Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
382139000 | Reading MICR data | 70 |
20080199067 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING IMAGE RESOLUTION USING MICR CHARACTERS - A system for determining the image resolution of a check image using MICR characters. The disclosed system includes an extracting system for extracting a magnetic ink code recognition (MICR) code line from the document image, wherein the extracting system provides coordinate values for each of a plurality of MICR characters in the MICR code line; a calculating system for calculating a set of resolution values based on the coordinate values of the MICR characters; and a statistical analysis system that calculates a representative resolution value from the set of resolution values. | 08-21-2008 |
20080285839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC CHARACTER RECOGNITION - A method for magnetic character recognition may include preparing standard array data of peak intervals; generating a regeneration waveform out of a character string of magnetic characters printed on a surface of an information data recording medium; segmenting a character waveform of each magnetic character out of the regeneration waveform; generating array data of peak intervals out of an array pattern of a plurality of intervals between peaks that are included in the character waveform; and comparing the array data of peak intervals with the standard array data of peak intervals; wherein, based on a comparison result of comparing the array data of peak intervals with the standard array data of peak intervals, a read character is identified with a character corresponding to an array data of peak intervals that shows the highest coincidence. | 11-20-2008 |
20080298668 | METHOD FOR FRAUD DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SCAN TECHNOLOGIES - A method is disclosed for detecting fraud. The method optically recognizes a character imprinted with a magnetic ink on a medium using a first optical character recognition algorithm. The method also optically recognizes the character using a second optical character recognition algorithm. In addition, the method magnetically recognizes the character using a magnetic recognition algorithm. The method determines if the character is potentially fraudulent based on the recognition results of the scan using the first optical character recognition algorithm, the scan using the second optical character recognition algorithm, and the magnetic scan. If the character is potentially fraudulent, the method communicates a fraud indicator. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310699 | Check Information Tampering Detection Method - A check processing system enables determining if tampering has occurred while sending check image information captured by a check processing device to a server. The digitally watermarked image information and the magnetic ink character data are then sent through a host computer to the server. If the image information is tampered with on the host computer, the server cannot extract the magnetic ink character data from the received image information, and even if the magnetic ink character data can be extracted, the extracted magnetic ink character data will be different from the magnetic ink character data received by the server. | 12-18-2008 |
20090016594 | Bank document image viewing apparatus and methods of a financial institution presenting an image of a bank document in a check truncation environment - A method is provided of a financial institution presenting an image of a bank document in a check truncation environment. The method comprises determining security permission level associated with a person to be presented with the image of the bank document, determining type of the bank document, locating a first sensitive area associated with the bank document, and presenting on a screen of a monitor the image of the bank document with the first sensitive area in the image being selectively blanked out based upon the security permission level associated with the person to be presented with the image of the bank document. | 01-15-2009 |
20090041330 | ENHANCED CHECK IMAGE DARKNESS MEASUREMENTS - A system, method and program product for measuring darkness of a check image. A system is disclosed that includes a system for capturing MICR code line image data from the black white check image; a system for determining a darkness value from the captured MICR code line image data; and a system for determining if the black white check image is acceptable by comparing the darkness value to a threshold, and for outputting a resulting analysis. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041331 | RECURSIVE IMAGE FILTERING - A system, method and program product for cleaning a black white image. A system is disclosed that includes a filtering system that applies a filter to the black white image, wherein the filter examines a set of neighboring pixels of each black pixel and determines if a black pixel being examined should be converted to a white pixel; and a recursive application system that causes the filtering system to repeatedly re-filter the black white image until a determination is made that the black white image is sufficiently cleaned. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046919 | MICR READER USING PHASE ANGLE EXTRACTED FROM FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS - A system and method for implementing phase angle based magnetic ink character recognition (MICR). A system is provided that includes: a segmentation system for segmenting inputted MICR data into sets of temporal data for inputted characters; a Fourier system for generating a set of phase angle components from temporal data for each inputted character; and a matching system for comparing the normalized set of phase angle components with each of a set of reference waveforms to determine an identity of the inputted character. | 02-19-2009 |
