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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Giesecke & Devrient Gmbh, Munich, DE;
David Sacquard, Munich, DE;
Shanchuan Su, Neubiberg, DE;
Giesecke & Devrient GMBH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for checking the soiling of the windows of a measuring apparatus for checking sheet material, includes having at least two sensor rows oriented transversally to the transport direction of the sheet material. Each of the sensor rows detects the light emanating from the sheet material in a certain spectral channel. For checking the soiling of the window the sensor rows detect the light at several detection times at which no sheet material is present in the capture area of the sensor rows. At least two of the spectral channels are combined with each other and the temporal variation of the intensities of the combined spectral channel is evaluated for the purpose of the soiling check. A small temporal variation of the intensity of the combined spectral channel is employed as an indicator for the presence of a soiling of the window.