EP2323108B1 - Dispositif et procédé de vérification de éléments de sécurité contenues dans la structure fibreuse d'objets plats en papier - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de vérification de éléments de sécurité contenues dans la structure fibreuse d'objets plats en papier Download PDF

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EP2323108B1
EP2323108B1 EP10013350.3A EP10013350A EP2323108B1 EP 2323108 B1 EP2323108 B1 EP 2323108B1 EP 10013350 A EP10013350 A EP 10013350A EP 2323108 B1 EP2323108 B1 EP 2323108B1
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  • the invention is based on a device and a method for detecting security features contained in the fiber structure in flat objects made of paper.
  • Such devices are used in the inspection of objects. These include, for example, detecting, controlling, verifying and verifying the authenticity of objects and identifying counterfeits.
  • the items of paper include, in particular, notes of value or documents such as banknotes, checks, stocks, papers with security imprint, certificates, identity cards, entrance tickets, tickets, vouchers, identification or access cards.
  • Devices for the detection of security features of an object are often part of a multi-component system for processing and processing flat objects. Devices for the detection of security features are used to distinguish counterfeit from real objects.
  • Paper substrates have special properties in the reflection, transmission, absorption and luminescence of light, which can be influenced by the targeted addition of additives in papermaking and coatings.
  • Simple and inexpensive paper used, for example, in printers and copying machines typically has characteristic luminescence and reflection Irradiation of light of the ultraviolet wavelength range.
  • Such papers or paper substrates are therefore referred to as UV bright.
  • Paper substrates of value documents, such as banknotes generally do not exhibit such a behavior upon irradiation of light of the ultraviolet wavelength range, which is why they are referred to as UV dark.
  • UV dark By irradiation of UV light, therefore, documents made of UV-dark paper can be distinguished from counterfeits made of UV-bright paper. However, if the counterfeit also consists of UV dark paper, then this examination is not sufficient to prove the authenticity of a document.
  • the documents are equipped with special security features.
  • security features include, among others, the characteristic fibrous structure of the paper of a document.
  • the document may, for example, contain in the paper structure a watermark, which is produced during papermaking in the wire section of the paper machine. This results in a pattern with areas of a partially higher density of paper fibers and areas with a partially lower density of paper fibers.
  • the density of the paper fibers depends on the translucency of the paper, so that the watermark can be recognized by the naked eye, especially in translucent light.
  • Such targeted changes in the paper structure are referred to as true watermarks. Since the light transmission of a paper can also be influenced by printing inks, watermarks can be simulated by printing on the paper.
  • spurious watermarks can not be distinguished by the naked eye from true watermarks.
  • Falsifications of documents may have spurious watermarks generated by printing a paper with special color pigments. Fake documents can be composed of two separate sheets of paper, one of which is printed with the printed side facing inward. Such spurious watermarks can not be distinguished from genuine watermarks in a simple transmitted light detection, since the light transmission at both are about the same. It is only detected the presence of an optical representation and not the authenticity of the watermark.
  • the light of the illumination device is deflected in the direction of the reflector by reflection. This reflection is made by the flat objects themselves. However, it can also be done by another reflector.
  • the illumination device is aligned with its optical axis in the direction of the transport plane. If a flat object is located at the intersection of the optical axis of the illumination device on the one hand and the transport plane on the other hand, the light of the illumination device is reflected on the surface of the flat object and reaches the reflector. If no flat object is located at the point of intersection, the light of the illumination device is not deflected in the direction of the reflector. In this case, no light of the illumination device is detected by the sensor.
  • the illumination device illuminates the flat objects over their entire width perpendicular to the transport direction. Thus, the flat objects are fully illuminated during transport.
  • the illumination device can be equipped with a plurality of light sources, for example with light-emitting diodes.
  • It may be an illumination device for the continuous emission of light or for the generation of light pulses. If light pulses are generated, it is possible to emit light pulses of different wavelength ranges offset in time and to examine different features of the flat objects.
  • a sensor can be used, which can detect the light of the different wavelength ranges or different sensors must be used for the different wavelength ranges.
  • the device may be provided with another reflector to redirect the light after transmission through a flat object and to direct it again to the flat object.
