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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8050484 | Method and system for image recognition for aiding the visually impaired A method for tracking paper currency in a holder, includes: scanning paper currency deposited or removed from a holder; determining the total number of each individual denomination of paper currency contained within the holder based on the scanned paper currency dep... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7978901 | Centralized processing of checks for distributed merchant locations According to one embodiment of the invention, a system can be provided to detect fraudulent activity occurring during check processing. Such fraudulent activity can be detected for example by monitoring the electronic check imaging process and performing checks on t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7844098 | Method for performing color analysis operation on image corresponding to monetary banknote A method for performing a color analysis operation on an image corresponding to at least a monetary banknote is provided. The method comprises: dividing the image into a plurality of blocks; performing a block analysis operation on each block of the image to generat... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7609873 | Method for processing checks prior to electronic deposit A method of processing checks includes obtaining first information relating to the checks that is compiled by an operator using a calculator, such as by scanning a calculator tape, wherein the first information includes a first number of first dollar amounts, each o... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7409555 | Electronic document active content assurance A system and method are presented for assuring electronic documents containing active content. Aspects of the system and method are directed to storing a copy of input data called by the active content in a first invocation of the electronic document, then, on subse... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7366338 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362891 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352897 | Method and means for dividing an image into character image lines, and method and apparatus for character image recognition A method for dividing a character image into lines, comprising the following steps: segment-dividing step for, in term of pixels, dividing a character image into a plurality of character image segments arranged sided by side, each segment having a predetermined widt... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349566 | Image processing network An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and creating a plurality of image files of said documents; the image proces... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344064 | System and method for processing electronically deposited checks A method of processing a check prior to electronically depositing the check includes receiving the check, determining a number of existing check submission indicating marks, if any, that are present on the check, determining whether the number is less than a pre-set... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7321678 | Banknote identifying machine and banknote identifying method A banknote identifying machine and method for testing a banknote for genuineness stably without being affected by a sensor or contamination on the banknote. Transmission photosensors 61 are moved over a banknote to be tested to scan the banknote with a light ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7286718 | Method and apparatus for determination of text orientation The present invention relates to a method for determining the orientation of text, so that the text can be correctly read. In one embodiment, the method analyzes the “open” portions of text characters to determine in which direction the open portions face. By de... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7266230 | Method of providing an indication of quality of a document image and an apparatus therefor A method of providing an indication of quality of an image of a document comprises the steps of (a) storing apriori data which is representative of a line contained in at least one field associated with the document, (b) receiving image data which is representative ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260262 | Display control method, and program, information processing apparatus and optical character recognizer A method for controlling the display of a screen which allows the user to discriminate the scanned image and the recognition result intuitively and easily. The display control method for allowing the user to verify the recognition result of a character on a verifica... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240296 | Unified navigation shell user interface A user interface for navigating among screens on a personal computer. The screens, which include layers of a shell user interface and various locations within applications, are presented as pages. In addition, commands and help information of an application are pres... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233697 | Character recognition device and a method therefor The present invention relates to an optical character recognition device (OCR) for reading a form provided with character frames in reading fields, into which a user fills each character. Characteristic vectors are extracted from the character images of each frame. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218311 | Sequential image advancing system (the S.I.A.S.) The present invention is a computerized image-viewing device that allows the user to sequentially advance or reverse stored images by voice recognition and/or other sounds wherein the voice recognition means is electronically coupled with different colored buttons l... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218767 | Method of improving the resolution of a medical nuclear image The invention relates to a method of improving the precision of a medical nuclear SPECT or PET image in which notably a nuclear sectional image (n) can be superposed on a two-dimensional ultrasound image (u). For the superposition that nuclear sectional image (n | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200255 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187795 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7159781 | Scanning unit for a position measuring device A scanning unit for a position measuring device for scanning a measuring graduation thereof, includes a scanning structure provided on a carrier and formed such that, by interaction of electromagnetic radiation, with the measuring graduation and the scanning structu... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149336 | Automatic currency processing system having ticket redemption module An apparatus for currency discrimination comprises first and second stationary scanheads, disposed on opposite sides of a bill transport path, for scanning respective first and second opposing surfaces of a bill traveling along the bill transport path and for produc... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7103438 | System and method for searching and verifying documents in a document processing device A method of processing barcoded tickets in a document processing device including receiving a stack of barcoded tickets in an input receptacle of a document processing device. Each barcoded ticket includes a document-identifier or ticket number that identifies the b... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7070092 | Systems and methods for managing throughput of point of sale devices Systems and methods for electronically processing accounts receivable (AR) check transactions via a location-base device associated with a merchant. The location-base device, such as a point-of-sale (POS) device, can be configured to perform various functions that f... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066669 | Method of creating an image replacement document for use in a check truncation environment and an apparatus therefor A method of creating an image replacement document (IRD) during two passes of a sheet material through a printing apparatus including building a first print file portion based upon IRD data, building a second print file portion based upon IRD data, printing with non... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066668 | Method of creating an image replacement document for use in a check truncation environment and an apparatus therefor An image replacement document (IRD) is created in a single feed of sheet of material through a feeder. A print file having a MICR portion and a non-MICR portion is built based upon IRD data. The IRD data used to build the print file may be from an external applicati... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050159 | Coin-type determining device The coin-type determining device, for determining the presence or absence of inclined notches formed on the circumferential surface of the coin transferred through a coin transfer path, comprises: a plurality of notch detecting devices provided separately from each ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7050621 | Specified pattern detecting apparatus In a specified pattern detection apparatus, a first filter detects a partial image included in a specified pattern in input image data, and a memory device stores bi-level data on the existence of the partial image based on output signals of said first filter. Then,... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043745 | System and method for reproducing a video session using accelerated frame recording A system for recording a video session includes a video server and a client coupled to the video server using a communication path. The video server communicates a start record command. The client determines the processing capacity of the client and establishes a re... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035748 | Priority system and method for processing standardized tests Systems and methods are provided for prioritizing the processing of standardized tests. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for processing completed standardized tests. In one embodiment, test-processing priority information is received, and... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7034323 | Method and device for performing a test for acceptability of bank notes by automatic vending machines In order to provide a procedure and a device that will enable the, at least partially, automated acceptance of bank notes that can be realized in an acceptable cost range and that will enable the highly automated, rapid acceptance of bank notes with a high level of ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7016524 | System for authenticating and processing of checks and other bearer documents A bearer document processing system includes preparation, verification, redeeming and depositing of the document. An encrypted symbol is imprinted on the document using ink that is not visible in invisible light. The symbol includes information used to authenticate ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7013045 | Using multiple documents to improve OCR accuracy The present invention is directed to a system and method for processing data in which inputs of a plurality of records including respective entries in a first field and in a second field are received. At least some of the records are processed so as to find a relati... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003494 | Preprocessor system and method for rejection of duplicate invoices An accounts payable system in which invoices submitted by electronic data interchange (EDI) are audited for duplicate invoices prior to them being entered into the production database, or environment. Pre-processor logic audits, identifies and returns electronically... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000828 | Remote automated document processing system An automated check processing system for accepting and processing checks from a customer, having a plurality of document scanners. The document scanners are adapted to obtain full images of checks fed into the document scanners and to obtain images of selected porti... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000009 | System and method for using remote links for processing document data Systems and methods for providing processing operations on documents by external processing routines are provided. A representative system includes a processing link identifier that identifies a document containing at least one processing link to the external proces... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996263 | Network interconnected financial document processing devices A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996276 | Method and apparatus for discriminating between documents in batch scanned document files Discriminating between documents scanned in a batch scanning process is achieved based on various analyses of the constituent document pages. The data provided by the various analyses are compared with each other to determine whether successive pages belong to the s... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6996525 | Selecting one of multiple speech recognizers in a system based on performance predections resulting from experience A method for selecting a speech recognizer from a number of speech recognizers in a speech recognition system. The speech recognition system receives an audio stream from an application and derives enabling information. The speech recognition system then enables at ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6961482 | System for archiving electronic images of test question responses A system and method for electronically archiving electronic images of responses received from a response provider in such a manner that reduces the amount of electronic resources required for said archival. ... | 11/01/2005 |
