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US 2003/0189091 A1Published application
Method and system for processing bank notes
AssigneeGiesecke & Devrient GmbH
InventorManfred Gebhardt
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AssigneeGiesecke & Devrient GmbH
InventorManfred Gebhardt
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The invention relates to a method and corresponding system for processing bank notes wherein bank notes are provided in a stack, the bank notes each having a serial number and being present in the stack in accordance with a first sequence of their serial numbers, the bank notes are removed singly from the stack and processed successively in accordance with the first sequence of their serial numbers and wherein a second sequence of serial numbers of processed bank notes is determined. To minimize throughput losses in the case of disturbances during processing of a subset of bank notes, the following steps are provided: depositing the subset of bank notes; continuing the processing of following bank notes in the stack in accordance with the first sequence of their serial numbers; continuing the determination of the second sequence of serial numbers for the properly processed following bank notes using a hypothetical number of bank notes in the subset.
A method for processing bank notes wherein
A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the processing of the bank notes (1) is performed in a processing device (21), and the check and/or correction of the second sequence (F2) in a check device (40) spatially separate from the processing device (21) or integrated in the processing device (21).
A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that a disturbance during processing of a subset (T) of bank notes (1) is present when the bank notes (1) of the subset (T) have not been removed singly from the stack (10) and/or when the bank notes (1) of the subset (T) cannot be processed successively in defined fashion, in particular due to too little distance between the single bank notes (1) or due to a jam.
A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the second sequence (F2) of serial numbers is calculated using the serial number of the first bank note (1) of the stack (10) and the, in particular regularly descending or ascending, order of the serial numbers of bank notes in the stack (10).
A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the hypothetical number of bank notes (1) in the subset (T) is derived on the basis of measuring data.
A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the hypothetical number of bank notes (1) in the subset (T) is given by specification of a predetermined number.
A method according to any of the above claims, characterized in that the printed image and/or quality and/or security or authenticity features of the bank notes (1) are checked during processing of the bank notes (1).
A system for processing bank notes having
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.