Apparatus and system for imaging currency bills and financial documents and method for using the same
First Claim
1. A document processing system, comprising:
- an input receptacle for receiving a plurality of documents including currency bills and checks;
a display;
a transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of documents along a transport path from the input receptacle to an output receptacle;
an image scanner positioned adjacent to the transport path, the image scanner configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived, the image data being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents; and
a controller coupled to the display, the transport mechanism, and the image scanner, the controller configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills, in response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call document by causing a visually readable image of at least a portion of the flagged currency bill to be displayed on the display.
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Abstract
An input receptacle receives currency bills and checks. A transport mechanism transports the bills and checks along a transport path to an output receptacle. An image scanner, adjacent the transport path, is configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents. A controller is configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills. In response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call document by causing at least a portion of the image data to be displayed as a visually readable image of the flagged currency bill on the display.
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Citations
81 Claims
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1. A document processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving a plurality of documents including currency bills and checks; a display; a transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of documents along a transport path from the input receptacle to an output receptacle; an image scanner positioned adjacent to the transport path, the image scanner configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived, the image data being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents; and a controller coupled to the display, the transport mechanism, and the image scanner, the controller configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills, in response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call document by causing a visually readable image of at least a portion of the flagged currency bill to be displayed on the display. - 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, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A document processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving a plurality of currency bills; a display; a transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of currency bills along a transport path from the input receptacle to an output receptacle; an image scanner positioned adjacent to the transport path, the image scanner configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived, the image data being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of currency bills; and a controller coupled to the display, the transport mechanism, and the image scanner, the controller configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills, in response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call currency bill by causing a visually readable image of at least a portion of the flagged currency bill to be displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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38. A document processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving a plurality of currency bills; a display; a transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of currency bills along a transport path from the input receptacle to an output receptacle; an image scanner positioned adjacent to the transport path, the image scanner configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived, the image data being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of currency bills; and a controller coupled to the display, the transport mechanism, and the image scanner, the controller configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills, in response to the controller not determining denominations of a plurality of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bills as no-call currency bills by causing a plurality of visually readable images of at least a portion of each of the flagged currency bills to be displayed on the display at the same time. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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39. A method of processing U.S. currency bills in a document processing system, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of U.S. currency bills in an input receptacle of the document processing system, each U.S. currency bill having an associated denomination; transporting the plurality of U.S. currency bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle; imaging each of the plurality of U.S. currency bills with an image scanner positioned adjacent to the transport path to produce image data, the image data being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of U.S. currency bills; attempting to determine, via one or more processors, the denomination of U.S. currency bills being transported; failing to determine the denomination of a currency bill being transported, the currency bill being a no call currency bill; in response to the failing to determine the denomination of a currency bill being transported, displaying a visually readable image of at least a portion of the no call currency bill on a display unit of the document processing system. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method of processing documents in a document processing system, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of documents in an input receptacle of the document processing system, the plurality of documents including currency bills; transporting the plurality of documents along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle, past an image scanner; generating image data that is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents; automatically determining, via one or more processors, denominations of currency bills based on the generated image data; failing to automatically determine the denomination of a currency bill being transported, the currency bill being a no call currency bill; and in response to the failing to automatically determine the denomination of a currency bill being transported, displaying at least a portion of a visually readable image of the no call currency bill on a display unit. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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52. A method of processing documents in a document processing system, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of documents in an input receptacle, the plurality of documents including currency bills and checks; transporting the plurality of documents along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle, past an image scanner, to an output receptacle; imaging each of the plurality of documents with the image scanner to produce image data, the image data associated with each individual document being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of a respective document; determining, via one or more processors in the document processing system, whether the image data associated with each individual document satisfies one or more flag criteria, one of the individual documents being a U.S. currency bill; in response to the image data associated with one of the individual documents satisfying one of the flag criteria, displaying a visually readable image of at least a portion of the one of the individual documents on a display unit; displaying a plurality of selectable elements on the display unit, each of the plurality of selectable elements being associated with a distinct denomination; and in response to a selection of one of the selectable elements, tagging the image data which is reproducible as the image being displayed on the display unit with the associated denomination and storing the tagged image data in a memory of the document processing device. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A currency bill processing system, comprising:
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an input receptacle for receiving a plurality of currency bills, each currency bill having a denomination associated therewith; a display; a transport mechanism for transporting the plurality of currency bills along a transport path from the input receptacle to an output receptacle; an image scanner positioned to image currency bills transported along the transport path to produce image data, the image data associated with each individual currency bill being reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of a respective currency bill; and a controller coupled to the display, the transport mechanism, and the image scanner, the controller being configured to determine the denomination of currency bills transported along the transport path, currency bills that the controller fails to denominate being no call currency bills, in response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call currency bill by causing a visually readable image of at least a portion of the no call currency bill to be displayed on the display. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61)
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