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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2009
Applicant:
Helmut Steidl, Munich, DE;
Inventor:
Helmut Steidl, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Giesecke & Devrient GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G07D 7/16 (2006.01); B65H 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07D 7/168 (2013.01); B65H 7/06 (2013.01); B65H 2511/16 (2013.01); B65H 2511/413 (2013.01); B65H 2511/522 (2013.01); B65H 2513/41 (2013.01); B65H 2513/42 (2013.01); B65H 2553/42 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1311 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1912 (2013.01); G07D 7/162 (2013.01); G07D 7/166 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for processing value documents. A value document is input to the input opening of an apparatus for value-document processing and transported using a transport system of the apparatus to an image sensor which senses a partial image of the value document. A contour of the front partial area is ascertained from the sensed partial image and checked. If the check of the contour of the front partial area yields a fault, the value document is rejected. Faulty or faultily transported value documents can thus be recognized and transported back to the input opening at a very early time.