like diffuser 3, which serves as an illuminated support surface for a bill to be checked or the like.
  • a finger-shaped rod lens 2 is arranged to extend forward from the upper part of the handle 11 and is plano-convex, that is to say it has a cylindrically curved upper side and a flat lower side.
  • a test gap is formed between the flat underside of the rod lens 2 and the top of the lens 3, which is only closed at the rear by the handle 12, but is open on its other three sides and is used to push a bank note.
  • the lamp chamber 4 serves to accommodate an illumination lamp and, if appropriate, a UV lamp, which can be switched on optionally by means of the switch 5.
  • a section of a bank note located in the gap between the rod lens 2 and the lens 3 is illuminated over the lens 3 from the lamp chamber 4 with normal light or with UV light and is enlarged from above by the rod lens 2, which serves as a magnifying lens visible so that security features of all kinds are easily recognizable.
  • the rod lens 2 can also be designed entirely or partially as a bifocal lens in order to make a partial area of the section of bank note under consideration visible with a greater magnification than that of the remaining area.
  • a particularly important feature of the device according to the invention and thus a considerable advantage of the device is the rod-shaped design already described in its entire structure, namely the handle and the front test part. which, with an extremely compact design, enables the most efficient possible banknote check in one pass, since the length of the front test part can be chosen so that it corresponds to the entire width of at least one smaller banknote and thus also covers at least the largest part of the width of larger banknotes without making the device more cumbersome to use or to carry around.
  • a single pushing of the bill through the gap between the rod lens and the lens is enough to cover all the security features such as watermarks over the entire width of the bill, only when the print details are visible when enlarged, security thread with multiple embossed monetary values, complement images composed of the printed elements on both sides of the bill, fluorescent and Non-fluorescent areas or components, etc. clearly visible.
  • the design of the device not in the manner of a flashlight, which only throws a light beam onto the bill to be checked, but in this form of the closed lighting chamber with a diffuser and a magnifying lens above it, with a bill to be inserted in between, prevents interference from artificial or natural ambient lighting, so that a bill comes with This handheld device can be checked just as effectively as is otherwise only the case with larger table-top devices.
  • the top view according to FIG. 2 shows the device in use when a bank note 7 is being passed through the gap under the rod lens 2, with only a very schematically represented security feature 8 being visible as an enlarged illustration 9.
  • the embodiment according to FIGS. 4 and 5 in turn has the basic rod shape of the entire device, the rear part of the housing 1 again being designed as a handle 11 with a battery compartment (not shown in detail), a holding clip 6 and a switch 5.
  • the switch 5 is designed here as a slide switch in a slightly different design than in the embodiment described above. It is noteworthy in this embodiment according to FIGS. 4 and 5 that the front test part 12 of the device again represents a rod-shaped extension of the handle, but is thickened relative to it, which means that because of the now larger design of the lens 3 with its illumination surface and the rod lens 2, a wider area of the bank note can be viewed without the device being made much more bulky or less compact.
  • the rod lens 2 is designed as an illuminated magnifying glass by means of a lamp 15 which is installed in the connection area and is only shown schematically.
  • a lower lamp 16 is shown schematically in the lighting chamber 4.
  • the lamp 15 can be a UV lamp in order to illuminate the checked bill from above with UV light via the rod lens 2, and the lower lamp 16 can be a normal light source in order to illuminate the bill from below.
  • the elongated rod shape is again characteristic of the device, but is somewhat broadened compared to the two previously described embodiments, but also somewhat flattened.
  • this embodiment brings two additional advantages: on the one hand, carrying it in the jacket or breast pocket is even more pleasant, since the flattened shape of the housing is less thick, the somewhat larger width being irrelevant, and on the other hand, the somewhat wider shape opens up an improved version Illumination option, namely a lateral introduction of light by means of tubular lamps into the lens or the rod lens over its entire length and thus an even more effective and uniform illumination over the entire length of the test part of the device.
  • the round rod-shaped basic shape of the device As can be seen from FIG. 6, the round rod-shaped basic shape of the device, as used in the two exemplary embodiments described above, is still clearly recognizable, however, it is clearly flattened on the underside and widened on one side by a flat side extension 13.
  • the round rod shape in the front functional part 12 is predetermined by the rod lens 2 in its main part and continues in the rear part of the handle part 11 through a corresponding curvature of the housing to form the battery compartment therein, a slide switch 5 again in this housing area is provided.
  • a battery compartment cover 14 is visible on the handle in the bottom view according to FIG. 9.
  • a tubular UV lamp 15 is accommodated in the front part of the side extension 13 next to the rod lens 2 in order to illuminate the checked bill area with UV light through the rod lens, so that fluorescent areas or fluorescent paper fibers are visible.
  • a tubular lamp (not shown) can be provided in the same way in order to feed light sideways into the lens 3 below the rod lens 2 for illuminating the checked bill area from below.
  • the device can of course also be provided with a connection (not shown) to an external power source, for example in the form of a socket in the handle 11 or a connection cable connected to it permanently or releasably with a plug for a motor vehicle cigarette lighter, a power supply unit or the like such connection can be provided in addition to or instead of a battery.
  • an external power source for example in the form of a socket in the handle 11 or a connection cable connected to it permanently or releasably with a plug for a motor vehicle cigarette lighter, a power supply unit or the like
  • the battery compartment does not necessarily have to be in the handle, although it is conveniently accommodated there due to the available space.
  • the ignition electronics for the UV lamp can also be accommodated in the handle.

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EP94108795A 1993-06-14 1994-06-08 Dispositif pour la reconnaissance visuelle de caractéristiques d'authenticité de billets de banque et de papiers de valeur Withdrawn EP0628929A1 (fr)

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DE9308828U 1993-06-14
DE9308828U DE9308828U1 (de) 1993-06-14 1993-06-14 Wertpapier-Testgerät
DE9404643U 1994-03-18
DE9404643U DE9404643U1 (de) 1993-06-14 1994-03-18 Gerät zum visuellen Erkennen von Echtheitsmerkmalen an Geldscheinen und Wertpapieren

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