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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184895 | Method and apparatus for magnetic character recognition A method for magnetic character recognition is disclosed. The method may include preparing a standard waveform that is used as a datum in an operation of reading magnetic ink characters, generating a regeneration waveform from a character string of the magnetic ink ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180137 | Comparison of optical and magnetic character data for identification of character defect type A system for determining a plurality of PCS values for a document image representing a document having at least one area of interest on a surface of the physical item for containing critical data and a background image positioned on the surface, the document suitabl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8126252 | Method and system for enhanced check image privacy A method and system for enhanced check image privacy are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide a way to automatically link the results from quality assurance software to a check image archive to appropriately mark images as unretrievable by custome... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121384 | Method and apparatus for magnetic character recognition A method for magnetic character recognition may include preparing standard array data of peak intervals; generating a regeneration waveform out of a character string of magnetic characters printed on a surface of an information data recording medium; segmenting a ch... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8121385 | System and method for generating magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) testing documents A system and method for accessing data to generate documents for use in MICR line testing. The system comprises a MICR testing station for testing MICR processing. The MICR testing station comprises a MICR line testing module for generating at least one MICR testing... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8094919 | Magnetic ink character recognition (‘MICR’) signal generation for a MICR Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (‘MICR’) signal generation for a MICR character configured on a medium that include: exposing, by an emitter, an electromagnetic signal to the MICR character, the MICR character... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8023719 | MICR reader using phase angle extracted from frequency domain analysis A system and method for implementing phase angle based magnetic ink character recognition (MICR). A system is provided that includes: a segmentation system for segmenting inputted MICR data into sets of temporal data for inputted characters; a Fourier system for gen... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023717 | Method and system for processing backwards documents in a document reader/imager A method for processing backwards documents in a document processing system involves a reverse recognition algorithm. The document processing system includes a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) reader. A waveform is determined for a magnetic ink character st... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023718 | Method and system for linking front and rear images in a document reader/imager A method for linking front and rear images in a document processing system involves linking the front and rear images by a magnetic ink character code line. The document processing system includes an imaging device and a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) rea... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7961930 | Recursive image filtering A system, method and program product for cleaning a black white image. A system is disclosed that includes a filtering system that applies a filter to the black white image, wherein the filter examines a set of neighboring pixels of each black pixel and determines i... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7949177 | Bi-directional magnetic character reader A manually operated document scanner and methods of operation and use are disclosed. The document scanner includes a document bed having a document positioning surface. The document scanner also includes a scanner module slidably attached to the document bed. The sc... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945084 | Method of printing MICR encoded negotiable instruments such as checks/drafts from facsimile transmitted checks An improved method for accurately and correctly encoding and printing complete checks on blank paper sheets from graphic check images. The method includes inputting into a computer a graphic image of a check. Scanning the graphic image, in computer memory, and ident... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7925638 | Quality management in a data-processing environment A method, system and computer program for quality management of a plurality of documents associated with a data-processing operation of an organization is provided. The documents include several fields, the organization has employees, and the method comprises determ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920737 | Code image processing method and code image processing apparatus The present invention relates to methods of automatically determining and recognizing a code included in image data, and, more particularly, to a method capable of determining not only a one-dimensional code and a two-dimensional code but also a steganographic code ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916925 | System and method for generating magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) testing documents A system and method for accessing data to generate documents for use in MICR line testing. The system comprises a MICR testing station for testing MICR processing. The MICR testing station comprises a MICR line testing module for generating at least one MICR testing... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7899235 | Image exchange send non-BOFD identification Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a method that includes receiving a plurality of paper financial items, scanning each of the paper financial items, and for each paper financial item, generating a plurality of data sets based on the scanning. For eac... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7865009 | Magnetic ink character reading apparatus In the magnetic ink character reading apparatus, a first determination section reads signal data sequentially from a signal data string corresponding to the output signals of a magnetic head and determines whether the signal data corresponds to a predetermined signa... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860294 | Magnetic ink character reading apparatus and method of controlling the same A magnetic ink character reading apparatus includes a similarity acquisition unit, a character recognition unit and a character recognition limiting unit. The similarity acquisition unit acquires a similarity between one-character-corresponding data extracted from d... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7796798 | Frequency domain based MICR reader A system and method for implementing frequency domain based magnetic ink character recognition (MICR). A system is provided that includes: a segmentation system for segmenting inputted MICR data into sets of temporal data for inputted characters; a Fourier system fo... | 09/14/2010 |
