Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh

Christian Voellmer

Thomas Giering

Norbert Holl

Wittich Kaule

Manfred Heim

Klaus Finkenzeller

Bernd Wunderer

Dieter Stein

Alfred Schmidt

Erwin Demmeler

Lars Hoffmann

Marius Dichtl

Walter Schneider

Friedrich Kretschmar

Ralf Hobmeier

Alexander Steinkogler

Thomas Hildebrandt

Ralf Liebler

Martin Seysen

Thorsten Pillo

Harald Reiner

Juergen Schuetzmann

Markus Krombholz

Eckart Schroeder-Bergen

Fabiola Bellersheim

The invention relates to sheet material having an electrical circuit and to apparatuses and methods for processing said sheet material. The present invention describes sheet material having an electrical circuit as well as apparatuses and methods for processing same, which reduce the effort required for processing the sheet material and/or facilitate processing and/or improve it and/or make it more reliable. For this purpose, the sheet material has at least one electrical circuit, with energy and/or data being transmitted from the apparatus to the electrical circuit and/or from the electrical circuit to the apparatus and at least part of the transmitted data being used for processing.

Devices and method for the production of sheet material

The invention relates to a value document, such as a banknote (), which includes one or more window zones (A,B) with one for example optically active element each which rotates a polarization plane Pof polarized light L, L, penetrating the window zone by a defined angle. If such value documents are stacked and polarized light penetrates the superimposed window zones, the number of stacked value documents can be determined by way of the overall rotation of the polarization plane P, P. The overall nominal value of a stack of banknotes can thus be determined. The window zones can have category-specific rotational characteristics for different categories or nominal values and/or can be disposed in category-specific positions in the valuable document.

Valuable document and method and device for examining said valuable document

To provide an apparatus for sorting sheetlike data carriers which firstly has a compact and ergonomically optimal design and secondly permits the use of compact and cost-effective test devices, it is proposed that the input pocket ( ) and the output pocket ( ) are designed and oriented with respect to the front side ( ) of the apparatus such that the long sides of the data carriers ( ) face the operator. The singling device ( ) and the transport system ( ) transport the data carriers through a test device in the direction of their long sides. After running through the test device ( ) the data carriers are supplied to one of the output pockets ( ) by a longitudinal/cross conveying device ( ) along their transverse sides.

Apparatus for sorting sheetlike data carriers, said apparatus comprising a longitudinal/cross conveying device

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