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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Applicants:
Ronald Bruce Blair, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Alexandre Gret, Liebefeld, CH;
Inventors:
Ronald Bruce Blair, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Alexandre Gret, Liebefeld, CH;
Assignee:
De la Rue International Limited, Basingstoke, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07C 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
We provide an apparatus and method for analysing a security document. An x-ray source is adapted to illuminate at least one inspection region of the security document when located at an inspection position. An x-ray detector adapted to receive x-rays from the at least one inspection region of the document and to generate a corresponding detector response. A processor analyses the detector response and generates an output signal indicative of the structure of the document in the at least one inspection region.