Sheet Discrimination Using Server History and Image Recognition

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing sheet processing systems fail to accurately identify and reject forged sheets and incorrectly classify sheets as genuine despite damage, leading to inefficiencies in sorting and processing.

Innovation Solution

A sheet processing system that includes a server for storing sheet data and processing history, an image acquisition unit, identification-data recognition, and a discrimination unit, which classifies sheets based on identification data and process history, ensuring accurate sorting of sheets into genuine, damaged, or rejected categories.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the sheet processing apparatus only inspects images to determine sheet authenticity, then the inspection process is simple and fast, but forged sheets with identical visual appearance cannot be detected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveforged sheet detection accuracyVSAvoidinspection system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary registration of genuine sheets during a setup phase, storing their unique identification data (such as serial numbers, watermarks, or security features) in a database. When a sheet is inspected, the system compares its identification data against the pre-registered genuine sheets. This preliminary action enables the system to detect forged sheets by identifying mismatches, significantly improving detection reliability without requiring complex real-time analysis during the inspection phase.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If the sheet processing apparatus classifies sheets based only on visual inspection, then the classification process is quick, but sheets circulated for long periods are incorrectly classified as genuine despite being damaged

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesheet condition assessment accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time per sheet
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where inspection results are continuously compared against stored reference data about sheet circulation history and condition. The system provides feedback loops that adjust classification criteria based on accumulated data about sheets of the same type, allowing it to identify patterns of degradation over time. This enables more accurate assessment of sheet condition without significantly increasing processing time, as the feedback is integrated into the existing inspection workflow.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If the sheet processing apparatus processes each sheet individually through image inspection, then the inspection quality is high, but the processing speed is slow

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesheet processing speedVSAvoidinspection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The inspection process is segmented into multiple independent stages: initial rapid screening based on key identification features, followed by detailed inspection only for sheets that pass or fail the initial screen. The segmentation allows the system to process most sheets quickly through the simplified initial stage while maintaining high accuracy by applying comprehensive inspection only when necessary. This segmented approach significantly improves overall processing speed while preserving inspection quality for critical decisions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

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

The system effectively identifies and rejects forged sheets and correctly classifies sheets, improving the efficiency of sorting and processing by utilizing process history information to determine the authenticity and condition of sheets.

Implementation Method 1

The inspection unit detects light coming from each sheet and acquires an image based on the light

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection and transmission: Reflection

Data Source

PatentEP2144203B1Sheet processing system, sheet processing apparatus, and sheet processing method
Publication Date: 2019.04.10 KK TOSHIBA
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AI summary

A sheet processing system (1) has a sheet processing apparatus (20) and a server (30). The server stores the identification data of a sheet and the result of a process performed on the sheet in association. The server transmits the sheet data to the sheet processing apparatus. The sheet processing apparatus receives the sheet data from the serer and stores the sheet data. The sheet processing apparatus acquires image of the sheet fed to it and acquires the identification data of the sheet on the basis of the images acquired. The sheet processing apparatus refers to the sheet data, discriminates the sheet on the basis of the identification data acquired, and classifies and collects the sheet in accordance with the result of discrimination.