Image analysis – Applications – Reading bank checks
Patent
1995-02-27
1997-02-11
Boudreau, Leo
Image analysis
Applications
Reading bank checks
382305, G06K 900
Patent
active
056029365
ABSTRACT:
A method of and apparatus for recapturing data from scanning devices and storing the captured data in digital form using a method that allows for easy, fast and reliable access for viewing, printing, transmitting, et cetera. More specifically, the method of the present invention allows institutions such as banks to "touch" data that has been captured using high speed reader/sorter devices. The invention interacts with such devices to store scanned digital images to storage devices using a hierarchical storage management module in order to migrate less accessed images to more cost effective storage media, such as optical disk and/or tape. Users access copies of the scanned items using an application that queries a database that holds pointers to the actual location of the physical digital image. The location of the scanned image is transparent to the end-user. The user selects the image to display based on a set of logical indexes that were built for each corresponding image at the time the image was read and scanned. Indexes include such information as date, account number, check number and amount. The user then has the option to view, print, or fax the images that were retrieved. In the case of banks, those images can be sent to the customer instead of the actual checks for a fraction of the cost in postage.
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Green W. Thomas
Lynn R. Keith
Boudreau Leo
Greenway Corporation
Tran Phuoc
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