Apparatus and system for imaging currency bills and financial documents and method for using the same
First Claim
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 having a denomination and a serial number associated therewith;
transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past an image scanner, and to one or more output receptacles;
imaging each of the currency bills via the image scanner to produce electronic data from which an image of each currency bill can be reproduced;
detecting an occurrence of a triggering event; and
in response to the detecting, generating a report, the report being required by a third party in response to the triggering event, the generating comprising including in the report at least one denomination, at least one serial number, and at least one image of at least a portion of one of the currency bills.
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Abstract
A stack of currency bills is received, transported, and imaged via an image scanner to produce image data that is reproducible as a visually readable image for each currency bill. Each of the currency bills has an associated serial number and additional identifying character information. The associated currency bill serial number and the additional identifying character information are extracted from the image data of each currency bill. Each currency bill is denominated. A suspect determination is made for each currency bill and upon a determination that a currency bill is a suspect bill, A suspect note report is automatically generated. Fields in the report are populated with information associated with the suspect bill including the extracted serial number, the extracted additional identifying character information, and the denomination of the suspect bill.
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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 having a denomination and a serial number associated therewith; transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past an image scanner, and to one or more output receptacles; imaging each of the currency bills via the image scanner to produce electronic data from which an image of each currency bill can be reproduced; detecting an occurrence of a triggering event; and in response to the detecting, generating a report, the report being required by a third party in response to the triggering event, the generating comprising including in the report at least one denomination, at least one serial number, and at least one image of at least a portion of one of the currency bills. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. 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 having a denomination and a serial number associated therewith; transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle in a serial fashion, past an image scanner, and to one or more output receptacles; imaging each of the currency bills via the image scanner to produce electronic data from which an image of each currency bill can be reproduced; and generating a report, the report being required by a third party, the generating comprising including in the report at least one denomination, at least one serial number, and at least one image of at least a portion of one of the currency bills. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for processing currency bills, the apparatus comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive a stack of currency bills, each currency bill having a denomination and a serial number associated therewith; an image scanner configured to generate electronic data for each of the currency bills from which an image of each currency bill can be reproduced; a transport mechanism for transporting the currency bills from the input receptacle, past the image scanner, and to an output receptacle; and a controller configured to generate a report being required by a third party, the generating of the report comprising including in the report at least one denomination, at least one serial number, and at least one image of at least a portion of one of the currency bills. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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