20090116725 | GRAY SCALE IMAGE CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gray scale image cleaning algorithm for improved check code line OCR. An image processing system for processing a gray scale image is provided that includes: a system for generating a first thresholded black white image from the gray scale image; a system for generating a second thresholded black white image from the gray scale image, wherein the second thresholded black white image is generated with a higher threshold value than the first thresholded black white image; and a system for logically combining the first and second thresholded black white images to generate a composite image. | 05-07-2009 |
20090123055 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED OPERATIONAL SEQUENCING - An automated document processing system is disclosed. The system includes a magnetic character reader located along a path of travel of a document. The system also includes a first image scanner located after the magnetic character reader along the path of travel, the first image scanner configured to capture an image of a first side of the document. The system further includes an endorser located after the magnetic character reader along the path of travel, where the endorser is configured to print an endorsement on at least one side of the document. The system also includes a second image scanner located after the endorser along the path of travel, the second image scanner configured to capture an image of the at least one side of the document endorsed by the endorser. | 05-14-2009 |
20090141962 | REMOTE DEPOSIT CAPTURE FOR THE GAMING INDUSTRY - A remote deposit capture system for distributed processing of check presentation can sense, or be instructed to differentiate, between deposit document types, including checks, cash withdrawals, and casino markets. Thereby, automated recognition and correction features can be selectively applied to an imaged deposit document. Thereby deposit documents that tend to use identical transaction codes, such as the same routing/transit numbers in magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) code line data, can be effectively processed without a high failure rate due to duplicate detection. Yet the advantages of duplicate detection are still leveraged against other deposit types. Alternatively or in addition, duplicate detection can be selected to not depend upon uniqueness of MICR code line data. | 06-04-2009 |
20090148028 | BI-DIRECTIONAL MAGNETIC CHARACTER READER - A manually operated document scanner and methods of operation and use are disclosed. The document scanner includes a document bed having a document positioning surface. The document scanner also includes a scanner module slidably attached to the document bed. The scanner module has a magnetic character reader, a first magnet placed along a leading edge of the magnetic character reader in a first direction of travel of the scanner module, and a second magnet placed along a leading edge of the magnetic character reader in a second direction of travel of the scanner module opposite to the first direction of travel. | 06-11-2009 |
20090148029 | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition ('MICR') Signal Generation For A MICR - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (‘MICR’) signal generation for a MICR character configured on a medium that include: exposing, by an emitter, an electromagnetic signal to the MICR character, the MICR character absorbing a portion of the electromagnetic signal; detecting, by a receiver, a remaining portion of the electromagnetic signal, the remaining portion of the electromagnetic signal representing the character density for the MICR character; generating a character density signal, the character density signal being dependent upon the detected remaining portion of the electromagnetic signal; and determining a MICR signal for the MICR character, the MICR signal being dependent upon the character density signal. | 06-11-2009 |
20090185737 | SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING OF CHECKS - The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; submitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document. | 07-23-2009 |
20090263004 | Prioritized exception processing system and method with in a check processing system and method - A system and method of processing paper checks that divides into two independent paths the processing of a data file representing a check and the digital image of the check. The data files and image files are separated both in time and in space, with the data files being used to promptly initiate the transfer of funds to and from appropriate accounts, while the paper checks, at a remote location and typically lagging in time, are scanned to create digital image files and deposited as an image or substitute check if deemed ACH ineligible. The method provides for the comparison of data files to image files, based on MICR information, to find any unmatching or mismatched items for exception processing and a process to manage ACH-ineligible items as an image or substitute check. The system and method further provides for sorting exceptions according to transaction type (ACH eligible versus ACH-ineligible) and prioritizing the further processing of the exceptions based on transaction type. | 10-22-2009 |
20100014743 | COMPACT MULTIPASS DOCUMENT PROCESSOR - An apparatus for capturing data and images from checks and other financial and payment-related documents includes a compact, desktop document processor base unit and a transport stage including a plurality of processing devices and a multipass document track. The transport stage conveys the documents through the multipass document track and past tile plurality of processing devices. The transport stage receives a document from the input slot on the base unit, routes the document multiple consecutive times through the multipass document track, and then directs the document to the output slot on the base unit. The introduction of the multiple pass process may provide sufficient apparent track length for all legally required features for Check 21 in a small footprint. For example, magnetic ink character reading, endorsing, and rear imaging may be performed on separate passes of the document through the document track. | 01-21-2010 |
