Patent ID: 11954961
Assignee: GIESECKE+DEVRIENT CURRENCY TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for processing sheet material, in particular value papers such as banknotes, tickets, vouchers, checks, etc., in which different groups of sheet material, which are separated from one another by means of separation cards arranged respectively at the beginning of the different groups of sheet material, are processed one after the other by a sheet material processing machine,
wherein the separation cards and the sheet material are checked by means of a sensor device and a control device and are stored in different output units of the sheet material processing machine in accordance with their recognition, with a first processing of the separation cards and the different groups of sheet material by the sheet material processing machine, in which the separation cards and unrecognized sheet material are stored in a first output unit, whereas recognized sheet material is stored in further output units, wherein second processing of the separation cards stored in the first output unit and the unrecognized sheet material,
wherein separation cards to which no unrecognized sheet material is assigned are stored in a second output unit, whereas separation cards to which at least one piece of unrecognized sheet material is assigned are stored in the first output unit,
wherein the unrecognized sheet material is checked again by means of the sensor device and the control device and, if recognized, is stored in the output units, with the exception of the first and second output units, whereas, if unrecognized, it is stored in the first output unit,
wherein the sensor device and the control device recognize that no unrecognizable sheet material is assigned to a separation card if a separation card is followed by a further separation card, or if the separation card is the last piece of sheet material to be processed.