Method for identifying counterfeit banknotes

US7699153B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Sven Ehrich · Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, DE
• Karl-Dieter Forster · Deisenhofen, DE
• Franz Muller · Blankenloch, DE
• Manfred Parussel · Munich, DE
• Wolfgang Rapf · Birkenfeld, DE
• Helmut Karl Reinisch · Munich, DE
• Steffen Schmalz · Munich, DE
• Helmut Steidl · Munich, DE
• Hermann Weilacher · Ampermoching, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 15, 2004
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 7, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F19/202
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for identifying suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes paid into an automatic teller machine, wherein banknotes to be paid in are checked for authenticity on the basis of data from a sensor device. The identification is achieved by linking data from the sensor device concerning the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes to an identity of a payer. The method also includes storing the data concerning the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes and the identity of the payer, and generating checking data for the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes by means of the sensor device or a sensor device similar to the sensor device. The checking data are generated by the sensor device for one or more possible positions of the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes, comparing the checking data with the stored data concerning the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknotes and determining the data of the suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit banknote which has the closest agreement with the respective checking data. The method further includes identifying the respective suspected counterfeit and/or counterfeit bankn…