EP4449384A1 - Sensor und verfahren zum prüfen von wertdokumenten, sensorsystem und wertdokumentbearbeitungsvorrichtung - Google Patents
Sensor und verfahren zum prüfen von wertdokumenten, sensorsystem und wertdokumentbearbeitungsvorrichtungInfo
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- G—PHYSICS
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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
- 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
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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
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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
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- the invention relates to a sensor and a method for checking documents of value, in particular banknotes, a sensor system and a device for processing documents of value.
- a document of value In particular banknotes, are provided with so-called security or authenticity features.
- security or authenticity features Depending on the type and design, the features present on a document of value can sometimes differ greatly in terms of their optical properties.
- a document of value can be provided with a printed window with a high permeability for electromagnetic radiation and at the same time with a microperforation with a significantly lower permeability for electromagnetic radiation.
- a sensor for checking documents of value, in particular banknotes, according to a first aspect of the present disclosure has: at least one radiation source which is set up to apply electromagnetic radiation to a document of value, and a detector which is set up to detect (e.g. transmitted, remitted or emitted) electromagnetic radiation in at least two different spectral ranges (so-called color channels), spatially resolved (pixel by pixel) and thereby for each of the spectral ranges (color channels) a (spatially resolved) detector signal corresponding to the intensity of the detected electromagnetic radiation in the respective spectral range generate, in particular to record an image or partial image of the value document for each of the spectral ranges (color channels), e.g.
- the at least two different spectral ranges contain a first and a second spectral range, which is different from the first one, and possibly one or more further spectral ranges which are different therefrom.
- aspects of the present disclosure are based on the approach of setting up or undertaking a color-channel-specific attenuation in the first spectral range relative to the second spectral range in the sensor.
- the color channel specific attenuation can e.g.
- the color channel-specific attenuation within the respective document of value i.e. during the detection of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the respective document of value, is preferably constant over time. Therefore, no dynamic weakening of the first spectral range relative to the second spectral range is required during the detection of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the document of value (low measurement effort).
- the color channel-specific attenuation of the intensity in the first spectral range or of the detector signals of the first spectral range relative to that of the intensity in the second spectral range or relative to the detector signals of the second spectral range is at least a factor of 5, particularly preferably at least a factor of 10.
- the color channel-specific attenuation can take place on the detector side and/or on the lighting side.
- the color-channel-specific attenuation (detector-side) can be achieved by a color-channel-specific filter and/or by a color-channel-specific (color-channel-selective) amplifier. ker be/be set up.
- the color-channel-specific attenuation (on the lighting side) can be set up by a color-channel-specific filter and/or by color-channel-specific (spectrally selective) attenuation of the radiation source(s).
- the sensor has an evaluation device which is set up to check a first feature provided on or in the document of value, in particular an authenticity or security feature, (only) using the detector signals generated for the at least one first spectral range, and an on or in Document of value provided (different from the first feature) to check second feature, in particular authenticity or security feature, taking into account the detector signals generated for the at least one second spectral range.
- the evaluation device can be set up to check the first feature (only) using the detector signals generated for the at least one first spectral range, without taking into account the detector signals generated for the at least one second spectral range.
- the evaluation device can be set up to check the second feature (only) using the detector signals generated for the at least one second spectral range, without taking into account the detector signals generated for the at least one first spectral range, or taking into account the for the at least one first and the detector signals generated for the at least one second spectral range (eg in order to obtain higher detection signals for the second feature).
- the first and second features are spatially offset from one another, in particular not overlapping one another, arranged on or in the respective document of value.
- the sensor can have at least one color-channel-specific filter, which is/are arranged between the detector and the document of value and/or between the radiation source and the document of value and which is/are set up to starting from the document of value or with which the document of value is applied, in the first spectral range relative to the second spectral range, preferably by at least a factor of 5, particularly preferably by at least a factor of 10.
- the color-channel-specific filter has the advantage that the color-channel-specific attenuation then is achieved without a (complicated) color-channel-specific correction or amplification of the detector signals.
- the senor for the color-channel-specific attenuation can have at least one amplifier, which is set up to amplify the detector signals generated for the different spectral ranges, the amplification of the (spatially resolved) detector signals generated for the first spectral range being smaller than the amplification of the (spatially resolved) detector signals generated in the second spectral range preferably by at least a factor of 5, particularly preferably by at least a factor of 10.
