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Bar-Code/MICR/OCR merge

  • US 3,949,363 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1974
  • Issued: 04/06/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1974
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of machine processing MICR encoded documents which are optically and magnetically read to produce independent interpretations of data in the MICR field and wherein the independent interpretations are merged to form a single output data stream which may contain ambiguities, which comprises:

  • a. sensing a bar-coded version of the data in said MICR field imprinted on said document;

    b. generating a recognition signal indicative of characters thus bar-coded;

    c. generating a final identification signal for each of said characters from said data stream and from said recognition signal;

    d. inhibiting the recognition signal from the final identification signal if the data stream does not contain ambiguities; and

    e. processing the MICR encoded documents in accordance with the final identification signal.

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