Apparatus and system for imaging currency bills and financial documents and method for using the same

US8417017B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Cummins-Allison Corp. · US

Inventors

• Dale E. Beutel · Grayslake, US
• Frank M. Csulits · Gurnee, US
• Douglas U. Mennie · Barrington, US
• Matthew L. Anderson · Salem, US
• Robert J. Klein · Chicago, US
• Ralf H. Jaeger · Kildeer, US
• David R. Badalamenti · Arlington Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2010
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07D7/12
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of using a document processing system includes receiving a target serial number via an input device communicatively connected to a document processing system and determining if the target serial number exactly matches one of a plurality of stored serial numbers residing in a memory. Each stored serial number is associated with a record. Each record includes customer account identification information that can be used to identify a customer account previously credited for a deposit of a currency bill having the stored serial number. In response to the target serial number not exactly matching any of the stored serial numbers, the method further includes displaying a wildcard search element on a display of the document processing system.