- the radiation source(s) of the sensor can be suitable for subjecting the document of value (in particular simultaneously) to electromagnetic radiation of the first and second spectral range and possibly further spectral ranges (e.g. white light containing the first and second spectral range). This is the case, for example, when the sensor carries out a remission or transmission test of the first and second feature performs.
- An LED line arranged perpendicularly to the transport direction of the document of value is used as the radiation source, which line—distributed over the LED line in each case—has both LEDs for the first spectral range and LEDs for the second spectral range.
- the first and second spectral ranges are preferably in the visible spectral range. This has the advantage that the spectral range in which the first and second features are checked by the sensor lies precisely where a human observer would also check the first and second feature, namely in the visually visible spectral range. Especially in the case of first and second characteristics that were developed for an inspection by eye, the result of the machine inspection by the sensor can then be better compared with the result of the inspection by eye.
- a color channel-specific attenuation of the radiation source(s) can then be carried out, in which case the radiation source(s) are operated in particular in such a way that their emission intensity in the at least one first spectral range is preferably by at least a factor of 5, particularly preferably by at least a factor of 10 , is lower than in the at least one second spectral range.
- the color-channel-specific attenuation of the radiation source(s) also has the advantage that the color-channel-specific attenuation is then achieved without a (complicated) color-channel-specific correction or amplification of the detector signals.
- the radiation sources are, for example, several spectrally different LEDs for the first and second spectral range, which are usually operated in such a way that their emission intensity is comparably large, ie differs by a factor of 2 at most. For example, there are red, blue, and green LEDs that operate simultaneously to produce white light.
- a sensor system has a sensor according to the first aspect and a document of value, in particular a bank note, which has: at least one first feature, in particular authenticity or security feature, which is set up to emit electromagnetic radiation, in particular to transmit, reflect and/or emit, and at least one second feature, in particular an authenticity or security feature, which is set up to emit electromagnetic radiation, in particular to transmit, reflect and/or emit, the first feature having a higher remission or transmission and / or lower absorption for the electromagnetic radiation with which the document of value is applied than the second feature, the difference in remission/transmission/absorption for the electromagnetic radiation of the first and second spectral range being in particular at least a factor of 5, e.g. at least one factor 10
- the first authenticity or security feature is an (essentially transparent) window that is integrated into the document of value and is covered with a film.
- the film can be structureless or uniformly transparent in the area of the window, or it can have one or more motifs, symbols or alphanumeric characters there.
- the second authenticity or security feature is a microperforation of the document of value, which has a large number of small holes and/or transparent areas in the document of value, each with a diameter of less than 1 mm, which together form, for example, one or more motifs, symbols or alphanumeric characters .
- a value-document processing device has: a sensor according to the first aspect or a sensor system according to the second aspect and a transport device which is set up to convey value documents, in particular relative to the sensor.
- electromagnetic radiation is generated by at least one radiation source, which is applied to a document of value, and by a detector, which has a multiplicity of detector elements arranged at different locations, electromagnetic radiation emanating from the document of value is detected in at least two different spectral ranges/color channels, spatially resolved (pixels) and a (spatially resolved) detector signal corresponding to the intensity of the detected electromagnetic radiation in the respective spectral range is generated for each of the spectral ranges, in particular an image or partial image for each of the spectral ranges of the value document.
- the (above-mentioned) first (authenticity or security) feature provided on or in the document of value is (only) checked using the detector signals generated for at least one first spectral range (of the above-mentioned spectral ranges).
- the (above-mentioned) second (authentication or security feature) provided on or in the document of value is checked taking into account the detector signals generated for at least one second spectral range (of the above-mentioned spectral ranges).
- a color channel-specific attenuation is/is set up in the first spectral range relative to the second spectral range, in particular a color channel-specific weakening of the electromagnetic radiation of the first spectral range radiated onto the value document relative to the electromagnetic radiation of the second spectral range radiated onto the value document and/or a color channel-specific weakening of the electromagnetic radiation of the first spectral range to be detected by the detector relative to the electromagnetic radiation to be detected by the detector of the second spectral range and/or a color channel-specific attenuation for the detector signals of the first spectral range relative to the detector signals of the second spectral range.
