A system for detecting magnetization of a system includes: a conveyor to transport a flexible document along a path having initial and following sections; a first magnetization device to generate a magnetic field toward the initial section; a second magnetization device to generate a magnetic field toward the following section; a magnetization sensor to detect magnetization of flexible document's ferromagnetic elements, when the flexible document is at the following section; and output a corresponding magnetization signal, based on magnetization sensed; a control unit for synchronizing the flexible document's movement by sending control signals to the conveyor, the activation of the second magnetization device, the receipt of the magnetization signal outputted by the magnetization sensor and, based on the magnetization signal received, calculating the magnetization due to the hard ferromagnetic materials and magnetization due to soft ferromagnetic materials comprised in the flexible document's ferromagnetic element and outputting corresponding detection signals.
G07D 7/04 - Test des propriétés magnétiques des matériaux de ces papiers, p. ex. par détection d’empreinte magnétique
G01N 27/72 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par l'emploi de moyens électriques, électrochimiques ou magnétiques en recherchant des variables magnétiques
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE MAGNETIZATION OF A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT
A device for the handling and stacking (2,2') of flexible sheets is described, comprising: a box-shaped body (5) equipped with an inlet area (40) and an outlet area (45), a helical conveying element (50) for the flexible sheets, housed in the box-shaped body (5) and extending between the inlet area (40) and the outlet area (45), and a drive assembly (95) connected to the helical conveying element (50) and configured to drive it in rotation around a rotation axis (R). The helical conveying element (50) comprises a helical thrust wall (55), wound helically about the rotation axis (R) and provided with a thrust surface (70) also wound helically about the rotation axis (R), which, as a result of the rotation of the helical conveying element (50) about the rotation axis (R), contacts and pushes the flexible sheets towards the outlet area (45). Furthermore, the helical conveying element (50) comprises a stiffening wall (110), which protrudes from the thrust wall (55) in the direction away from the thrust surface (70) and is wound about the rotation axis (R) for at least one winding section of the thrust wall (55) about the rotation axis (R).
A device for handling/stacking flexible sheets is described that includes: a box-shaped body having an inlet area and an outlet area; a helical conveying element for the flexible sheets, housed in the box-shaped body and extending between the inlet and outlet areas; and a drive assembly connected to the helical conveying element and configured to drive it around a rotation axis. The helical conveying element includes a helical thrust wall, wound helically about the rotation axis and having a thrust surface wound helically about the rotation axis, which, because of the rotation of the helical conveying element about the rotation axis, contacts/pushes the flexible sheets towards the outlet area. The helical conveying element includes a stiffening wall, which protrudes from the thrust wall away from the thrust surface and is wound about the rotation axis for at least one winding section of the thrust wall about the rotation axis.
A model of a flexible document for use in a mechanized flexible document transport process. The flexible document is decomposed into at least one layer comprising parallelepiped-shaped rigid bodies, and each rigid body is connected to all rigid bodies that are adjacent to it by connecting elements connected to connection edges of adjacent rigid bodies. Each connection edge is connected to an edge connecting a rigid body adjacent to it by: (1) a first connection spring having a rotational stiffness about a rotation axis orthogonal to the thickness axis of said connected rigid body and to the axis where the connected rigid body is connected to the adjacent rigid body, and (2) a connecting structure selected from:
three springs having a translational stiffness along the connected rigid body's longitudinal axis, the connected rigid body's transverse axis, and the connected rigid body's thickness axis, respectively. and
a ball joint.
