Patent ID: 8036772

Claim:
A process for monitoring sheet-like products, including printed products; wherein said products are transported by means of clamps in a transporting arrangement; wherein a first product ( 20 ) comprising identification information ( 30 ), and a second product ( 22 ) comprising identification information ( 30 ′), are transported in a conveying direction (F), in a state in which they are retained jointly by said clamps ( 12 ); wherein a second product ( 22 ) partially overlaps the first product ( 20 ), and wherein a peripheral portion ( 26 ) which carries the identification information ( 30 ) of the first product ( 20 ) and the identification information ( 30 ′) of the second product ( 22 ) is exposed; wherein said first and second products ( 20 , 22 ) which are retained by the clamps ( 12 ) are subjected to optoelectronic monitoring as they move past a monitoring location ( 33 ), comprising a stationary image-recording device ( 38 ) that is used to record an image of the identification information ( 30 , 30 ′) of the first and of the second products ( 20 , 22 ); wherein the recorded image is processed electronically, and the result of the electronic processing is processed to form control signals (S) for a further processing station ( 42 ).