| RE41418 | Method of processing misoriented items in an image-based item processing system and an apparatus therefor A check processing system comprises an image lift device which is provided for lifting an image of a check as the check is being transported along a check feed path. A MICR reader is provided for reading a MICR codeline from the check as the check is transported alo... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7702144 | Method of printing MICR encoded negotiable instruments such as checks/drafts from facsimile transmitted checks An improved method for accurately and correctly encoding and printing complete checks on blank paper sheets from graphic check images. The method includes inputting into a computer a graphic image of a check. Scanning the graphic image, in computer memory, and ident... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702143 | Method and apparatus for identifying MICR characters A method and apparatus for reading MICR characters is disclosed, in which both magnetic and optical data may be read and stored. Each type of data is analyzed to identify possible character values. In one disclosed analysis method, the data is first evaluated in a c... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7689025 | Optical reading apparatus, character recognition processing apparatus, character reading method and program, magnetic ink character reading apparatus, and POS terminal apparatus An optical reading apparatus and optical character recognition processing apparatus operating in conjunction with a magnetic ink character reading apparatus reduce the time in reading a string of characters formed in a line on a processed medium. This is done in the... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680318 | Method and apparatus for identifying MICR characters A method and apparatus for reading MICR characters is disclosed, in which both magnetic and optical data are read and stored. The magnetic and optical data are then normalized and combined to form a combined data set which is compared to templates representing combi... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680317 | Method and apparatus for identifying MICR characters A method and apparatus for reading MICR characters is disclosed, in which both magnetic and optical data are read and stored. Each type of data is analyzed to identify possible character values and a confidence level associated with each identified value. The result... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7606408 | Magnetic ink character reading method and program A magnetic ink character reading apparatus, magnetic ink character reading method and program, and a POS terminal apparatus reduce recognition errors and thereby improve the read rate. The magnetic ink character reading apparatus reads a text string of magnetic ink ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7587079 | Check printing auditing systems and methods Embodiments herein print documents comprising magnetic ink characters, capture overlapping partial images of the MICR line of magnetic ink characters, and stitch these partial images together to form a complete image of the MICR line. This allows the embodiments to ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7555156 | Method and system for online communication between a check sorter and a check processing system A system for handling checks is provided that includes a sorter operable to retrieve MICR data from a plurality of checks. An emulator is coupled to the sorter. The emulator is operable to access the MICR data, to generate a process buffer based on the MICR data, an... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7519214 | System and method of determining image skew using connected components A system and method for determining skew of a document image. An image processing system is provided, comprising: an image segmentation system that identifies and segments a line of printed characters; and a skew processing system that determines the skew by calcula... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7474780 | Method and apparatus for determining unknown magnetic ink characters An apparatus and method for processing documents is provided. Preferably the apparatus includes a plurality of document processing features operable for processing a variety of documents, such as incoming mail. The apparatus may include a feeder for feeding the docu... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7447347 | Method and system for retaining MICR code format An image capture system for retaining Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) code format comprises a camera operable to generate an electronic check image of a physical check, with the electronic check image operable to generate an image replacement document. The... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7421107 | Method of creating a substitute check and an apparatus therefor A substitute check is created for an original check which has an encode line printed thereon. Check image data which is representative of an image of the original check is received and analyzed to establish positioning of MICR characters within the encode line of th... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7382911 | Identification card reader There is described a method and apparatus for processing a card. A card that is processed can have a corresponding card holder. In one embodiment, a card reader can be provided for reading information of a card. A card reader in one embodiment can be configured to s... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376258 | Image quality assurance system and methodologies in a post-image capture document processing environment An image quality assurance method for identifying image defects in a plurality of previously-imaged documents, where each previously-imaged document includes at least one image rendition stored in at least one image rendition file according to type of image renditio... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7366702 | System and method for secure network purchasing A system for permitting a secure electronic transaction on a network is disclosed. The network has a user device having a fingerprint, a provider's server and a means for providing verification of user's identity. In response to a request by the provider's server th... | 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 |
| 7357333 | Mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document A mechanism for storing authenticity information about a written or printed document. This authenticity information may be stored in a publicly-accessible database. When a document patterned with electronic ink is to be verified, the verifier examines the electronic... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
