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Intelligent document handling system
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Inventors: Mazur, Richard A.; Csulits, Frank M.; Mennie, Douglas U.;
Assignee: Cummins-Allison Corp. (Mt. Prospect, IL)
Primary Examiner: Bartuska; F. J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jenkens & Gilchrist
A document handling system is adapted to evaluate documents such as currencies of any denomination or type without having been pre-programmed with data representative of the denominations or types. The currency handling system is capable of generating such data internally, by scanning sets of master currency bills to obtain master information representative of the master bills which may be used to evaluate subsequent test bills. The master currency bills may comprise bills of different currency types, including bills issued by different countries. The master information may comprise numerical and/or non-numerical data. The evaluation of the test bills is based on a comparison of either pre-stored or self-generated master information with scanned data values associated with the test bills. Master information derived by one machine may be quickly and efficiently loaded into one or more other machines through a flash card loading system, thereby permitting the other machine(s) to evaluate authenticate test bills using master information obtained by the first machine. In one embodiment, the master information and characteristic data are normalized before denomination or authentication is performed to account for variations in individual machines. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a document handling system for evaluating documents with respect to master information, the document handling system being operable in a learn mode and a standard mode, the document handling system comprising at least one input device adapted in the learn mode to obtain from an authentic document master information associated with one or more attributes of the authentic document, a memory for storing the master information obtained from at least one master document of each of at least two different types, and an operator actuatable selector for selecting the learn mode.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a document handling method comprising the steps of obtaining master information associated with one or more attributes of at least one master documents, and storing data related to the master information obtained from at least two documents of different types in a resident memory.
In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, a document handling system for evaluating documents with respect to independently derived master information, the document handling system being operable in a learn mode and a standard mode, the document handling system comprising at least one sensor, adapted in the learn mode to obtain from a master document, master information associated with one or more attributes of the master document, the sensor being adapted in the standard mode to obtain from test documents, test data associated with one or more attributes of the test documents, a processor, adapted in the standard mode to evaluate each of the test documents comparing the test data associated with a selected one of the attributes to the master information corresponding to the selected one of the attributes, a memory for storing the master information obtained from at least one document of each of at least two different types, and an operator actuable selector for alternatively selecting the learn mode and the standard mode
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