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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Achim Philipp, Kolbermoor, DE;
Heinz Hornung, Gilching, DE;
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining the fitness of a bank note by sensing the bank note transported along a transport path by a transport device. The apparatus includes a plurality of identical sensor and illumination units positioned along each side of the transport path whereby the sensor and illumination units are focused at a single predetermined section of the transport path.