Apparatus for inspecting characters/numbers of negotiable instrument, and method for inspecting characters/numbers of negotiable instrument

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10997458-B2
Application number	US-201716315296-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 13, 2016
Publication date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	May 4, 2021

Abstract

An apparatus for inspecting the characters/numbers of a negotiable instrument, the apparatus being provided with: cameras (124) for imaging the character/number sequence (1b) printed on each design on large-size printed matter (1) on which a plurality of designs of the negotiable instrument are printed; and a character/number inspection device (10) for determining the suitability of the characters/numbers printed on each negotiable instrument on the basis of the image data imaged by the cameras (124), wherein the character/number inspection device (10) determines the suitability of the character/number sequence (1b) in a cut segment (1a) on the basis of a plurality of determination standards set in accordance with the position of the cut segment (1a) on the large-size printed matter (1).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A securities character-number checking apparatus including an imaging device that is configured to capture images of serial numbers printed on a plurality of securities printed on a printing sheet,
a CPU that is configured to judge whether or not the serial numbers printed on the securities are acceptable based on image data captured by the imaging device, and
a memory that is configured to store an allowable value among a plurality of allowable values for positions of the serial numbers and a reference position,
the plurality of allowable values being respectively set in accordance with positions of the securities on the printing sheet, the plurality of allowable values increasing from a leading edge side toward a trailing edge side of the printing sheet, wherein
the CPU is configured to judge whether or not the serial numbers printed on the securities have been printed properly for each security by obtaining a difference between the position of the serial number and the reference position and comparing the obtained difference with the allowable value corresponding to the position of the security.

2. The securities character-number checking apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the CPU is configured to judge whether or not printing quality of components of the serial numbers is proper based on a criterion for judging the printing quality of the components of the serial numbers, and
the criterion is the same for all of the securities.

3. A securities character-number checking method including
capturing images of serial numbers printed on a plurality of securities printed on a printing sheet, and
judging whether or not the serial numbers printed on the securities have been printed properly based on data of the captured image, wherein
the judging includes
obtaining, for each of the securities, a difference between the position of the serial number and a reference position stored in a memory by using a CPU,
reading an allowable value corresponding to the security among a plurality of allowable values for the positions of the serial numbers stored in the memory by using the CPU, the plurality of allowable values being respectively set in accordance with the positions of the securities on the printing sheet, the plurality of allowable values increasing from a leading edge side toward a trailing edge side of the printing sheet, and
judging whether or not the serial numbers printed on the securities have been printed properly by comparing the obtained difference with the read allowable value by using the CPU.

4. The securities character-number checking method according to claim 3 further comprising:
judging whether or not printing quality of components of the serial numbers is proper based on a criterion for judging the printing quality of components of the serial numbers by using the CPU, wherein
the criterion is the same for all of the securities.

Assignees

• Glory Kogyo Kk
• Komori Corp

Inventors

• Adachi Kazutaka
• Onishi Hiroyuki
• Numauchi Hiromitsu

Classifications

• B41F13/0032 Primary

  Auxiliary numbering devices · CPC title

• G06V20/63

  Scene text, e.g. street names · CPC title

• G06V30/10

  Character recognition · CPC title

• B41F33/00

  Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices (arrangements of counting devices in platen presses B41F1/00 {, B41F1/58; arrangements of counting devices} in cylinder presses B41F3/84; ink supply or metering devices B41F31/02) · CPC title

• B42D25/29

  Securities; Bank notes · CPC title