US 2013/0077136 A1 · Media Processing Device and Method of Controlling a Media Processing Device

Abstract

A media processing device improves the recognition rate of magnetic ink character data from magnetic ink characters printed on a medium. The media processing device 1 has a magnetic reading unit 41 that acquires the magnetic data of magnetic ink characters S2 from a check S1; and a front image scanner unit 25 that exposes the check S1 to a front image scanning light and acquires front image data. When at least a magnetic data read command to read magnetic ink characters S2 is received from a computer 80, the front image scanner unit 25 is set to a front image scanning mode 11 that acquires front image data using infrared light as the front image data. The check processing device 1 acquires the magnetic data and front image data, and sends the acquired data to the computer 80. The computer 80 recognizes the magnetic ink characters S2.

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Dependent claims

A media processing device that can connect to a control device and comprises:

a media conveyance mechanism that conveys a medium having magnetic ink characters printed on the front past a magnetic reading position and a front scanning position;
a magnetic reading unit that acquires magnetic data from the magnetic ink characters on the conveyed medium at the magnetic reading position;
a front image scanner unit that can emit at least infrared light as the front image scanning light, and emits the front image scanning light to the front of the conveyed medium and acquires front image data at the front scanning position;
and
a control unit that, when at least a magnetic data read command is received from the control device, conveys the medium with the media conveyance mechanism, acquires the magnetic data with the magnetic reading unit, emits infrared light to the front of the medium and acquires first front image data with the front image scanner unit, and sends the magnetic data and the first front image data to the control device.

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A method of controlling a media processing device that can connect to a control device, comprising steps of:

when at least a magnetic data read command is received from the control device,
conveying a medium having magnetic ink characters printed on the front past a magnetic reading unit and a front image scanner unit by a media conveyance mechanism;
acquiring magnetic data from the magnetic ink characters with the magnetic reading unit;
emitting infrared light to the front of the medium and acquiring front image data with the front image scanner unit;
and
sending the magnetic data and the first front image data to the control device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Media Processing Device and Method of Controlling a Media Processing Device

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