Computer-implemented model of a flexible document configured for use in a computer-implemented method of MultiBody simulation of a mechanized flexible document transport process, wherein the flexible document has the shape of a parallelepiped, wherein the flexible document is decomposed into at least one layer comprising a plurality of parallelepiped-shaped rigid bodies, each having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, and a thickness axis orthogonal thereto, wherein each rigid body is connected to all rigid bodies that are adjacent to it along both its longitudinal axis and its transverse axis by means of a plurality of connecting elements connected to connection edges of adjacent rigid bodies, which are parallel to the thickness axis, wherein each connection edge of each connected rigid body is connected to an edge connecting a rigid body adjacent to it by means of - a first connection spring having a rotational stiffness about a rotation axis that is orthogonal to the thickness axis of said connected rigid body and to the axis along which the connected rigid body is connected to the adjacent rigid body, and wherein each connecting edge of each connected rigid body is also connected to a connecting edge of a rigid body adjacent to it by a connecting structure selected from the group comprising - a set of further three connection springs consisting of a second connection spring having a translational stiffness along the longitudinal axis of said connected rigid body, a third connection spring having a translational stiffness along the transverse axis of said connected rigid body, and a fourth connection spring having a translational stiffness along the thickness axis of said connected rigid body, and - a connecting ball joint.
A method for storing a series of flexible documents ( . . . , B(n−1), B(n), B(n+1), . . . ) in a system (100), each flexible document ( . . . , B(n−1), B(n), B(n+1), . . . ) having a front side and a rear side and the method comprising activating at least a sensor group (30), at least one external sensor unit (40) and an internal sensor unit (140) arranged at the entrance of system (100), in proximity of a storing and issuing module (10) and inside the storing and issuing module (10), respectively, for sensing each flexible document ( . . . , B(n−1), B(n), B(n+1), . . . ) of the series, while it is transported on a conveyor belt (20) into a storing and issuing module (10), and providing corresponding dimension information and position information with respect to a longitudinal symmetry axis (y-y) to a central processing unit (50) or a processor (150); B. when a flexible document B(n) is sensed by the internal sensor unit (140) inside the storing and issuing module (10), and C. if a next flexible document B(n+1) transported on conveyor belt (20) is sensed and corresponding position information for the next flexible document B(n+1) is provided to the central processing unit (50) and forwarded to processor (150) before the internal sensor unit (140) stops sensing the flexible document B(n), and also if the next flexible document B(n+1) is within a predetermined storage distance (dST) from the storing and issuing module (10), D. based on dimension information and the last obtained position information on the flexible document B(n), dimension information and the last obtained position information on the next flexible document B(n+1) and known design parameters of the system, determining the actual minimum distance (dpred), along an axis (yMIN-yMIN) parallel to longitudinal symmetry axis (y-y), that would be left on a transport tape (170) inside the storing and issuing module (10), between the rear side of flexible document B(n) and the front side of the next flexible document B(n+1) of the series, if transport tape (170) moved at linear speed (vt(t)) according to a conventional pattern having a constant speed value (V) at regime operational conditions, E. comparing the actual minimum distance (dpred) calculated at step D with a desired minimum distance dd, and F. if the actual minimum distance (dpred) is different from the desired minimum distance dd, adjusting, by sending corresponding signals through processor (50), linear speed (vt(t)) of transport tape (170) with respect to the conventional pattern, between a time instant tj(n) at which flexible document B(n) is engaged with transport tape 170 and a time instant tj(n+1) at which the flexible document B(n+1) is engaged with transport tape (170) inside the storing and issuing module (10), such that: the desired minimum distance dd along the axis (yMIN-yMIN) parallel to the longitudinal symmetry axis (y-y) is left on transport tape (170) between the rear side of the flexible document B(n) and the front side of the next flexible document B(n+1), and when, at tj(n+1), the next document B(n+1) is engaged with transport tape (170), the linear speed value of transport tape (170) is the constant speed value (V) of the conventional pattern of transport tape linear speed (vt(t)) at regime operational conditions.
