EP1295262B1 - Procede et dispositif pour la verification d'authenticite de documents - Google Patents

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EP1295262B1
EP1295262B1 EP01962728A EP01962728A EP1295262B1 EP 1295262 B1 EP1295262 B1 EP 1295262B1 EP 01962728 A EP01962728 A EP 01962728A EP 01962728 A EP01962728 A EP 01962728A EP 1295262 B1 EP1295262 B1 EP 1295262B1
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  • the invention relates to methods and devices for checking the authenticity of documents, in particular banknotes, securities or security documents, according to the preamble of the independent claims.
  • the examination of the authenticity of documents is generally carried out by measuring certain authenticity features, for example optical, electrical or magnetic characteristics, on a document to be tested and subsequent testing of the measured authenticity features on the basis of predefined authenticity criteria. For example, as an authenticity feature, the optical reflection behavior of the document is measured and then checked as to whether the measured reflection behavior falls below or exceeds a specific threshold value as an associated authenticity criterion. Depending on the test result, the document is classified as genuine or incorrect.
  • authenticity features for example optical, electrical or magnetic characteristics
  • An increase in falsification detection reliability can be achieved, inter alia, by tightening the authenticity criteria when checking certain authenticity features, for example by raising or lowering thresholds.
  • the authenticity criteria can not be tightened arbitrarily, since otherwise the proportion of genuine documents not recognized as genuine - and possibly rejected or incorrectly classified - would become too high.
  • banknote processing machines which are used in particular in commercial banks for deposit verification and billing, to an increased effort in the manual and possibly further machine post-processing of not recognized as genuine banknotes.
  • Known method relates to the determination of a sorting class from a number of banknote characteristics, such as denomination, security features and pollution.
  • measurement results for the banknote properties are first mapped onto discrete classes and combined to form a class vector.
  • the class vector is finally compared with individual rule vectors, each corresponding to a particular sort class. If the class vector of the banknote matches a rule vector, the banknote is assigned the sorting class corresponding to the respective rule vector.
  • a device for detecting banknotes in which a digital image is taken from the banknote and compared with a previously stored comparison image of a reference banknote. If, in a first comparison, in particular on one half of the banknote, a sufficiently reliable result is not obtained, the comparison can be repeated - for example with other comparison values - in other areas of the banknote. This, however, opens up the possibility of deliberately contaminating or damaging security-relevant areas of a counterfeit banknote from causing an examination of other areas with possibly easier-to-imitate security features and thus - erroneously - to produce a positive test result
  • At least two different authenticity classes each having one or more.
  • Authenticity criteria provided, wherein the individual authenticity classes differ from each other in at least one authenticity criterion.
  • an authenticity class is selected from the different authentication classes depending on the determined condition of a document under review and the document is checked against the authenticity criteria of the selected authenticity class, whereby clean and undamaged documents with significantly stricter authenticity criteria are checked than heavily soiled or damaged documents.
  • the selected authenticity class is assigned to the document if its authenticity criteria are met by the document.
  • the authenticity criteria are, for example, threshold values or intervals for the authenticity features used for the test.
  • authenticity features for example, optical, magnetic, electrical or physical characteristics can be used, eg optical reflection, transmission or emission, magnetic permeability, electrical conductivity, dielectric constant, thickness and format of the document as well as watermarks.
  • the invention is based on the idea to combine different authenticity criteria in the authentication of documents in several authenticity classes, the requirements for authenticity depending on the authenticity class are different levels, as belong to each authenticity class different severity criteria of authenticity. If, for example, an authenticity class with high requirements for authenticity is selected, for example with very high threshold values for the optical reflection or transmission, the authenticity of documents which fulfill the authenticity criteria of this selected authenticity class can be affirmed with high probability. Documents which do not meet the authenticity criteria of a selected authenticity class can be checked against further selected authenticity classes with lower requirements for authenticity, for example lower threshold values, whereby their authenticity can be affirmed with correspondingly lower probability. Overall, here-by a classification of the authenticity property, ie the measured authenticity features, of the documents to be tested into different classes of authenticity.
  • the denomination of the document is determined and then the selection of the authenticity class takes place as a function of the denomination of the document.
  • the denomination is the value or currency of the document under review.
