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7609872 Method and apparatus for verifying the authenticity of documents  
A method for verifying the authenticity of a document utilizes artifacts of the printing process. The method includes optically capturing at a predetermined magnification a first image of an...
7583821 Apparatus for classifying a material by analyzing the material's surface, and related systems and method  
An apparatus classifies a material, which may include identifying the material, identifying the type of the material, or identifying the type of the material's surface. The apparatus includes a...
7499580 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...
7480403 Apparatus, system, and method for fraud detection using multiple scan technologies  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for detecting fraud. A first optical character recognition module optically recognizes a character imprinted with a magnetic ink on a medium using a...
7469824 Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine system and method  
An automated banking machine system and method includes ATMs which accept checks and dispense cash to users. The ATMs are operated to acquire image and magnetic data from deposited checks to...
7437000 Full spectrum color detecting pixel camera  
This invention comprises the means for the capture of full spectrum images in an electronic camera without the use of color primary filters to limit the spectral color gamut of the captured image....
7433098 Document processing system with improved image quality assurance  
A document processing system comprising an image capture subsystem for capturing selected image metrics and at least one image rendition from a plurality of documents and for determining if at...
7406183 System and method of sorting document images based on image quality  
A document processing system and method for using image quality to sort documents. The document processing system comprises: a document sorting system that designates a destination pocket for each...
7403306 Image reading with high fit accuracy  
An image reading apparatus includes a guide rod; a housing member having a guide part for abutting a document placed on a document table and positioning one side of the document on a table face of...
7391884 Correlative assessment between scanned and original digital images  
Exemplary methods for performing a statistical analysis of scanned images are disclosed. The methods described herein may be embodied as logic instructions on a computer-readable medium. In one...
7386160 System and method for determining image resolution using MICR characters  
A system and method 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...
7382911 Identification card reader  
There is described a method and apparatus for processing a card. A card that is processed can have a corresponding card holder. In one embodiment, a card reader can be provided for reading...
7376258 Image quality assurance system and methodologies in a post-image capture document processing environment  
An image quality assurance method for identifying image defects in a plurality of previously-imaged documents, where each previously-imaged document includes at least one image rendition stored in...
7369237 Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing system  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate processing apparatus, comprising a housing body mounting unit that is capable of mounting a plurality of housing bodies which can...
7327868 Magnetic stripline scanner  
A magnetic stripline scanner for reading lines of magnetic data on a media including a portable housing having a scanning side. A linear array of magnetic field sensors, such as spin valve magnetic...
7321678 Banknote identifying machine and banknote identifying method  
A banknote identifying machine and method for testing a banknote for genuineness stably without being affected by a sensor or contamination on the banknote. Transmission photosensors 61 are moved...
7308123 System and method for collecting DNA and fingerprints  
A system and method is provided that simultaneously or consecutively collects DNA samples and ridge and valley signatures from the same subject during the same collection window that adds value to...
7295694 MICR-based optical character recognition system and method  
A character recognition system and method. The system comprises an (OCR) optical character reader system for collecting character data by electro-optically scanning printed characters; a conversion...
7253917 Image processing apparatus and its control method, computer program, and storage medium  
With this invention, upon scanning a print, since additional information recorded together with that print is reproduced while displaying the scanned image, a special effect that cannot normally be...
7212682 Method and system for enhancing measurement  
A method and system for enhancing measurement of a bar code or other object includes storing a pixel image containing a bar code; determining bar code orientation relative to the stored pixel...
7204416 System and method for uncontrolled velocity scanning  
Disclosed are systems and methods which provide for scanning of information, such as characters or symbols, without requiring a controlled scan velocity. Preferred embodiments utilize an optical...
7120616 Method for specifying, executing and analyzing method sequences for recognition  
A method for specifying, executing and analyzing method sequences for the recognition of dispatch labels and form entries. In the specification phase, the method sequences are input in graphical...
7118042 Method and apparatus for rapid image capture in an image system  
Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image...
7113624 Imaging apparatus and method employing a large linear aperture  
An apparatus images a surface. An imager stage linearly translates the surface in a first direction. A fiber optic bundle has a first end of parallel first fiber ends defining a linear input...
7058199 Methods and apparatus for hiding data in halftone images  
We propose methods for generating a halftone image, in which each pixel takes one of two tone values. The generated image contains hidden data, which is present at data storage pixels chosen using...
7006664 Intelligent currency validation network  
A method for an intelligent identification system to recognize and validate currency base in the uniqueness of their numbers by employing video scanning apparatus in conjunction with optical...