  • the sensor is arranged on the same side of the transport plane as the illumination device and the first reflector. The intensity of the light reaching the sensor is greatly reduced due to a first and a second transmission. In this case, in order to be able to detect an effect on the fiber structure of a flat object on the sensor, the intensity of the light of the illumination device must be sufficiently high.
  • the sensor preferably also extends perpendicular to the transport direction over the entire width, which is covered by the flat objects during their transport. In this way, the flat objects can be completely scanned during their transport to capture all the features.
  • the sensor allows a spatially resolved detection of the light transmitted through the articles due to transmission. The result is compared for evaluation with the given for a real flat object measurement data pattern.
  • the transport device provides for preferably continuous transport of the flat objects relative to the illumination device, the reflector and the sensor, so that the flat objects can be examined one after the other.
  • the lighting of the flat objects takes place during the transport. Since even a high transport speed is small compared to the speed of light, the flat objects can be regarded as dormant with respect to illumination and evaluation.
  • a shield in the direction of the sensor is provided on the side facing away from the illumination device side of the transport plane in extension of the optical axis. Furthermore, care can be taken that no light reflecting surface of the illumination device is present on the side facing away from the illumination device in order to prevent the light, after transmission through an object, from reentering the beam path of the device and striking the reflector.
  • the reflection of the light on the flat objects reduces the intensity of the light of the illumination device. Furthermore, light is only directed in the direction of the reflector when a flat object is located on the illumination device. This prevents the light of the illumination device from reaching the sensor directly without reducing the intensity. Furthermore, the reflection of the light at the flat objects on the sensor generates a reference signal, which is compared with the signal generated due to transmission. If a flat object is already in the area of the illumination device but not yet in the beam path between the reflector and the sensor, then the light arriving at the sensor has been reflected on the flat object, but transmission through the flat object has not taken place. The obtained signal is used for the subject in the evaluation as a reference signal.
  • the reference signal has the advantage that a comparison, in particular in the area of the fiber structure containing the security feature, can be carried out with the reference signal for each paper substrate.
  • a comparison in particular in the area of the fiber structure containing the security feature
  • the influence that the paper substrate exerts on the light intensity with uniform fiber distribution in transmission can be distinguished from the influence on the light intensity of a security feature included or not included in the fiber structure in the same paper substrate in transmission.
  • a relative evaluation is possible. This is particularly advantageous because flat objects, in particular banknotes, use different paper substrates and the security features in the fiber structure are to be reliably detected for all types of paper substrates.
  • a direct irradiation of light of the illumination device on the reflector preventing separation is arranged between the illumination device and the reflector.
  • the light from the illumination device can only reach the reflector when it is reflected on a transported flat object.
  • scattered light is not completely but largely avoided when the separation has a small opening for the light, wherein the opening is centered around the intended beam path.
  • the transport plane is predetermined by at least one flat, flat component.
  • the flat planar component is transparent to the light of the illumination device.
  • the flat flat component may, for example, be a transparent glass plate. This flat, flat component ensures that the flat objects remain in the transport plane and do not deviate from the intended transport route. It also protects the Lighting device and the reflector against the ingress of dust and other dirt.
  • the flat planar component in the region in which the at least one optical axis of the illumination device intersects the transport plane equipped with at least one reflective layer to reflect the light of the illumination device to the reflector.
  • the illumination device and the reflector are arranged on one side of the flat, planar component and the sensor on the other side of the flat, planar component.
  • the illumination device comprises at least one UV light source.
  • Light of the ultraviolet wavelength range is particularly useful to study the fiber structure of flat articles of paper.
  • the illumination device, the reflector and the sensor are shielded against the penetration of ambient light. This prevents the measurement of the transmission of light of the illumination device by a flat object from being influenced or impaired by ambient light.
  • the reflector has at least one planar, reflective surface. This can for example be part of a plate.
  • the reflector is curved. It is preferably a curvature inwards, so that the incident light is bundled in the direction of the transport plane.
  • the senor comprises a line scan camera aligned perpendicular to the transport direction.
  • the line scan camera is arranged in a housing with a narrow entrance slit for the light reflected by the reflector of the illumination device.
