EP1927086B1 - Procede et dispositif pour tester des documents de valeur - Google Patents

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EP1927086B1
EP1927086B1 EP06791944A EP06791944A EP1927086B1 EP 1927086 B1 EP1927086 B1 EP 1927086B1 EP 06791944 A EP06791944 A EP 06791944A EP 06791944 A EP06791944 A EP 06791944A EP 1927086 B1 EP1927086 B1 EP 1927086B1
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Bernd Wunderer
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    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for testing value documents, in particular banknotes, to determine value document properties.
  • value documents are, in particular, banknotes but also documents and documents requiring further protection, such as checks, shares, identity cards, passports, entrance tickets, tickets and the like.
  • Characteristic features of these value documents are checked to determine their authenticity.
  • sensors adapted to the properties to be tested are used.
  • optical sensors for example, the absorption, transmission and / or luminescence properties of value documents can be tested.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a simplified method and a simplified device for testing documents of value in order to record both value-document properties independent of asymmetrical effects of the value document and also the asymmetrical effects of the value document.
  • the valuable document area to be tested is detected by means of two (or more) sensors from different directions, wherein the value document properties to be tested, in particular thus authenticity features, are determined unaffected by asymmetrical effects of the value document by adding the measured values of both sensors, whereas the asymmetrical effects, such as wrinkles and asymmetrical reflections, are determined by subtraction of the measured values supplied by the sensors.
  • Essential for the invention is therefore an evaluation of the measured values both by summation and by subtraction.
  • the measured values supplied by the sensors are added in order to obtain a total measured value which is insensitive to asymmetrical effects of the value document.
  • the difference is formed to capture just these unbalanced effects. In this way, both authenticity features and other value-document-specific features as well as the condition quality of the value document can be tested by means of a single device, which is derived precisely from asymmetrical effects.
  • the sensors each comprise an illumination device for irradiating the valuable document area to be tested and a detector for measuring value document radiation in the irradiated valuable document area.
  • the detectors are arranged relative to the value document on the same side as the illumination devices or on the opposite side of the value document.
  • either the detectors or the illumination devices of the sensors are combined to form a common detector or a common illumination device. This is particularly useful when the two sensors are arranged symmetrically relative to the valuable document area to be tested. As a result, the design effort for the sensor device can be significantly reduced.
  • the banknote by means of two illumination devices from different irradiation directions and to provide a common detector, for example, centrally between the illumination devices.
  • a common detector for example, centrally between the illumination devices.
  • the evaluation device coupled to the illumination receives from the detector at appropriate times recorded radiation readings, which is due either to one or the other of the two lighting devices.
  • the two radiation measurement values can then be summed up as well as used for subtraction. If the difference approaches zero, this means that the value document is virtually new.
  • a problem with the abovementioned embodiment is the control effort for the alternating activation of the two illumination devices.
  • the value document areas respectively irradiated by the two illumination devices do not exactly match if the value documents, as is generally customary in bank note checking, are passed continuously and not intermittently past the checking device.
  • a further preferred embodiment of the invention therefore provides that the two (or more) sensors use a common illumination device instead of a common detector.
  • the illumination device is arranged, for example, centrally between two detectors, preferably aligned symmetrically with respect to the valuable document area to be tested.
  • the illumination device is arranged, for example, centrally between two detectors, preferably aligned symmetrically with respect to the valuable document area to be tested.
  • detector arrays in particular linearly arranged detector arrays
  • the irradiation of the banknote can also take place, for example, by means of LED arrays, in particular linearly arranged LED arrays.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of an apparatus 1 for testing documents of value, in particular banknotes BN.
  • a housing 2 two sensors are directed to a measuring zone 3, which corresponds to a value-document area of the banknote BN to be detected.
  • the banknote BN is transported (in the direction of the arrow) past the device 1 in order to successively test different value-document areas.
  • the two sensors each comprise an illumination device 4, a detector 5 and a Selfoc lens 6 arranged between the detector 5 and the measurement zone 3.
  • the detectors 5 are connected via lines 7 to an evaluation device 8.
  • the lighting devices 4 are coupled via lines 9 to the evaluation device 8.
  • the radiation direction of the illumination devices 4 is represented in each case by an arrow which originates from the radiation devices 4 and points to the measurement zone 3.
  • the banknote BN is transported past the device 1, it is irradiated alternately in the measuring zone 3 by the one and the other illumination device 4.
  • the respective radiation periods of the evaluation device 8 are communicated via the connecting lines 9, or the illumination devices 4 are correspondingly controlled by the evaluation device 8 via these lines 9.
  • the periods may well overlap, provided that time windows remain in which only one and only the other of the two lighting devices 4 are active.
  • radiation of the value document falling through the Selfoc lenses 6 is detected, and the detected radiation measurement values are transmitted via the lines 7 to the evaluation device 8.
  • each of the two illumination devices 4 is permanently assigned to one of the two detectors 5, such that only such radiation measurement values supplied by a detector 5 are used for the evaluation, which were acquired during the period in which the illumination device 4 assigned to this detector alone was active.
  • the radiation measured values for a measuring point detected by the detectors 5 are then added on the one hand to a first measured value and on the other hand a second measured value is formed by subtraction.
  • the first measured value the features characterizing the banknote, eg. As authenticity features, currency, denomination characteristics, etc., to be checked in order to derive statements about genuineness and type (currency, denomination) of the banknote.
  • the second measured value the asymmetrical properties, z. B. Knitter, are checked to derive a statement about the state of the bill.
