WO2006032434A1 - Warenscannerkasse - Google Patents
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- WO2006032434A1 WO2006032434A1 PCT/EP2005/010084 EP2005010084W WO2006032434A1 WO 2006032434 A1 WO2006032434 A1 WO 2006032434A1 EP 2005010084 W EP2005010084 W EP 2005010084W WO 2006032434 A1 WO2006032434 A1 WO 2006032434A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
- G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
- G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
- G07F7/04—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by paper currency
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- 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
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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
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- the invention relates to a method for increasing the security in the payment with cash in the trade and in this context a Stress ⁇ scanner cash.
- DE 101 07344 A1 it is proposed to include such scanner cash registers in a method for monitoring national and international cash transactions.
- all banknotes are provided with an identifiable and unchangeable identification barcode which is read for each payment by means of the laser scanner of the cash register.
- the code contains, in addition to the serial number of the bill, further data on currency, payment value, issue date, etc. as well as a check digit for checking read errors.
- the read encoding is compared with a record stored in a central database for this encoding. In this way, the emergence of stolen bills worldwide can be recognized immediately.
- the scanner connected to the cash register has two measuring channels.
- the first measuring channel with which the goods information, that is to say bar codes, which are attached to the goods are also preferably used at the same time to recognize the value of the banknotes presented for the payment of the goods.
- laser light in the visible red spectral range is preferably used and the laser radiation reflected from the banknote is detected and evaluated.
- the laser beam is deflected, for example, by rotating mirror and tilting mirror so that it covers the largest possible area at different angles and thus there is a high probability of recognition of codes or other typical signal progressions of bank notes.
- the value of the banknote results from a value coding, which in the simplest case is formed by the motif print image that is visible to the viewer and that is unambiguous for the denomination of the banknote, since, due to the motif print image, the scan results in a defined course of the scanning a characteristic local reflection pattern.
- the value of the banknote can also be determined by means of a separate coding, e.g. a separate barcode.
- the second measuring channel is added to the conventional goods scanner cash registers. It works, for example, in the IR range and serves above all to check the banknotes for authenticity. For most banknotes contain as security against counterfeiting at least a verifiable by IR radiation authenticity feature, that is, a feature that is not conspicuous in Ta ⁇ geslichtlichtrahlung, but with respect to the reflection and / or absorption properties in the first and second Measuring channel clearly distinguishes. In this case, in addition to the addition of the second measurement channel, the evaluation device should also be upgraded in order to be able to appropriately evaluate the authenticity feature detected by means of the second measurement channel.
- the same mirror system for the deflection of the illumination beam of the second measurement channel is used for this second measurement channel as for the first measurement channel, so that the signals of the two measurement channels are uniquely associated with each other and can be evaluated together.
- the authenticity feature of the banknotes thus verified can not be forged by simple methods, in no case simply by copying.
- the method and the correspondingly adapted goods scanner cash registers are particularly suitable for checking the authenticity of banknotes which have an IR cut in the motif print image, i. Have IR-absorbing and IR-reflecting areas in the motif print image. By comparing the position of these IR-absorbing and IR-reflecting regions relative to the position of the value coding detected by means of the first measuring channel, ie the motif-printed image itself, the security against counterfeiting can be additionally increased.
- the laser provides very high accuracy in terms of the spectral evaluation of the reflected signals, e.g. by an evaluation of absolute or relative reflection values of the two measurement channels.
- the IR authentication feature can form a bar code within the motif print image. However, it can also be a code that is completely independent of the motif print image and, if appropriate, has a fixed local relationship relative to the printed image.
- FIG. 1 shows a goods scanner cash register with digital cash register and connected scanner
- -. 2 shows a banknote in plan view with superimposed scanning lines
- FIG. 3 shows the time profile of the reflectance intensities detected during scanning at two wavelengths ⁇ i and ⁇ i.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows a goods scanner cash register comprising a digital cash register 1 with screen and keyboard and a scanner 2 connected thereto.
- Products 4 are first guided past the goods scanner cash register on a conveyor belt 3.
- Information-conveying bar codes 5 attached to the products 4 are read by the scanner 2 and fed to the digital cash register 1.
- a purchase price sum is calculated by the cash register and indicated for example by display on the screen of the cash register 1.
- a banknote 6 submitted for payment of the goods 4 is scanned with the same scanner 2, in order on the one hand to record a value coding of the banknote and, on the other hand, an authenticity feature of the bank note.
