Document Production System with Dynamic Control Scheme
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for producing identification, valuable, or security documents lack flexibility and efficiency in handling different document types, requiring complex reconfiguration and increased production time.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a control device that creates a document-specific control scheme, a collating device with a material sheet pick-up mechanism that follows a curved path for efficient storage and distribution, and further processing devices like laminating and personalization units, allowing for the production of documents with document-type-specific selections and sequences without extensive reconfiguration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a conventional system with fixed material sheet selection and sequence is used, then the system structure is simple, but the adaptability to different document types is poor and requires complex reconfiguration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic control scheme where the material sheet selection and sequence are not fixed but can be changed based on the document type being produced. The control device receives a data record with a document type identifier and automatically adjusts the material sheet booklet composition accordingly, allowing the system to adapt to different document types without physical reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed with universal functionality to handle multiple document types through a single integrated production line. The collating device can create different material sheet booklets for different document types (e.g., passports, ID cards, visas) using the same hardware infrastructure, eliminating the need for separate production lines for each document type.
2Adaptability or versatility
If extensive reconfiguration is performed to handle different document types, then the adaptability improves, but the production time and planning effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining document type identifiers and their corresponding material sheet sequences in the control device. When a new document type is required, the control device already has the necessary configuration data ready, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual reconfiguration and planning efforts.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device automatically configures the material sheet booklet composition based on the document type identifier received in the data record. The system self-adjusts without requiring external intervention or manual planning, thereby reducing production time and administrative overhead.
3Adaptability or versatility
If material sheets are collected from multiple supply stations in different sequences, then the versatility for different document types is achieved, but the device complexity and reconfiguration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The control device receives feedback from the document type identifier in the data record and automatically adjusts the material sheet collection sequence accordingly. This closed-loop control ensures that the correct material sheets are collected in the correct sequence for each document type without requiring manual intervention or complex operational procedures.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system (200, 300) for producing an individual identification document, value document, or security document of a document type selected from a plurality of different document types, wherein the document has a personalized composite body, which comprises a document-type-specific selection of material sheets (512) in a document-type-specific sequence, wherein the system (200, 300) comprises a control device (218, 1044), which is configured to receive a data set for the document to be produced, wherein the data set comprises document-specific information and an identifier of the selected document type, wherein the control device is also configured to create a document-specific control scheme for the system (200, 300) on the basis of the data set, wherein the control scheme defines an individual document-type-specific selection and sequence of work steps to be performed for the document to be produced, and to control the system (200, 300) by means of the document-specific control scheme, a collating device (200, 302, 500, 500'), a laminating device (206, 340, 1000), a cutting device (206, 212, 350, 390), and a personalizing device (210, 370).