Device and method for classifying value documents, in particular bank notes, and value document processing system

An apparatus for classifying value documents, the apparatus comprising:

• at least two sensor devices, including a first sensor device and a second sensor device, wherein the first sensor device and the second sensor devise are arranged
• to capture electromagnetic waves reflected on a front side and on a back side of a value document and to generate corresponding sensor data
• or
• to capture properties of the value document in at least two different regions of the value document by different measuring principles and to generate corresponding sensor data;
• wherein each of the at least two sensor devices has an evaluation device assigned thereto,
• wherein each of the evaluation devices respectively includes a memory unit for data storage, and wherein each of the evaluation devices is arranged to classify the value document with the aid of the sensor data generated by the at least two sensor devices, including the sensor data generated by both the first sensor device and a second sensor device, wherein the sensor data relate
• to the waves reflected on the front side and back side of the value document
• or
• to the properties of the value document captured in the at least two different regions of the value document by different measuring principles,
• wherein the sensor data generated by the each of the first sensor device and the second sensor device is written into the memory unit of the first evaluation device, and the control device is further arranged to write the sensor data generated by each of the first sensor device and the second sensor device into the memory unit of the second evaluation device.

A method for classifying value documents, the method comprising:

• capturing, by at least two sensor devices including a first sensor device and a second sensor device,
• electromagnetic waves reflected on a front side and on a back side of a value document and generating corresponding sensor data
• or
• properties of the value document in at least two different regions of the value document by different measuring principles and generating corresponding sensor data;
• providing at least two evaluation devices including a first evaluation device and a second evaluation device, wherein the first evaluation device and the second evaluation device each respectively includes a memory unit for data storage;
• writing by a control device the sensor data generated by the each of the first sensor device and the second sensor device into the memory unit of the first evaluation device, and writing by the control device the sensor data generated by each of the first sensor device and the second sensor device into the memory unit of the second evaluation device;
• classifying, by each of the first evaluation device and the second evaluation device, the value document with the aid of the generated sensor data which relate
• to the waves reflected on the front side and back side of the value document
• or
• to the properties of the value document captured in the at least two different regions of the value document by different measuring principles.