B65H 29/00 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles
B65H 29/16 - Délivrance ou progression des articles à la sortie des machinesProgression des articles vers ou dans les piles par contact d'une face uniquement des rubans, courroies ou chaînes mobiles
G07D 11/12 - Récipients pour les papiers de valeur
A process for self-recovering from document processing disturbances in a flexible document receiving and dispensing device comprising one or more flexible document storing and dispensing modules, wherein each one of said one or more flexible document storing and dispensing modules is configured to store a respective group of flexible documents, wherein each flexible document is individually identified by a univocal code associated thereto, wherein the process comprises the following steps:
A. during a storing operation, one or more flexible documents are stored according to the following substeps:
A.1 recognizing the group of flexible documents and reading the univocal code from each one of said one or more flexible documents; and
A.2 for each group of flexible documents, storing the univocal codes read at step A.1 in a memory unit of the respective flexible document storing and dispensing module, whereby such univocal codes are stored in a code storage sequence univocally associated to an expected code dispensing sequence including one or more expected univocal codes:
B. during a dispensing operation, for each one of one or more flexible documents to be dispensed, performing the following substeps:
B.1 reading the univocal code from the flexible document to be dispensed,
B.2 comparing the univocal code read at step B.1 with the expected univocal code in the expected code dispensing sequence:
B.3 when the compared codes are different, discarding flexible documents from the respective flexible document storing and dispensing module until it is recognized that a subsequence of discarded flexible documents is identical to a subsequence of expected univocal codes, otherwise
B.4 dispensing the flexible document.
G07D 11/30 - Suivi ou traçage des papiers de valeur ou des cassettes
G07D 7/0047 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p. ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie en utilisant des éléments de sécurité numériques, p. ex. des informations codées sur un filet ou une bande magnétique en utilisant des codes de contrôle, p. ex. des chiffres codés dérivés d’un numéro de série et de la valeur nominale
G07D 11/13 - Récipients pour les papiers de valeur avec des moyens internes de manipulation des papiers de valeur
A device for validating flexible documents is described. The device has an input portion, an output portion and an intermediate portion interposed between the input portion and the output portion, through which each of the flexible documents is moved by means of movement members along a movement direction. The device also has at least one sensor, which is positioned at the intermediate portion, and a deflector element, conformed as a laminar element, which protrudes from a bottom of the intermediate portion and is configured to deflect the dynamics of the flexible document so as to bring it against the at least one sensor.
G07D 11/235 - Moyens de mesure ou de détection pour surveiller ou indiquer les conditions de fonctionnementMoyens de mesure ou de détection pour détecter les dysfonctionnements
G07D 11/13 - Récipients pour les papiers de valeur avec des moyens internes de manipulation des papiers de valeur
A storing and issuing module (10) including a storage roller (50), a motor (60) associated with the storage roller (50), at least one transport tape (52) configured to wrap onto the storage roller (50) together with flexible documents, such as banknotes, conveyed in a conveying section provided with holding means (53, 54) actuatable for engaging flexible documents to be stored or issued with the transport tape (52), wherein the storing and issuing module (50) is capable of handling large storage capacity thanks to a mechanical layout that minimizes variations in the conveying section despite the great variations of the outer diameter of the storage roller due to the large capacity thereof.
A storing and issuing module (10) including a storage roller (50), a motor (60) associated with the storage roller (50), at least one transport tape (52) configured to wrap onto the storage roller (50) together with flexible documents, such as banknotes, conveyed in a conveying section provided with holding means (53, 54) actuatable for engaging flexible documents to be stored or issued with the transport tape (52), wherein the storing and issuing module (50) is capable of handling large storage capacity thanks to a mechanical layout that minimizes variations in the conveying section despite the great variations of the outer diameter of the storage roller due to the large capacity thereof.
A double storing and issuing device for two banknotes denomination and/or other flexible documents, for use in an equipment for the automatic processing of banknotes, where each storing and issuing device includes a storage roller, relative motor, at least a transport tape provided for wrapping on the storage roller together with the banknotes. The two storage rollers can share the space between them because the transport tape, tensioned by storage roller motor and feeding-roller, pushing against accompanying rollers strictly follows storage roller diameter. The double storing and issuing device includes an electronic unit for the storage roller motors and relative transport tapes revolution sensors, that provides a device full status as any possible combination of storage roller diameter plus a minimum gap to avoid mechanical reciprocal interferences.
