Process for the chaotic filming of documents and device for the completion thereof

Abstract

The invention concerns a process for the chaotic filming of documents in which the latter are equipped with a first code, and then in unordered sequence are filmed with the application of a pulse code, wherein of the first code applied respectively on the documents fed for filming at least the address is detected and intermediately stored, the pulse code on the exposed film is detected and continuously added up, and the number corresponding to the image of the relevant document in the pulse code and the address of the first code are jointly stored as the image address. According to a first embodiment the documents are paged in unordered sequence and then filmed with the allocation of a blip pulse code. According to a second embodiment, documents are provided with the code allocated respectively by a computer, whereby the computer contains the code and optionally further information in store. The documents are then filmed in unordered sequence with the simultaneous application of a pulse code, using a camera. In addition a device is proposed for the completion of this process.

We claim: 
     
       1. Process for the chaotic filming of documents in which the documents .Iadd.in an unordered sequence .Iaddend.are provided with a first code .Iadd.having at least an address portion .Iaddend.and then .[.in unordered sequence.]. are filmed with the application of a .Iadd.blip .Iaddend.pulse code .Iadd.other than said first code, .Iaddend.characterized in that of the first code applied on the document respectively guided for filming at least .[.the.]. .Iadd.said .Iaddend.address .Iadd.portion .Iaddend.is detected and is intermediately stored, in that the .Iadd.blip .Iaddend.pulse codes exposed on film are detected and continuously added .Iadd.to obtain a number for each blip pulse code .Iaddend.and in that the number .Iadd.of the blip pulse code .Iaddend.corresponding to .[.the.]. .Iadd.an .Iaddend.image of .[.the.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.respective document .[.of the pulse code.]. and the address portion of the first code are jointly stored as .[.the.]. .Iadd.an .Iaddend.image address, in which said documents are paged in unordered sequence .Iadd.in a paging member .Iaddend.and are then filmed with allocation of .[.a.]. .Iadd.said .Iaddend.blip pulse code, characterized in that .[.of the.]. .Iadd.said paging member has a .Iaddend.numeral sequence set .[.in the paging member at least the.]. .Iadd.therein, which numeral sequence includes .Iaddend.figures corresponding to .[.the image address.]. .Iadd.a location of an image of a document .Iaddend.on the .[.rspective.]. .Iadd.respective .Iaddend.film, .[.are.]. .Iadd.said numeral sequence being transferred to said document from said paging member and comprising a part of said address portion which is .Iaddend.stored, .[.in that the blip pulses exposed on the rspective film are continuously registered, added up, and intermediately stored.]. and in that when exposing the film with the respective document, the numeral sequence transferred to it from the paging member is compared with respect to the .[.image address.]. .Iadd.said figures of said numeral sequence .Iaddend.with the .[.blip.]. number .Iadd.of the blip pulse code .Iaddend.corresponding to this image for identity. 
     
     
       2. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that the documents are .[.force-led.].  .Iadd.force-fed .Iaddend.between the paging member and .[.the.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.camera taking the film. 
     
     
       3. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that when identity is lacking between the .[.numerical.]. .Iadd.figures of the numeral .Iaddend.sequence transferred from the paging member .[.with respect to the image address.]. and the .[.blip.]. number .Iadd.of the blip pulse code .Iaddend.ordinarily corresponding to this image, the filming process is automatically interrupted. 
     
     
       4. Process according to claim 3, characterized in that the type of the error arising in paging and filming is displayed visually or acoustically. 
     
     
       5. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that when identity is lacking between the .[.numerical.]. .Iadd.figures of the numeral .Iaddend.sequence transferred from the paging member .[.with respect to the image address.]. and the .[.blip.]. number .Iadd.of the blip pulse code .Iaddend.ordinarily corresponding to this image, the corresponding document is separately ejected and/or is marked showing the operator that for that document new paging and filming must be carried out. 
     
     
       6. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that .[.the.]. insertion of the paged document in the camera is checked, and in that the application of the blip pulse .Iadd.code .Iaddend.on the film is only effected when a document is present. 
     
     
       7. Process according to claim 6, characterized in that when .[.the.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.subsequent document fails to arrive in the camera within a predetermined interval in time, the filming process is automatically interrupted. 
     
     
       8. Process according to claim .[.1.]. .Iadd.3.Iaddend., wherein .[.the.]. .Iadd.when resuming the filming process a .Iaddend.paging counter .Iadd.in said paging member .Iaddend.is moved ahead depending on the total number of blips applied on the film. 
     