6993211 Code reader  
A parameter setting section sets a parameter stored beforehand in a parameter storage section as a parameter in an operation in an image pick-up section or an image processing section until an...
6917724 Methods for opening file on computer via optical sensing  
By printing documents and other objects with machine readable indicia, such as steganographic digital watermarks or barcodes, a great variety of document management functions can be enabled. The...
6885758 Method for creating and/or updating dictionaries for automatically reading addresses  
The reading results of an agreed number of images of items, achieved by the OCR reader, are temporarily stored subdivided into reading results which are read unambiguously and reading results which...
6873715 System of central signature verifications and electronic receipt transmissions  
A credit-card reader having a built-in digital camera for capturing a template signature and an email address on a credit card. The email address is identified by an optical character recognition...
6863214 Image enabled reject repair for check processing capture  
A method and apparatus for processing a plurality of financial documents, comprising, a document processor, wherein, for each financial document, the document processor captures data encoded on the...
6850652 Tactile kinesthetic assistant  
A tactile kinesthetic assistant is a device that allows a person to use the senses of sight, touch and hearing to gather information. Tactile kinesthetic assistants can be used, for example, to...
6741929 Virtual navigation system and method using moving image  
Disclosed is a virtual navigation system using a moving image. The system comprises an input section for inputting a command information such as a departure point and a destination each related to...
6661910 Network for transporting and processing images in real time  
An image processing network for processing image files and coupled to an outside data communication network comprising a plurality of remote image capture units, the units scanning documents and...
6577755 Optical character recognition system having context analyzer  
An optical character recognition (OCR) system is provided, in which syntactical and semantic rules, provided along with an input image to be scanned and applicable to the contents of the scanned...
6560355 Currency evaluation and recording system  
A system for evaluating currency bills with currency evaluation machines and recording information associated with the evaluated currency bills. The currency evaluation machines utilize sensors to...
6553296 Vehicular occupant detection arrangements  
An arrangement in a vehicle for determining vehicle occupant position relative to a fixed structure within the vehicle including an array which receives an image of a portion of the passenger...
6473519 Check reader  
The present invention is an improved check reader which, in addition to having magnetic ink character recognition capabilities, includes image sensing capabilities. A compact housing is provided...
6366685 Image processing apparatus and method and storing medium  
It is an object to prevent an abuse of a print-out copy image as much as possible even if an image which was optically recorded in a film is printed out. For example, it is an object to enable...
6360012 In situ projection optic metrology method and apparatus  
Wavefront information for an optical system is calculated based on the intensity of an image of a plurality of gratings having different periods and orientations taken from at least two different...
6289116 Computer-assisted design analysis method for extracting device and interconnect information  
A method for extracting design information from a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) or at least a portion thereof comprising the steps of: (a) imaging at least a portion of one or more IC...
6285783 Pattern data generating apparatus and method for inspecting defects in fine patterns in a photomask or semiconductor wafer  
A pattern data development/generation apparatus includes a pattern generation circuit for obtaining a share of a target pattern in each square and outputting share data in reading pattern design...
6175658 Spatially-selective edge enhancement for discrete pixel images  
A discrete pixel image is enhanced to bring out particular features of interest such as edges. The enhancement includes decomposition of the original processed image data, enhancement by...
6142375 Apparatus and method for the optical detection of multiple items on a platform  
An apparatus for detecting the presence of multiple items includes a platform upon which one or more items may be placed and a detector positioned with respect to the platform to receive an image...
6141438 Method and control device for document authentication  
A document authentication control device has a card positioning device with a document insertion region, an optical scanner, a data processor that receives data from the optical scanner, a database...
6061479 Image reader apparatus  
An image reader apparatus includes an illuminating element to illuminate a document face to be read, an optical element to form an image of the document face illuminated by the illuminating...
6038553 Self service method of and system for cashing checks  
An automated self service method of and system for cashing checks, typically without human intervention. The system includes a check cashing database that contains customer records for registered...
5940844 Method and apparatus for displaying electronic image of a check  
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving images of documents, e.g. checks. The method comprises placing a plurality of documents in a document imaging machine and forming an electronic...
5825506 Method and apparatus for image processing at remote sites  
An image processing and retrieval system in which images are captured and stored at the remote site where the document processor is located which codelines from the documents are captured and...
5784503 Check reader utilizing sync-tags to match the images at the front and rear faces of a check  
An electronic document-imaging arrangement wherein imaging means generates imaging-bits representing a given document and transfers these bits on a "per-document basis" to various successive...
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