System and method for searching and verifying documents in a document processing device
First Claim
1. A method of processing documents in a document processing device, the method comprising:
- receiving a stack of documents including substitute currency media in an input receptacle of a document processing device, each substitute currency medium bearing a document-identifier;
accepting as an input at least one specific document-identifier to be searched;
transporting each of the documents, one at a time, past a detector;
detecting the document-identifier of each substitute currency medium;
determining whether a detected document-identifier matches the at least one specific document-identifier; and
directing the substitute currency medium that bears the specific document-identifier, such substitute currency medium being termed a specific document, to at least one output receptacle based on the step of determining.
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Abstract
A method of processing barcoded tickets in a document processing device including receiving a stack of barcoded tickets in an input receptacle of a document processing device. Each barcoded ticket includes a document-identifier or ticket number that identifies the barcoded ticket. At least one specific document-identifier is inputted by the operator to search for a specific document in a stack of documents. Each of the documents are transported, one at a time, past a detector, which detects the document-identifier of each ticket. A determination is made whether a detected document-identifier matches the specific document-identifier requested by the operator, and if so, the ticket in question is directed to a pre-programmed or user-specified output receptacle.
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49 Claims
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1. A method of processing documents in a document processing device, the method comprising:
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receiving a stack of documents including substitute currency media in an input receptacle of a document processing device, each substitute currency medium bearing a document-identifier;
accepting as an input at least one specific document-identifier to be searched;
transporting each of the documents, one at a time, past a detector;
detecting the document-identifier of each substitute currency medium;
determining whether a detected document-identifier matches the at least one specific document-identifier; and
directing the substitute currency medium that bears the specific document-identifier, such substitute currency medium being termed a specific document, to at least one output receptacle based on the step of determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for processing documents, comprising:
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an input receptacle adapted to receive a stack of documents including substitute currency media, each substitute currency medium being associated with a document-identifier;
at least one output receptacle adapted to receive documents after the documents have been evaluated;
a transport mechanism adapted to transport the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the at least one output receptacle along a transport path;
an evaluation unit comprising at least one detector disposed along the transport path between the input receptacle and the output receptacle, the at least one detector being capable of detecting the document-identifier for each document; and
a controller coupled to the evaluation unit, the controller being adapted to control the operation of the transport mechanism and the operation of the evaluation unit, the controller including a memory, the memory storing instructions that determine whether a detected document-identifier matches a specific document-identifier received as an input by said controller. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of processing documents in a document processing device, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of documents including substitute currency media in an input receptacle of a document processing device, each substitute currency medium bearing a document-identifier;
transporting each of the documents, one document at a time, past a detector in said document processing device;
detecting the document-identifier for each substitute currency medium;
converting the detected document-identifier into a representative set of alphanumeric characters;
storing said set of alphanumeric characters in a memory of said document processing device;
directing a first set of the plurality of documents to at least one output receptacle until a predetermined limit of documents has been received by the at least one output receptacle, said first set of the plurality of documents being termed a first stack of documents;
assigning a stack-identifier to said first stack of documents;
correlating said stack-identifier with each document-identifier associated with substitute currency medium in said first stack of documents;
accepting as an input at least one specific document-identifier to be found; and
determining whether said specific document-identifier is located within said first stack of documents. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A device for processing documents, comprising:
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an input receptacle adapted to receive a plurality of documents including substitute currency media, each substitute currency medium bearing a document-identifier;
at least one output receptacle adapted to receive a predetermined number of documents after they have been evaluated, said predetermined number of documents being termed a first stack of documents;
a transport mechanism adapted to transport the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle to the at least one output receptacle along a transport path;
an evaluation unit including at least one detector disposed along the transport path between the input receptacle and the at least one output receptacle, the at least one detector being capable of evaluating documents and detecting the document-identifier for each substitute currency medium; and
a controller coupled to the evaluation unit, the controller being adapted to control the operation of the transport mechanism and the operation of the evaluation unit, the controller including a memory that stores a stack-identifier assigned to said first stack of documents, the memory including the document-identifier of each of the documents comprising the first stack of documents, each document-identifier being correlated with a respective stack-identifier, the memory further including instructions for determining whether a specific document-identifier inputted into said controller is located within said first stack of documents. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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