Integrated Labeling Device for Passport Security Documents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems for attaching identification carriers to security documents, such as passport books, require complex automation, large equipment, and significant space, making them inefficient and costly.
Innovation Solution
A device comprising a provision device for creating identification carriers with unique codes, a fastening device with pressing rollers for secure attachment, and a movement system to streamline the process, allowing for simple, space-saving integration of identification features onto security documents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional systems with multiple separate modules are used for identifying, producing, arranging, and checking identification carriers, then reliable identification and attachment can be achieved, but the device complexity and installation space requirements increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple separate modules (identification module, production module, arrangement module, checking module) into a single integrated device. The housing contains all these functions in one unit, with the identification carrier being processed sequentially through different stations within the same device, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The device performs multiple functions simultaneously: it identifies the document, produces the identification carrier with unique code, arranges it on the document, and checks the arrangement - all within one universal device that handles the complete workflow for multiple security documents
2Reliability
If conventional systems with multiple separate modules are used for identification carrier processing, then complete identification and attachment functions are achieved, but the installation space required increases
Solution Approach 1:
By merging all processing modules into one compact device with a unified housing, the patent significantly reduces the space required compared to having separate modules distributed across a large installation area. The integrated design allows vertical or compact horizontal arrangement of functional stations
3Reliability
If conventional systems process identification carriers through multiple separate modules in sequence, then proper identification and attachment are achieved, but the number of transport routes and time required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables continuous processing where identification carriers move sequentially through identification, production, arrangement, and checking stations without interruption or external handling. The document and identification carrier are processed in a continuous flow through the integrated device, minimizing idle time and transport routes
4Reliability
If pressing devices apply force in opposite directions to attach identification carriers to both sides of a document, then secure attachment is achieved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pressing devices are arranged asymmetrically with respect to the document - one pressing device presses from the front side while the other presses from the back side in opposite directions. This asymmetric arrangement allows secure attachment of the identification carrier to both sides of the document without requiring complex symmetric mechanisms
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables rapid, flexible, and cost-effective attachment of identification carriers to security documents, reducing unnecessary transport routes and simplifying the production and preparation for shipping, while ensuring secure and efficient identification.
Implementation Method 1
a first pressing device, namely a first pressing roller, for pressing at least a first section of the identification carrier onto the security document along a first pressing direction
Implementation Method 2
a second pressing device, namely a second pressing roller, for pressing at least a second section of the identification carrier onto the security document along a second pressing direction, wherein the second pressing direction is essentially opposite to the first pressing direction
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device and a method for providing an identification carrier for the purpose of attaching it to a security document, in particular a passport book. The device (10) for providing an identification carrier for the purpose of attaching it to a security document, in particular a passport book, comprises a first dispensing device (20) for providing at least one identification carrier with at least one first identification feature, and a fastening device (40) for fastening the identification carrier to the security document. It further comprises a movement device (30) for realizing a relative movement between the first dispensing device (20) and the fastening device (40) for retrieving the identification carrier from the first dispensing device (20) by means of the fastening device (40).