IP Library Granted Patent US 10,373,007
Granted Patent B2
US 10,373,007 · App. 15/472,996 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Double feed exceptions identifying system

Inventor: Darryl Scott O'Neill (Waterloo, CA)
Assignee: NCR Corporation
G06K9/186B65H7/125G07D7/183G07D11/237H04N1/00628B65H2511/512B65H2515/60B65H2515/71B65H2701/1912G03G15/703G06K9/00G06K2209/01
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Patent No.
US 10,373,007
App. No.
15/472,996
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples of a system and method for identifying double feed documents are generally described. A method may include scanning a plurality of documents using a scanner in a first configuration and rejecting identified potential double feeds of checks from the plurality of checks in the first configuration. The method may include rescanning identified potential double feeds in a second configuration.

Claims (31)

1. A method comprising:

performing a first scan of a plurality of checks using a scanner;

identifying a potential double feed of checks from the plurality of checks based on the first scan;

determining whether the identified potential double feed is a carrier document;

in response to the determination being inconclusive, rejecting the identified potential double feed;

performing a second scan of the identified potential double feed using the scanner; and

comparing attributes of the first scan of the identified potential double feed to attributes of the second scan of the identified potential double feed to determine whether the identified potential double feed is a true double feed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining the identified potential double feed is a true double feed, rejecting the true double feed.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to determining the identified potential double feed is not a true double feed, processing the potential double feed.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing attributes of the first scan of the identified potential double feed to attributes of the second scan of the identified potential double feed includes using magnetic recognition, the attributes of the first and second scan including characters scanned from magnetic ink.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining that the identified potential double feed is a true double feed when a plurality of characters from the first scan differ from a plurality of characters from the second scan.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing attributes of the first scan of the identified potential double feed to attributes of the second scan of the identified potential double feed includes using optical recognition.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising determining that the identified potential double feed is a true double feed when a comparison of an optical recognition of the first scan differs from an optical recognition of the second scan by at least a threshold.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the threshold is a Levenshtein distance.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing attributes of the first scan of the identified potential double feed to attributes of the second scan of the identified potential double feed includes determining the second scan corresponds with the first scan by comparing an image size for the second scan to an image size for the first scan.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing attributes of the first scan of the identified potential double feed to attributes of the second scan of the identified potential double feed includes determining the second scan corresponds with the first scan by comparing a code line for the second scan to a code line for the first scan.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein comparing attributes of the first scan of the identified potential double feed to attributes of the second scan of the identified potential double feed includes using an ultrasonic sensor.

12. A check processing system comprising:

a double feed detection device to:

perform a first scan of a plurality of checks; and

perform a second scan of a potential double feed of checks from the plurality of checks; and

a processor to:

identify the potential double feed based on the first scan;

determine whether the identified potential double feed is a carrier document;

in response to the determination being inconclusive, rejecting the identified potential double feed; and

compare attributes of the first scan to attributes of the second scan to determine whether the identified potential double feed is a true double feed.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further to compare a first set of optical or magnetic recognition attributes from the first scan of the identified potential double feed to a second set of optical or magnetic recognition attributes from the second scan of the identified potential double feed.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further to:

determine a change in a magnetic recognition attribute from the first scan to the second scan;

determine no change in an optical recognition attribute from the first scan to the second scan; and

in response, determine that the identified potential double feed is a true double feed.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION (F/K/A NCR CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 069037/0952 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2024
From: DIGITAL FIRST HOLDINGS LLC
To: UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069083/0202 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2024
From: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
To: DIGITAL FIRST HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 069040/0094 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2023
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065820/0704 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065346/0168 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2023
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: NCR VOYIX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065346/0531 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS SECTION TO REMOVE PATENT APPLICATION: 15000000 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 050874 FRAME: 0063. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Apr 12, 2021
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057047/0161 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2019
From: NCR CORPORATION
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 050874/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2017
From: O'NEILL, DARRYL SCOTT
To: NCR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042483/0020 →
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