摘要:
The invention relates to a sensor for verifying various features of value documents, said sensor performing a self-test to check the operability thereof. Prior to the sensor performing the self-test, at least one of the features to be verified by the sensor is selected. In the self-test, the sensor assesses a malfunction identified during the self-test differently according to the selected feature and reacts differently to the identified malfunction. A malfunction of the sensor used to consistently result in the sensor being down, while the sensor of the invention can still verify certain features in spite of an identified malfunction. The different reactions of the sensor to the identified malfunction according to the selected feature result in a reduction in the number of failures of the sensor.
摘要:
The invention relates to a sensor for inspecting value documents, said sensor having an illumination device for illuminating a value document, imaging optics and a detection device. The illumination device of said sensor contains a plurality of light sources arranged next to one another with emission spectra that differ from one another and a microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses. The microlens array and the light-source holder are located in such a way that each of the light sources that are positioned on the holder is associated uniquely with one of the microlenses. The measuring plane of the sensors lies in such close proximity to the focal point of the imaging optics that the light from the different light sources emitted by the illumination device is imaged largely onto the same illuminated region of the measuring plane.
摘要:
The invention relates to a sensor for checking value documents, comprising an illumination unit for illuminating a value document, an imaging optics and a detecting unit. The illumination unit of the sensor comprises a light source receptacle having at least two light sources that have different emission spectra. Furthermore, the illumination unit comprises a microlens array containing a plurality of microlenses. The microlens array and the light source receptacle are arranged such that each of the light sources arranged on the light source receptacle is associated with exactly one of the microlenses. The sensor can be produced from a sensor platform from which different sensors for detecting the optical properties of a value document in a spatially delimited region can be produced in a simple manner for different spectral requirements.
摘要:
The invention relates to a sensor for verifying value documents, said sensor performing a self-test to check the operability thereof. In said self-test, the sensor reacts to at least one malfunction that has been identified during the self-test and would affect the verification process of the value documents, by automatically using a modified operating mode instead of the originally planned operating mode for verifying the value documents. In said modified operating mode, at least one measured sensor value that differs from the measured sensor value used in the originally planned operating mode for verifying the value documents is used to verify the value documents. Unlike in the prior art where the sensor used to be down after such a malfunction, the sensor of the invention can continue to be used to verify the value documents in spite of the malfunction.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method for checking valuable documents, which method makes it possible to check the similarity of the intensity spectrum of a valuable document to be checked to a reference spectrum. In order to check the similarity of the intensity spectrum absorbed by the valuable document to be checked to the reference spectrum, the absorbed intensity spectrum itself is not compared with the reference spectrum, but rather a corrected intensity spectrum which has been adapted to the reference spectrum and results from the absorbed intensity spectrum by means of a linear correction. The correction parameters of the linear correction function are determined by adapting the linearly corrected intensity spectrum to the reference spectrum. Adaptation results in fluctuations in the absorbed intensity spectrum, which are caused by the measuring technique, being at least partially compensated for.
摘要:
The invention relates to a sensor (100) for checking valuable documents, comprising an illumination device (50) for illuminating a valuable document, an optical imaging element (25) and a detection device (30). The illumination device of the sensor contains a light source receiving element (10) comprising a plurality of light sources (15a-d) in the form of chips, having emission spectra that are different from each other. A light-absorbing casting compound (6) in which the chip-type light sources are embedded is applied to the light source receiving element. By embedding said light sources in the light-absorbing casting compound, the emission of light, at least from some of the chip-type light sources, is spatially limited in such a way that the irradiation characteristics of the light sources are adapted to each other.
摘要:
The invention relates to a spectral sensor for inspecting value documents, said sensor having an illumination device for illuminating the value document, imaging optics and a detection device. The illumination device contains a plurality of light sources with emission spectra that differ from one another, said sources being switched on and off in succession, in order to illuminate a region of the value document with an illumination sequence consisting of light pulses with different emission spectra. One measured value is detected for each of the light pulses in order to record the spectral intensity distribution of the detected light. The plurality of light sources cover a section of the near infra-red spectral range and/or a section of the visible spectral range in such a way that the spectral sensor can record a spectral intensity distribution in the section of the near infra-red spectral range and/or in the section of the visible spectral range.