Network for transporting and processing images in real time

A method of depositing checks and currency into an account at a financial institution comprising:

• entering an itemized declared value balance of the checks and currency;
• feeding checks and currency into a document processing system, the document processing system having an input receptacle adapted to receive documents associated with the deposit transaction, a transport mechanism adapted to transport the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an image scanner and currency denominator to one or more output receptacles, the image scanner being adapted to obtain an image of each passing document and process the check images to obtain check value, the currency denominator being adapted to obtain currency bill value, and a memory adapted to store the images of the documents deposited along with itemized and accumulated check values and currency bill values for the deposit transaction;
• and
• updating the account to reflect the itemized declared value balance for the deposit transaction.

A method of processing deposits of checks and currency bills that have been inserted into a document processing device, comprising:

• transporting a plurality documents from an input to an output receptacle, wherein the plurality of documents include checks and currency bills;
• obtaining an image of each document as it is transported past an image scanner;
• denominating each document which is a currency bill as it is transported past an currency denominator;
• processing the obtained check images to extract MICR information and processing the obtained currency bill images to extract serial number information;
• and
• storing an image file for the deposit, the image file including the images of all of the documents as well as the extracted MICR information for the imaged checks and the extracted serial number information for the imaged currency bills.

A system for accepting deposits of documents, including currency bills and checks, the system comprising:

• an input receptacle adapted to receive a plurality of documents associated with a deposit transaction, the plurality of documents including one or more U.S. or foreign currency bills and one or more checks;
• at least one output receptacle for receiving the documents after they have been processed;
• an image scanner adapted to digitally image at least one side of said documents, the image scanner further operable to process the images to extract check value from the check images;
• a currency denominator operable to determine bill value for the currency bills;
• a transport mechanism adapted to transport the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle past the image scanner and the currency denominator to the output receptacle;
• and
• a memory adapted to store the document images along with itemized and accumulated check values and bill values for the deposit transaction.

A method of depositing checks and currency into an account at a financial institution comprising:

• entering an itemized declared accumulated value of the checks and currency;
• feeding the checks and currency into a document processing system having
• an input receptacle adapted to receive documents associated with the deposit transaction,
• at least one output receptacle for receiving the documents after they have been processed,
• an image scanner adapted to digitally image at least one side of said documents, the image scanner further operable to process the check images to extract check value,
• a currency denominator adapted to denominate a currency value for each currency bill,
• a transport mechanism adapted to transport the documents, one at a time, from the input receptacle past the image scanner and the currency denominator to the output receptacle, and
• a memory adapted to store a record of the document images as well as itemized and accumulated check values for the imaged checks and the bill values for the imaged currency bills;
• and
• comparing the record of the deposit transaction with the itemized entered declared accumulated value.

A method of accepting deposits of checks and currency bills into a document processing device, comprising:

• accepting a plurality of documents into an input receptacle of the document processing device, wherein the plurality of documents include one or more U.S. or foreign currency bills and one or more checks;
• imaging each accepted document;
• converting the image on at least one side of said documents to electronic data representing the document image;
• processing the check images to extract check value;
• denominating documents which are currency bills to extract bill values;
• receiving the documents in at least one output receptacle after they have been imaged and denominated;
• and
• storing the document images along with itemized and accumulated check values and bill values for the deposit transaction.