Image analysis – Applications – Reading bank checks
Reexamination Certificate
2006-12-08
2010-06-29
Azarian, Seyed (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Reading bank checks
C382S321000, C705S040000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07747061
ABSTRACT:
An Any Which Way Check Acceptance method and apparatus is provided, which allow a set of checks to be deposited in a stack, where each check can be oriented in any of sixteen different ways. In one embodiment of the invention, the ATM check reader has an MICR and OCR scanner/reader. When a set of checks is deposited, each check is subjected to a MICR scan and an OCR scan. If the check is aligned correctly and right side up, then the check is processed based on the MICR scan information. If the check is not aligned correctly or is upside down, then the MICR read fails because the magnetic stripe on the check is not where it is expected to be. Rather than rejecting the check at this point, the invention uses the OCR scan information from both the front and back of the check to process the check.
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Hatzirallis Steve
Schrag Elizabeth Ann
Velline Jonathan
Wang Jimmy
Azarian Seyed
Merchant & Gould P.C.
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
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