G07F 19/00 - Systèmes bancaires completsDispositions à déclenchement par carte codée adaptées pour délivrer ou recevoir des espèces ou analogues et adresser de telles transactions à des comptes existants, p. ex. guichets automatiques
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Device and method of binarization for payment or accounting documents
A binarization device for payment or accounting documents including sensitive data located in respective data window provides a primary binarized document file of the document; a memory stores identification files including identifying images and location information associated to given types of documents; the data window can be identified and localized as comparison with the identification files of the memory; the contribution of the background is subtracted from the window file, the window file is binarized and filtered for spurious pixels obtaining a binarized window file; the binarized document file and the binarized window file are merged to provide the binarized window file in the data window; the evidence of the significant pixel is obtained by sequential analysis on groups of pixels, applying morphological expansion operators on each group of pixels and following erosion of said group of pixels.
G06K 9/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour la lecture ou la reconnaissance de caractères imprimés ou écrits ou pour la reconnaissance de formes, p.ex. d'empreintes digitales
G06K 9/38 - Quantification du signal image analogique
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Equipment for the storing of values in sack and respective method for the account and transport of the stored values
b) to be closed irreversibly, and which is coupled to an interface unit (31) of a deposit and withdrawal machine (22). A transfer safe (27) lodges the filling and sealing unit or units and the value sacks and an introduction unit (42) is connected with the interface unit (31) for transferring the values. The introduction unit (42) includes a stacking device (43) for the values (23) to be stored in sack, a bundling device (44) for bundling the formed stacks and a moving and transferring mechanism (46) for shifting the stacks between the stacking device, the bundling device and the filling and sealing unit or units. A method for making easier and accelerating the operations of account and transport of the stored values is also described.
G07F 7/04 - Mécanismes actionnés par des objets autres que des pièces de monnaie pour déclencher ou actionner des appareils de vente, de location, de distribution de pièces de monnaie ou de papier-monnaie, ou de remboursement par du papier-monnaie
G07D 11/00 - Dispositifs acceptant des pièces de monnaieDispositifs acceptant, distribuant, triant ou comptant des papiers de valeur
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Storing and issuing device for banknotes or other flexible documents
A storing and issuing device (11) for banknotes (12) and/or other flexible documents, for use in an equipment for the automatic processing of banknotes, in which the storing and issuing device includes a taking-up roller (50), a motor (60) for the taking-up roller, at least one transport belt (52) provided for wrapping on the taking-up roller (50) together with the banknotes (12) and holding means (53, 54, 79) actuatable for causing an entering banknote Bn(n) to be engaged with the transport belt (52). The storing and issuing device (11) comprises an electronic unit (65) for the holding means (53, 54, 79) and the motor (60) for the taking-up roller, for causing the entering banknote to be stored on the taking-up roller, with void space queuing providing substantial contact between the input edge of the entered banknote Bn(n) and the output edge of a last stored banknote Bn(n−1).
An equipment (43) for storing in an orderly way banknotes (52) and/or papers and the like, for instance banknotes (52) for an automatic machine (39), provided for the formation of a stack (53). The equipment (43) comprises two spiral elements (81; 82) defining coils with respective axes (83; 84) directed in the sense of the stacking and terminal sections (86) adjacent to a stacking surface (77) at an end of the stack. The spiral elements (81; 82) are rotatable around the axes (83; 84) and are arranged for laterally receiving between the coils a leading portion of the entering banknote (52), moving the banknote (52), through the coils and in consequence of the rotation, on the stacking surface (77), and disengaging the banknote from the coils adjacent to the terminal section (86).
An automatic machine manages the development of the amount of stored cash and allows a user to deposit, sort or count coins or banknotes. The machine has a storer and dispenser for coins and notes. The machine includes a computer system and receivers and sorters of coins and notes. A front face of the machine has an interface, first components for depositing and withdrawing notes, and second components for depositing and withdrawing coins by a user. A rear face, opposite to the front face, includes an interface for unlocking a first access from the rear to the coin storer and/or a second access from the rear to the note storer.
B07C 5/00 - Tri selon une caractéristique ou une particularité des objets ou du matériau à trier, p. ex. tri commandé par un dispositif qui détecte ou mesure cette caractéristique ou particularitéTri à l'aide de dispositifs manœuvrés à la main, p. ex. d'aiguillages
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