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6351550 Seal imprint verifying apparatus  
A seal imprint verifying apparatus for conducting verifying work of a seal imprint more properly than in the past is provided. When an image data of the seal imprint surface of a bill, etc. is...
6351552 Predestruction note image audit  
Apparatus and methods for identifying a note that has been destroyed or dispensed. The apparatus and methods determine and record the image of the note just prior to or as the note is being engaged...
6351551 Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting document  
A currency counting and discrimination device for receiving a stack of currency bills, rapidly counting and discriminating the bills in the stack, and then re-stacking the bills. The device...
6343138 Security documents with hidden digital data  
An identification code signal is hidden in a carrier signal (such as an electronic data signal or a physical medium) in a manner that permits the identification signal later to be discerned. The...
6343204 Detection and deterrence of counterfeiting of documents with tokens characteristic color and spacing  
Detection and deterrence of counterfeiting permits one to make legitimate color copies without introducing visual artifacts or experiencing substantial processing delays. An efficient counterfeit...
6331898 Encoded data printing apparatus and method for printing a code and an image on the same medium  
A code printing method and apparatus which prints an image and a code on the same recording medium. The apparatus stores a plurality of density patterns corresponding to each density, and codes...
6292579 Document validator having an inductive sensor  
A document validator includes a document path along which a document is conveyed and an inductive sensor for sensing features of the document. The sensor has a first inductive element disposed on a...
6289125 Image processing device and method for indentifying an input image, and copier scanner and printer including same  
An image processing device is disclosed which can reliably detect documents which may not be copied, which has a very small probability of false positives, and which can handle newly issued...
6278795 Multi-pocket currency discriminator  
A multi-pocket currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device has an input receptacle for receiving a stack of...
6272245 Apparatus and method for pattern recognition  
Features characterizing at least two significant portions or regions of the printed pattern on a model document are extracted from a scanned-in image of the model document. Statistical...
6241069 Intelligent currency handling system  
A document handling system for evaluating documents with respect to master information, has at least one input device adapted to obtain from at least one authentic document information associated...
6237739 Intelligent document handling system  
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....
6234294 Method and system for recognition of currency by denomination  
A currency note condition recognition apparatus and method uses a programmed microelectronic CPU to execute program instructions stored in a PROM to read in pixel data from an optical imaging...
6236745 Method and apparatus for screening documents  
A method and apparatus for screening documents such as bank notes 1 for suitability for continued circulation, in which a damage index is computed for each document from a number of factors...
6195453 Method for laser printing MICR encoded negotiable instruments from graphic images  
An improved method for accurately and correctly encoding and printing complete checks on blank paper sheets from graphic check images. The method includes inputting into a computer a graphic image...
6195452 Method of authenticating negotiable instruments  
The subject invention is a process for improving the process of authenticating a negotiable instrument such as checks, comprising the usage of a series of coded designated portions on the face of...
6188787 Image recognition method and device and copier and scanner employing same  
An image recognition method and device detects an object mark reliably even when the mark is defaced with a different color. RGB signals are transmitted to color extraction unit. The color...
6185321 Image forming system  
In an image forming system, a digital copying machine, which is requested to determine image data, stores determination history data including a result of determination in its memory when the...
6181812 Two-pass document image processing method and system  
Disclosed is a system for processing documents in a two pass arrangement. During the first pass, an image is stored along with a digital image signature relating to a portion of said image. On the...
6181813 Method for counterfeit currency detection using orthogonal line comparison  
An anti-counterfeit currency detection method is disclosed wherein local edge information is utilized for accurately detecting lines and curves of legitimate notes. The method can more accurately...
6167147 Security document including pseudo-random image and method of making the same  
A security document is provided comprising: a security image area on the face of the document and a printed security image within the security image area. At least a portion of the security image...
6128401 Image reading or processing with ability to prevent copying of certain originals  
There is disclosed an apparatus for image reading or processing, that can precisely identify a particular pattern, such as of banknotes or securities of faithful copying of which is to be...
6125195 Bill validator of master-slave type and method for download of validator  
A bill validator of master-slave type is provided for easy downloading. A master discriminating circuit (40) is switched from a validating mode to a master mode by operation of the master mode...
6115494 Image processing method and device and scanner and printer equipped with same  
A method and apparatus to detect marks of a specified shape and color on a document and to extract a specified pattern consisting of a number of these marks. An RGB color signal is sent, color by...
6104812 Anti-counterfeiting method and apparatus using digital screening  
An apparatus and process for hiding the secondary image within the primary image and generating a high quality hard copy of the unified elemental image of a variety of media. The process comprises...
