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Methods of operating an image-based check processing system to detect a double feed condition of checks and an apparatus therefor

  • US 8,761,487 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2011
  • Issued: 06/24/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating an image-based check processing system to detect a double feed condition of checks, the method comprising:

  • reading a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) codeline from front of a check item;

    capturing image data which is representative of an image of the check item as the check item is transported from an upstream end of the document feed path to a downstream end of the document feed path;

    electronically by a processor, processing the captured image data to determine if the image of the check item is upside down;

    concluding that the check item is a double-fed item when a MICR codeline is readable from the front of the check item and a determination is made that the image of the check item is upside down; and

    alerting an operator to indicate a double-fed item when a conclusion is made that the check item is a double-fed item.

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