Image-based document processing system providing lost image recovery
US5206915A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/40
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for recovering lost or unavailable images in an image based document processing system. Images of documents having an ordered relationship are captured and stored while the documents are sorted by a document processor into respective pockets based on data read from the documents during sorting. If images are lost or unavailable after sorting, it would be very time consuming to collect the corresponding documents from the pockets and arrange them back into their original order for a re-pass by the document processor. This problem is solved by re-passing the documents without reordering, while using previously recorded document identification and sequence data derived during the first pass on the document processor, to electronically reestablish the original ordered relationship for the document images captured on re-pass when they are stored.
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