Check and U.S. bank note processing device and method
First Claim
1. A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the device comprising:
- an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes;
an output receptacle;
a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner;
the image scanner being configured to obtain an electronic image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner;
the device being configured to determine the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner from the image of each U.S. bank note; and
a memory configured to store the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner and the electronic images of checks transported past the image scanner.
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Abstract
A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes. The device comprises an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes and an output receptacle. The device further comprises a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner. The image scanner is configured to obtain an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner. The device is configured to determine the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner. The device further comprises a memory configured to store the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes.
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152 Claims
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1. A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the device comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes; an output receptacle; a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner; the image scanner being configured to obtain an electronic image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device being configured to determine the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner from the image of each U.S. bank note; and a memory configured to store the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner and the electronic images of checks transported past the image scanner. - 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, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks and U.S. bank notes in an input receptacle of the device; the device transporting the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner and to an output receptacle; the device obtaining an electronic image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device determining the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner from the image of each U.S. bank note; storing the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the electronic images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51)
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52. A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the device comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes; an output receptacle; a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner; the image scanner being configured to obtain an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device being configured to capture the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; and a memory configured to store the captured serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner and the images of checks transported past the image scanner. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks and U.S. bank notes in an input receptacle of the device; the device transporting the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner to an output receptacle; the device obtaining an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device capturing the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; storing the captured serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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73. A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the device comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes; an output receptacle; a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner; the image scanner being configured to obtain an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device being configured to extract alphanumeric representations of the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; and a memory configured to store the extracted alphanumeric representations of serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner and the images of checks transported past the image scanner. - View Dependent Claims (74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks and U.S. bank notes in an input receptacle of the device; the device transporting the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner to an output receptacle; the device obtaining an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device capturing alphanumeric representations of the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; storing the captured alphanumeric representations of serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91)
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92. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks and U.S. bank notes in an input receptacle of the device; the device transporting the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner to an output receptacle; the device obtaining an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; determining the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; storing the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99)
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100. A check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes wherein the checks and U.S. bank notes are rectangular, the device comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive checks and U.S. bank notes; an output receptacle; a transport mechanism configured to transport the checks and U.S. bank notes from the input receptacle past an image scanner in a wide-edge leading manner; the image scanner being configured to obtain an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device being configured to obtain alphanumeric representations of the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; and a memory configured to store the obtained alphanumeric representations of serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner and the images of checks transported past the image scanner. - View Dependent Claims (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110)
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111. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks in the device; the device transporting the checks past an image scanner; receiving U.S. bank notes in the device; the device transporting the U.S. bank notes past the image scanner; the device obtaining an electronic image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device determining the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner from the image of each U.S. bank note; storing the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the electronic images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (112, 113, 114, 115)
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116. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks in the device; the device transporting the checks from past an image scanner; receiving U.S. bank notes in the device; the device transporting U.S. bank notes past the image scanner; the device obtaining an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device capturing the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; storing the captured serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123)
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124. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks in the device; the device transporting the checks past an image scanner; receiving U.S. bank notes in the device; the device transporting the U.S. bank notes past the image scanner; the device obtaining an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; the device capturing alphanumeric representations of the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; storing the captured alphanumeric representations of serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (125, 126, 127)
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128. A method of processing checks and U.S. bank notes using a check and U.S. bank note processing device configured to process both checks and U.S. bank notes, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving checks in the device; the device transporting the checks past an image scanner to an output receptacle; receiving U.S. bank notes in the device; the device transporting the U.S. bank notes past the image scanner to the output receptacle; the device obtaining an image of each check and U.S. bank note transported past the image scanner; determining the serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner; storing the determined serial numbers of U.S. bank notes transported past the image scanner in a memory; and storing the images of checks transported past the image scanner in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152)
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