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US 2010/0161111 A1Published application
Document profile detection
AssigneeBowe Bell + Howell Company
InventorsCharles E. Davis, Brian Bowers, Jack E. Olson
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Abstract
Systems and method of processing one or more documents are shown and described. The orientation of a magnetic character is sensed on the document. The orientation is processed and used to control a sort processing device.
Claims22
A method of controlling a sort processing device of a sort processing system to process an envelope housing a document, the method comprising steps of:
- sensing the orientation of a magnetic character on the document, using a magnetic ink pattern recognition detector, during the transport of the envelope housing the document through the sorting system;
- processing, by a sort control processing device, the sensed orientation of the magnetic character;
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- controlling a sort processing device in response to the processing of the sensed orientation of the magnetic character to process the envelope.
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A document processing system comprising:
- a magnetic ink pattern recognition detector that senses the orientation of a magnetic character on a document housed in an envelope during the transport of the envelope through a sorting system of the document processing system;
- a sort control processing device in communication with the magnetic ink pattern recognition detector, the sort control processing device receiving the sensed orientation of the magnetic character and creating a profile of the document based at least in part thereon;
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- a sort processing device in communication with the sort control processing device, the sort processing device being configured responsive to the profile of the document.
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A method of controlling a sort processing device of a sort processing system to process an envelope housing a document, the method comprising steps of:
- sensing the orientation of a magnetic character on the document, using a magnetic ink pattern recognition detector, during the transport of the envelope housing the document through the sorting system;
- detecting a relative thickness of the envelope housing the document, using a thickness detector, during the transport of the envelope through the sorting system;
- detecting dimensional criteria of the envelope housing the document, using a dimensional detector, during the transport of the envelope through the sorting system;
- processing, by a sort control processing device, the sensed orientation of the magnetic character, the detected relative thickness of the envelope, and the detected dimensional criteria of the envelope;
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- controlling a sort processing device in response to the processing of the sensed orientation of the magnetic character, the detected relative thickness of the envelope, and the detected dimensional criteria of the envelope to process the envelope.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.