Patents by Inventor Helmut Dietrich

Helmut Dietrich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for treating articles in the form of sheet-like material
    Patent number: 7201340
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and corresponding method for processing, i.e. testing, sorting and/or destroying, sheet material, in particular bank notes, comprising a processing device (10) having at least one means (13, 14, 41) for generating information on the processing of individual sheets (12) of sheet material, and at least one monitoring device (20) having at least one memory device (21) for storing the information on the processing of individual sheets (12). To improve the monitoring of sheet processing, in particular in regard to disturbances in the course of processing, it is provided that the processing device (10) has at least one means (11) for detecting the identity of individual sheets (12) of sheet material and the memory device (21) of the monitoring device (20) is formed for storing the information on the processing of individual sheets (12) together with the identity of the individual sheets (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: Giesecke & Devrient GmbH
    Inventors: Helmut Dietrich, Michael Fiedler
  • Method and device for treating articles in the form of sheet-like material
    Publication number: 20040039479
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and corresponding method for processing, i.e. testing, sorting and/or destroying, sheet material, in particular bank notes, comprising a processing device (10) having at least one means (13, 14, 41) for generating information on the processing of individual sheets (12) of sheet material, and at least one monitoring device (20) having at least one memory device (21) for storing the information on the processing of individual sheets (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventors: Helmut Dietrich, Michael Fiedler