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US 2011/0238423 A1Published application
Sonic document classification
OwnerDavid M. Schaertel, Daniel P. Phinney +1inventors
InventorsDavid M. Schaertel, Daniel P. Phinney, Swapnil Sakharshete
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Abstract
An apparatus for classifying documents (5) based on sound includes a document transport (30) for transporting a document; an audio transducer (20) for detecting a sonic profile produced by the document as it is transported; and a controller for determining document characteristics based on the sonic profile.
Claims6
An apparatus for classifying documents based on sound comprising:
- a document transport for transporting a document;
- an audio transducer for detecting a sonic profile produced by the document as it is transported;
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- a controller for determining document characteristics based on the sonic profile.
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