- the electromagnetic radiation which emanates from the value document or which is applied to the value document can be weakened in the first spectral range relative to the second spectral range by means of at least one filter arranged between the detector and the value document and/or between the radiation source and the value document , or the (spatially resolved) detector signals generated for the different spectral ranges are amplified by means of an amplifier, with the amplification of the detector signals generated for the first spectral range being smaller than the amplification of the detector signals generated for the second spectral range, or there is a color channel-specific weakening of the Radiation source(s) suitable for emission in the first and second spectral range, in which the radiation source(s) are operated in particular in such a way that their intensity in the at least one first spectral range is lower, preferably by a factor of at least 5, than in the at least one second spectral range
- the terms “spectral range”, “spectral channel” and “color channel” are used as synonyms in the context of the present disclosure.
- the color channel-specific weakening can take place on the detector side by using at least one filter arranged on or in front of the detector, for example a so-called RGB detector with color channels in the red, green and blue spectral range, to block the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the value document in at least one first color channel compared to at least one second color channel, in particular by at least a factor of 5, preferably by at least a factor of 10.
- the filter can be designed as a so-called spectral filter, which weakens, in particular absorbs, the electromagnetic radiation in the at least one first color channel or spectral range more than in the at least one second color channel or spectral range.
- the filter can also be designed as a so-called neutral density filter, in which spectrally non-selective or spectrally homogeneous filter elements are arranged in front of detector pixels that are assigned to at least one first color channel, through which the detector pixels of the at least electromagnetic radiation striking a first color channel is weakened compared to other detector pixels which are assigned to at least one second color channel.
- the detector signals obtained for the different color channels can be amplified to different degrees, with the amplification of the detector signals obtained for at least one first color channel being smaller, in particular by at least a factor of 5, preferably by at least a factor of 10, than the Amplification of the detector signals obtained for at least one second color channel.
- the color channel-specific weakening can also take place on the lighting side, in that the radiation source for irradiating the document of value generates electromagnetic radiation, the intensity of which is in at least one -
- the first color channel is lower than in at least a second color channel, in particular by a factor of at least 5, preferably by a factor of at least 10.
- the radiation source can have two or more light sources, for example in the form of LEDs, which each light in the different color channels or spectral ranges, with the light emitted in at least one first color channel or spectral range having an intensity lower, in particular by at least a factor of 5, preferably by at least a factor of 10, than the light emitted in at least one second color channel or spectral range .
- a filter in particular a spectral filter, can be provided between the radiation source (which emits white light, for example) and the document of value, which filters the electromagnetic radiation generated by the radiation source in at least one first color channel compared to at least one second color channel, in particular by at least one Factor 5, preferably by at least a factor of 10, weakens.
- the above-described (detector-side or illumination-side) color-channel-specific attenuation means that the electromagnetic radiation to be detected or detected by the detector has a lower intensity in the at least one first color channel than in the at least one second color channel.
- the detector thus generally also delivers usable detector signals for the at least one first color channel, in particular without overdriving, when the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the value document is relatively high, for example in the case of a transmission measurement with bright field illumination of a printed window provided in the value document.
- the electromagnetic radiation to be detected or detected by the detector has a higher intensity in the at least one second color channel than in the at least one first color channel, so that the detector for the at least one second color channel usually also delivers usable detector signals of sufficient magnitude or above a specific signal-to-noise ratio when the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the document of value is relatively low is, for example in the case of a transmission measurement with bright field illumination of a so-called micro-perforation provided in the value document with very small diameters of e. microperforation in the above example). Without the color channel-specific attenuation, the difference between the detector signals of the first feature and the detector signals of the second feature would be so great that it would exceed the dynamic range of the detector.
- the color channel-specific attenuation means that, on the basis of a single measurement process/a single image recording by the detector on the respective document of value, it is possible to check the first and second feature, i.e. different features on the same document of value whose optical properties/their absorption differ greatly from one another differentiate.
- the invention thus enables documents of value provided with different features to be checked reliably.
- the measurement effort required to measure these features is reduced.
- the first feature has a higher degree of remission (when detected in reflection geometry) or higher degree of transmission (when detected in transmission geometry) and/or a lower degree of absorption (when detected in transmission geometry) for the electromagnetic radiation with which the value document is exposed than that second feature, hn the case of luminescent, in particular fluorescent, features, the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the first feature has a higher intensity than the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the second feature.
- the detector- and/or illumination-side color channel-specific attenuation described above it is possible to detect both the first and the second feature in just one measurement process and to use the detector signals obtained in the process for their testing, even if the transmittance or remission level or the luminescence intensity in the first feature is significantly higher (in particular by a factor of at least 10) than in the second feature.
