SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BATCHES OF DOCUMENTS
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Abstract
A method of processing documents by receiving at least a batch of documents and a separator card in an input receptacle of a document processing device. The separator card includes a conductive material disposed on one side, and a barcode indicative of the source of the batch of documents. The documents and separator card are transported via a transport mechanism past an evaluation unit and a field-effect sensor, respectively. The document processing device evaluates each document, determines whether the document meets or fails predetermined criteria, and detects the presence of the conductive material when a separator card is transported past the sensor. The source identification information from each separator card is entered into a memory of the document processing device after all the documents from the corresponding batch of documents have met the predetermined criteria. Feeder operation is paused between each batch long enough to verify that the previous batch closed successfully. Pausing feeder operation to address document anomalies before subsequent batches are processed promotes batch integrity and reduces operator confusion.
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85 Claims
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40. A method of processing documents, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of batches of documents in an input receptacle of a document processing device, each batch having a separator card associated therewith; feeding the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle into a transport mechanism of the document processing device; transporting via the transport mechanism the documents, one at a time, past one or more sensors of the document processing device; and pausing the feeding from the input receptacle between each batch. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of processing documents, comprising:
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receiving a plurality of batches of documents in an input receptacle of a document processing device, each batch having a separator card associated therewith; feeding documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle into a transport mechanism of the document processing device; transporting via the transport mechanism the documents, one at a time, past one or more sensors of the document processing device to at least one output receptacle; detecting a separator card being transported past the one or more sensors; and pausing the feeding from the input receptacle upon a detection of a separator card. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of processing at least two batches of documents, comprising the acts of:
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loading the at least two batches into an input receptacle of a document processing device with a separator card separating each of the at least two batches for multiple batch processing, the documents including currency bills and substitute currency media; transporting the batches in a sequence, one document at a time, from the input receptacle past one or more sensors of the document processing device to at least one output receptacle; pausing transportation of the documents from the input receptacle when a separator card is detected by the device and the device determines that documents preceding the detected separator card are still being transported to the at least one output receptacle; and resuming transportation of documents from the input receptacle when the device determines that all documents preceding the detected separator card have been transported to the at least one output receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A document processing device, comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive a plurality of batches of documents, each batch having a separator card associated therewith; at least one output receptacle; a feeder configured to feed the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle into a transport mechanism of the document processing device; the transport mechanism being configured to transport the documents, one at a time, past one or more sensors to the at least one output receptacle; and the device being configured to pause feeding from the input receptacle between batches. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A document processing device, comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive a plurality of batches of documents, each batch having a separator card associated therewith; at least one output receptacle; a feeder configured to feed the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle into a transport mechanism of the document processing device; the transport mechanism being configured to transport the documents, one at a time, past one or more sensors to the at least one output receptacle; at least one of the one or more sensors being configured to detect a separator card; and the device being configured to pause feeding from the input receptacle upon a detection of a separator card. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78)
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79. A document processing device, comprising:
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an input receptacle configured to receive at least two batches of documents with a separator card separating each of the at least two batches, the documents including currency bills and substitute currency media; at least one output receptacle; a transport mechanism configured to transport the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle past one or more sensors to the at least one output receptacle; at least one of the one or more sensors being configured to detect a separator card; the device being configured to pause transportation of the documents from the input receptacle when a separator card is detected by the one or more sensors; and the device being configured to resume transportation of documents from the input receptacle when the device determines that all documents preceding the detected separator card have been transported to the at least one output receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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