  • the condition of the document is generally given by state characteristics, such as degree of soiling, limpness, damage, such as cracks, holes or imperfections in the printed image, as well as foreign objects, such as adhesive strips.
  • state characteristics such as degree of soiling, limpness, damage, such as cracks, holes or imperfections in the printed image, as well as foreign objects, such as adhesive strips.
  • the selection of the authenticity class when checking the authenticity of a document is based on, for example, the degree of contamination of the document, whereby clean and undamaged documents with significantly stricter authenticity criteria, eg higher thresholds, are checked than heavily soiled or damaged documents. This significantly increases the reliability of counterfeit detection of clean or slightly soiled documents. Overall, this condition-based authentication can identify documents in very good condition with high reliability as true or false. Since this only At the same time, the proportion of documents that are not recognized as authentic remains low.
  • Part of the genuineness criteria used for the authenticity check can be determined on the basis of forged documents.
  • the authenticity check with defined authenticity criteria is extended by an additional authenticity check with additional authenticity criteria, the additional authenticity criteria being determined on the basis of forged documents.
  • the determination of the additional authenticity criteria is generally carried out in a separate method, e.g. in specially designed facilities where forged documents are examined in particular for characteristic differences to genuine documents. From the differences found additional authenticity criteria are determined, which are then fed to the authentication process. In this case, documents continue to be tested on the basis of fixed authenticity criteria and classified as genuine if the authenticity criteria are met.
  • counterfeits can be detected if the documents examined do not meet the additional authenticity criteria established on known counterfeits, which preferably relate to characteristic differences between a found counterfeit and genuine documents. In this way, an increased reliability in the detection of counterfeiting, especially with regard to known and circulating counterfeits achieved.
  • FIG. 1 shows the schematic structure of an apparatus for authenticity verification of documents according to the invention.
  • the documents 10 provided in an input device 11, for example bank notes, are withdrawn individually from the input device 11 and conveyed by means of a transport system 14 to the output device 12.
  • the documents 10 are sorted into three different sorting classes and output to corresponding output bins 13.
  • a document 10 to be tested is transported past a measuring device 15.
  • the measuring device 15 measures the authenticity features of the document 10 to be checked. State features characterizing the state of the document 10 are also measured.
  • the dashed line in the measuring device 15 is intended to indicate that the measuring device 15 may have two or optionally a plurality of subassemblies in which authenticity and state features can be measured separately.
  • the measuring device 15 is used to measure only one side of the document 10 to be tested.
  • the device can also be designed in this way be that the document 10 can be measured from both sides, for example by two oppositely arranged measuring devices 15 through which the document 10 is transported therethrough.
  • Information about the measured features in the measuring device 15 are transmitted to an evaluation device 16, in which the authenticity check according to the invention takes place.
  • the selection of a certain authenticity class and their assignment to the document 10 to be checked is hereby preferably realized by a computer program.
  • the computer program for example, it is checked whether an authenticity feature measured on the document 10 to be checked, e.g. the optical reflection is greater than an optical reflection threshold associated with the particular authenticity class. If the result of the test is positive, document 10 is assigned the particular authentication class, e.g. by writing a number identifying the authenticity class into a variable characterizing the authenticity of the document 10. If the test result is negative, the computer program sets the test of the measured authenticity feature based on lower thresholds belonging to other authenticity classes, i.
  • the state of the document 10 is additionally determined, for example, from the measured state features.
  • the document 10 then preferably becomes one of several status classes which are characteristic for the respective state of the document to be checked are assigned.
  • status classes which are characteristic for the respective state of the document to be checked are assigned.
  • three state classes are provided, namely for a useless (unfit), useable (fit) or very good (ATM-fit) state.
  • the selection of the authenticity class in the subsequent authenticity check then takes place as a function of the conditional class assigned to the document 10 to be checked.
  • banknotes in very good condition (ATM-fit) are subjected to very strict authenticity criteria, while banknotes in unusable or fit condition must meet less stringent authenticity criteria of other authenticity classes in order to be classified as genuine.
  • an additional authenticity check is performed on documents 10 of a specific condition class, for example on banknotes in a usable (fit) or very good (ATM-fit) state.
  • Such an additional authenticity check can be carried out, for example, on the basis of already measured data for individual authenticity features.