     
       9. Process according to claim 1, wherein the .[.numerical sequenceneeded for documentation and.]. .Iadd.numeral sequence .Iaddend.set in the paging member is fed to a computer, which derives from it a .[.digit.]. check .Iadd.digit.Iaddend., which is additionally paged on said document. 
     
     
       10. Process according to claim 9, wherein .Iadd.said check digit is subsequently detected and wherein .Iaddend.the detection of the .[.digit.]. check .Iadd.digit .Iaddend.and .[.the.]. adjustment of the .[.paging number.]. .Iadd.numeral sequence .Iaddend.are controlled by .[.the.]. .Iadd.said .Iaddend.computer which determines the .[.digit.]. check digit. 
     
     
       11. Process according to claim 1, characterized in that .[.the.]. application of .[.the.]. .Iadd.an .Iaddend.adjusted .[.paging number.]. .Iadd.numeral sequence .Iaddend.on the respective document is checked before .[.it.]. .Iadd.the respective document .Iaddend.is transported onwards. 
     
     
       12. Process for the chaotic filming of documents in which the documents are provided with a first code and then filmed in unordered sequence with a camera under simultaneous allocation of a pulse code, wherein said first code is read .Iadd.from a given document .Iaddend.and then conveyed .Iadd.to a computer .Iaddend.together with .[.the.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.pulse code .[.of said.]. .Iadd.value corresponding to a location on a film of an .Iaddend.image .[.address to a computer.]. .Iadd.of said given document.Iaddend., characterized in that the filming of said documents is done with a time delay as compared to reading said first code, that said first code is subjected to a plausibility .[.control.]. .Iadd.check .Iaddend.regarding a predetermined model after it has been read and during the delay period, and that the .[.plausibility-controlled.]. .Iadd.plausibility-checked .Iaddend.first code controls .[.the.]. .Iadd.at least one of (i) release of said .Iaddend.pulse code .[.release and/or the.]. (.Iadd.ii) .Iaddend.release of .[.the.]. .Iadd.a shutter of said .Iaddend.camera .[.shutter and/or the.]. .Iadd.and (iii) transport of said .Iaddend.document .[.transport.].. 
     
     
       13. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that said transport of said documents is checked from the position at which said first code is being read until the position desired for taking the picture in the camera is reached. 
     
     
       14. Process according to claim 13, .Iadd.wherein said first code is read at a processing station, said process being further .Iaddend.characterized in that the documents are forcibly guided between .[.the.]. .Iadd.said .Iaddend.processing station reading the first code and the camera photographing the documents. 
     
     
       15. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that the pulse code is only applied to .Iadd.the .Iaddend.film when between .[.detection.]. .Iadd.reading .Iaddend.of the .Iadd.first .Iaddend.code and the arrival of the document to be filmed in said camera, a certain time interval has elapsed. 
     
     
       16. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that the filming process is automatically interrupted when after the lapse of a certain interval no pulse code has been issued, or when the .Iadd.plausibility check determines the read first .Iaddend.code .[.checked has been proven.]. to be wrong. 
     
     
       17. Process according to claim 16, characterized in that the type of error occurring during filming is displayed visually or acoustically and/or that the corresponding document is ejected. 
     
     
       18. Process according to claim 12, wherein .Iadd.said pulse codes are added and .Iaddend.the added pulse codes are combined with signals which identify a film number and/or date for other film parameters to form an image address. 
     
     
       19. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that the shutter release and/or the application of said pulse code are checked and that the .[.image address.]. .Iadd.pulse code value .Iaddend.together with the first code .[.is.]. .Iadd.are .Iaddend.only fed to the computer after these steps have been effected. 
     
     
       20. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that said first code is allocated to the document by a computer containing in its memory said first code together with further data, if necessary, so that said first code, provided it is read, contains .[.the.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.storage address in that computer, that at least said storage address is read when reading said first code and that said first code is linked with said pulse code .[.of said image address.]. .Iadd.value.Iaddend., fed to the computer by means of that part of said first code containing said storage address, and then stored at the storage address of said first code. 
     
     
       21. Process according to claim 20, wherein the .[.image address.]. .Iadd.pulse code value .Iaddend.is intermediately stored before its addition to the computer address. 
     
     
       22. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that said pulse code is formed by blip pulses which are continuously added. 
     
     
       23. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that the first code contains a bar code. 
     
     
       24. Process according to claim 12, characterized in that the reading of the first code is effected by means of a scanner. 
     
