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Automated document processing system using full image scanning
Assignee: Cummins Allison Corp
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Filing: 2002-01-04
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Granted: 2003-08-05
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Expires: 2022-01-04
Abstract
Abstract A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the full image scanner and the discrimination unit. The full image scanner includes means for obtaining a full video image of said documents, means for obtaining a image of a selected area of said documents, and means for obtaining information contained in said selected area of said document. The discrimination unit includes means for determining the authenticity of said document. A system controller directs the flows of documents over the transport mechanism.
Inventors
- 👤 John E. Jones
- 👤 Paul A. Jones
- 👤 William J. Jones
- 👤 Douglas U. Mennie
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-07 08:21
CPC Classifications
G; G07; G07D; G07D7/00; G07D7/06; G07D7/12; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q20/00; G06Q20/04; G06Q20/042; G06Q20/0425; G06Q20/08; G06Q20/10; G06Q20/105; G06Q20/108; G06Q20/1085; G06Q20/18; G06Q20/20; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/02; G06T; G06T1/00; G06V; G06V30/00; G06V30/10; G06V30/12; G06V30/127; G06V30/26; G06V30/262; G06V30/274; G07D11/00; G07D11/50; G07D7/1205; G07D7/20; G07F; G07F19/00; G07F19/20; G07F19/202; G07F19/207; G07F7/00; G07F7/04; G07D7/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 53
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A bank note processing system, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle and adapted to receive the bank notes from the input receptacle and transport the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit; the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and a controller coupled to the full image scanner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
A bank note processing system, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle and adapted to receive the bank notes from the input receptacle and transport the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit; the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and a controller coupled to the full image scanner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the output receptacle is a single bin.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the output receptacle is a plurality of bins.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 3 , wherein one of the plurality of bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , further comprising a communications panel adapted to communicate operational instructions from the controller to a user.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , further comprising an interface adapted to communicate with an outside accounting system, the interface coupled to the controller.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 6 , wherein the interface is further adapted to transmit the full video images of the bank notes to the outside accounting system.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 6 , wherein the interface is further adapted to transmit at least a portion of the full video images of the bank notes to the outside accounting system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their narrow dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their wide dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the bank notes comprise first and second sides and the full image scanner obtains an image of the first and second sides.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the bank notes comprise first and second sides and the full image scanner obtains an image of a selected one of the first and second sides.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the output receptacle comprises two bins.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 13 , wherein one of the two bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 1 , further comprising means for flagging bank notes meeting or failing to meet predetermined criteria.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
The system of claim 15 , wherein the means for flagging documents flags a bank note by suspending the operation of the system, the system being halted so that the flagged bank note is located at a predetermined position within the system when the transport mechanism stops.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 1 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack bank notes in the output receptacle.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined field is a serial number of the bank note.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
174 words
A bank note processing system, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit; the full image scanner including means for obtaining full video images of the bank notes, means for optically recognizing fields within the bank notes, and means for extracting information from the fields, the information representing the value of the bank notes; the discrimination unit including means for automatically determining the authenticity of the bank notes; means for communicating operational instructions from the controller to the user; and means for communicating with an outside accounting system coupled to the controller, the outside accounting system automatically processing the information representing the value of the bank notes substantially immediately without human intervention.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
174 words
A bank note processing system, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit; the full image scanner including means for obtaining full video images of the bank notes, means for optically recognizing fields within the bank notes, and means for extracting information from the fields, the information representing the value of the bank notes; the discrimination unit including means for automatically determining the authenticity of the bank notes; means for communicating operational instructions from the controller to the user; and means for communicating with an outside accounting system coupled to the controller, the outside accounting system automatically processing the information representing the value of the bank notes substantially immediately without human intervention.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 19 , wherein the output receptacle is a single output bin.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 19 , wherein the output receptacle is two output bins.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 21 , wherein one of the two output bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 19 , wherein the output receptacle is a plurality of output bins.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 23 , wherein one of the plurality of output bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
22 words
The system of claim 19 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack documents in the output receptacle.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
31 words
The document processing system of claim 19 , wherein the documents have wide and narrow dimensions and the documents are transported with their narrow dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
31 words
The document processing system of claim 19 , wherein the documents have wide and narrow dimensions and the documents are transported with their wide dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 19 , wherein the system is further adapted to process at a rate of at least 800 documents per minute.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
173 words
A system for processing bank notes, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes from a user; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit; a controller coupled to the transport mechanism for directing the flow of bank notes; a single output bin for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit; the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and a communications panel adapted to communicate operational instructions and a full video image from the controller to the user, the communications panel coupled to the controller.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
173 words
A system for processing bank notes, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes from a user; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit; a controller coupled to the transport mechanism for directing the flow of bank notes; a single output bin for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit; the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and a communications panel adapted to communicate operational instructions and a full video image from the controller to the user, the communications panel coupled to the controller.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 29 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their narrow dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 29 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their wide dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 29 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack bank notes in the output receptacle.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 29 , further comprising an off sort receptacle coupled to the transport mechanism.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 33 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their wide dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 33 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their narrow dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 29 , wherein the full image scanner is further adapted to recognize a predetermined field in the bank note, the system further comprising a memory to store the predetermined field.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 36 , wherein the predetermined field is a serial number of the bank note.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 29 , wherein the system is adapted to process bank notes associated with two or more nations.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
113 words
A bank note processing system, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner; the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; and a controller coupled to the full image scanner.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
113 words
A bank note processing system, comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; a full image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner; the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; and a controller coupled to the full image scanner.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 39 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their narrow dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
31 words
The system of claim 39 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the bank notes are transported with their wide dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
17 words
The bank note processing system of claim 39 , wherein the output receptacle is a single bin.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
16 words
The bank note processing system of claim 39 , wherein the output receptacle comprises two bins.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
25 words
The bank note processing system of claim 39 , wherein the full image scanner is adapted to extract serial number data from the bank notes.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
24 words
The bank note processing system of claim 39 , wherein the system is adapted to process bank notes associated with two or more nations.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
16 words
The system of claim 39 , wherein the output receptacle is a plurality of output bins.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 46 , wherein one of the plurality of output bins is an off sort receptacle.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 39 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack bank notes in the output receptacle.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 39 , wherein the full image scanner is further adapted to recognize a predetermined field in the bank note, the system further comprising a memory to store the predetermined field.
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