- the detector has a multiplicity of detector elements (pixels) arranged at different locations, by means of which the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the document of value is detected in a spatially resolved manner.
- the detector is in particular an image sensor (with detector pixels arranged in a line or two-dimensionally) which records an image or partial image of the document of value both for the first spectral range and for the second spectral range.
- the detector is preferably a CCD or CMOS camera with detector elements arranged along a line or over a two-dimensional surface, which are provided with an absorbing color mask, a so-called Bayer filter or Bayer matrix Detector element, a color filter (in one of the three primary colors red (R), green (G) or blue (B)) is provided.
- the detector can also be, for example, a CMOS or CCD Act sensor, in which - instead of several adjacent detector elements (pixels) - three superposed and sensitive in different color channels sensor elements are provided to record color information with each pixel. This achieves spatially resolved detection of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the value document, which is spectrally resolved according to spectral ranges or color channels.
- CMOS or CCD Act sensor in which - instead of several adjacent detector elements (pixels) - three superposed and sensitive in different color channels sensor elements are provided to record color information with each pixel.
- the radiation source is set up to apply electromagnetic radiation to the document of value in the first and in the second spectral range.
- the radiation source is preferably set up to apply electromagnetic radiation, in particular the same electromagnetic radiation (of the same intensity and with the same spectral profile), to the first and the second feature of the respective document of value in the first and second spectral range when checking the respective document of value.
- electromagnetic radiation in particular the same electromagnetic radiation (of the same intensity and with the same spectral profile)
- the document of value to be checked (while it is being transported past the sensor) is continuously exposed to the same electromagnetic radiation—continuously or by means of multiplex illumination. It is then possible to dispense with dynamically adapting the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation (or other measurement parameters) to the feature while checking different features of the same document of value.
- the radiation source can also be set up to only apply the electromagnetic radiation of the first spectral range (not of the second spectral range) to the first feature and to the second Characteristic only with the electromagnetic radiation of the second spectral range (not the first spectral range).
- This can either be done dynamically while the document of value is being transported past.
- the color-channel-specific attenuation can remain the same while the value document is being transported past (i.e. take place non-dynamically) and on the corresponding spatial (perpendicular to the transport direction defined ) Area are limited in which the first feature is on the document of value. It is then also possible to dispense with dynamically adjusting the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation while checking different features of the same document of value.
- the color-channel-specific filter can be arranged spatially in such a way that it only attenuates the electromagnetic radiation of the (e.g. upper/lower) value-document section in a color-channel-specific manner, in which the first feature lies, but not the electromagnetic radiation of the (e.g. lower/upper) value-document section in where the second feature lies.
- the detector signals of the first spectral range are amplified to a lesser extent only in the value-document section of the first feature, but not in the value-document section of the second feature.
- the spatial region of the radiation source corresponding to the first feature e.g.
- the filter is preferably set up to attenuate the electromagnetic radiation in the at least one first spectral range relative to the at least one second spectral range to the same extent for essentially all detector elements (pixels).
- the color-channel-specific attenuation is performed in the same way for all detector elements (pixels), so that a simple spectral filter can be used for this.
- the testing of features with very different optical properties is made possible in a particularly simple and robust manner.
- the at least one filter is preferably set up to attenuate the electromagnetic radiation which emanates from the document of value or which is applied to the document of value in such a way that the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the detector is greater in the at least one first or second spectral range than a lower intensity threshold (noise) of the detector and smaller than an upper intensity threshold (clipping, saturation) of the detector.
- the at least one radiation source is set up to apply the electromagnetic radiation to the document of value in such a way that the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the detector in the at least one first or second spectral range is greater than a lower one Intensity threshold (noise) of the detector and smaller than an upper intensity threshold (clipping, saturation) of the detector.
- both the electromagnetic radiation emanating from a more reflective, transmitting or luminescent first feature in the at least one first color channel and the electromagnetic radiation emanating from a significantly less reflective, transmitting or luminescent second feature in the at least one second color channel can be reliably detected and converted into corresponding detector signals without these signals being too low or unusable due to overdriving of the detector in the first or second color channel .
- the first feature preferably has better detectability or higher contrast in the at least one first spectral range than in the at least one second spectral range.
- the second feature has better detectability or higher contrast in the at least one second spectral range than in the at least one first spectral range.
