Method and system for applying a watermark
First Claim
1. A system for processing a document including data, the system comprising:
- a system for capturing multiple images of the same document;
a system for generating a watermark associated with the document;
a merging apparatus for combining the watermark with more than one of the multiple images, whereby the multiple images each include a watermark associated with the document; and
storage for storing the combined images of the document with the watermark associated with the document.
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Abstract
A system and method of imaging a document wherein a watermark is created and applied to the image. The watermark includes identifying information and may include information to determine whether the image has been altered since its creation. In a system where a single document (such as a check) is used to create multiple images (in the case of a check, an image of the front and back may be created in different manners, such as with different resolution or different levels of grey-scale). The use of a single watermark for multiple images of the same check can be used to determine that the multiple images are in fact of a single document and not of different documents, either though mistake or deception. A digitized image of the document is stored and a watermark associated with the document is generated and overlaid on the image to create a watermark on the image of the document for later use and processing.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for processing a document including data, the system comprising:
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a system for capturing multiple images of the same document;
a system for generating a watermark associated with the document;
a merging apparatus for combining the watermark with more than one of the multiple images, whereby the multiple images each include a watermark associated with the document; and
storage for storing the combined images of the document with the watermark associated with the document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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- 6. A set of images associated with a document which has passed by at least one image camera, the set of images including a first image and a second image both associated with the document, said first and second images each including an added watermark which is unique to the document, whereby an image associated with the document can be differentiated from an image which is associated with another document.
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12. A method of processing a document comprising the steps of:
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generating a first image of the document;
creating a watermark for the document combining the image of the document with the created watermark to create a composite image of the document with the watermark; and
generating a second image of the document and applying a watermark to the second image which indicates its association with the first image and its watermark, whereby the first and second images from the same document may be associated together by virtue of the watermark applied to the first and second images. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of preparing a set of images related to a single document, the steps of the method comprising:
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using a camera to create multiple images of the same document;
creating a unique watermark for the document;
applying the same unique watermark to each of the multiple images of the same document, whereby the multiple images of a single document will be apparent from the watermark and images associated with a different document will be distinguishable from the images associated with a single document in that the different images will have differing watermarks. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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