20100074510 | Cheque Recognition Device and Method - A cheque recognition device includes a magnetic ink character recognition unit disposed on a cheque moving path along which an introduced cheque is transferred such that it can recognize a magnetic ink character printed on the cheque headed for one side of the cheque moving path; and a control unit for analyzing the magnetic ink character recognized in the magnetic ink character recognition unit to verify whether or not the cheque is normal. | 03-25-2010 |
20100310148 | Document Input Module - A document input module ( | 12-09-2010 |
20110091092 | SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND REMITTANCE PROCESSING - The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document. | 04-21-2011 |
20110206266 | Comparison of optical and magnetic character data for identification of character defect type - A system for determining a plurality of PCS values for a document image representing a document having at least one area of interest on a surface of the physical item for containing critical data and a background image positioned on the surface, the document suitable for positioning in a digital image recorder, the system comprising: an input module configured for obtaining a plurality of reflectance values distributed across the surface of the document; a memory configured for storing a plurality of PCS threshold values assigned to a corresponding plurality of locations on the surface; a calculation module configured for determining respective PCS values of a plurality of target portions of the surface, each of the respective PCS values based on a target reflectance value of the corresponding target portion and a region reflectance value of a corresponding defined region located adjacent to the target portion on the surface, each of the defined regions being different for each of the target portions, each of the respective PCS values assigned a location of the surface representative of the location of the target portion, the size of the defined region being greater than the size of the target portion, the target reflectance values and the region reflectance values being determined from said plurality of reflectance values; a comparison module configured for determining from the memory a plurality of PCS threshold values having specified surface locations matching the assigned locations of the calculated PCS values and for comparing the PCS threshold values with the calculated PCS values to determine whether the target portions satisfy their respective PCS threshold values; wherein the degree of target portions that satisfy their PCS threshold value is indicative of the acceptability of the design of the background image when processed by the digital image recorder. | 08-25-2011 |
20110206267 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the documents from the transport mechanism after being transported past the image scanner and the discrimination unit. The image scanner obtains an image of the documents, obtains an image of a selected area of the documents, and obtains information contained in the selected area of the document. The discrimination unit determines the authenticity of the document. A system controller directs the flows of documents over the transport mechanism. | 08-25-2011 |
20110243422 | PAPER-SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PAPER-SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A paper-sheet processing apparatus including a reading unit, a risk-level determining unit, and a check processing unit is provided. The reading unit reads, from a check, check information containing drawer information for identifying a drawer of the check. The risk-level determining unit acquires a transaction history associated with a check in the name of the drawer based on the drawer information read by the reading unit, and determines a risk level of the check based on a comparison result between the acquired transaction history and the check information read by the reading unit. The check processing unit processes the check based on a processing content corresponding to the risk level determined by the risk-level determining unit. | 10-06-2011 |
20130034292 | CONTROL FEATURES IN A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CHECKS AND CHECK TRANSACTIONS - A method of processing paper checks that divides into two independent paths the processing of a data file representing a check and the digital image of the check. The data files and image files are separated both in time and in space, with the data files being used to promptly initiate the transfer of funds to and from appropriate accounts, while the paper checks, at a remote location and typically lagging in time, are scanned to create digital image files and deposited as an image or substitute check if deemed ACH ineligible. The process further provides for a trial period protocol for performing image matching on ACH-eligible items during a trial period before sending such transactions for settlement. | 02-07-2013 |
20130071005 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER - Disclosed are a magnetic ink character recognition method, apparatus and system. The method includes: reading a magnetic signal of a magnetic ink character on a medium to be recognized; acquiring the amplitude characteristic data of the magnetic ink character according to the magnetic signal thereof; and performing spectral angle cosine match processing on the amplitude characteristic data of the magnetic ink character to obtain the recognition result of the magnetic ink character. The present method can reduce the stability requirements on the magnetic signal and improve the recognition rate of the magnetic signal. | 03-21-2013 |