- This preferred embodiment is based on the approach of selecting or using the color channel or channels for testing a feature in which the relevant feature can be detected particularly well, for example because the spatial structure of the respective feature is in this color channel is particularly well recognizable and/or particularly rich in contrast and/or any influences from electromagnetic radiation emanating from other features or areas of the document of value are particularly low. This ensures a particularly reliable check of different features on the document of value. Further advantages, features and application possibilities of the present invention result from the following description in connection with the figures. Show it:
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a value-document processing device
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a value-document processing device in a schematic representation.
- a receiving device 2 which is also referred to as an input compartment
- documents of value 1 are provided, preferably in the form of a stack.
- the documents of value 1 are individually withdrawn from the stack by means of a separating device (not shown) and transferred to a transport device 3, by which they are conveyed through the value-document processing device.
- the documents of value are checked by a sensor 10 with regard to their optical properties.
- the sensor 10 has a radiation source 11 which generates electromagnetic radiation with which the document of value 1 to be checked in each case is irradiated.
- Electromagnetic radiation emitted due to luminescence is detected in a spatially resolved manner by means of a detector 12 in at least two different spectral ranges, which correspond to different color channels (eg red, green and blue) of the detector 12 .
- radiation source 11 and detector 12 are arranged in transmission geometry, in which detector 12 detects the electromagnetic radiation transmitted by document of value 1 .
- detector 12 detects the electromagnetic radiation transmitted by document of value 1 .
- the radiation source 11 and detector 12 can also be arranged in reflection geometry over one side of the document of value 1 in order to detect the electromagnetic radiation reflected, remitted and/or emitted by the document of value 1 .
- the individual documents of value 1 are transferred to a first or second output compartment 6 or 7 by means of diverters 4, 5 that are controlled depending on the result of the check.
- documents of value 1 of good quality are deposited in the first output compartment 6 and documents of value 1 of poor quality are deposited in the second output compartment 7 .
- the documents of value 1 in the different output compartments 6, 7 alternatively or can also be filed depending on the denomination or the existence of a suspicion of counterfeiting.
- Additional switches and additional output compartments (not shown) or additional processing devices, such as a shredder for destroying documents of value 1 with specific properties, can also be provided, which is indicated by an arrow at the end of the transport route.
- FIG. 2 shows an example of a document of value 1 in the form of a bank note with two different features.
- a first feature M1 is designed as a transparent window integrated into the document of value 1 in the form of a film on which motifs, symbols and/or alphanumeric characters are printed.
- the number "200" is introduced into the document of value 1 in the form of a so-called microperforation in the present example Have a diameter between typically 100 and 300 ⁇ m and together form a pattern, in this case the number “200”.
- the first feature M1 and the second feature M2 have a very different permeability (transmission level) for electromagnetic radiation.
- bright field illumination with a relatively high intensity is required for the detection and testing of the microperforation of feature M2 in transmission.
- a significantly lower illumination intensity is sufficient for the detection and testing of the printed window of feature M1 in transmission.
- the differences in the required intensity can be so large that they exceed the dynamics of the detector 12 (see FIG. 1). Then either the second feature M2 (microperforation) would be too dark, ie not detectable, or the first feature Ml (window) overrides and thus also not detectable.
- a color channel-specific attenuation of the electromagnetic radiation to be detected or detected by the detector is carried out on the defective and/or illumination side, which is described in more detail below.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of a sensor 10 for checking documents of value 1.
- a radiation source 11 generates electromagnetic radiation 8, which is applied to the document of value 1 to be checked in each case.
- the electromagnetic radiation 8 can be, for example, visible (VIS), infrared (IR) and/or ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
- the electromagnetic radiation 8 strikes the document of value 1 essentially perpendicularly.
- dark field illumination can also be provided in which the electromagnetic radiation 8 strikes the document of value at an angle, as indicated by the two dashed arrows.
- the radiation source 11 can, for example, be in the form of a white light source or have two or more light sources 16 that generate electromagnetic radiation in different spectral ranges.
- the light sources 16 can be light-emitting diodes (LEDs) which emit electromagnetic radiation in the red, green or blue spectral range.
- LEDs light-emitting diodes
- White or at least essentially white light can also be obtained by mixing the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the light-emitting diodes.
- the electromagnetic radiation 9 transmitted by the document of value 1 is detected by a detector 12, which in the example shown is embodied as a camera that has a large number of detector elements 17 based on CCD or CMOS, which are also referred to as pixels, arranged along a line or area , having.