  • the determination of the denomination can in principle also take place via the measuring device 15 and the evaluation device 16, but if appropriate this can also be carried out in separate measuring and evaluation devices.
  • the documents 10 are divided into one or more sorting classes and output to corresponding output bins 13.
  • the output device 12 is controlled by the evaluation device 16 so that in a first of the output compartments 13 banknotes - possibly of only one desired denomination - are issued, the very good (ATM-fit) State, to which an authenticity class with high demands on the authenticity, ie strict authenticity criteria, was assigned and which are in a desired position, ie a specific print pattern is visible from above and optionally aligned in a certain way.
  • ATM-fit very good
  • a second output tray the so-called reject tray
  • those banknotes are issued to which no authenticity class could be assigned and / or are in an undesirable location and / or may not belong to the desired denomination.
  • erroneously drawn in and / or transported banknotes eg double copies or folded banknotes, are also dispensed into this output compartment.
  • all remaining bills are issued to a third output bin, ie fit, unfit and banknotes, which have been assigned a passphrase with less stringent requirements for authenticity, ie less stringent authenticity criteria.
  • banknotes of a specific denomination are entered in a mixed position, then with this sorting mode, those banknotes of a particular denomination can be sorted out, which are in all probability real, have a very good condition (ATM-fit) and at the same time have a desired position. Banknotes meeting these criteria may then be provided for immediate reissue, eg in a self-service recycling machine.
  • ATM-fit very good condition
  • FIG. 2 shows the schematic structure of a system for authentication on the basis of authenticity criteria, which were determined on counterfeit documents.
  • the functioning of such a system differs from that in FIG. 1 illustrated example mainly by the fact that carried out in the evaluation device 16 authenticity check is carried out in two sub-steps.
  • the authenticity check is carried out using - preferably classified into authenticity classes - Authenticity criteria.
  • the selection of the authenticity class can here, as already in connection with FIG. 1 has been explained, depending on the determined state of the document 10 to be checked. If the measured authenticity features fulfill the given authenticity criteria, the document 10 is assigned the corresponding authenticity class.
  • an additional check is carried out using authenticity criteria which were determined on known forged documents.
  • the determination of these authenticity criteria takes place here in suitable for this purpose banknote testing machines, eg in a central bank or at a corresponding service provider. For reasons of data reduction, these are preferably authenticity criteria which are characteristic of the difference between a forged and a genuine document.
  • the authenticity criteria used in the second sub-step of the authenticity check are transmitted in the example shown by a control device 31, eg from a server of a central bank or a central service provider, via a wired or wireless connection 32 to one or more test stations 30 simultaneously.
  • the transmission of the corresponding data can also be done by means of suitable data carriers, for example by flash card, memory modules, floppy, CD or DVD.
  • the document 10 can be identified as a counterfeit with a high degree of probability, even if it fulfills the authenticity criteria in the first partial step of the authenticity check.
  • the chronological order of the two sub-steps can be chosen as desired.
  • this system allows a simple and fast update of features and criteria for checking the authenticity of banknotes in any number of test stations 30 simultaneously, so that a high reliability is ensured in the detection of counterfeit banknotes in circulation.
  • FIG. 3 shows the schematic structure of a system for applying the authenticity test according to the invention.
  • Documents 10 in this example banknotes, are deposited by a depositor at a commercial bank 39.
  • the deposit can be made, for example, at the terminal of a self-service recycling machine.
  • the inspection station 30 which may be part of the terminal, the banknotes are checked for authenticity. If the bills meet the very strict authenticity criteria of a selected authenticity class, they may be provided for immediate further issue, for example at the same terminal, at other issuing terminals 34 and / or at a bank counter 36.
  • All banknotes which do not meet these very strict authenticity criteria are supplied to a central checking device 35, for example in a central bank 40, in order to be subjected to a further authenticity check, whereby so-called high-security features are also used there for the purpose of checking particularly reliable recognition counterfeit banknotes is guaranteed.
  • Banknotes meeting these criteria can now be re-circulated by being returned to a commercial bank 39 for disbursement at issuing terminals 34 or at a bank counter 36.
  • a control unit 31 is also provided, in which - as in the description to FIG. 2 specifying additional authenticity criteria based on counterfeit banknotes which relate to characteristic differences between genuine banknotes and banknotes detected as counterfeit in the central checking device 35.