20130101200 | COMPARISON OF OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC CHARACTER DATA FOR IDENTIFICATION OF CHARACTER DEFECT TYPE - A system for determining a plurality of PCS values for a document image representing a document having at least one area of interest on a surface of the physical item for containing critical data and a background image positioned on the surface, the document suitable for positioning in a digital image recorder, the system determines from the memory a plurality of PCS threshold values having specified surface locations matching the assigned locations of the calculated PCS values and compares the PCS threshold values with the calculated PCS values to determine whether the target portions satisfy their respective PCS threshold values; wherein the degree of target portions that satisfy their PCS threshold value is indicative of the acceptability of the design of the background image when processed by the digital image recorder. | 04-25-2013 |
20130287284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING PAYMENT DOCUMENTS DURING MOBILE IMAGE PROCESSING - Systems and methods are provided for processing an image of a financial payment document captured using a mobile device and classifying the type of payment document in order to extract the content therein. These methods may be implemented on a mobile device or a central server, and can be used to identify content on the payment document and determine whether the payment document is ready to be processed by a business or financial institution. The system can identify the type of payment document by identifying features on the payment document and performing a series of steps to determine probabilities that the payment document belongs to a specific document type. The identification steps are arranged starting with the fastest step in order to attempt to quickly determine the payment document type without requiring lengthy, extensive analysis. | 10-31-2013 |
20130322731 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS THROUGH PAPER DOCUMENT - A system for making commercial transactions through a paper document includes: a device ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130322732 | SELF-SERVICE CHECK CASHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A self-service check cashing system and method which performs preliminary tests on a check to reduce queue length at attendant check cashing stations. An example method includes obtaining an amount of a check from a customer by the self-service terminal, obtaining information from an image of a check by the self-service terminal, performing a plurality of tests by the self-service terminal, including tests using the information from the image to determine whether the check was properly completed; and displaying instructions to the customer by the self-service terminal to go to an attendant terminal to complete a second phase of the check cashing transaction when the self-service terminal determines that the test results were positive. | 12-05-2013 |
20130329983 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The character recognition unit | 12-12-2013 |
20130329984 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The recognition rate is improved and recognition errors are suppressed when recognizing magnetic ink characters. A character recognition unit calculates a total difference by calculating the total of the differences between the character waveform data and the reference waveform data for each magnetic ink character within the area of one character; calculates a partial difference by summing the differences between character waveform data and reference waveform data in a target area, which is the area corresponding to a stroke that is 2 mesh or more wide in the area of one character; executing a correction process that reduces the value of the partial difference; and recognizing the candidate character as the magnetic ink character that was read when the total difference after the correction process is less than or equal to a threshold value. | 12-12-2013 |
20130336569 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The recognition rate is improved and recognition errors are suppressed when recognizing magnetic ink characters. A character recognition unit | 12-19-2013 |
20130336570 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM EXECUTED BY A CONTROL UNIT THAT CONTROLS A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE - The recognition rate is improved when recognizing magnetic ink characters. The character recognition unit of a check reader scales and adjusts the waveform of the reference waveform data for each magnetic ink character referenced to a scaling point set in each character, recognizes the read magnetic ink character based on the difference between the reference waveform data after adjustment and the character waveform data, and when there are three peaks exceeding a specific level in the reference waveform data, sets two scaling points F1, F2 in the waveform of the reference waveform data and scales the waveform of the reference waveform data referenced to the two scaling points F1, F2. | 12-19-2013 |
20140023262 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - The recognition rate is improved while suppressing the processing time. The character recognition unit | 01-23-2014 |
20150016707 | DEVICE STAND FOR POINT-OF-SALE MOBILE DEVICES - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to employing adaptive multi-feature semantic location sensing methods to estimate the semantic location of a mobile device. An image of a transaction document may be captured. The captured image to a processing server for processing magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) information from the captured image of the transaction document may be transmitted. A processing result of processing the MICR information from the captured image of the transaction document may be received. The processing result of the MICR information with the captured image of the transaction document may be compared. In response to the comparison, the MICR information to a payment verification server may be submitted for verification. | 01-15-2015 |
