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US 2007/0164097 A1Published application
Automated teller machine capable of depositing cheques
AssigneeNautilus Hyosung Inc.
InventorsJae Kwak, Woo Lee, Hee Lee, Jae Yi, In Roh, Jong Lee
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Abstract
A automated teller machine (ATM) verifies the authenticity of the cheque based on image information acquired by a CIS unit and magnetic character information acquired by a MICR unit. The ATM further includes a plural cheque leaves determining unit for determining the presence of plural cheque leaves using the image information, the magnetic character information, and thickness information of the cheque.
Claims8
An automated teller machine (ATM) capable of depositing a cheque, which comprises:
- a cheque input slot through which the cheque is inserted on a leaf-by-leaf basis;
- a transportation unit for transporting the cheque along a cheque moving path;
- a CIS (Contact Image Sensor) unit for scanning the cheque to acquire image information;
- a MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) unit for acquiring information on magnetic characters printed on the cheque;
- a printing unit for printing endorsement characters on the cheque;
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- means for verifying the authenticity of the cheque based on the image information acquired by the CIS unit and the magnetic character information acquired by the MICR unit and for returning the cheque or allowing the cheque to be endorsed and stored, depending on the result of verification.
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An automated teller machine (ATM) capable of depositing a cheque, which comprises:
- a cheque input slot through which a cheque is inserted on a leaf-by-leaf basis;
- a transportation unit for transporting the cheque along a cheque moving path;
- a CIS (Contact Image Sensor) unit for scanning the cheque to acquire image information;
- a MICR (Magnetic Ink Character Recognition) unit for scanning the cheque to acquire magnetic information;
- a plural cheque leaves detecting unit for sensing the thickness of the check;
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- means for determining the presence of plural cheque leaves using the image information, the magnetic character information and thickness information of the cheque;
- a printing unit for printing endorsement characters on the cheque supplied from the plural cheque leaves detecting unit;
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- means for verifying the authenticity of the cheque based on the image information acquired by the CIS unit and the magnetic character information acquired by the MICR unit and for returning the cheque or allowing the cheque to be endorsed and stored, depending on the result of verification.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.