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Counting stacked documents

US8103083B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

KBA-NOTASYS SA · CH

Inventors

Johannes Georg Schaede · Würzburg, DE
Hartmut Karl Sauer · Himmelstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 2005
Grant date	Jan 24, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06M1/101
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The process for treating stacks formed of a predetermined number of planar substrates, such as securities, banknotes, checks and other similar documents, said securities being formed by prints on said substrates arranged in matrix-form in lines and columns, comprises the steps of (a) displacing the stack under a cutting device; (b) cutting a strip of the stack with cutting means; (c) evacuating the cut strip for liberating the front side of the stack which is under the cutting means; (d) taking an image of the front side of the stack; (e) counting the number of substrate in the stack by analyzing the image taken; (f) resuming the process at step (a) until all strips of a stack have been cut and starting with another stack.

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