  • the counterfeits can in this case be transmitted directly from the test device 35 to the control unit 31.
  • the authenticity criteria determined there are then transmitted via the connection 32 to the test station 30 and can there - possibly additionally in addition to the authenticity criteria divided into different authenticity classes - be used to check the authenticity of banknotes.
  • characteristic data e.g. Printed images and / or serial numbers
  • data to the depositor e.g. Account number and / or personal identification number (PIN)
  • PIN personal identification number
  • characteristic data e.g. Print images and / or serial numbers
  • the control unit 31 can either be installed inside the commercial bank 39 as shown or outside of it, for example at a central service provider.
  • the illustrated system exemplifies the application of the inventive method in the authentication of banknotes to a deposit machine of a commercial bank.
  • the authenticity check can also take place in a banknote processing machine in which banknotes-for example, after payment at the counter of a commercial bank-are entered by an employee for checking and / or sorting.
  • the authenticity check and the subsequent procedure during sorting, re-issuing and / or forwarding for checking in a central bank are carried out analogously.

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  1. Procédé de vérification d'authenticité de documents, dans lequel un document (10) est vérifié à l'aide de critères d'authenticité, au moins deux catégories d'authenticité différentes incluant respectivement un ou plusieurs critères d'authenticité étant prévues, les diverses catégories d'authenticité se différenciant les unes des autres en au moins un critère d'authenticité et les exigences concernant l'authenticité étant différemment hautes selon la catégorie respective d'authenticité, caractérisé en ce que
    - l'état du document (10) est déterminé, et une catégorie d'authenticité est ensuite sélectionnée parmi les différentes catégories d'authenticité, la sélection de la catégorie d'authenticité ayant lieu en fonction de l'état du document (10), et le document (10) étant vérifié à l'aide de critères d'authenticité de la catégorie d'authenticité sélectionnée, des documents propres et non abîmés étant vérifiés selon des critères d'authenticité considérablement plus rigoureux que des documents très salis ou abîmés, et
    - la catégorie d'authenticité sélectionnée étant assignée au document (10) quand les critères d'authenticité de cette dernière sont remplis par le document (10).
  2. Document selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que, si les critères d'authenticité de la catégorie d'authenticité sélectionnée ne sont pas remplis, une catégorie d'authenticité supplémentaire est sélectionnée et la vérification d'authenticité est réitéré à l'aide des critères d'authenticité de la catégorie d'authenticité supplémentaire sélectionnée.
  3. Document selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la valeur unitaire du document (10) est déterminée et la sélection de la catégorie d'authenticité a ensuite lieu en fonction de la valeur unitaire du document (10).
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que l'état du document (10) est répartissable en catégories d'état, une catégorie d'état correspondant à l'état étant assignée au document (10) et la sélection de la catégorie d'authenticité pour la vérification d'authenticité du document (10) ayant lieu en fonction de la catégorie d'état assignée au document (10).
  5. Procédé selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les divers documents (10) sont triés de manière correspondante à la catégorie d'authenticité respectivement assignée.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les divers documents (10) sont triés de surcroît de manière correspondante à leur état, le cas échéant à leur catégorie d'état, et/ou à leur valeur unitaire.
  7. Procédé selon une des revendications 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que les documents (10) sont triés et sont en même temps répartis dans une ou plusieurs catégories de triage, les documents (10) répartis dans une première catégorie de triage étant ceux qui présentent un très bon état, auxquels a été assignée une certaine catégorie d'authenticité et qui se trouvent dans une position souhaitée et/ou appartiennent à une valeur unitaire souhaitée.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que les documents (10) répartis dans une deuxième catégorie de triage sont ceux auxquels aucune des catégories d'authenticité n'a été assignée et/ou qui ne se trouvent pas dans la position souhaitée et/ou qui n'appartiennent pas à une valeur unitaire souhaitée.
  9. Procédé selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que tous les documents (10) restants qui ne sont pas répartis dans la première ou deuxième catégorie de triage sont répartis dans une troisième catégorie de triage.
  10. Procédé selon une des revendications de 7 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les documents (10) répartis dans la première catégorie de triage sont mis à disposition pour une autre utilisation directe.
