EP2195791A1 - Apparatus for calibrating sensors - Google Patents
Apparatus for calibrating sensorsInfo
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- EP2195791A1 EP2195791A1 EP08801571A EP08801571A EP2195791A1 EP 2195791 A1 EP2195791 A1 EP 2195791A1 EP 08801571 A EP08801571 A EP 08801571A EP 08801571 A EP08801571 A EP 08801571A EP 2195791 A1 EP2195791 A1 EP 2195791A1
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- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- calibration
- sensor
- medium
- calibration medium
- winding
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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
- G07D7/20—Testing patterns thereon
- G07D7/2075—Setting acceptance levels or parameters
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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
- G07D2205/00—Coin testing devices
- G07D2205/001—Reconfiguration of coin testing devices
- G07D2205/0012—Reconfiguration of coin testing devices automatic adjustment, e.g. self-calibration
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- the invention relates to a device for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium.
- the calibration media are arranged to be movable so that they can be introduced into the detection range of the sensor to be calibrated as required, considerable mechanical effort is usually required to bring the calibration media into the detection range of the sensor to be calibrated and remove it again. Additional problems may arise if the objects to be examined, eg. B. banknotes, are transported past the sensors at high speed. In this case, frequently parts of the transport system used block a simple introduction and removal of the calibration media in the detection range of the sensors to be calibrated. In addition, special measures must be taken to protect the calibration media from contamination as the objects to be examined, e.g. B. banknotes, often with larger amounts of dirt, z. As dust, are afflicted.
- the sensors are to detect larger row or area-shaped areas, which is why they are constructed, for example, as a line scan camera.
- Such sensors have a plurality of elements which are arranged side by side to z. B. to form the line-shaped sensor with a required length. In such cases, it is desirable to be able to carry out a calibration for all the elements forming the sensor.
- the invention has for its object to provide a device for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration, which is simple in construction and allows precise calibration.
- the invention is based on the finding that, starting from a device for calibrating at least one sensor by means of a calibration medium, in which an operating mode for the testing of test objects, in particular banknotes, by means of the at least one sensor and a KaIi- briermodus, for the calibration of at least one sensor is provided by means of the calibration medium, wherein the calibration medium according to the invention consists of stiff, band-shaped material which is wound into a winding, wherein the calibration can be unwound by means of a drive from the winding or wound on the winding, wherein the calibration medium is unwound from the reel in the calibration mode for the calibration of the at least one sensor by means of the drive and pushed into the detection range of the at least one sensor, and the calibration medium is wound onto the reel by the drive after completion of the calibration mode, for the test of DUTs within the detection range of the sensor during the operating mode.
- the advantage of the solution according to the invention is that a compact winding can be wound up from the calibration medium by using a calibration medium made of stiff, strip-shaped material.
- the calibration medium is less susceptible to aging and contamination.
- the calibration medium also consists of stiff, band-shaped material, this can be easily unwound from the winding and because of the rigidity of its material, the band-shaped calibration, due to the unwinding, be pushed into the detection range of the sensor to be calibrated, without requiring expensive mechanical Facilities for transport or the guidance or positioning of the calibration medium are needed.
- Show it 1 shows a first embodiment of a device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium, in a calibration mode
- FIG. 2 shows the first embodiment of the device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium according to FIG. 1, in an operating mode
- Figure 3 shows the first embodiment of the device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium according to
- FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of a device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium.
- FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium, in an operating mode.
- FIG. 1a shows the device in a side view
- FIG. 1b shows a view of the device.
- the device has a sensor 3, which contains one or more detectors and one or more excitation sources.
- the detectors may be, for example, photodiodes, CCD sensors, ultrasonic sensors, etc.
- the excitation sources of the sensor 3 are light-emitting diodes, incandescent lamps, discharge lamps, ultrasound sources, etc.
- the sensor 3 performs remission measurements, ie the signals originating from the excitation sources are remitted from a measurement object or a calibration medium to the detectors of the sensor 3.
- the further sensor 3 ' may be constructed like the first sensor 3, but it is also possible that the first sensor 3 contains only one or more detectors, while the further sensor 3' contains only one or more excitation sources, so that the resulting Sensor 3, 3 'performs transmission measurements.
- a calibration medium 1 is provided for the calibration of the sensor 3, 3 '.
- the calibration medium 1 consists of a rigid material, for. As steel, in particular spring steel, or plastic, which is band-shaped.
- the belt-shaped calibrating medium 1 is spirally wound by a drive 4, for example a motor.
- the winding or the spiral or roll of the calibration medium 1 can be accommodated in a housing 12, so that the calibration medium 1 is protected against contamination and aging-accelerating influences, eg. B. intensive lighting is protected.
- a cleaning element 13 can also be provided, which cleans the calibration medium 1 when it is moved back into the housing 12 in order to avoid the introduction of adhering dirt into the housing 12.
- the calibration medium 1 is unwound from the winding and moved along the sensor 3, 3 'along a first direction of movement 6.
- guide elements 2, 2 ', 2 " can be provided which ensure that the calibration medium 1 is in a precisely defined position with respect to the sensor 3, 3' and its detection area, in particular at one position which is normally occupied by a measurement object, in particular the focus area of the sensor 3, 3 'After the calibration medium 1 has reached an end position 2 ", the motor 4 is stopped. In the detection range of the sensor 3, 3 'is now a reference element 1', which is part of the calibration 1, to perform the calibration of the sensor 3, 3 '.
- the reference element 1 ' can be printed on the material of the calibration medium 1, for example, or printed on two sides, glued or applied in any other way. But it is also possible that the material of the calibration medium 1 itself forms the reference element V, or that the reference element 1 'is introduced into the calibration medium 1.
