Apparatus and system for imaging currency bills and financial documents and method for using the same
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1. A method of processing currency bills in a document processing system, the method comprising:
- receiving currency bills in an input receptacle of the document processing system, each of the currency bills being associated with a denomination, a serial number, and a set of secondary identifiers;
transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past an image scanner, to one or more output receptacles;
imaging each of the currency bills via the image scanner to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each currency bill can be reproduced;
determining that one of the currency bills is a suspect bill;
attempting to determine the denomination of the suspect bill;
attempting to extract the serial number from the image data associated with the suspect bill;
attempting to extract the set of secondary identifiers from the image data associated with the suspect bill; and
in response to determining that a currency bill is a suspect bill, generating a suspect report, the suspect report including a denomination field, a serial number field, and a plurality of secondary identifier fields, the act of generating the report comprising;
(i) populating the denomination field in the suspect report with a denomination snippet image;
(ii) populating the serial number field in the suspect report with a serial number snippet image;
(iii) populating each of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with a corresponding secondary identifier snippet image;
(iv) in response to determining the denomination of the suspect bill, further populating the denomination field in the suspect report with the determined denomination;
(v) in response to extracting the serial number of the suspect bill, further populating the serial number field in the suspect report with the extracted serial number; and
(vi) in response to extracting one or more of the secondary identifiers of the suspect bill, populating corresponding ones of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with corresponding ones of the extracted one or more secondary identifiers.
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Currency bills are received, transported, and imaged to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each currency bill can be reproduced. Each of the currency bills includes a denomination, a serial number, and a set of secondary identifiers. One of the currency bills is determined to be a suspect bill. The suspect bill serial number is attempted to be extracted from the image data associated with the suspect bill. In response to failing to extract a complete serial number of the suspect bill, a serial number field in a suspect report is populated with a serial number snippet image.
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1. A method of processing currency bills in a document processing system, the method comprising:
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receiving currency bills in an input receptacle of the document processing system, each of the currency bills being associated with a denomination, a serial number, and a set of secondary identifiers; transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past an image scanner, to one or more output receptacles; imaging each of the currency bills via the image scanner to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each currency bill can be reproduced; determining that one of the currency bills is a suspect bill; attempting to determine the denomination of the suspect bill; attempting to extract the serial number from the image data associated with the suspect bill; attempting to extract the set of secondary identifiers from the image data associated with the suspect bill; and in response to determining that a currency bill is a suspect bill, generating a suspect report, the suspect report including a denomination field, a serial number field, and a plurality of secondary identifier fields, the act of generating the report comprising; (i) populating the denomination field in the suspect report with a denomination snippet image; (ii) populating the serial number field in the suspect report with a serial number snippet image; (iii) populating each of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with a corresponding secondary identifier snippet image; (iv) in response to determining the denomination of the suspect bill, further populating the denomination field in the suspect report with the determined denomination; (v) in response to extracting the serial number of the suspect bill, further populating the serial number field in the suspect report with the extracted serial number; and (vi) in response to extracting one or more of the secondary identifiers of the suspect bill, populating corresponding ones of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with corresponding ones of the extracted one or more secondary identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A currency bill processing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive currency bills, each currency bill having an associated denomination, serial number, and set of secondary identifiers; an image scanner configured to image each of the currency bills to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each currency bill can be reproduced; a transport mechanism for transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past the image scanner, to one or more output receptacles; one or more processors configured to determine if one of the currency bills is a suspect bill; at least one of the one or more processors configured to attempt to determine the denomination of the suspect bill, to extract the serial number from the image data associated with the suspect bill, and to extract the set of secondary identifiers from the image data associated with the suspect bill; and in response to determining that a currency bill is a suspect bill, at least one of the one or more processors configured to generate a suspect report, the suspect report including a denomination field, a serial number field, and a plurality of secondary identifier fields, the process of generating the report including executing instructions on the at least one or more processors, the instructions stored on at least one or more memory devices, the instructions comprising; (i) populating the denomination field in the suspect report with a denomination snippet image; (ii) populating the serial number field in the suspect report with a serial number snippet image; (iii) populating each of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with a corresponding secondary identifier snippet image; (iv) in response to determining the denomination of the suspect bill, further populating the denomination field in the suspect report with the determined denomination; (v) in response to extracting the serial number of the suspect bill, further populating the serial number field in the suspect report with the extracted serial number; and (vi) in response to extracting one or more of the secondary identifiers of the suspect bill, populating corresponding ones of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with corresponding ones of the extracted one or more secondary identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for processing currency bills, the system comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive currency bills, each currency bill having an associated denomination, serial number, and set of secondary identifiers; an image scanner configured to image each of the currency bills to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each currency bill can be reproduced; a transport mechanism for transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past the image scanner, to one or more output receptacles; one or more processors configured to determine if one of the currency bills is a suspect bill; at least one of the one or more processors configured to attempt determining the denomination of the suspect bill, extracting the serial number from the image data associated with the suspect bill, and extracting the set of secondary identifiers from the image data associated with the suspect bill; and in response to determining that a currency bill is a suspect bill, at least one of the one or more processors configured to generate a suspect report, the suspect report including a denomination field, a serial number field, and a plurality of secondary identifier fields, the process of generating the report including executing instructions on the at least one or more processors, the instructions comprising; (i) populating the denomination field in the suspect report with a denomination snippet image; (ii) populating the serial number field in the suspect report with a serial number snippet image; (iii) populating each of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with a corresponding secondary identifier snippet image; (iv) in response to determining the denomination of the suspect bill, further populating the denomination field in the suspect report with the determined denomination; (v) in response to extracting the serial number of the suspect bill, further populating the serial number field in the suspect report with the extracted serial number; and (vi) in response to extracting one or more of the secondary identifiers of the suspect bill, populating corresponding ones of the plurality of secondary identifier fields in the suspect report with corresponding ones of the extracted one or more secondary identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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