Automated document processing system using full image scanning
First Claim
1. A document processing system, comprising:
- an input receptacle receiving documents associated with a withdrawal transaction including at least one account withdrawal document;
an image scanner;
a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle adapted to receive the withdrawal transaction documents from the input receptacle and transport the withdrawal transaction documents past the image scanner;
an output receptacle for receiving the withdrawal transaction documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner;
the image scanner obtaining images of the withdrawal transaction documents, optically recognizing fields within the withdrawal transaction documents and extracting information from the fields, the information extracted from fields of the account withdrawal document(s) comprising account related information and withdrawal monetary value;
an interface that outputs the account related information and withdrawal monetary value; and
an accounting system adapted to update a balance of a financial account associated with the output account related information by debiting the output withdrawal monetary value.
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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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39 Claims
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1. A document processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle receiving documents associated with a withdrawal transaction including at least one account withdrawal document; an image scanner; a transport mechanism coupled to the input receptacle adapted to receive the withdrawal transaction documents from the input receptacle and transport the withdrawal transaction documents past the image scanner; an output receptacle for receiving the withdrawal transaction documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner; the image scanner obtaining images of the withdrawal transaction documents, optically recognizing fields within the withdrawal transaction documents and extracting information from the fields, the information extracted from fields of the account withdrawal document(s) comprising account related information and withdrawal monetary value; an interface that outputs the account related information and withdrawal monetary value; and an accounting system adapted to update a balance of a financial account associated with the output account related information by debiting the output withdrawal monetary value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A document processing method, comprising the steps of:
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receiving documents associated with a withdrawal transaction including at least one account withdrawal document; transporting the received withdrawal transaction documents past an image scanner to an output receptacle; obtaining, by the image scanner, images of the withdrawal transaction documents; optically recognizing fields within the withdrawal transaction documents; extracting information from the fields, the information extracted from the imaged account withdrawal document(s) comprising account related information and withdrawal monetary value; communicating the account related information and withdrawal monetary value to an accounting system; and updating, by the accounting system, a balance of a financial account associated with the account related information by debiting the withdrawal monetary value. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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