20150023582 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESOLUTION CONVERSION OF TEXTUAL CONTENT OR MAGNETIC INK CHARACTER RECOGNITION (MICR) CONTENT - A method and a system for resolution conversion of textual content or Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) content in an image are provided. The method includes receiving image data of the image, the image data having a plurality of image planes having essentially the same resolution, wherein at least one of the plurality of image planes includes textual image data configured to be rendered by a print engine with an output resolution different from the remaining image planes; processing the at least one of the plurality of image planes to identify one or more characters contained therein and to obtain character encoding data and positional information for the one or more identified characters; and processing the obtained character encoding data and the obtained positional information to generate an output data at the output resolution for the at least one of the plurality of image planes. | 01-22-2015 |
20150370210 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC READING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AS WELL AS PRINTER - Disclosed are a multifunction magnetic reading device and a control method thereof as well as a printer. The multifunction magnetic reading device comprises a magnetic head component ( | 12-24-2015 |
20160125251 | EXTRACTING CARD DATA WITH CARD MODELS - Embodiments herein provide computer-implemented techniques for allowing a user computing device to extract financial card information using optical character recognition (“OCR”). Extracting financial card information may be improved by applying various classifiers and other transformations to the image data. For example, applying a linear classifier to the image to determine digit locations before applying the OCR algorithm allows the user computing device to use less processing capacity to extract accurate card data. The OCR application may train a classifier to use the wear patterns of a card to improve OCR algorithm performance. The OCR application may apply a linear classifier and then a nonlinear classifier to improve the performance and the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. The OCR application uses the known digit patterns used by typical credit and debit cards to improve the accuracy of the OCR algorithm. | 05-05-2016 |
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382140000 | Including an optical imager or reader | 32 |
20080292175 | Information processing methodology - An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage. | 11-27-2008 |
20090185738 | METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING OF CHECKS - The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document. | 07-23-2009 |
20100014744 | DATA READING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PRINTER - A data reading apparatus includes: a medium-transporting unit configured to transport a medium on which magnetic ink characters are printed; a reading mechanism configured to read the magnetic ink characters printed on the medium in the form of a magnetic waveform; a correction-value storage unit configured to store a correction value inherent to the data reading apparatus, the correction value having been calculated from an error determined by comparing a reference magnetic waveform acquired by reading reference magnetic ink characters printed on a reference medium in a reference data reading apparatus, with the magnetic waveform actually acquired by reading the reading mechanism; a correction unit configured to correct, by using the correction value, the magnetic waveform acquired when the reading mechanism reads the magnetic ink characters printed on the medium; and a decryption unit configured to decrypt the magnetic ink characters printed on the medium, in accordance with the magnetic waveform corrected by the correction unit. | 01-21-2010 |
20100092066 | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Apparatus and Magnetic Ink Character Recognition Method - Column misalignment between a magnetically-recognized character string and an optically-recognized character string is corrected to improve character recognition reliability. A character string is read magnetically and the result outputted. The same character string is also read optically and the result outputted. A magnetic data reading unit detects the magnetism of a character string printed in magnetic ink and outputs the detected magnetic data. A recognition result comparing unit then applies a column offset detection process to detect misalignment between the character columns in the magnetic and optical results, then applies a column offset correction process to correct any column offset and align corresponding character columns. The comparing unit then compares corresponding character columns in the magnetic data recognition result and image data recognition result. For each position comparison, the comparing unit outputs the common character if the magnetically-recognized and optically-recognized character at that position match, or a question mark if the magnetically-recognized and optically-recognized character at the position do not match or if one or both of the magnetically-recognized or optically-recognized character is missing. | 04-15-2010 |