  • the narrow entrance slit allows penetration of the light reflected from the reflector and suppresses the ingress of ambient light.
  • the gap reaches up to the transport plane.
  • the inventive method with the features of claim 1 is characterized in that the light of a lighting device is reflected at least one reflector and is directed to a flat object after reflection.
  • a sensor detects the transmission of light through the object.
  • the flat object is transported in a transport plane in a predetermined transport direction.
  • the device according to the invention can be used to carry out the method.
  • the illumination device is aligned to a first illumination of the flat objects with its at least one optical axis to the transport plane.
  • the reflected light from the flat objects of the illumination device is guided by means of the reflector to a second illumination of the flat objects in the direction of the transport plane.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of an apparatus for detecting security features contained in the fiber structure in flat objects made of paper with a lighting device 1, a transport device, not shown in the drawing, a reflector 2 and a sensor 3.
  • the device is used to detect security features in the form of watermarks in flat objects 4.
  • the flat objects are banknotes.
  • the flat objects 4 are transported by the transport device in the transport direction 5 along a transport plane 6.
  • the sensor 3 together with a surrounding housing 9, a second unit, which is referred to as an optical receiver.
  • the illumination device emits light in the direction of the transport plane 6. There, the light strikes a flat object 4 for a first time, is reflected on its surface and reaches the reflector 2. From there, the light strikes the flat object 4 a second time.
  • the sensor 3 detects this due to transmission through the flat object passed through light. Due to the large-area illumination of the flat object 4 by the illumination device 1 and the reflector 2 and due to the detection of the transmission over the entire width of the flat object perpendicular to the transport direction and due to the transport of the flat object relative to the sensor, the entire flat object in two dimensions recorded and optically scanned.
  • the beam path of the light from the illumination device 1 to the sensor 3 is represented by arrows 10.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of an apparatus for detecting security features contained in the fiber structure with a lighting device 11, a reflector 12 and a sensor 13.
  • the lighting device 11 consists of several arranged in a row or row light-emitting diodes.
  • Lighting device 11 and reflector 12 are arranged in a common housing 14. Between the illumination device 11 and the reflector 12 is a partition 15 with an opening 16 for the at. In FIG. 2 not shown flat object reflected light.
  • the housing 14 is covered at the top by a flat flat member 17 in the form of a glass plate.
  • the upward-facing surface of this glass plate forms the transport plane 18. Along this surface, a flat object is transported by a transport device, not shown. Above the transport plane 18, the sensor 13 is arranged.
  • a radiation-tight cover 19 protects the sensor from the ingress of ambient light. Via a narrow entry slot 20, which is covered by a transparent window 21, and via rod lenses 22, the light reflected by the reflector 12 reaches the sensor 13. The arrangement of the rod lenses 22, which is offset towards the radiation-tight cover, causes the penetration of ambient light additionally difficult.
  • the operation of this second embodiment corresponds to the device according to the first embodiment.

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  1. Procédé pour déceler des caractéristiques de sécurité contenues dans la structure fibreuse sur des objets plats en papier, caractérisé par les étapes suivantes :
    réflexion de la lumière d'un dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) sur au moins un réflecteur (2, 12),
    transport d'un objet plat (4) avec un dispositif de transport dans un plan de transport (6, 18) dans une direction de transport (5) par rapport au dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11),
    éclairage de l'objet plat (4) avec la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) qui est réfléchie sur le réflecteur (2, 12),
    détection de la transmission de la lumière à travers l'objet plat (4) au moyen d'un capteur (3, 13),
    interprétation de la lumière détecté au moyen du capteur (3, 13),
    caractérisé en ce
    que le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) est orienté en vue d'un premier éclairage de l'objet plat avec son au moins un axe optique sur le plan de transport (6, 18), et en ce que la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) qui est réfléchie par l'objet plat (4) est guidée en direction du plan de transport (6, 18) au moyen du réflecteur (2, 12) en vue d'un deuxième éclairage de l'objet plat,
    en ce qu'un signal de référence est généré au niveau du capteur par la réflexion de la lumière sur l'objet plat, lequel est comparé avec un signal généré sur la base de la transmission,
    le signal de référence étant obtenu lorsque l'objet plat se trouve déjà dans la zone du dispositif d'éclairage, mais par encore dans le trajet du rayon entre le réflecteur et le capteur, et que bien que la lumière parvenant sur le capteur ait été réfléchie sur l'objet plat, la transmission à travers l'objet plat n'a pas encore eu lieu.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le réflecteur (2, 12) est protégé par un écran contre l'incidence directe de la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le trajet du rayon entre le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) et le capteur (3, 13) est protégé par un écran contre l'entrée de la lumière ambiante.
