ES2298676T3 - METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A VALUE OBJECT CONTAINER ("SEALED BAG") HAVING AN IDENTIFICATION ELEMENT FOR RFID RADIO FREQUENCY AND METHOD FOR USE. - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a bag-like valuables container, such as a "seal-bag", comprising ofa. providing a length of sheet-like material,b. forming a portion of the length into a bag,c. arranging a radio frequency identification element (RFID element) on the bag,d. arranging unique identification data visibly on the bag,e. wherein data corresponding to the visual identification data are stored in the identification element.

Description

Method for manufacturing a container of objects of value ("sealed bag") having an identification element by RFID radio frequency and method for its use.

The invention relates to a method for manufacture a container of valuables similar to a bag, such as a "sealed bag".

Such method comprises providing a length of sheet-like material, for example plastic sheet. Every one of the separate portions of this length is made up of so that it takes the form of a bag. Data are then available Exclusive identification visible in the bag, for example by printing on it.

Such a bag is sealed tightly after it has been arranged in it, for example, value carrying paper, such Like banknotes The contents of the bag are recorded, and this Content relates to the unique identification data. The value carrying paper can be subsequently transported in the stock exchange, for example to a bank, in which the value carrier paper.

While the hermetically sealed bag is maintained without damage, it can be assumed that the content of it It remains unchanged.

The identification of the bag takes place by the optionally automatic reading of identification data exclusive This unique identification data can be arrange, for example, in the form of a barcode.

In order to allow automatic treatment of the bag, it should be possible to automatically read the data of ID. It is not always possible to reliably read data visible arranged on a bag.

The object of the invention is to obviate this problem when arranging an identification element for radiofrequency (RFID element) on the bag. In the element of identification data is stored corresponding to the data of visual identification Identification data can be read so not only with an optical reading device, but also with a reading device suitable for the RFID element relevant.

As such, it is known by the document US-A-2004/0016796 a container of valuables similar to a bag, which has an element RFID

Of course, it is of the greatest importance that Visible identification data correspond to the data of identification stored in the identification element. According the invention, this is achieved by previously storing the data of identification in the identification element and reading the data from it before the visible arrangement of the data of ID. The identification element may already be arranged on the bag during the output reading, but the method can also be performed so that the element of identification that has been read is available with certainty about the bag in which the identification data of the readout.

Another suitable method according to the invention is characterized in that the visible identification data is they have first on the bag, for example by printing about it. At a later stage of the method, the data from Applied identification are read, for example, with an optical reader, such as a barcode reader. The data thus read is program in the radio frequency identification element with a suitable programming device, then the item on the bag. This ensures that the data in the identification element correspond to the visible data of identification arranged on the bag.

According to a suitable embodiment of the method according to the invention, the identification element is connected to the bag so that it cannot be detached. This makes impossible that the exchanges are exchanged as a result of Exchange the identification elements.

The identification element can be attached, preferably, safely and firmly, such as by gluing, to the bag.

An element of Radio frequency identification (RFID element) and can be perform, for example, as a transponder. In order to his reading, the RFID element generates a radio frequency signal, signal in which the information to transfer is incorporated from properly.

The element is provided with an antenna for transmit the radio frequency signal and, if the RFID element is performed as a transponder, to also receive the signal radio frequency exciter.

According to a suitable embodiment of the invention, if the RFID element is arranged on the bag so that it is not can detach, the antenna is preferably printed on the bag using conductive ink. This ensures that the RFID element cannot be detached from the bag and, for example, with a view to fraud, cannot be exchanged for another RFID element.

According to another embodiment of the method, however, the identification element is arranged on the bag so that It can come off. Measures must then be taken to exclude inadvertent access to the RFID element and its detachment. However, by arranging the RFID element on the bag so that  can be detached, the element can be reused in the way planned, so you can reduce the cost of the container ("sealed bag") of valuables.

In a very simple embodiment of this method additionally, the identification element is received loosely in the bag. After the value carrying paper has been arranged in the bag, it is sealed tightly and the element of Identification also becomes, therefore, inaccessible. Be will follow, in this case, a strict protocol in order to prevent the fraud, in which an accurate record of what happens is maintained to the identification element received loosely in the bag when the valuable container bag is opened. This protocol includes that the independent identification element can be transport to a position where it can be reused.

In those cases where necessary, to in order to record historical data, that identification data exclusives can only be used once, the element of identification has to be reprogrammable and must be able to be provided with another identification number or similar, even without use.

According to a further development of the invention, the bag is provided with an insert sleeve in which It provides the identification element. The position of the element of identification in relation to the periphery of the bag is precisely determined thanks to this memory, which facilitates the element reading. The insert sleeve can be arranged in the inside of the bag or on its outside.

