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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R13/00—Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
  • B60R13/10—Registration, licensing, or like devices
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
  • B44B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR TOOLS FOR ARTISTIC WORK, e.g. FOR SCULPTURING, GUILLOCHING, CARVING, BRANDING, INLAYING
  • B44B7/00—Machines, apparatus or hand tools for branding, e.g. using radiant energy such as laser beams
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
  • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
  • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
  • G06K7/08—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by means detecting the change of an electrostatic or magnetic field, e.g. by detecting change of capacitance between electrodes

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• the invention relates to a device for marking vehicles, vehicle parts, containers, in particular bodies of passenger cars, in the form of a plurality of punctiform and / or linear, machine-readable coding elements.
• a device for identifying freight wagons is also known (DE-OS 24 47 441), which can be identified automatically during transport. These are magnetic marks that are attached to the surface of the freight car, are scanned by sensors and are easily interchangeable or codable according to the purpose.
• the invention has for its object to code motor vehicles, containers or motor vehicle parts clearly and machine-readable. that they are not recognizable from the outside, later processing operations, such as painting, repainting, coating and scarring, do not impair the coding itself in their statements and that, for example, the characteristic data can also be read and checked by a moving motor vehicle. This is achieved by the features specified in the characterizing part of the claim.
• the coding elements can the individual vehicle data. contain encrypted, they can also contain check digits, as well as other data that, in the event of a possible check, either contain information or are used for check purposes.
• the codings are permanent, they are already in the corresponding when they are manufactured. Part of the vehicle part introduced and can then be wrong both during further production and later. completed access can be read out as often as required.
• the codings can be made using welding spots with the same, magnetic. Properties or with changed magnetic. Properties are formed, e.g. B. by using vcr. Spot welding machines. It is within the scope of the invention to design the coding so that it cannot be deciphered visually, but that a specially developed device must be used for reading.
• a large number of different codes can be used, in particular those which contain a check option when reading out, namely whether the code is complete, whether it is correct or whether any changes have been made. have been.
• the code not only serves to identify individual motor vehicle parts during manufacture, it can also later be used to identify a motor vehicle as part of police controls, it can also be used when it comes to identifying so-called ownerless vehicles, for example.
• the code also proves to be advantageous when, for example, it is necessary to check the special equipment of a vehicle afterwards, for example when it comes to replacing individual parts or the like.
• FIG. 10 shows a top view of a device according to the invention.
• 10 shows a welding robot which is movably controlled in the direction of arrows 11. With the help of its welding electrode 12, the welding robot can weld a number of coding elements 14 into the roof of a motor vehicle 13. The robot 10 receives the corresponding coding from a computer, not shown.

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