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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armando Neri, Bologna, IT;
Stefano Chini, San Lazzaro Di Savena, IT;
Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ferrara, IT;
Assignee:
G.D. Societa' per Azioni, Bologna, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling printed items, in particular banknotes, involving two printing stages, the method including the steps of acquiring a controlled-item image; acquiring from the controlled-item image a deviation value between images printed in the two printing stages; acquiring a specimen-item image having the aforementioned deviation value; and comparing the controlled-item image with the specimen-item image; the specimen-item image being selected from a number of images memorized beforehand in a specimen image memory.