EP0807904A3
Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
Abstract
A method of authenticating documents comprises the steps of illuminating a document with ultraviolet light, detecting ultraviolet light reflected by said document and determining the authenticity of the document based upon a comparison of the ultraviolet light reflected from the document with the ultraviolet light reflected from a genuine document illuminated with ultraviolet light
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Numbers
- Publication
- 0807904
- Application
- 971133954
Titles3
- German
- Verfahren und Apparat zum Unterscheiden und Zählen von Dokumenten
- English
- Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents
- French
- Procédé et appareil pour identifier et compter des documents
Classification
- CPC, 20
- G07D7/128
- B65H3/063
- B65H3/0638
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- IPC, 10
- B65H3 06
- G06Q20 00
- G07D7 00
- G07D7 04
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- G07D11 00
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Designated states1
- Contracting states, 1
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)