US6731786B2
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Document processing method and system
Assignee: Cummins Allison Corp
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Filing: 2002-01-08
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Granted: 2004-05-04
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Expires: 2022-01-08
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
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 08:31
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: 37
Claim 1
Independent Claim
158 words
A bank note processing system comprising: a bank note processor comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; an image scanner; a discrimination unit; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the image scanner and discrimination unit; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner and discrimination unit; the image scanner being adapted to obtain images of the bank notes, recognize fields within the bank notes and extract information from the fields; the discrimination unit determining the authenticity of the bank notes; and an interface to communicate bank note images and extracted field information; an outside accounting system coupled to the bank note processor and operable to update financial accounts associated with the bank notes; and a memory coupled to the bank note processor for storing images of the bank notes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
158 words
A bank note processing system comprising: a bank note processor comprising: an input receptacle for receiving bank notes; an image scanner; a discrimination unit; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the image scanner and discrimination unit; an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner and discrimination unit; the image scanner being adapted to obtain images of the bank notes, recognize fields within the bank notes and extract information from the fields; the discrimination unit determining the authenticity of the bank notes; and an interface to communicate bank note images and extracted field information; an outside accounting system coupled to the bank note processor and operable to update financial accounts associated with the bank notes; and a memory coupled to the bank note processor for storing images of the bank notes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , further including a central processing unit coupled to the bank note processor by a two-way communication link, the link allowing two-way audio communication between the central processing unit and the bank note processor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , further including a video terminal coupled to the memory for displaying images of the bank notes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the bank notes are U.S. currency bills.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the bank notes are foreign currency bills.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the output receptacle is a single bin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 6 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack bank notes in the single bin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
13 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the output receptacle is two bins.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The system of claim 8 , wherein one of the two bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 8 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack bank notes in each of the two bins.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the output receptacle is a plurality of bins.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The system of claim 11 , wherein one of the plurality of bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The system of claim 11 , further comprising a stacking wheel comprising flexible blades positioned to restack bank notes in each of the plurality of bins.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , further comprising an input device through which a user enters field information which is not extracted by the scanner.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The bank note processing system of claim 1 , wherein the interface is further adapted to send the images of the bank notes to the outside accounting system.
Claim 17
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 18
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 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
The system of claim 1 , wherein the transport mechanism conveys bank notes at a rate of at least 800 bank notes per minute.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for processing bank notes comprising the steps of: receiving bank notes in an input receptacle; transporting the bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner and a discrimination unit; receiving the bank notes in an output receptacle from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the image scanner and discrimination unit; obtaining an image of the bank notes with the image scanner; recognizing fields within the bank notes; extracting information from the fields; determining the authenticity of the bank notes with the discrimination unit; storing images of the bank notes; and updating financial accounts associated with the bank notes.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
107 words
A method for processing bank notes comprising the steps of: receiving bank notes in an input receptacle; transporting the bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner and a discrimination unit; receiving the bank notes in an output receptacle from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the image scanner and discrimination unit; obtaining an image of the bank notes with the image scanner; recognizing fields within the bank notes; extracting information from the fields; determining the authenticity of the bank notes with the discrimination unit; storing images of the bank notes; and updating financial accounts associated with the bank notes.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 19 , further including the step of processing unidentified bank notes by displaying a bank note image on a monitor and having a user enter field information not obtained by the step of extracting.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 19 , further including the step of processing unidentified bank notes by displaying a bank note image on a computer and having an operator at the computer enter field information not obtained by the step of extracting.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 19 , further including the step of processing unidentified bank notes by having a user who placed the bank notes in the input receptacle hold onto the unidentified bank notes.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 19 , further including the step of processing unidentified bank notes by having a user who placed the bank noted in the input receptacle enter field information not obtained by the step of extracting.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 19 , further including the steps of accepting identification from a customer, automatically processing the identification, and returning bank notes to the customer in response to a valid identification.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 19 , wherein the output receptacle is a single bin.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 25 , further comprising restacking bank notes in the single bin.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 19 , wherein the output receptacle is two bins.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 27 , wherein one of the two bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 27 , further comprising restacking bank notes in each of the two bins.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 19 , wherein the output receptacle is a plurality of bins.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 30 , wherein one of the plurality of bins is an off sort bin.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 30 , further comprising restacking bank notes in each of the plurality of bins.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 19 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the step of transporting conveys the bank notes with their narrow dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 19 , wherein the bank notes have wide and narrow dimensions and the step of transporting conveys the bank notes with their wide dimension parallel to a direction of transport.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 19 , wherein the step of transporting conveys bank notes at a rate of at least 800 bank notes per minute.
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