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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2003
Bernd Wunderer, München, DE;
Ulrich Schanda, Holzkirchen, DE;
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for verifying thickness modulations, in particular watermarks, in or on sheet material. To diminish the influence of disturbances from the surroundings and reduce the adjustment effort during production and maintenance of corresponding measuring systems, the sheet material is subjected to sound, in particular ultrasound, the sound transmitted through the sheet material and/or reflected on the sheet material is measured at a plurality of places on the sheet material, at least one value characteristic of the transmitted and/or reflected sound is generated for each of the places, and the thickness modulations are verified by comparing the values with predetermined reference values.