System and method for automated document processing
US5926392A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K13/10
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for processing a batch of remittance transactions in the form of an invoice and an accompanying check. A feeder receives a stacked batch of transactional pairs of documents and serially feeds the documents along a selected path of movement. Scanning cameras scan the front and back of each document to provide front and back images of the documents. A magnetic imager is employed for reading the magnetic markings of each check to detect the orientation of each check. From the magnetic imager, the documents are fed to a document-reordering device that functions to selectively change the sequential order of selected pairs of documents along the path of movement. A document orientor is also provided for selectively changing the orientation of any selected document along the path of movement. The document orientor includes a document reverser for reversing the orientation of selected documents from back to front along the path of movement. A document twister is also provided along the path of movement for flipping selected documents from an upside-down orientation into a right-side-up orientation. A document sorter selectively directs the documents into selected o…
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