6101266 Apparatus and method of determining conditions of bank notes  
An apparatus and method for providing an indication of a type and/or a condition of a note passing through the apparatus includes a note transport (12) which moves the note past transversely spaced...
6094500 Apparatus for authenticating sheets  
A self-service deposit terminal (10) is arranged to authenticate bank notes by exposing them to ultra-violet (UV) light which causes forged notes comprising wood-based paper to fluoresce. Each note...
6091844 Image processing device and method for identifying an input image and copier including same  
An image processing device and method for identifying an input image and a copier including such an image processing device and method. The image processing device forms a gradated image from the...
6078683 Method and system for recognition of currency by denomination  
A denomination recognition apparatus and method uses a programmed microelectronic CPU (14) to execute program instructions (19) stored in PROM (18) to read in pixel data from an optical imaging...
6078682 Image processing apparatus and method, and image reading apparatus  
An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method both offering a high-precision and general-purpose capability of identifying an image...
6072896 Method and apparatus for document identification  
A currency identification system has at least two laterally displaced scanheads, one or more laterally moveable scanheads, or at least two laterally displaced sensors of a linear scanhead, the...
6068194 Software loading system for an automatic funds processing system  
A software loading system for a funds processing station for recording and reconciling financial data, the software loading system comprises a resident memory containing an initial software code to...
6067374 Seal detection system and method  
A currency detection method that detects seals on currency in order to prevent printing and defeat counterfeiting. Seal patterns are detected. The detector has the ability to identify whether an...
6050387 Device and method for identifying bank note  
A device and method for identifying a bank note with simple construction offering easy adjustment and a reliable performance independent of the environment under which it works. The device enables...
6040584 Method and for system for detecting damaged bills  
A method and system for determining the extent of deterioration of a bill includes generating transmitted and reflected light images. The reflected and transmitted light intensities of the...
6026175 Currency discriminator and authenticator having the capability of having its sensing characteristics remotely altered  
A document handling system communicates with a host system such as a cash settlement machine. The operator of the host system enters the denomination of the notes to be counted by the note counting...
6014453 Counterfeit detecting method and device to generate counterfeit probability data and apparatus employing same  
The invention accurately generates counterfeit probability data indicating that a non-reproducible document is being processed even when the pattern which identifies such documents has been...
6011866 Template formation method and apparatus  
A method of determining an indicator for the presence of an image is disclosed in which the image is comprised of a two dimensional array of pixels. The method finds particular use in the...
6006209 Automatic cash transaction apparatus  
An automatic cash transaction apparatus includes a deposit/payment port for depositing/paying bills; a circulatable bill storage unit for storing therein circulatable bills used to be paid among...
6002800 Image detection system  
An image detection system is disclosed for the detection of an image in an input pixel stream. An image is input as a input pixel stream and accumulated and converted into cells which are formed...
5992601 Method and apparatus for document identification and authentication  
A currency discriminating apparatus comprising an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills and a transport mechanism for transporting the bills, one at a time, past a discriminating...
5982956 Secure method for duplicating sensitive documents  
A method and device for securely duplicating sensitive documents. A marking element is entered on the original document to identify its confidential nature, as well as an encoded rules elements...
5982918 Automatic funds processing system  
A funds processing system receives, dispenses, and sorts currency and substantially immediately furnishes an associated accounting system with data, including the value of the currency processed,...
5970165 Paper discriminating device including peak counting and analysis  
A papers discriminating device which improves the accuracy in true or false judgment of imitation papers which are made by pasting parts of genuine papers on other papers. To a conventional...
5966456 Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents  
A currency evaluating device for receiving a stack of currency bills, rapidly discriminating the bills in the stack and then re-stacking the bills which comprises an input receptacle, a transport...
5964336 Bill identifying apparatus and a bill identifying method  
A sensor section for obtaining identification data from a bill passing through a bill transfer path can selectively be mounted in a plurality of positions on the body of a bill identifying...
5960103 Method and apparatus for authenticating and discriminating currency  
A system for authenticating documents comprises in one embodiment an ultraviolet light source illuminating a document to be tested, an ultraviolet light detector for detecting the ultraviolet light...
5947255 Method of discriminating paper notes  
The present invention provides a discrimination method which reduces memory size and validate bills at a high speed. According to the present invention, reflected light or transmitted light from a...
5933520 Image processing apparatus  
The color tone distributions of a plurality of types of specific originals are stored in advance in a ROM, and a first similarity between the color tone distributions corresponding to a...
5917619 Image forming apparatus  
The present invention provides a color tone detection sensor for detecting the tone of a color actually printed, a color conversion processing section for executing color conversion to inputted...
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