- the scanner 2 in Figure 1 is shown as a hand-held scanner. Instead, it is also possible to use a flat bed scanner integrated into the transport system in the usual way or a circular scanner permanently installed next to the transport system, on which the banknote 6 and the goods 4 are passed.
- the scanner 2 comprises two measuring channels for checking Reflective properties of the banknote 6 at two mutually different wavelengths ⁇ i and Xz. While the one wavelength ⁇ i lies in the visible spectral range, preferably in the visible red range, and the detection of both the commodity information on the basis of the barcode 5 and the value encoding of the banknote 6 serves, the second wavelength ⁇ z lies in the infrared range and serves for checking the authenticity Accordingly, the scanner 2 is equipped, for example, with laser diodes which radiate in the relevant wavelength ranges ⁇ i and X z, and is equipped with precisely aligned detectors which generate the remission radiation ⁇ i and Xz localize.
- the detectors for detecting the remission radiation ⁇ .sub.i and X.sub.z are here aligned with measuring points or measuring tracks which are immediately adjacent, and preferably superimposed on one another. With the remission measurement in the visible wavelength range ⁇ i, the motif print image 7 of the banknote 6 is detected and deduced from the characteristic local intensity curve I ⁇ i (FIG. 3) to the nominal value of the banknote. This takes place in an evaluation device of the cash register, in which current banknote parameters are stored for comparison with the respectively measured values recorded.
- the motif printed image 7 of the banknote 6 moreover has an IR cut as a feature of authenticity, that is to say it has IR-absorbing and / or IR-reflecting regions in a characteristic local distribution in the motif print image 7.
- the remission measurement of the IR radiation Xz then gives a likewise characteristic local intensity profile I ⁇ i (FIG. 3), an ⁇ hand thereof by comparison in the evaluation unit of the cash register 1 the authenticity of the banknote 6 is checked with reference values stored there.
- the evaluation security can be improved both with regard to the secure recognition of genuine banknotes and the rejection of counterfeit banknotes.
- a position comparison of the local intensity profiles I ⁇ i (x), I ⁇ 2 (x) can be carried out in order to additionally increase the security against counterfeiting.
- An additional position comparison is particularly useful if the checked IR authenticity feature does not have an IR cut in the motif print image, but e.g. a simple IR barcode which is independent of the motif print image and in which the local intensity profile of the remission radiation varies substantially only between a maximum value and a minimum value.
- the rating of the banknote is particularly simple if it is recorded in a specific defined position relative to the scanner.
- this can be done, for example, by placing the banknote in a specific area of the scanner window.
- this can be done, for example, by scanning the banknote longitudinally through the center of the banknotes at a certain distance.
- the signals can be reproduced very well and evaluated and analyzed with little effort. But it is also possible in principle to assess the banknotes in any position relative to the scanning beam or the scanner safely.
- the signals for possible variations with regard to the angle and the size (or the distance) of the banknote relative to the scanner are to be examined for this purpose, and banknotes-typical signals are to be extracted by suitable algorithms. It is advantageous in this case if the edge of the banknote is not covered or supplies a defined pattern, so that the entry and exit time of a deflection beam in the intensity curves can be easily found.
- this method can also be used if the banknote is kept free in the room, whereby it does not necessarily have to be scanned in the flat state by the scanner.
- the possible position of a banknote is first of all determined from the entry and exit data and then the measured signal courses compared with the stored reference data for the same location.
- spectral color properties of the banknote instead of IR properties, for example in the far IR or in the UV range, if appropriate by evaluating fluorescent, phosphorescent or other luminescence properties of the printing inks used. This is then measured, for example, at wavelengths which are different from the luminescence-inducing wavelength and in which luminescence radiation occurs.
- fluorescent, phosphorescent or other luminescence properties of the printing inks used This is then measured, for example, at wavelengths which are different from the luminescence-inducing wavelength and in which luminescence radiation occurs.
- the method is not limited to laser beams, but can basically be realized with other optical scanning systems. This makes it possible to freely select the size of the scanning point or the scanning line on the banknote and to optimize the spectral evaluation to specific wavelength ranges. It is also possible to use three or more different measuring channels, again preferably with different diode and / or photodetectors, which irradiate the banknote at different wavelengths and / or detect the light emanating from the banknote at different wavelengths.
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US11/663,339 US20080061143A1 (en) | 2004-09-21 | 2005-09-19 | Merchandise Scanning Register |
EP05787398A EP1810252A1 (de) | 2004-09-21 | 2005-09-19 | Warenscannerkasse |
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