- a detector 12 which in the example shown is embodied as a camera that has a large number of detector elements 17 based on CCD or CMOS, which are also referred to as pixels, arranged along a line or area , having.
- the detector 12 can thus detect the electromagnetic radiation 9 emanating from the document of value 1 not only in a spatially resolved manner, but also in a spectrally resolved manner in three color channels (RGB).
- a color channel-specific weakening of the electromagnetic radiation to be detected by the detector 12 is carried out on the detector side by a spectral filter 13 being provided in front of the detector 12—in addition to the color mask 18—which filters the electromagnetic radiation 9 emanating from the document of value 1 in at least one of the color channels ( R, G, B), e.g. red and blue, is weakened more than in at least one of the other color channels, e.g. green.
- the spatially resolved detector signals obtained in the present example for the red and blue color channel are then used in an evaluation device 19 to check a first feature located on the document of value 1 (see, for example, feature M1 in Fig.
- the detector signals obtained for the green color channel are used in the evaluation device 19 to check the second feature, which has a lower permeability for the electromagnetic radiation 8 .
- the detector signals obtained for the color channels (red and blue vs. green) with different spectral intensities are used to test the features that differ greatly in terms of their optical properties (transparency in the present example).
- the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation 8, with which the entire document of value 1 and/or at least both features are preferably applied, is preferably chosen such that the second feature mentioned in the present example can be easily detected with lower permeability, in particular by the for the green Color channel received detector signals are sufficiently high and in particular have a good signal-to-noise ratio.
- the spectral filter 13 is preferably selected with regard to its filter properties such that the detector 12 is not overdriven or does not reach the saturation range when detecting the electromagnetic radiation 9 transmitted by the document of value 1, at least in the red and/or blue color channel.
- the spectral filter 13 must therefore absorb much more strongly in the red or blue spectral range than in the green spectral range.
- the spectral filter 13 can essentially extend over all detector elements 17 of the detector 12 and in particular not only needs to cover certain pixels, in this case the detector elements 17 provided for the detection of red or blue light, which is a particularly simple implementation of the color channel-specific attenuation allows.
- the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation 8 with which the document of value 1 is exposed can be kept constant spatially and/or temporally.
- a dynamic adjustment of the illumination intensity to the feature currently to be detected on the value document 1 transported past the sensor 10 or a multiplex type illumination of the value document 1 for recording two transmission images, each with different levels of illumination intensity can be omitted.
- another spectral range e.g. red or blue instead of green
- the less transparent second feature e.g. the microperforation of feature M2 in Fig. 2 which requires high intensity.
- the detection of the first feature e.g. the printed window of feature M1 in Fig. 2, which requires a lower intensity, can then be carried out using the detector signals obtained for the other two spectral channels.
- the color channels in which the relevant feature can be detected particularly well are preferably selected specifically for checking the first or second feature, for example because it has a high contrast in these spectral ranges.
- the detection can also be spectrally adapted to the feature by mixing the two color channels, so that even better recognition is made possible.
- the neighboring (monochrome) pixels are calculated to form one color pixel (e.g. 2*G+R+B).
- a distinction as to which feature (Ml or M2) is present or which spectral channels are used for the detection or testing of the feature can be made by the evaluation device 19 on the basis of the detector signals simply by the fact that the second feature (cf. M2: microperforation with low permeability) there is only one usable, sufficiently high detector signal, e.g. green (G) color channel.
- the first feature (cf. Ml: window with high transmittance) there are usable signals in the red (R) and blue (B) color channel, whereas the detector 12 is overdriven in the green color channel or the signals are at least very high and therefore not used in the exam.
- the detector-side color channel-specific attenuation of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the detector 12 can be undertaken by adjusting the gain of the detector signals obtained for the different color channels or color pixels (e.g. green with a higher gain than red and blue).
- This can be implemented by an amplifier 15, which is integrated into the detector 12 or is also provided separately from the detector 12. This also achieves the effects and advantages described above in connection with the use of the spectral filter 13 .
- the above explanations and advantages also apply correspondingly to the detection of the electromagnetic radiation reflected, remitted and/or emitted due to luminescence by the document of value 1 .