     
       25. Process according to claim 24, wherein said scanner is a laser scanner. 
     
     
       26. Device for chaotic filming of documents which are provided with a first code, comprising a camera (111) which is fitted with a device (112) for selectively issuing a pulse code recordable on the film, a force feed for the documents to be filmed, a scanner (106) in front of said camera (111) which reads the first code on said document (102), a check computer (117) to which signals from the scanner (106) are fed, said check computer controlling a device for actuating said camera (111) and/or the device (112) for the selective issuing of a pulse code and feeding a signal to a first intermediate memory (129) connected to the check computer (117), a second intermediate memory (126) which adds up the pulse codes recorded on the film, and a linkage circuit (127) which inks incoming signals from the first and second intermediate memories (129, 126) and conveys them to a computer (103) for being stored in it. 
     
     
       27. Device according to claim 26, in which the computer (103) sets the first code allocating at the same time to it .[.plausibility criteria to.]. a given model .Iadd.for checking the plausibility of said first code upon reading said first code.Iaddend.. 
     
     
       28. Device according to claim 26, characterized by a delay circuit (120) via which the signal delivered by the scanner (106) after being checked by the check computer (117) is feedable to a comparator (116) to which further a light barrier (114,115) in the path of the document in its imaging position in the camera (111) is connected so that the output signal of said comparator (116) controls the shutter (110) of the camera and/or the device (112) for the issue of the pulse code and/or the transport means (124) for the documents (102). 
     
     
       29. Device according to claim 28, characterized in that between the comparator (116) and the shutter and/or the device (112) for the issue of a pulse code, a delay member (121) is interposed. 
     
     
       30. Device according to claim 26, characterized in that said scanner (106) is a laser scanner and/or the code contains a bar code. 
     
     
       31. Device according to claim 26 ,wherein the device (112) for the issue of the pulse code contains an intermittently operable light source for the issue of blip pulses on the film. 
     
     
       32. Device according to claim 26, wherein an adjustable delay member (128) is interposed between the first intermediate memory (129) and the linkage circuit (127). 
     
     
       33. A device for the chaotic filming of documents in which the documents .Iadd.in unordered sequence .Iaddend.are provided with a first code including an address .Iadd.portion .Iaddend.and then .[.in unordered sequence.]. are filmed with the application of a .Iadd.blip .Iaddend.pulse code .Iadd.other than said first code at an exposure station.Iaddend., said device including paging means for paging said documents in accordance with a numeral sequence including image address information corresponding to .[.the image address.]. .Iadd.a location of an image .Iaddend.of a document on the respective film, .Iadd.first memory .Iaddend.means for intermediately storing said image address information, filming means for filming said documents with the allocation of .[.a.]. .Iadd.said .Iaddend.blip pulse code, .Iadd.second memory .Iaddend.means for continuously registering, adding up .[.and intermediately storing.]. the blip .[.pulses.]. .Iadd.pulse codes .Iaddend.exposed on the respective film .Iadd.to obtain a blip pulse number and for intermediately storing the blip pulse member.Iaddend., comparison means for, when exposing the film with the respective document, comparing said image address information with the blip .Iadd.pulse .Iaddend.number corresponding to a particular image for identity, and means for jointly storing the .Iadd.blip pulse .Iaddend.number corresponding to the image of the respective document .[.of the pulse code.]. and the address .Iadd.portion .Iaddend.of the first code as an image address, said device further including an adjustable time delay member switched in between the .Iadd.first .Iaddend.memory .Iadd.means .Iaddend.and the .[.intermediate.]. .Iadd.second .Iaddend.memory .Iadd.means .Iaddend.when the path for the documents between the paging means and the exposure station exceeds a certain length, said comparison means including a comparator for the comparison of signals fed at certain time intervals to said .Iadd.first .Iaddend.memory .Iadd.means .Iaddend.or to said .[.intermediate.]. .Iadd.second .Iaddend.memory .Iadd.means.Iaddend., and .Iadd.wherein said paging means includes an adjustment device for adjusting said numeral sequence and .Iaddend.said device further including a counter for the automatic adjustment of the next consecutive paging number which is operatively connected with the adjustment device of said paging .[.member.]. .Iadd.means.Iaddend.. 
     
     
       34. Device according to claim 33, further comprising a computer for the determination of a check digit from the .[.numerical.]. .Iadd.numeral .Iaddend.sequence set in the paging .[.member.]. .Iadd.means.Iaddend., and a control circuit connected to said computer for actuating an additional numerical wheel in said paging .[.member.]. .Iadd.means.Iaddend.. .Iadd. 
     
     
       35.  A process for the chaotic filming of documents, comprising the steps of: providing documents with a first code; filming said documents while simultaneously applying image markings to the film; forming a document-identifying address identifying each said document from the respective first code; continuously counting said image markings and storing the result of said count as an image address in association with said document-identifying address; said process further comprising, when forming each new image address, the step of comparing at least a portion of said image address other than said document-identifying address with at least a portion of said document-identifying address for comformity. .Iaddend. .Iadd. 
     
