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EP0612042A2
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Apparatus and method for checking printed matter
Assignee: KBA Notasys SA
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Filing: 1993-08-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-08-20
Abstract
Abstract Sheets with images are scanned to determine if the images are acceptable. Sheets with unacceptable images are marked with a reject mark. The images may define banknotes, securities, traveler checks, stamps, and so on.
Inventors
- 👤 Christoph Eisenbarth
- 👤 Dennis Mc Ghie
- 👤 Harry Jung
- 👤 Ira Finkelstein
- 👤 Edward Panofsky
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:13
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/06; G07D7/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
106 words
Printed matter checking apparatus comprising: a scanning station for receiving sequentially a plurality of sheets, each sheet having several images, each image defining a document, said scanning station generating data descriptive of said images; data processing means receiving said data for analyzing said data to determine whether said images meet preselected criteria; and a marking station coupled to said data processing means and receiving sequentially sheets from said scanning station, said marking station marking one document defined by at least one image on one of said sheets with a reject mark when said data processing means determines that said one image does not meet said criteria.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
106 words
Printed matter checking apparatus comprising: a scanning station for receiving sequentially a plurality of sheets, each sheet having several images, each image defining a document, said scanning station generating data descriptive of said images; data processing means receiving said data for analyzing said data to determine whether said images meet preselected criteria; and a marking station coupled to said data processing means and receiving sequentially sheets from said scanning station, said marking station marking one document defined by at least one image on one of said sheets with a reject mark when said data processing means determines that said one image does not meet said criteria.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each said sheet has a top surface with top images and a bottom surface with bottom images, each top image being registered with a bottom image to define one document.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said marking station marks said top image.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said images are arranged in rows on said sheet, and said marking apparatus includes a plurality of printing heads, one printing head for each of said row.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein each of said printing heads consists of an impact printer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein each of said printing heads consists of an ink jet printer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
81 words
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing device for printing a plurality of images on a sheet; scanning means for receiving said sheet from said printing device for generating data descriptive of said images; data processing means for receiving said data and comparing said data to preselected criteria to determine if each of said images is acceptable; and marking means for receiving said sheet, and for marking one of said images with a reject mark if said one image is not acceptable.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
81 words
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing device for printing a plurality of images on a sheet; scanning means for receiving said sheet from said printing device for generating data descriptive of said images; data processing means for receiving said data and comparing said data to preselected criteria to determine if each of said images is acceptable; and marking means for receiving said sheet, and for marking one of said images with a reject mark if said one image is not acceptable.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said sheet has a top and a bottom surface and said printing device prints top and bottom images on said top and bottom surfaces respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said scanning means includes a top and bottom scanner for scanning said top and bottom surfaces respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus of claim 8 wherein each said top is in register which each said bottom image to define a document, and wherein said marking means marks said top image of said document when one of said top and bottom images of said documents are unacceptable.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
The apparatus of claim 7 wherein said images are arranged in rows on said sheet, and said marking means includes a plurality of printing heads, one printing head for each of said row.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of checking images on sheet comprising the steps of: scanning said sheets sequentially to generate data descriptive of said images, each image corresponding to a document; comparing data for each image to preselected criteria to determine if the images are unacceptable; and marking one document with an image found unacceptable with a reject mark.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of checking images on sheet comprising the steps of: scanning said sheets sequentially to generate data descriptive of said images, each image corresponding to a document; comparing data for each image to preselected criteria to determine if the images are unacceptable; and marking one document with an image found unacceptable with a reject mark.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of claim 12 wherein each document is defined by a top and bottom image disposed on a top and bottom surface of said sheet, and wherein said top image of a document is marked with said reject mark if one of said top and bottom images of said document is unacceptable.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 12 wherein said sheet has a top and bottom surface with top and bottom images, said top and bottom images being scanned during said scanning step.
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