Method and apparatus for checking tyres

A method for checking tyres, comprising:

• arranging, at a checking device, a finished tyre that was moulded and cured in a mould;
• providing comparison data comprising a mould drawing of said mould;
• activating one or more detection devices to obtain a graphic representation of at least one sidewall of said finished tyre;
• activating a processing unit to perform a comparison between i) symbols included in said graphic representation and ii) symbols defined by said comparison data;
• and
• generating, by said processing unit, a notification signal representative of a result of said comparison,
• wherein said comparison data comprise supplementary data,
• wherein performing a comparison between symbols in said graphic representation and symbols defined by said comparison data comprises:
• identifying, in the mould drawing, a first indication representative of a symbol that is absent in said mould drawing, but expected on the finished tyre;
• and
• locating, in said supplementary data, text data representative of said symbol that is absent in said mould drawing, but expected on the finished tyre, corresponding to said first indication.