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, comprising the acts of:
- receiving a batch of a plurality of currency bills in an input receptacle of the document processing system, each currency bill including a respective serial number;
transporting the plurality of currency bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle to an output receptacle;
imaging each of the plurality of 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 currency bills;
extracting the serial number from the image data for each of the currency bills;
comparing each extracted serial number with a plurality of serial numbers in a currency bill database to determine if a currency bill associated with an extracted serial number is a suspect currency bill;
determining that one of the plurality of currency bills is a suspect currency bill based on the act of comparing; and
in response to the act of determining that one of the plurality of currency bills is a suspect currency bill, displaying at least a portion of the produced image data as a visually readable image of the suspect currency bill on a display unit of the document processing system.
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Abstract
A batch of bills is received, transported, and imaged to produce image data. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of currency bills. Each currency bill includes a respective serial number. The serial numbers are extracted from the image data for each of the currency bills. Each extracted serial number is compared with a plurality of serial numbers in a currency bill database to determine if a currency bill associated with an extracted serial number is a suspect currency bill. One of the plurality of currency bills is determined to be a suspect currency bill based on the comparing. In response to determining the suspect currency bill, at least a portion of the produced image data is displayed as a visually readable image of the suspect currency bill on a display unit of the document processing system.
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1. A method of processing currency bills in a document processing system, comprising the acts of:
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receiving a batch of a plurality of currency bills in an input receptacle of the document processing system, each currency bill including a respective serial number; transporting the plurality of currency bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle to an output receptacle; imaging each of the plurality of 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 currency bills; extracting the serial number from the image data for each of the currency bills; comparing each extracted serial number with a plurality of serial numbers in a currency bill database to determine if a currency bill associated with an extracted serial number is a suspect currency bill; determining that one of the plurality of currency bills is a suspect currency bill based on the act of comparing; and in response to the act of determining that one of the plurality of currency bills is a suspect currency bill, displaying at least a portion of the produced image data as a visually readable image of the suspect currency bill on a display unit of the document processing system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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