     
       36.  The process of claim 35, wherein said step of providing said documents with a first code comprises applying said first code to said documents with a paging device or as a bar code. .Iaddend. .Iadd.37. The process of claim 36, wherein said providing step is performed at a paging station and said filming step is performed at a filming station, said process further comprising force -feeding said documents between said paging and filming stations. .Iaddend. .Iadd.38. The process of claim 36, further comprising the step of checking the feeding of a document from said paging station to said filming station and recording said image markings on said film only if a document is present at said filming station. .Iaddend. .Iadd.39. The process of claim 38, further comprising the step of automatically interrupting the filming process when a next document does not arrive at said filming station within a predetermined time interval. .Iaddend. .Iadd.40. The process of claim 36, wherein said providing step further comprises incrementing said paging device for each document to correspond to the total number of image markings applied to said film. .Iaddend. .Iadd.41. The process of claim 36, wherein said paging device generates a plurality of digits to be applied to each document, said process further comprising the step of providing said plurality of digits to check digit generation means for generating a check digit, and applying said check digit to said document with said plurality of digits. .Iaddend. .Iadd.42. The process of claim 35, further comprising the step of visually or acoustically displaying the type of error and/or interrupting the filming process when a lack of conformity is detected in said comparing step. 
     
     
        .Iaddend. .Iadd.43.  A process for the chaotic filming of documents, comprising the steps of: providing documents with a verifiable first code; reading said first code from each document; checking the read first code to verify that it has been accurately read; filming said documents while simultaneously applying image markings to the film; forming a document-identifying address identifying each said document from its respective first code; continuously counting said image markings; and forming an image address by combining the result of said count with said document-identifying address; wherein at least one of said filming step or said forming step is performed only if said checking step indicates no 
     
     
        error in said first code. .Iaddend. .Iadd.44.  The process of claim 43 wherein said step of providing said documents with a first code comprises applying said first code to said documents with a paging device or as a bar code. .Iaddend. .Iadd.45. The process of claim 43, reading step is performed at a reading station and said filming step is performed at a filming station, said process further comprising force-feeding said documents between said reading and filming stations. .Iaddend. .Iadd.46. The process of claim 45, further comprising the step of checking the feeding of a document from said reading station to said filming station and recording said image markings on said film only if a document is present at said filming station. .Iaddend. .Iadd.47. The process of claim 43, further comprising the step of automatically interrupting the filming process when a next document does not arrive at said filming station 
     
     
        within a predetermined time interval. .Iaddend. .Iadd.48.  The process of claim 43, wherein said first code is allocated to a document by a computer, said process further comprising the step of feeding said document-identifying address to said computer together with said image address for storage in said computer together with said first code. .Iaddend. .Iadd.49. The process of claim 48, wherein said step of applying an image marking to said document is performed only if a predetermined time has elapsed between the reading of said first code and the arrival of said document at a camera for said filming step. .Iaddend. .Iadd.50. The process of claim 43, further comprising the step of automatically interrupting said filming process when no image marking is issued for a predetermined period of time or when an error is detected in said first code in said checking step. .Iaddend. .Iadd.51. The process of claim 43, further comprising the step of visually or acoustically displaying the type of error and/or interrupting the filming process when an error is detected in said checking step. .Iaddend. .Iadd.52. The process of claim 47, further comprising the step of visually or acoustically displaying the type of error and/or interrupting the filming process when an error is detected in said checking step or when a document has not arrived at said 
     
     
        filming station for a predetermined period of time. .Iaddend. .Iadd.53. An apparatus for the chaotic filming of documents, comprising: a computer (103) for allocating a first code for each of a plurality of documents; scanning means (106) for scanning the first code from each document; checking means (117) for verifying the accuracy of output signals from said scanner; a camera (111) for filming said documents and equipped with image marking means (112) for simultaneously applying image markings to the film; a force-feed (124) for feeding the documents from said scanning means to said camera; a first intermediate memory (129) for storing output signals form said scanning means; counting means (125) for continuously counting said image markings; a second intermediate memory (126) for storing the result of said count; a gating circuit (127) for linking signals from said first and second intermediate memories to form an image address and for forwarding said image address to said computer for storage; and means (116) for interrupting the operation of at least a portion of said apparatus if an error is detected by said checking means. 
     
     
        .Iaddend. .Iadd.54.  The apparatus of claim 53, wherein said computer (103) allocates a check digit to said first code, and wherein said checking means (117) calculates a check digit from said first code detected by said scanner (106) and compares it to the check digit detected by said scanner. .Iaddend.