IMAGING OF FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS STORED IN CARRIER ENVELOPES
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- positioning an envelope in a part of an image capture device such that no further manipulation of the envelope by a human is required in order to capture a digital image of financial documents stored in the envelope,wherein the envelope comprises one or more front surface members and one or more rear surface members that are connected to each other such that the front surface members and the rear surface members define one or more pockets that are sized to store one of the financial documents securely,wherein the envelope is sized such that an automatic document feeding device that is capable of automatically feeding individual pages of a standard paper size through an image capture area of an image capture device is capable of automatically feeding the envelope through the image capture area of the image capture device,wherein the one or more front surface members of the envelope and the one or more rear surface members of the envelope are sufficiently transparent to enable an image capture device to optically capture digital images of a front surface and a rear surface of each of the financial documents stored in the envelope,generating digital images of a front surface and a rear surface of each of the financial documents that are stored in the envelope; and
electronically transmitting digital versions of the financial documents to one or more financial institutions, wherein each of the digital versions of the financial documents include the digital images of the front surface of the financial document and the digital image of the rear surface of the financial document.
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Abstract
In general, this disclosure describes techniques of efficiently generating digital versions of financial documents from physical versions of the financial documents. As described herein, one or more financial documents may be inserted into one or more pockets of an envelope. The envelope is sufficiently transparent to allow both sides the financial documents to be scanned with a digital image capture device. Furthermore, the envelope is sized in such that the envelope, with the financial documents, may be individually fed into the digital image capture device by an automatic document feeder that is capable of feeding individual pages having a standard paper size into the digital image capture device. After inserting the financial documents into the pockets of the envelope, digital images of the financial documents may be captured. The digital images of the financial documents may then be processed and transmitted to a financial institution.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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positioning an envelope in a part of an image capture device such that no further manipulation of the envelope by a human is required in order to capture a digital image of financial documents stored in the envelope, wherein the envelope comprises one or more front surface members and one or more rear surface members that are connected to each other such that the front surface members and the rear surface members define one or more pockets that are sized to store one of the financial documents securely, wherein the envelope is sized such that an automatic document feeding device that is capable of automatically feeding individual pages of a standard paper size through an image capture area of an image capture device is capable of automatically feeding the envelope through the image capture area of the image capture device, wherein the one or more front surface members of the envelope and the one or more rear surface members of the envelope are sufficiently transparent to enable an image capture device to optically capture digital images of a front surface and a rear surface of each of the financial documents stored in the envelope, generating digital images of a front surface and a rear surface of each of the financial documents that are stored in the envelope; and electronically transmitting digital versions of the financial documents to one or more financial institutions, wherein each of the digital versions of the financial documents include the digital images of the front surface of the financial document and the digital image of the rear surface of the financial document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 19)
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11. A system comprising:
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an image capture device that receives an envelope in a part of the image capture device such that no further manipulation of the envelope by a human is required in order to capture a digital image of financial documents stored in the envelope, wherein the envelope comprises one or more front surface members and one or more rear surface members that are connected to each other such that the front surface members and the rear surface members define one or more pockets that are sized to store one of the financial documents securely, wherein the envelope is sized such that an automatic document feeding device that is capable of automatically feeding individual pages of a standard paper size through the image capture area of the image capture device is capable of automatically feeding the envelope through the image capture area of the image capture device, wherein the one or more front surface members of the envelope and the one or more rear surface members of the envelope are sufficiently transparent to enable the image capture device to optically capture digital images of a front surface and a rear surface of each of the financial documents stored in the envelope; and a processing device that generates digital images of a front surface and a rear surface of each of the financial documents that are stored in the envelope; and wherein the processing device comprises a transmission module that electronically transmits digital versions of the financial documents to one or more financial institutions, wherein each of the digital versions of the financial documents include the digital images of the front surface of the financial document and the digital image of the rear surface of the financial document. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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