Document processing system using full image scanning
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1. A system for processing documents, the system comprising:
- at least one input receptacle that receives a stack of documents;
at least one output receptacle that receives the stack of documents;
an image scanning system that obtains an image of at least a portion of at least one side of each document in the stack and extracts, from the document image, an amount of information which uniquely identifies the document;
a transport mechanism that transports each of the documents in the stack, one at a time, from the at least one input receptacle, past the image scanning system, to the at least one output receptacle;
a memory that stores an amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; and
a processor operating to compare the extracted amount of information which uniquely identifies each document in the stack to the stored amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document, and to identify, as a suspected counterfeit document, any document in the stack with matching information.
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Abstract
A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits the unique identification of each bill processed. The system further comprises a customer identification means and means for associating each processed bill with the customer depositing the bill. Means for identifying the customer (or customer account) associated with a particular processed bill after the deposit transaction has been completed is also included in the system.
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1. A system for processing documents, the system comprising:
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at least one input receptacle that receives a stack of documents; at least one output receptacle that receives the stack of documents; an image scanning system that obtains an image of at least a portion of at least one side of each document in the stack and extracts, from the document image, an amount of information which uniquely identifies the document; a transport mechanism that transports each of the documents in the stack, one at a time, from the at least one input receptacle, past the image scanning system, to the at least one output receptacle; a memory that stores an amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; and a processor operating to compare the extracted amount of information which uniquely identifies each document in the stack to the stored amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document, and to identify, as a suspected counterfeit document, any document in the stack with matching information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for processing documents, the method comprising:
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obtaining an image of at least a portion of at least one side of each of a plurality of documents transported from a stack of document; extracting, from the image of each of the plurality of documents, an amount of information which uniquely identifies the document; storing an amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; comparing the extracted amount of information which uniquely identifies each of the plurality of documents to the stored amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; and identifying, as a suspected counterfeit document, the documents from the stack with matching information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A system for processing documents, the system comprising:
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at least one input receptacle that receives a stack of documents; at least one output receptacle that receives the stack of documents; an image scanning system that obtains an image of at least a portion of at least one side of each document in the stack and extracts, from the document image, an amount of information which uniquely identifies the document; an authentication unit that tests each document using one or more tests for detecting counterfeit documents; a transport mechanism that transports each of the documents in the stack, one at a time, from the at least one input receptacle, past the image scanning system and authentication unit, to the at least one output receptacle; a memory that stores an amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; and a processor operating to compare the extracted amount of information which uniquely identifies each document in the stack to the stored amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document, and to identify, as a suspect document, any document in the stack with matching information, the processor further updates the amount of information stored in the memory with the extracted amount of information from any document that fails any of the one or more tests for detecting counterfeit documents.
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45. A method for processing documents, the method comprising:
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obtaining an image of at least a portion of at least one side of each of a plurality of documents transported from a stack of document; extracting, from the image of each of the plurality of documents, an amount of information which uniquely identifies the document; storing an amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; comparing the extracted amount of information which uniquely identifies each of the plurality of documents to the stored amount of information which identifies at least one counterfeit document; identifying, as a suspect document, the documents from the stack with matching information; testing each of the documents with one or more tests for detecting counterfeit documents; and updating the stored amount of information with the extracted amount of information from any document that fails any of the one or more tests for detecting counterfeit documents.
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