Automated document processing system using full image scanning
First Claim
1. A bank note processing system, comprising:
- an input receptacle for receiving bank notes;
a full image scanner;
a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle and adapted to receive the bank notes from the input receptacle and transport the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit;
an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit;
the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields;
the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and
a controller coupled to the full image scanner.
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Abstract
A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the full image scanner and the discrimination unit. The full image scanner includes means for obtaining a full video image of said documents, means for obtaining a image of a selected area of said documents, and means for obtaining information contained in said selected area of said document. The discrimination unit includes means for determining the authenticity of said document. A system controller directs the flows of documents over the transport mechanism.
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49 Claims
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1. A bank note processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving bank notes;
a full image scanner;
a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle and adapted to receive the bank notes from the input receptacle and transport the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit;
an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit;
the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields;
the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and
a controller coupled to the full image scanner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A bank note processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving bank notes;
a full image scanner;
a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit;
an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit;
the full image scanner including means for obtaining full video images of the bank notes, means for optically recognizing fields within the bank notes, and means for extracting information from the fields, the information representing the value of the bank notes;
the discrimination unit including means for automatically determining the authenticity of the bank notes;
means for communicating operational instructions from the controller to the user; and
means for communicating with an outside accounting system coupled to the controller, the outside accounting system automatically processing the information representing the value of the bank notes substantially immediately without human intervention. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for processing bank notes, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving bank notes from a user;
a full image scanner;
a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner and a discrimination unit;
a controller coupled to the transport mechanism for directing the flow of bank notes;
a single output bin for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner and discrimination unit;
the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields;
the discrimination unit including an authenticator adapted to automatically determine the authenticity of the bank notes; and
a communications panel adapted to communicate operational instructions and a full video image from the controller to the user, the communications panel coupled to the controller. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A bank note processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving bank notes;
a full image scanner;
a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the input receptacle and transporting the bank notes past the full image scanner;
an output receptacle for receiving the bank notes from the transport mechanism after the bank notes have been transported past the full image scanner;
the full image scanner being adapted to obtain full video images of the bank notes, the scanner further being adapted to optically recognize fields within the bank notes and to automatically extract information from the fields; and
a controller coupled to the full image scanner. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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