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Method and apparatus for detecting the fitness for circulation of a value document

US9927230B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH · DE

Inventors

Peter Schiffmann · Schwaz, AT
Jan Domke · Vaterstetten, DE
Friederike Lichtenegger · Pullach im Isartal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01B2210/46
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method for detecting the fitness for circulation of a value document, includes the steps of: a) carrying out a measurement of the thickness on a tactile structure of the value document, and b) comparing the measured thickness with a previously known target thickness of the tactile structure in order to establish the fitness for circulation.

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