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US 2002/0165640 A1Published application
Collation system and method
AssigneeLongford Equipment International Limited
InventorsEdward Paterson, Edward J. Cook, Naofumi Tateishi
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Abstract
A system for collating cheques (or other sheets bearing an account number), feeds cheques in a batch of cheques. The system reads the account number of each cheque in the batch and counts the number in the batch. This is compared with corresponding information on an associated account statement. On a mis-match, action is taken (e.g., an alarm is raised).
Claims23
A system for collating sheets each bearing an account number, comprising:
- a feeder for singly feeding sheets;
- a detector for detecting fed sheets;
- a reader for reading an account number on said fed sheets;
- an accumulator downstream of said feeder for accumulating sheets into a stack and for conveying each accumulated stack downstream;
- a processor for:
- receiving an account number and batch size read from each of a plurality of documents on a document conveyor;
- obtaining a batch count for a given batch of sheets based on indications from said detector;
- receiving from said reader said account number read from each sheet of said given batch;
- comparing said received indication of a batch quantity read from one of said documents with said batch count obtained for said given batch;
- comparing said received account number read from said one of said documents with said account number read from each sheet in said given batch;
- and
- acting based on each said comparing.
9 more elements
A system for collating sheets each bearing an account number, comprising:
- means for singly feeding sheets;
- means for detecting fed sheets;
- means for reading an account number on said fed sheets;
- means, downstream of said means for feeding, for accumulating sheets into a stack and for conveying each accumulated stack downstream;
- processor means for:
- receiving an account number and batch size read from each of a plurality of documents on a document conveyor;
- obtaining a batch count for a given batch of sheets based on indications from said detector;
- receiving from said reader said account number read from each sheet of said given batch;
- comparing said received indication of a batch quantity read from one of said documents with said batch count obtained for said given batch;
- comparing said received account number read from said one of said documents with said account number read from each sheet in said given batch;
- and
- acting based on each said comparing.
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A system for collating sheets each bearing an account number, comprising:
- a feeder for singly feeding sheets;
- a sheet conveyor extending downstream from said feeder;
- a detector associated with said sheet conveyor for detecting fed sheets;
- a reader associated with said sheet conveyor for reading an account number on said fed sheets;
- an accumulator at an output of said sheet conveyor for accumulating sheets into a stack and for conveying each accumulated stack downstream;
- a processor for:
- receiving an account number and batch size read from a first document on a document conveyor;
- obtaining a batch count for a first batch of sheets based on indications from said detector;
- receiving from said reader said account number read from each sheet of said first batch;
- comparing said received indication of a batch quantity read from said first document with said batch count obtained for said first batch;
- comparing said received account number read from said first document with said account number read from each sheet in said first batch;
- and
- based on each said comparing, selectively establishing an alarm condition.
10 more elements
A system for collating sheets each bearing an account number, comprising:
- a feeder for singly feeding sheets;
- a detector and reader for detecting fed sheets and for reading an account number on said fed sheets;
- an accumulator downstream of said feeder for accumulating sheets into a stack and for conveying each accumulated stack downstream;
- a processor for:
- receiving an account number and batch size read from each of a plurality of documents on a document conveyor;
- obtaining a batch count for a given batch of sheets based on indications from said detector and reader;
- receiving from said detector and reader said account number read from each sheet of said given batch;
- comparing said received indication of a batch quantity read from one of said documents with said batch count obtained for said given batch;
- comparing said received account number read from said one of said documents with said account number read from each sheet in said given batch;
- and
- acting based on each said comparing.
8 more elements
A method for collating sheets each bearing an account number, comprising:
- singly feeding sheets from a stack;
- detecting sheets fed from said stack;
- reading an account number on said sheets fed from said stack;
- receiving an account number and batch size read from each of a plurality of documents on a document conveyor;
- obtaining a batch count for a given batch of sheets based on said detecting;
- comparing said received indication of a batch quantity read from one of said documents with said batch count obtained for said given batch;
- comparing said received account number read from said one of said documents with said account number read from each sheet in said given batch;
- and
- acting based on each said comparing.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.