20100142795 | OPTICAL IMAGING AND ANALYSIS OF A GRAPHIC SYMBOL - Method, computer program product, and apparatus are provided for identifying a graphic symbol within an image obtained by optical scanning. An image intensity is measured for each of a plurality of columns of the image, wherein each column has a length that extends across the graphic symbol in a first direction, and wherein the plurality of columns collectively extend across the graphic symbol in a second direction. The graphic symbol is then identified by matching a profile of the image intensity to a predetermined image intensity profile associated with a given graphic symbol. Optionally, the image is a digital image and the image intensity for each column is the sum of the image intensity for each pixel in that individual column. An image intensity differential between adjacent columns may be calculated for matching with a predetermined differential profile or comparison with an electronic profile generated by a magnetic scan. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150424 | SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING OF CHECKS - The present invention relates to automated document processing and more particularly, to methods and systems for document image capture and processing using mobile devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image capture on a mobile communication device are provided such that the image is optimized and enhanced for data extraction from the document as depicted. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image of a document using a mobile communication device; transmitting the image to a server; and processing the image to create a bi-tonal image of the document for data extraction. Additionally, these methods and systems may comprise capturing a first image of a document using the mobile communication device; automatically detecting the document within the image; geometrically correcting the image; binarizing the image; correcting the orientation of the image; correcting the size of the image; and outputting the resulting image of the document. | 06-17-2010 |
20100208977 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device and a control method for a recording device improve the accuracy of reading MICR information while also shortening the time required for recording media processing. A dot impact printer | 08-19-2010 |
20100226559 | Simultaneously Scanning Multiple Checks - Simultaneous scanning of multiple checks. In one example embodiment, a method for simultaneous scanning of multiple checks with a flatbed scanner includes several acts. First, a front side of a transparent sleeve is scanned on a flatbed scanner in order to create a first image. The sleeve has multiple pockets with a check positioned in each pocket. The sleeve further has multiple alignment markings on the front side and on a back side of the sleeve. Next, the back side of the sleeve is scanned on the flatbed scanner in order to create a second image. Then, it is determined from the respective positions of the alignment markings on the first image and on the second image that the sleeve was rotated between scans. Finally, one of the first and second images is automatically rotated to match the other image in order to align each front/back check image pair. | 09-09-2010 |
20100246928 | BANKNOTE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND BANKNOTE RECOGNITION METHOD - A banknote recognition apparatus ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100296720 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DUAL-SPEED DOCUMENT PROCESSOR - A document processor and method of use are disclosed. In one aspect, a document processor includes a path of travel of a document, a magnetic ink character reader, and an image scanner. The magnetic ink character reader is located along the path of travel and positioned to read magnetic characters printed on a document passing along the path of travel. The image scanner is located along the path of travel and oriented to capture an image of a surface of a document passing along the path of travel. The document processor also includes at least one drive mechanism located along the path of travel and configured to guide a document along the path of travel in a first direction during operation of the magnetic ink character reader, and further configured to guide the document along the path of travel in a second direction opposite the first direction during operation of the image scanner. The drive mechanism is configured to guide the document along the path of travel in the first direction at a first speed, and guide the document along the path of travel in a second direction at a second speed. | 11-25-2010 |
20100329537 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) FONT TO ASSIST AN OPERATOR IN SETTING UP A BANK REMITTANCE COUPON APPLICATION - A computer-implemented method is provided of identifying an optical character recognition (OCR) font to assist an operator in setting up a bank remittance coupon application. The computer-implemented method comprises electronically on a processor reading an OCR font in a zone of the bank remittance coupon, electronically on a processor comparing the read OCR font with an OCR font stored in a look-up table to determine if the read OCR font meets predetermined criteria, and storing the read OCR font into a configuration file to setup at least a portion of the bank remittance coupon application when the read OCR font meets the predetermined criteria. | 12-30-2010 |
20110206268 | Optical waveform generation and use based on print characteristics for MICR data of paper documents - A method and system for determining an optical waveform based on a plurality of print features of a selected marking of a document. The method and system comprise obtaining optical image data representing the print features of the selected marking. The optical image data is corrected for at least one of print contrast or reflectance of the print features in the optical image data using respective print contrast thresholds or reflectance thresholds to produce a converted pixel map of the selected marking, the pixel map containing an ordered sequence of values. Also included is a generation module to transform the print features represented in the converted pixel map to a plurality of corresponding waveform features to produce the optical waveform of the selected marking, the corresponding waveform features including a plurality of spaced apart peaks representing respective optical signal levels of the print features. | 08-25-2011 |
