Method of processing items in a check processing system and an apparatus therefor

A method of processing a deposit slap item in a check processing system, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) capturing an image of the deposit slip item;
• (b) extracting account owner data from the captured image of step (a);
• c) recognizing an account owner name from the extracted account owner data of step (b);
• and
• (d) storing the recognized account owner name of step (c) in memory to provide an additional entry for a lexicon against which extracted payee data from a check item can be compared.

A check processing apparatus comprising:

• means for capturing an image of a non-check item;
• means for extracting text data from the captured image;
• means for recognizing a name from the extracted text data from the captured image of the non-check item;
• and
• means for storing the recognized name of in memory to provide an additional entry for a lexicon against which extracted text data from a check item can be compared.

A check processing apparatus comprising:

• means for capturing an image of a deposit slip item;
• means for extracting account owner data from the captured image of the deposit slip item;
• means for recognizing an account owner name from the extracted account owner data from the captured image of the deposit slip item;
• and
• means for storing the recognized account owner name in memory to provide an additional entry for a lexicon against which extracted payee data from a check item can be compared.

A program storage medium readable by a computer having a memory, the medium tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for processing a non-check item in a check processing system, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) capturing an image of the non-check item;
• (b) extracting text data from the captured image of step (a);
• (c) recognizing a name from the extracted text data of step (b);
• and
• (d) storing the recognized name of step (c) in memory to provide an additional entry for a lexicon against which extracted text data from a check item can be compared.

A program storage medium readable by a computer having a memory, the medium tangibly embodying one or more programs of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps for processing a deposit slip item in a check processing system, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) capturing an image of the deposit slip item;
• (b) extracting account owner data from the captured image of step (a);
• (c) recognizing an account owner name from the extracted account owner data of step (b);
• and
• (d) storing the recognized account owner name of step (c) in memory to provide an additional entry for a lexicon against which extracted payee data from a check item can be compared.