Method, device and system for handling a transport container for valuable objects
AssigneeGiesecke+Devrient Currency Technology GmbH
InventorMichael Stapfer
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Abstract
A method, an apparatus and a system relate to processing a transport container for objects of value, particularly value documents, such as for example banknotes. The method comprises the steps of feeding the transport container to an apparatus for processing the transport container, opening the transport container in the apparatus, emptying the objects of value from the transport container, and checking the transport container for a residual quantity. For the check, electromagnetic radiation is applied to the transport container, wherein a transmission image of the transport container is produced by means of the electromagnetic radiation. The residual quantity in the transport container is deduced by means of the analysis of the transmission image.
Claims14
A method for processing a transport container for objects of value, comprising the steps of:
- feeding the transport container to an apparatus for processing the transport container;
- severing the transport container in the apparatus;
- emptying of the objects of value from the transport container;
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- checking the transport container for a residual quantity, wherein
- electromagnetic radiation is applied to the transport container;
- a transmission image of the transport container is produced by means of the electromagnetic radiation;
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- the transmission image is analyzed, wherein the residual quantity in the transport container is deduced from the analysis;
- wherein the transport container is arranged in a housing during the application of the electromagnetic radiation to the transport container, said housing having an at least partially radiation-absorbing and/or radiation-emitting inner walk wherein the inner wall at least partially generates a defined ambient radiation to the transport container.
An apparatus for processing a transport container for objects of value, comprising
- a receiving device for receiving the transport container,
- a device for severing the transport container,
- a device for emptying of the transport container, and
- an apparatus for checking the transport container for residual quantity;
- wherein the apparatus for checking the transport container for residual quantity comprises a sensor device for capturing a transmission image of the transport container and an analysis unit for analyzing the transmission image;
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- wherein the apparatus for checking the transport container for residual quantity has a housing and/or a background element the housing and/or the background element at least partially comprising an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing region and/or an electromagnetic radiation-emitting region, wherein the electromagnetic radiation absorbing region and/or the electromagnetic radiation-emitting region are configured to generate a defined basic radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.