20110216960 | Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method - An automated banking machine operates responsive to data read from user cards to accept checks and dispense cash to authorized machine users. The machine can compare image data and magnetic data obtained from a check to determine the genuineness of the check. The machine can also determine whether a machine user is authorized to exchange a check for cash. A cash dispenser can be operated to dispense cash to a machine user in exchange for a deposited check. The machine dispenses the cash responsive to communications with a transaction host. | 09-08-2011 |
20120008851 | Remote negotiable instrument processor - An electronic method and device are provided to facilitate the capture of Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data information present on negotiable instruments. As an input device, a MICR reader capable of reading magnetic ink character recognition data is provided. As an output channel, an audio jack adapted to be plugged into an audio port of a mobile phone is provided. The device is attached to an audio port of a mobile phone. A negotiable instrument is swiped through the MICR reader. If the amount of the negotiable instrument is not included in the MICR data, the amount of the negotiable instrument is entered into the mobile phone. The MICR data and amount of the negotiable instrument are transmitted to create an electronic instrument. | 01-12-2012 |
20120170829 | Check Boundary Detection by String Literal Analysis - A method of locating a check image region within a document image comprising the steps of locating a magnetic ink character recognition region of the check and calculating the top of the check relative to the magnetic ink character recognition region by detection of string literals having a historical and/or contextual relationship to the upper check boundary. | 07-05-2012 |
20130156290 | METHODS OF OPERATING AN IMAGE-BASED CHECK PROCESSING SYSTEM TO DETECT A DOUBLE FEED CONDITION OF CARRIER ENVELOPES AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method is provided of operating an image-based check processing system to detect a double feed condition of carrier envelopes. The method comprises attempting to read a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) codeline from a first predefined area of an image of a document item. Based upon the attempted read of a MICR codeline from the first predefined area of the item image, a determination is made if the document item is a carrier envelope. A conclusion is made that the document item is not a double-fed item when a determination is made that the document item is a carrier envelope. A conclusion is made that the document item is potentially a double-fed item when a determination is made that the document item is not a carrier envelope. The method may further comprise attempting to read a MICR codeline from a second predefined area which is different from the first predefined area of the item image. Based upon the attempted read of a MICR codeline from the second predefined area of the item image, a determination is made if the item image has a valid MICR codeline. A conclusion is made that the document item is not a double-fed item when a determination is made that a valid MICR codeline has been read from the second predefined area of the item image. A conclusion is made that the document item is potentially a double-fed item when a determination is made that a valid MICR codeline has not been read from the second predefined area of the item image. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156291 | METHODS OF OPERATING AN IMAGE-BASED CHECK PROCESSING SYSTEM TO DETECT A DOUBLE FEED CONDITION OF CHECKS AND AN APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method is provided of operating an image-based check processing system to detect a double feed condition of checks. The method comprises attempting to read a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) codeline from front of a check item. The method also comprises electronically by a rear imaging camera, capturing image data which is representative of a rear image of the check item as the check item is transported from an upstream end of the document feed path to a downstream end of the document feed path. The method further comprises alerting an operator when information from the attempted read of a MICR codeline from front of the check item and information from the rear image of the check item meet predetermined criteria which is indicative the check item comprising two overlapping checks. | 06-20-2013 |
20130182937 | OPTICAL WAVEFORM GENERATION AND USE BASED ON PRINT CHARACTERISTICS FOR MICR DATA OF PAPER DOCUMENTS - A method and system for determining an optical waveform based on a plurality of print features of a selected marking of a document. The method and system comprise obtaining optical image data representing the print features of the selected marking. The optical image data is corrected for at least one of print contrast or reflectance of the print features in the optical image data using respective print contrast thresholds or reflectance thresholds to produce a converted pixel map of the selected marking, the pixel map containing an ordered sequence of values. Also included is a generation module to transform the print features represented in the converted pixel map to a plurality of corresponding waveform features to produce the optical waveform of the selected marking, the corresponding waveform features including a plurality of spaced apart peaks representing respective optical signal levels of the print features. | 07-18-2013 |
20130243303 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device and a control method for a recording device improve the accuracy of reading MICR information while also shortening the time required for recording media processing. A dot impact printer | 09-19-2013 |