  • the evaluation device 8 alternately receives radiation measurement values via the common detector 5, which are due to the irradiation of the banknote BN by means of one or the other of the two illumination devices 4. Due to the coupling of the evaluation device 8 with the illumination devices 4 via the connecting lines 9, a synchronization of the radiation measured values supplied by the detector 5 with the respective illumination periods of the illumination devices 4 is ensured.
  • the two sensors share a lighting device 4.
  • On the connecting line 9 between the evaluation device 8 and the illumination device 4 may optionally be omitted in this embodiment, since the illumination device 4 does not have to be controlled by the evaluation device 8. Instead, the illumination device 4 can be permanently switched on or activated, for example, by a light barrier, when the banknote BN enters the measuring zone 3.
  • the evaluation device 8 then receives the radiation measurement values detected by the two detectors 5 via the lines 7 and performs addition and subtraction in order to be able to infer, for example, the authenticity and the state of the value document on the basis of the results obtained.

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  1. Procédé destiné à tester des documents de valeur, notamment des billets de banque (BN), comprenant les étapes :
    ■ irradiation du document de valeur au moins dans une zone du document de valeur à partir d'une première direction d'irradiation, et mesure de radiation du document de valeur dans la zone du document de valeur à partir d'une première direction de détection et / ou
    ■ irradiation de la zone du document de valeur à partir d'une deuxième direction d'irradiation différente de la première et / ou mesure de radiation du document de valeur dans la zone du document de valeur à partir d'une deuxième direction de détection différente de la première,
    ■ constitution d'une première valeur mesurée à partir des radiations mesurées par addition des valeurs de radiation mesurées,
    ■ constitution d'une deuxième valeur mesurée à partir des radiations mesurées par soustraction des valeurs de radiation mesurées,
    caractérisé par les étape suivantes
    ■ déduction, au moyen de la première valeur mesurée, d'une assertion relative aux caractéristiques du document de valeur et concernant l'authenticité et / ou le genre du document de valeur, et
    ■ déduction, au moyen de la deuxième valeur mesurée, d'une assertion relative aux caractéristiques du document de valeur et concernant l'état du document de valeur, les caractéristiques produisant des effets asymétriques et étant formées par froissement et encrassement.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la première et la deuxième direction d'irradiation sont différentes et en ce que la première et la deuxième direction de détection sont identiques, l'étape de la mesure de la radiation du document de valeur a partir de la direction de détection identique ayant lieu au moyen du même détecteur (5), notamment au moyen d'un réseau détecteur de préférence linéaire.
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que l'irradiation de la zone du document de valeur a lieu alternativement à partir de la première et de la deuxième direction d'irradiation.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la première et la deuxième direction d'irradiation sont identiques et en ce que la première et la deuxième direction de détection sont différentes, l'étape de la radiation de la zone du document de valeur à partir de la direction d'irradiation identique ayant lieu au moyen du même équipement d'irradiation (4), notamment au moyen d'un réseau LED de préférence linéaire.
  5. Procédé selon une des revendications de 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le document de valeur est transporté pour tester successivement des zones différentes zones du document de valeur.
  6. Procédé selon une des revendications de 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la première et la deuxième direction d'irradiation et / ou la première et la deuxième direction de détection sont positionnées de manière symétrique par rapport à la zone du document de valeur.
  7. Dispositif destiné à tester des documents de valeur, notamment des billets de banque (BN), comprenant :
    ■ une zone de mesure (3), et
    ■ un équipement de capteur pour mesurer des propriétés de documents de valeur, composé d'au moins deux capteurs optiques orientés à partir de différentes directions vers la zone mesurée et pourvus chacun d'au moins un équipement d'irradiation (4) et d'au moins un détecteur (5), le au moins un équipement d'irradiation (4) ou le au moins un détecteur (5) pouvant être conjointement affectés aux capteurs,
    ■ un équipement d'évaluation (8) équipé pour constituer à partir de signaux des au moins deux capteurs une première valeur mesurée par addition et une deuxième valeur mesurée par soustraction,
    caractérisé en ce que l'équipement d'évaluation (8) évalue la première valeur mesurée pour déduire une assertion concernant des caractéristiques du document de valeur relatives à l'authenticité et / ou au genre du document de valeur, et en ce que l'équipement d'évaluation (8) évalue la deuxième valeur mesurée pour déduire une assertion concernant des caractéristiques du document de valeur relatives à l'état du document de valeur, les caractéristiques produisant des effets asymétriques et étant formées par froissement et encrassement.
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un détecteur (5) est conjointement affecté aux capteurs.
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 7 ou 8, caractérisé par un équipement de commande pour la commande en alternance des équipements d'irradiation (4) des capteurs.
  10. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un équipement d'irradiation (4) est conjointement affecté aux capteurs.
  11. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 7 à 10, caractérisé par un équipement de transport destiné à transporter les documents de valeur (BN) à travers la zone de mesure (3).
  12. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 7 à 11, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un détecteur (5) est un réseau détecteur, notamment un réseau détecteur linéaire.
  13. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 7 à 12, caractérisé en ce que le au moins un équipement d'irradiation (4) est un réseau LED, notamment un réseau LED linéaire.
  14. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 7 à 13, caractérisé par au moins une lentille Selfoc (6) entre la zone de mesure (3) et le au moins un détecteur (5).
  15. Dispositif selon une des revendications de 7 à 14, caractérisé en ce que les capteurs sont positionnés de manière symétrique les uns par rapport aux autres par rapport à la zone de mesure (3).
  16. Machine de traitement de billets de banque, caractérisée par un dispositif destiné à tester des billets de banque selon une des revendications de 7 à 15.
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