Method for monitoring the transport of bank notes

US8833761B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Eduard Dukart · Munich, DE
• Gerhard Sporer · Wolfratshausen, DE
• Rudolf Christl · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 19, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 16, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D11/237
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for monitoring transport of bank notes in a transport system, using sensors arranged along the transport system for sensing transported bank notes, and a control device for monitoring and controlling the transport system using signals from the sensors, from which the control device derives a presence or absence of a bank note at the location of the respective sensor. The signals from all sensors are stored in a memory, and the signals from all sensors are assigned an explicit time statement or clock statement. All transported bank notes are assigned an explicit object code by the control device, and the object code is linked to the explicit time statement or clock statement. Stored signals from the sensors derive the occurrence and type of errors during the transport of the bank notes, and the signals are linked to the bank notes denoted by the object codes.