  11. Procédé selon une des revendications de 9 à 10, caractérisé en ce que les documents (10) répartis dans la troisième catégorie de triage sont transférés à un appareillage de vérification (35) où ils sont soumis à une vérification d'authenticité supplémentaire, notamment à l'aide de critères d'authenticité supplémentaires.
  12. Procédé selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que, parmi les documents (10) vérifiés dans l'appareillage central de vérification (35), ceux qui présentent un bon ou très bon état et remplissent les critères d'authenticité de la vérification d'authenticité de l'unité centrale de vérification (35) sont mis à disposition pour une autre utilisation.
  13. Procédé selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les documents (10) sont introduits par un déposant et sont acheminés à la vérification d'authenticité, et en ce que des données identifiant le déposant ainsi que des données caractéristiques des documents (10) introduits sont mémorisées ensemble.
  14. Procédé de vérification d'authenticité de documents selon une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'au moins une partie des critères d'authenticité adoptés pour la vérification d'authenticité est déterminée à l'aide de documents (10) falsifiés.
  15. Procédé selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que la vérification d'authenticité est effectué dans une station de vérification (30) et en ce que la détermination d'au moins une partie des critères d'authenticité adoptés dans la station de vérification (30) pour la vérification d'authenticité a lieu dans un appareillage de commande (31) à l'aide de documents (10) falsifiés.
  16. Procédé selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que des informations concernant les critères d'authenticité déterminés à l'aide de documents (10) falsifiés sont transmises à la station de vérification (30) à partir de l'appareillage de commande (31).
  17. Procédé selon la revendication 16, caractérisé en ce que les informations transmises par l'appareillage de commande (31) à la station de vérification (30) concernent des différences caractéristiques entre un document falsifié et un document (10) authentique.
  18. Dispositif de vérification d'authenticité de documents, notamment de billets de banque, de documents de valeur ou de sécurité, comprenant
    - au moins un appareillage de mesure (15) destiné à la mesure d'au moins une caractéristique d'authenticité sur un document (10) à vérifier et
    - au moins un appareillage d'évaluation (16) pour la vérification, à l'aide de critères d'authenticité, de la caractéristique d'authenticité mesurée, l'appareillage d'évaluation (16) étant configuré pour la vérification d'authenticité du document (10) à l'aide de critères d'authenticité d'une catégorie d'authenticité sélectionnée parmi plusieurs catégories d'authenticité différentes, les catégories d'authenticité comprenant respectivement un ou plusieurs critères d'authenticité et se différenciant les unes des autres en au moins un critère d'authenticité et les exigences concernant l'authenticité étant différemment hautes selon la catégorie respective d'authenticité, caractérisé en ce que
    - l'appareillage de mesure (15) est configuré pour la mesure d'au moins une caractéristique d'état caractérisant l'état d'un document (10) à vérifier, et l'appareillage d'évaluation (16) est configuré pour la détermination de l'état du document (10) à partir de la caractéristique d'état mesurée ainsi que pour la sélection de la catégorie d'authenticité en fonction de l'état déterminé du document (10), des documents propres et non abîmés étant vérifiés avec des critères d'authenticité considérablement plus rigoureux que des documents très salis ou abîmés, et
    - la catégorie d'authenticité sélectionnée étant assignée au document (10) quand les critères d'authenticité de cette dernière sont remplis par le document (10).
  19. Dispositif selon la revendication 18, caractérisé en ce qu'un appareillage de délivrance (12) destiné à la délivrance de documents (10) triés selon leur catégorie d'authenticité et/ou leur état et/ou leur valeur unitaire est prévu.
  20. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 18 à 19, caractérisé en ce l'appareillage d'évaluation (16) est configuré pour la vérification d'authenticité du document (10) à l'aide de critères d'authenticité qui furent déterminés à l'aide de documents (10) falsifiés.
  21. Dispositif selon la revendication 20, caractérisé en ce qu'un appareillage de commande (31) est prévu, qui est configuré pour la détermination des critères d'authenticité à l'aide de documents (10) falsifiés et à partir duquel des informations concernant les critères d'authenticité déterminés à l'aide de documents (10) falsifiés sont transmissibles à l'appareillage d'évaluation (16).
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