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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Giesecke+devrient Currency Technology Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Michael Stapfer, Neubiberg, DE;
Assignee:
GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G07D 11/50 (2019.01); G07D 7/1205 (2016.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 11/50 (2019.01); G01N 21/64 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G07D 7/1205 (2017.05); G07D 2207/00 (2013.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and a corresponding method for counting value-document bundles, which contain respectively several value documents, in particular bank notes, combined to a bundle by a bundling element, such as a band, having an image-capturing device, which is configured to capture at least one image of the value-document bundles including bundling elements, and an evaluation device, which is configured to identify the bundling elements in the captured image and to establish their number.