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System and method for processing batches of documents

  • US 20050060059A1
  • Filed: 09/13/2004
  • Published: 03/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of processing documents, comprising:

  • receiving at least one stack of documents including a batch of documents and a separator card in an input receptacle of a document processing device, said input receptacle including a feeder assembly, said separator card having disposed on at least one side thereof an electrically conductive material, said separator card further including source identification information that associates said batch of documents with the source from which said batch of documents was retrieved;

    transporting via a transport mechanism said batch of documents, one document at a time, past an evaluation unit, and said separator card past at least one sensor;

    evaluating each document to obtain characteristic information associated with a document, and determining whether a particular document meets or fails at least one criterion; and

    providing a signal indicative of the presence of electrically conductive material responsive to said separator card being transported past said at least one sensor.

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