After arranging the element of identification, according to a further development of the method according to the invention, the insertion sleeve is sealed. This will have to take place, in any case, when the insertion sleeve Be arranged outside the bag.

After the use of a bag thus made of container of valuables, the latter will be collected, in order to reuse the RFID element, in a controlled manner and the element of identification will be released from the bag used, after which item can be used once more after optional reprogramming.

The invention also relates to and provides a container of valuables that is manufactured using the method according to the invention and which is provided with both an identification visible as of a radio frequency identification element (RFID element) in which data corresponding to the visible identification.

According to an additional development of the invention, such a container of valuables according to the invention allows a suitable, more developed method to transport paper bearer of value, such as banknotes.

According to the prior art, the value content of a container of valuables of the present type only You can credit the sender once the receiving party, by For example, a bank has established the content, and in particular its value. The period of time involved in this process can be problematic for the sender.

In the indicated method, developed additionally, according to the invention, this drawback can be obviate because the sender provides the identification element of data representing the value of the paper carrying the received value in the bag. Upon receipt of the valuables container full of valuable carrier papers and hermetically sealed, the receiving party, in particular a bank, can read the element of identification and use the value stored in that element in order to directly credit the sender with it, in which the Verification will take place, of course, later.

According to an additional development, a list of the carrying paper of value to be transported, by the sender or on behalf of it, for example containing the number of each type of paper carrying value to send. This valuable paper it is placed in the valuables bag and the list It is stored in the identification element.

The valuables container is transported later to your destination, and you can read the element of identification, in which both the data of identification as the data stored in it by the sender with respect to the value of the content of the object container of value

A retail merchant, for example, can place your daily collection in a container of objects of value of this type and program the value in the element RFID

When deposited in the vault of deposit, valuables can be detected and You can read your RFID element, so that the data you refer to at the value received in the bag are known to the holder of the tank vault immediately after depositing the container of valuables, and this data can be used to credit retail merchant account

An additional useful application of a container of valuables provided with an RFID element is where tank vaults used in this memory are provided with a reading device and the relevant data they can be seen by people determined by a network, for example Internet. A transport service for valuable items, which must also collect and transport containers of objects from value deposited in a vault of deposit, can check how many valuables containers have been deposited at any given time in a vault of specific deposit and can determine when the vault of deposit contains, for example, so many containers of objects of value that must be emptied. In this way, the route of the route of a security vehicle can be chosen so that it is achieved optimal performance

It has been shown in the above that in the case of that the present application refers to an element of radio frequency identification (RFID element), this can be an item that contains only fixed identification data programmed, but it can also be an element that is reprogrammable and can also contain more data than Only the identification data.

The method of manufacturing an object container of value according to the invention is explained further below.  in the following description with reference to the figures attached.

Figure 1 shows schematically several steps of the method according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of a valuables container manufactured using the method shown in Figure 1

Figure 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the method according to the invention.

Figure 1 schematically shows an apparatus 1 with which the method according to the invention is performed. The material a from which the containers are manufactured ("sealed bags") of valuables, similar to a bag, is arranged in shape of a length 3 of sheet-like material, or material of sheet, rolled on a roll 2.

Each of portions 4, which will form, by Last, a bag is cut with length 3. A container of Supply 5 for insert sleeves is located in a treatment station in the direction of transport of the device 1. An insert sleeve 6, taken from supply 5, is arranged on each portion 4, for example by sealing it to along three sides to sheet part 4. A supply of Preprogrammed RFID elements 7 is located in a station back of the device 1. In this case, it is understood that "preprogrammed" means that each of the RFID elements is arranged in a memory with identification data exclusive

For each longitudinal portion 4, such an element RFID 8 is placed, in each case, in the insertion sleeve 6 ready.

The sheet portion 4 is then treated additionally in order to make a bag. As it is shown in this case, this can take place, for example, by folding an edge front 9 of portion 4 so that it is still maintained Only one rear edge. Using a suitable device 11, it apply a layer 18 of glue to the back edge. The edges lengths of the folded part 9 of the longitudinal portion 4 are sealed using a sealing device 10 shown schematically, so that the desired form of bag. Thus, a finished bag 12 with a leaf edge results folding provided with a layer 18 of glue. Layer 18 of Glue can be temporarily protected with a protective strip. After removing this protective strip, the sheet can be folded Folding and can thus close the container.

It is known in itself how to choose a type of glue for glue layer 18 so that it cannot be peeled off without damaging the sheet material. Similarly, the longitudinal seals are formed so that they cannot be open without causing damage.

At a later station in the device, the RFID element already received in insert sleeve 6 reads using an output reading device 13. He understands an antenna 14 that can transmit a signal to excite the RFID element that responds by sending back a signal in which Identification data is incorporated.

The processing device 15 of the output reading device 13 analyzes the signal and determines Identification data in it. This data from identification are transmitted to processing device 16 of a printing device 17, which then applies the data of identification to bag 12 visibly.

