Document handling apparatus
OwnerJohn Alan Skinnerinventor
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Abstract
Document handling apparatus comprises a document transport system defining a transport path (1, 2) along which documents are conveyed. A sensor system (5) monitors documents transported along the transport path, the sensor system including an ultra-violet (UV) light source (9), a first detector (11) located on the opposite side of the transport path to the UV light source for detecting UV light transmitted across the transport path, and a second detector (12) located on the same side of the transport path as the UV light source for detecting radiation emitted by and/or reflected from a document transported along the transport path in response to incident UV light from the UV light source
Claims11
Document handling apparatus comprising a document transport system defining a transport path along which documents are conveyed;
- and a sensor system for monitoring documents transported along the transport path, the sensor system including an ultra-violet (UV) light source, a first detector located on the opposite side of the transport path to the UV light source for detecting UV light transmitted across the transport path, and a second detector located on the same side of the transport path as the UW light source for detecting radiation emitted by and/or reflected from a document transported along the transport path in response to incident UV light from the UV light source.
Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the light sources comprise light emitting diodes.
Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising a monitoring system coupled to the first detector of the first sensor system for determining information related to the length of a document in the transport direction.
Apparatus according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising a monitoring system coupled to the second detector of the first sensor system for determining information relating to the authenticity and/or denomination of a document.
Banknote handling apparatus including an input receptacle for receiving a stack of banknotes;
- document handling apparatus according to any of the preceding claims;
- and one or more output receptacles, the transport system conveying banknotes from the input receptacle to the or one of the output receptacles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.