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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Norbert Holl, Germering, DE;
Wolfgang Rapf, München, DE;
Helmut Karl Reinisch, München, DE;
Dieter Stein, Holzkirchen, DE;
Norbert Holl, Germering, DE;
Wolfgang Rapf, München, DE;
Helmut Karl Reinisch, München, DE;
Dieter Stein, Holzkirchen, DE;
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for checking bank notes wherein measuring values of the bank note to be checked are obtained and a classification of the bank note is carried out by evaluation of the measuring values in a plurality of checking steps, whereby the classification distinguishes in particular at least the classification categories, counterfeit, suspect and genuine bank notes, or acceptable or redispensable, and a linkage of a plurality of measuring values is formed at least in one checking step for deciding whether the checked bank note corresponds to a given classification category and this linkage term is compared with a corresponding tolerance range during evaluation.