20130251236 | Check Processing Method, Check Processing Program Medium, And Check Processing Apparatus - Check processing involves scanning a back of a check having no printed authorization data to capture a back image; scanning a front of the check to capture a front image of the check, the front of the check being preprinted with magnetic ink characters; generating authorization data indicating that the check is valid based on a reading of the magnetic ink characters and a response from an external analysis source, the authorization data being generated electronically; generating an electronic merged image by electronically combining the back image with the authorization data in a predetermined area, the electronic merged image being generated without printing the authorization data on the check; and storing the electronic merged image with the front image. The check processing can be embodied in a method, apparatus, or instructions embodied on a machine-readable medium. | 09-26-2013 |
20140023263 | RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF A RECORDING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - The recognition rate is improved and recognition errors suppressed when recognizing magnetic ink characters. The character recognition unit | 01-23-2014 |
20140072201 | Automatic image capture - An improved automatic image capture system for an intelligent mobile device having a camera guides a user to position the camera so only a single image needs to be automatically captured. Syntactic features, using a view finder on a display of the intelligent mobile device, are used to guide a user to maximize the occupancy of the view finder with the document so that the document is maximized within the view finder based upon detected corners of the document. When occupancy is maximized, the camera automatically captures the image of the document for post-processing using semantic knowledge of the document. A confidence level is computed based on the semantic knowledge to qualify an image with greater accuracy, and without user intervention, prior to transmission to a remote site. | 03-13-2014 |
20150125062 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A RECORDING DEVICE - A recording device and a control method for a recording device improve the accuracy of reading MICR information while also shortening the time required for recording media processing. A dot impact printer | 05-07-2015 |
20150294523 | DOCUMENT IMAGE CAPTURING AND PROCESSING - The present invention relates to the automated processing of documents and, more specifically, to methods and systems for aligning, capturing and processing document images using mobile and desktop devices. In accordance with various embodiments, methods and systems for document image alignment, capture, transmission, and verification are provided such that accurate data capture is optimized. These methods and systems may comprise capturing an image on a mobile or stationary device, analyzing images using iterative and weighting procedures, locating the edges or corners of the document, providing geometric correction of document images, converting the color image into a black and white image, transmitting images to a server, and testing the accuracy of the images captured and transmitted. | 10-15-2015 |
20150347860 | Systems And Methods For Character Sequence Recognition With No Explicit Segmentation - Differing embodiments of this disclosure may be employed to perform character sequence recognition with no explicit character segmentation. According to some embodiments, the character sequence recognition process may comprise generating a predicted character sequence for a first representation of a first image comprising a first plurality of pixels by: sliding a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) classifier over the first representation of the first image one pixel position at a time until reaching an extent of the first representation of the first image; recording a likelihood value for each of k potential output classes at each pixel position, wherein one of the k potential output classes comprises a background class; determining a sequence of most likely output classes at each pixel position; decoding the sequence by removing identical consecutive output class determinations and background class determinations from the determined sequence; and validating the decoded sequence using one or more predetermined heuristics. | 12-03-2015 |
20160005253 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program - An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit that reads the front surface of a medium irradiated with first light to acquire a first image, and reads the front surface of the medium irradiated with second light including ultraviolet rays to acquire a second image, by driving an image sensor, a first corrected-image generating unit that generates a first corrected image by decreasing brightness of the first image, a second corrected-image generating unit that generates a second corrected image by increasing contrast of the second image, and a synthetic image generating unit that generates a synthetic image by synthesizing the first corrected image and the second corrected image. | 01-07-2016 |
20160125613 | MOBILE DOCUMENT DETECTION AND ORIENTATION BASED ON REFERENCE OBJECT CHARACTERISTICS - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting, estimating, calculating, etc. characteristics of a document based on reference objects depicted on the document are disclosed. In one approach, a computer-implemented method for processing a digital image depicting a document includes analyzing the digital image to determine one or more of a presence and a location of one or more reference objects; determining one or more geometric characteristics of at least one of the reference objects; defining one or more region(s) of interest based at least in part on one or more of the determined geometric characteristics; and detecting a presence or an absence of an edge of the document within each defined region of interest. Additional embodiments leverage the type of document depicted in the image, multiple frames of image data, and/or calculate or extrapolate document edges rather than locating edges in the image. | 05-05-2016 |
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