A container is thus obtained ("bag sealed ") of valuables similar to a bag, as shows something schematically in the front view of figure 2. The container is provided with longitudinal seams 19, a glue edge 18 made in the manner described, and has a identification sign 20 comprising, in this case, a code of bars 21. An insert sleeve 6 is located inside of the bag, in which the RFID element 8 is received. When applying the described method, identification data stored in the RFID element correspond to the identification data incorporated in sign 20 or bar code 21.

It is noted that the method described with reference Figure 1 does not have to be performed in a single cycle of functioning. Longitudinal portions 4 can be manufactured first, for example, and be provided with an insert sleeve 6 and an identification element 8, after which it folds into bags and a stack of such longitudinal portions is sealed 4. The application of the glue edge can take place in the same operating cycle, but it is also possible to apply the same in another operating cycle.

Reading RFID elements and printing of valuables containers must take place, for of course, as operations linked successively, but may have place regardless of operating cycles precedents

Another embodiment of the method according to the invention.

A bag-like container 25, which is corresponds largely to the container 12 similar to a bag of figure 1, is formed, in this case, with several stages of the method not shown additionally. An insert sleeve 27 is arranged, in this case, on the outside of the container 25 similar to a bag and a space 26 is provided in which the identification data are arranged, in particular they are printed. This is indicated by a printing device 28 that Print the desired identification data 29 on bag 25.

These steps of the method to manufacture a container of valuables similar to a bag, with data of identification 29 on it can be performed repeatedly to in order to obtain a series of such containers of objects of value.

The following steps of the method can be perform directly after that or at a later time.

Identification data 29 printed are read using a reading device 30 that you can understand, by example, a barcode reader. Identification data read are analyzed in a processing device 31 and are transmit to an RFID 32 programming device. An element RFID is programmed, in this case, with the identification data read. The RFID element thus programmed is placed in the sleeve of insert 27, after which this sleeve 27 is sealed, using, in this exemplary embodiment, a sealing beam 34. It is thus obtain a container of valuables similar to a bag with an RFID element comprising identification data, which correspond to identification data 29 visibly arranged on the container 25.

In the case of containers of objects of value manufactured using the method according to figure 1 and the method according to Figure 3, RFID elements can be detached and reused after an optional reprogramming as described previously after these have been used once valuables containers.

Claims (14)

1. Method for manufacturing an object container of value similar to a bag, such as a "sealed bag", which includes: to. provide a length (3) of material (2) as a leaf, b. forming a portion (4) of the length of so that it takes the form of a bag (12), C. visibly arrange identification data of exclusive bags (20, 21) on the bag, which also includes d. join an identification element by radiofrequency (RFID element 8) with portion (4) of the length of the sheet-like material, characterized by and. storing data corresponding to the visible unique bag identification data (20, 21) in the radiofrequency identification element

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F. first program the data in the element of radio frequency identification (8), then read the data from the radio frequency identification element (8), and then visibly apply the data. 2. Method for manufacturing an object container of value similar to a bag, such as a "sealed bag", which includes: to. provide a length (3) of material (2) as a leaf, b. forming a portion (4) of the length of so that it takes the form of a bag (12), C. visibly arrange identification data of exclusive bags (20, 21) on the bag, which also includes d. join an identification element by radio frequency (RFID element 8) with the bag (12), characterized by and. store data corresponding to the data Visible exclusive bag identification (20, 21) in the radio frequency identification element (8), and F. visibly apply the data first, read then the visible data, and then program the data in the radio frequency identification element (8). 3. Method according to claim 1, wherein Identification data is previously stored in the item identification (8) and read from it before the visible arrangement of identification data. 4. Method according to claim 1, wherein Identification data is stored in the item of identification at the time the identification data is They are visibly disposing over the bag. 5. Method according to claim 2, wherein the identification data is being stored in the element of identification at the time the identification data is visibly arranged on the bag. 6. Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein the identification data Visible are printed on the bag. 7. Method according to any of the previous claims, wherein the identification element (8) connects to the bag so that it cannot be detached. 8. Method according to claim 7, wherein the identification element (8) adheres firmly, such as by gluing. 9. Method according to claim 8, wherein the identification element comprises an antenna that is printed on the bag (12) using conductive ink. 10. Method according to any of the claims 1-6, wherein the element of identification (8) is arranged on the bag (12) so that it can detach 11. Method according to any of the claims 1-6, wherein the element of identification (8) is received in the bag (12) loosely. 12. Method according to claim 10, wherein the bag (12) is provided with an insert sleeve in which provides the identification element (8). 13. Method according to claim 12, wherein the insert sleeve is sealed after arranging the identification (8). 14. Method according to claim 10, wherein The identification element (8) is reprogrammable.