System and method for processing value documents

• US 10,713,876 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2014
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient (Giesecke & Devrient GmbH)
• Inventors: Stapfer, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Mikeska, Neil R
• Application Number:
  US15/028,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20160253859A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,106 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/225 for detecting or indicating tampering
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/24 Managing the stock of valuable papers
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/30 Tracking or tracing valuable papers or cassettes
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/32 Record keeping transaction aspects G07F19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/207 Surveillance aspects at ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/209 Monitoring, auditing or diagnose of functioning of ATMs

Abstract

A system for processing value documents and a corresponding method, include an apparatus for processing value documents, a housing in which the apparatus is integrated and/or a support on which the apparatus is arranged, and a recording device provided in or on the housing and/or on the support for recording actions carried out by an operating person while operating the apparatus. The system and method provide a more reliable recording of the actions performed by the operating person and enables a more reliable later check of the operating process.

Claims

1. A system for processing value documents, comprising:

an apparatus for processing value documents including checking, counting, sorting and/or destroying value documents;

a housing in which the apparatus is integrated, and/or a support on which the apparatus is arranged;

a recording device provided in or on the housing and/or on the support for recording actions carried out by an operating person in a working region while operating the apparatus;

a reading device provided in or on the housing and/or on the support for capturing at least one information item from the working region, the at least one information item being for identifying the value documents intended for processing; and

a control device which is configured for mutually associating the captured information item for identifying the value documents intended for processing and the image data obtained upon the recording of the actions carried out by the operating person, such that the captured information item and the image data are stored in a memory accordingly;

wherein the recording device and the reading device are given in the form of a camera device, the camera device comprising a wide-angle, low focal length camera configured to capture the near range and the far range at the same depth of field; and

wherein the working region is located before the housing and/or the support.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the actions carried out by the operating person while operating the apparatus comprise supplying value documents intended for processing in the apparatus and/or removing value documents after their processing in the apparatus.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the recording device is configured for recording still and/or moving images of the actions carried out by the operating person while operating the apparatus.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the reading device is configured for capturing an information item located on a container for identifying value documents located in the container and intended for processing.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the information item for identifying the value documents intended for processing is given in the form of a bar code.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the camera device is integrated in the housing and there is provided on the housing at least one transparent housing region through which the camera device can capture the actions carried out by the operating person and/or the information item for identifying the value documents intended for processing.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein a first housing region is so configured and/or arranged that the actions carried out by the operating person can be captured by the camera device therethrough.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein the first and/or second housing region has an optical imaging element for imaging the actions carried out by the operating person or the information item for identifying the value documents onto the camera device.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein a second housing region is so configured and/or arranged that the information item for identifying the value documents intended for processing can be captured by the camera device therethrough.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the first and/or second housing region has an optical imaging element for imaging the actions carried out by the operating person or the information item for identifying the value documents onto the camera device.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the support has at least one transparent placement area through which the actions carried out by the operating person can be recorded and/or the information item for identifying the value documents located on the placement area can be captured.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein the recording and/or reading device is attached in the interior of the housing, and a user interface is transparent to the recording and/or reading device.

14. The system according to claim 7, wherein the first housing region has an optical imaging element for imaging the actions carried out by the operating person or the information item for identifying the value documents onto the camera device, the optical imaging element comprising a Fresnel lens forming a part of the housing.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus for processing value documents comprises a sensor device provided within the housing for capturing physical properties of the value documents.

17. The system according to claim 1, further comprising an input pocket and an output pocket in or on the housing and/or on the support for inputting and outputting value documents to the apparatus for processing value documents,

wherein the input pocket and the output pocket are located in the working region.

18. The system according to claim 1, wherein the recording device is configured to begin recording upon the capture of the at least one information item by the reading device.

13. A method for processing value documents by which actions carried out by an operating person in a working region while operating an apparatus for processing value documents are recorded by a recording device, wherein the recording device is provided in or on a housing in which the apparatus is integrated, and/or on a support on which the apparatus is arranged;

and

by which at least one information item for identifying the value documents intended for processing is captured from the working region by a reading device, wherein the reading device is provided in or on a housing in which the apparatus is integrated, and/or on a support on which the apparatus is arranged;

wherein the recording device and the reading device are given in the form of a camera device, the camera device comprising a wide-angle, low focal length camera configured to capture the near range and the far range at the same depth of field;

wherein the captured information item for identifying the value documents intended for processing and the recording of the actions carried out by the operating person are mutually associated and stored in a memory by a control device; and

wherein the working region is located before the housing and/or the support.

15. A system for processing value documents, comprising:

an apparatus for processing value documents including checking, counting, sorting and/or destroying value documents;

a housing in which the apparatus is integrated, and/or a support on which the apparatus is arranged;

a recording device provided in or on the housing and/or on the support for recording actions carried out by an operating person in a working region while operating the apparatus;

a reading device provided in or on the housing and/or on the support for capturing at least one information item from the working region, the at least one information item being for identifying the value documents intended for processing; and

a transparent placement area extending from the housing and/or the support and including a depression for receiving the value documents;

wherein the recording device and the reading device are provided below the transparent placement area and capture the actions of the operator and the at least one information item there through; and

wherein the working region is defined by the transparent placement area.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the transparent placement area comprises an elongate support extending from the housing at an angle of 90°

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