  4. Système destiné à mettre en oeuvre le procédé selon l'une des revendication précédentes pour déceler des caractéristiques de sécurité contenues dans la structure fibreuse sur des objets plats en papier,
    comprenant au moins un dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) qui éclaire l'objet plat (4) avec de la lumière,
    comprenant un dispositif de transport qui est disposé de telle sorte qu'il transporte l'objet plat (4) par rapport au dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) le long d'un plan de transport (6, 18) dans une direction de transport (5),
    comprenant au moins un capteur (3, 13), disposé décalé par rapport au dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) dans la direction de transport (5) et après le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11), pour la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11),
    comprenant au moins un réflecteur (2, 12) disposé dans le trajet du rayon entre le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) et le capteur (3, 13), lequel est disposé de telle sorte qu'il réfléchit la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) en direction du capteur (3, 13), comprenant un trajet du rayon de lumière qui croise au moins une fois le plan de transport (6, 18) entre le réflecteur (2, 12) et le capteur (3, 13),
    caractérisé en ce
    que le dispositif d'éclairage est orienté avec son axe optique en direction du le plan de transport, de sorte que la lumière rayonnée par le dispositif d'éclairage vienne frapper directement l'objet transporté au moyen du dispositif de transport en vue d'un premier éclairage de l'objet plat et soit réfléchie au moins partiellement sur la surface de l'objet plat et, de là, parviennent vers le réflecteur, et
    en ce que le réflecteur est disposé de telle sorte qu'il guide la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage réfléchie par l'objet plat en direction du plan de transport en vue d'un deuxième éclairage de l'objet plat.
  5. Système selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce qu'entre le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) et le réflecteur (2, 12) est disposée une séparation (8, 15) qui empêche une incidence directe de la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) sur le réflecteur (2, 12).
  6. Système selon la revendication 4 ou 5, caractérisé en ce que le plan de transport (6, 18) est prédéfini par au moins un composant (17) plat et plan, et en ce que le composant (17) plat et plan est transparent pour la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11).
  7. Système selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que le composant (17) plat et plan, dans la zone dans laquelle l'au moins un axe optique du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) croise le plan de transport (6, 18), est équipé d'au moins une couche réfléchissante afin de réfléchir la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) en direction du réflecteur (2, 12).
  8. Système selon la revendication 6 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) et le réflecteur (2, 12) sont disposés d'un côté du composant (17) plat et plan et le capteur (3, 13) de l'autre côté du composant (17) plat et plan.
  9. Système selon l'une des revendications 4 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) comprend au moins une source de lumière UV.
  10. Système selon l'une des revendications 4 à 9, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11), le réflecteur (2, 12) et le capteur (3, 13) sont protégés par un écran contre l'entrée de la lumière ambiante.
  11. Système selon l'une des revendications 4 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le réflecteur (2, 12) possède au moins une surface plane réfléchissante.
  12. Système selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le réflecteur (2, 12) possède une chambre parallélépipédique munie de surfaces réfléchissantes dirigées vers l'intérieur et munie d'ouvertures (16) pour le trajet du rayon (10).
  13. Système selon l'une des revendications 4 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le réflecteur (2, 12) est cintré.
  14. Système selon l'une des revendications 4 à 13, caractérisé en ce que le capteur (3, 13) comprend une caméra linéaire orientée perpendiculairement à la direction de transport (5).
  15. Système selon la revendication 14, caractérisé en ce que la caméra linéaire est disposée dans un boîtier muni d'une fente d'entrée (20) étroite pour la lumière du dispositif d'éclairage (1, 11) qui est réfléchie par le réflecteur (2, 12).
  16. Système selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que la fente d'entrée (20) s'étend jusqu'au plan de transport (18).
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