- none of the variants described above requires a dynamic adjustment of the illumination intensity during the transport of documents of value. Rather, the channels and filters or amplification are already selected when the sensor 10 is adapted to the respective documents of value or their features and remains constant during the processing of the documents of value. As a result, in particular, no feedback about the exact position of the document of value relative to the sensor 10 has to be transmitted, and no fast-acting components are required. This simplifies the implementation and reduces the possibility of errors. In addition, in this case, for example, features with greatly differing absorption or permeability can also be detected, which are closely adjacent or are located in the same position in relation to the transport direction of the document of value 1.
- FIGS. 4a to 4f show a schematic representation for the exemplary illustration of the detection or testing of the two differently permeable features M1 (printed window) and M2 (microperforation) by means of color channel-specific attenuation of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the detector 12.
- FIG. 4a shows an example of a spectral composition (intensity versus wavelength) of the electromagnetic radiation 8 generated by the radiation source 11 (see FIG. 3) from the blue to the green to the red spectral range.
- the first feature M1 has a significantly higher permeability for the electromagnetic radiation than the second feature M2.
- the different level of transmittance or intensity in Fig. 4a-f is only schematic, i.e. not quantitative. It typically differs by one or more orders of magnitude.
- FIG. 4c shows an example of the transmission spectrum of the spectral filter 13, which attenuates the electromagnetic radiation in the blue and red spectral range (B and R) more than in the green spectral range (G).
- Figure 4d shows an example of the spectral composition of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the detector 12 after the electromagnetic radiation 8 emitted by the radiation source 11 has been transmitted by the first feature M1 or second feature M2 of the document of value 1 and by the spectral filter 13 in accordance with that shown in Figure 4c Transmission spectrum was filtered.
- the detection or testing of the second feature M2 is based primarily on the electromagnetic radiation detected in the green (G) color channel, since the electromagnetic radiation detected in the blue (B) and red (R) color channel is not sufficiently high and therefore delivers usable detector signals.
- the total intensity of all color channels (R+G+B) is preferably used in the detection or testing of the second feature M2 in order to test the second feature with an even greater intensity.
- a corresponding color-channel-specific attenuation can also be provided on the side of radiation source 11 by spectrally selectively attenuating the illumination intensity.
- EEDs e.g., EEDs for red, green and blue
- a color-channel-specific weakening of the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted in the individual color channels enables adaptation to the different absorption behavior or the different permeabilities of the various features.
- a light source 16 eg, green LED
- a light source 16 can be provided for emitting green light with a higher intensity, by means of which the stronger absorbing second feature M2 (microperforation) is detected or checked.
- the less absorptive first feature M1 (window) is detected or checked with the light from less intense light sources 16 in the red and/or blue spectral illumination channels.
- the radiation source 11 can be embodied as a white light source and provided with a corresponding spectral filter 14 (dashed) which only attenuates the spectral range of the illumination in which the low-absorption first feature M1 (window) is detected. but not the rest of the spectral range.
- the differently high intensities of the light emitted by the spectrally separated light sources 16 or the white light source with the spectral filter 14 replace or replace the spectral filter 13 described above in front of the detector 12 or the amplifier 15.
- the above explanations, in particular with regard to the technical Effects and advantages in connection with the use of the spectral filter 13 or amplifier 15 therefore also apply accordingly to the color channel-specific attenuation of the illumination intensity.
- the color channel-specific attenuation of the illumination intensity can preferably be static, ie a constant intensity ratio of the light sources 16 that is independent of the position of the document of value 1 to be checked is used.
- the light sources 16 of different intensity are operated simultaneously, ie the respective document of value is operated simultaneously with the light of the light sources 16 of different intensity illuminated, which represents a particularly simple realization, since no dynamic switching on and off of the light sources 16 is required during the examination of the respective document of value.
- a color channel-specific weakening of the illumination intensity in that the color channel-specific weakening of the intensity for a wavelength or a color channel is dependent on the position of the feature M1, M2 on the document of value 1 relative to the detector 12, with mostly a single switching of the intensity and/or switching on certain LEDs (e.g. green) and switching off other LEDs (e.g. red and blue) during the detection of the electromagnetic radiation emanating from the respective document of value 1 is sufficient.
- a "chessboard-like" so-called neutral density filter can be used, which causes strong attenuation only in front of the detector elements 17 or pixels of a specific color channel (e.g. red and blue) (pixel for detecting the first feature Ml or window) and causes no or only slight attenuation in front of other pixels (Pixel for detecting the second feature M2 or microperforation).
- a specific color channel e.g. red and blue
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