- the reference element 1 ' has special properties which are predetermined and used for the calibration of the sensor 3, 3'.
- the reference element 1 ' is chosen according to the properties of the sensor 3, 3' used, for example, it may be a white reference or a reference element 1 'with a special spectral property, eg. B. have particular red, green or blue color properties.
- the material of the calibration medium 1 can also be selected according to the properties of the sensor 3, 3 '.
- the sensor 3, 3 ' is, for example, a transmission sensor, it must be ensured that, in particular, the material of the calibration medium 1 is transparent to the signals of the excitation source used, if the material itself is not the reference element V.
- the calibration it is determined, in particular, whether the values measured by the sensor 3, 3 'coincide with the expected values which must result from the predefined properties of the calibration medium 1 or of the reference element 1'. Occur deviations, a correction is made in the manner described above, z. Example by means of correction factors, which are used in later measurements, or by changing the intensity of the excitation sources of the sensor 3, 3 '.
- FIG. 2 shows the first embodiment of the device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium according to FIG. 1 in an operating mode. The illustration of the further sensor 3 'has been omitted for reasons of clarity.
- parts 11 of a transport system are additionally shown, which transport the object to be examined, in particular banknotes 10, in a transport direction T on the sensor 3, which examines a side of the banknotes 10 facing it.
- Such transport systems are used, for example, in banknote processing machines in which banknotes 10 are checked, sorted, destroyed, accepted, stored, etc.
- the motor 4 was operated with a second direction of rotation 5 ', so that the calibration medium 1 was wound onto the winding and removed along a second direction of movement 6' from the region of the sensor 3, so that in its place the banknote 10 from the transport system 11 can be transported past the sensor 3. Upon reaching an end position of the calibration medium 1, the motor 4 is stopped.
- FIG. 3 shows the first embodiment of the device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium according to FIG. 1, along a section A-A through the device.
- FIG. 3 a shows how the calibration medium 1 is guided by the guide elements 2 in the region of the sensor 3 so that it assumes the desired position, ie is located in the focus area of the sensor 3, during which the bank notes to be examined are in normal operation 10 are located.
- FIG. 3b shows a variant of the calibration medium 1.
- the calibration medium 1 in this variant has a transverse curvature which biases the calibration medium 1, whereby the above-described stiff properties of the material of the calibration medium 1 are enhanced. Due to the transverse curvature of the calibration medium 1, it can be achieved that the calibration medium 1 aligns itself securely during unwinding in order to cover the sensor 3 precisely in the desired position. Thereby, the number of guide elements 2, 2 'can be kept low or it can even be completely dispensed with.
- FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of a device according to the invention for the calibration of sensors by means of a calibration medium.
- the essential components and the function of the device for the calibration of sensors according to the second embodiment correspond to the device according to the first embodiment described above in connection with FIGS. 1 to 3. Accordingly, the same reference numerals are used for these components.
- FIG. 4 a shows the device for the calibration of the sensor 3, at a point in time at which a first reference element 1 ', z. B. a white reference, is above the sensor 3 to calibrate this.
- the motor 4 is operated with the first direction of rotation 5, whereupon the calibration medium 1 is moved beyond the sensor 3 in the first direction of movement 6.
- An adjoining the guide element 2 'guide element 7 passes the calibration medium 1 in the direction of a drive shaft of another drive 14, z. B. another engine.
- the further motor 14 and the calibration medium 1 have elements 8, 9 of a coupling, which connect the drive shaft of the further motor 14 and the calibration medium 1 to one another when the calibration medium 1 is moved further by the first motor 4.
- the drive shaft of the first motor 4 and the end of the calibration medium 1 connected thereto also have a coupling in accordance with the clutch described above in connection with FIG.
- the calibration medium 1 does not have to be wound back onto the winding formed by the first motor 4. Rather, the calibration medium 1 is wound up by the second motor 14 until the calibration medium 1 is removed from the detection range of the sensor 3. During the subsequent calibration process, the calibration medium is then rewound by means of the first motor 4. Likewise, it may be provided that no further motor 14 is provided. In this case, the calibration medium 1 is moved only by unwinding and winding with the first motor 4.
- the guide element 2 In the area behind the guide element 2 ', however, there must be sufficient space for the movement of the quenching medium 1 in this case. It is also possible to use the guide element 7, in this case, sufficient space for the movement of the calibration medium 1 below the guide element 2 'must be present. If the calibration medium 1 is sufficiently stiff, several guide elements can also be used to redirect the calibration medium 1 several times. It is also conceivable to use a housing, corresponding to the housing 12 from FIG. 1a, in which the calibration medium I rolls up into a winding, if it is moved by the first motor 4.
- the illustrated guide elements 2, 2 ' can be used. Further arranged in the direction of movement guide elements, for. As the guide element 2 ', can be flared funnel-shaped on the inlet side, so that these guide elements can detect the calibration medium 1, even if this deviates from the desired position. It can also be provided, for example, that continuous guide elements are used.
- the calibration medium 1 can be guided on a housing of the sensor 3, 3 '.
- the calibration medium 1 can be moved along a viewing window arranged in the housing for the sensor 3, 3 ', by means of which the measured objects to be examined by the sensor 3, 3' are moved during normal operation.
- the calibration medium 1 from environmental influences, for.
- sensor 3, 3 'and calibration 1 can also be housed in a common housing.
- the calibration medium 1 should be guided as close as possible to a window provided for the sensor 3, 3 ', so that the calibration medium 1 is as close as possible to the focus region of the sensor 3, 3', to which in the normal operation are located.
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