US4025759A
Expired / Lapsed
US
⏱️ 0.0 years remaining
Checking apparatus for documents
Assignee: GAO Gesellschaft fuer Automation und Organisation mbH
•
Filing: 1975-10-16
•
Granted: 1977-05-24
•
Expires: 1995-10-16
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus for determining the identity or authenticity of a document and/or the identity of a user of a document to determine if such person is authorized to do so, and which document is formed as a data carrier, comprising readers for data which can be automatically read and applied to the document. A keyboard or equivalent structure is provided for the infeed of a secret code, such as a number(s), letter(s) or other characters, as is also an evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit comprises a fixed storage where there can be stored constant data and data processing programs, an access circuit which evaluates parts of the automatically readable data of the document and/or the secret code written in by means of the keyboard in the form of select addresses. A computer which, while using the selected data and processing programs, processes the selected constant data to provide a result, and an indicator for the result, the indicator constituting, for instance, a Yes/No-indicator or multi-character or multi-digit indicator.
Inventors
- 👤 Kurt M. Scheffel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 23:57
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07F; G07F7/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/10; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/08; G06K19/10; G06Q; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/30; G06Q20/34; G06Q20/347; G07F7/086; G07F7/1025; G07F7/1058
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
233 words
An apparatus for the selective determination of at least any one of the identity of a document formed as a data carrier, the identity of the proper user of the document, or both, comprising reading devices for automatically reading automatically readable data applied to the document, keyboard means for the infeed of a secret number, an evaluation circuit, said evaluation circuit possessing fixed storage means in which there are stored constant data and data processing programs, access circuit means for selectively evaluating any one of parts of the automatically readable data of the document, the secret number introduced via the keyboard means, or both, in the form of select addresses, computer means which through utilization of the selected constant data and data processing programs processes the selected constant data into a result, and means for the indication of said result, the improvement wherein the document embodies a document carrier containing characteristic data, one of the reading devices serves for the determination of the characteristic data of the document carrier and includes a mask possessing a number of measurement regions, the individual measurement regions are separated from one another by non-sensitive partition webs of a width essentially corresponding to at least one means incorporated into the document carrier, and circuit means for logically coupling two successively carried out measurement operations while displacing the mask through a distance corresponding to the width of a web.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
233 words
An apparatus for the selective determination of at least any one of the identity of a document formed as a data carrier, the identity of the proper user of the document, or both, comprising reading devices for automatically reading automatically readable data applied to the document, keyboard means for the infeed of a secret number, an evaluation circuit, said evaluation circuit possessing fixed storage means in which there are stored constant data and data processing programs, access circuit means for selectively evaluating any one of parts of the automatically readable data of the document, the secret number introduced via the keyboard means, or both, in the form of select addresses, computer means which through utilization of the selected constant data and data processing programs processes the selected constant data into a result, and means for the indication of said result, the improvement wherein the document embodies a document carrier containing characteristic data, one of the reading devices serves for the determination of the characteristic data of the document carrier and includes a mask possessing a number of measurement regions, the individual measurement regions are separated from one another by non-sensitive partition webs of a width essentially corresponding to at least one means incorporated into the document carrier, and circuit means for logically coupling two successively carried out measurement operations while displacing the mask through a distance corresponding to the width of a web.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said mask comprises a substantially linear mask.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said mask comprises a substantially areal mask.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the means incorporated into the document carrier comprises particles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the means incorporated into the document carrier comprises pores.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US3245697A
Cited
US3829661A
Cited
US3740530A
Cited
US3793600A
Cited
US3764742A
Cited
US3919447A
Cited
US3786420A
Cited
US3819910A
Cited
US3836754A
Cited
US3846622A
Cited
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1980-05-23 | 1980-11-22 | 1981-05-24 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-05-23 | 1984-11-22 | 1985-05-24 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-05-23 | 1988-11-22 | 1989-05-24 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |