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US 8,020,003 B2Granted
Creation of electronically processable signature files
AssigneeUbs AG
InventorHans-Peter Fischer
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InventorHans-Peter Fischer
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Systems and methods can automatically generate and process signature files for an electronic signature list. Data records can be periodically searched for signature-relevant status changes. A multiplicity of documents in paper form can be provided. Each document can contain a predefined blank region for receiving a personal signature and also control information items assigned to the signature. The multiplicity of documents that have received the personal signatures can be scanned-in in a batch processing operation. At least one signature containing the personal signature in electronically processable form and a representation of the assigned control information items file can be generated for each document. The assigned control information items of each document can be independent of their corresponding personal signature in its electronically processable form. The signature files can be dispatched via a communications network controlled by the control information items.
A method of automatically generating and processing signature files for an electronic signature list, comprising the steps of:
A computer system for automatically generating and processing signature files for an electronic signature list, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method of automatically generating and processing signature files for an electronic signature list, the method comprising:
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Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data: writer recognition; Reading and verifying signatures
Image and video recognition
Term ended 18 May 2024 (estimated)
The invention relates to generating and processing signature files. More particularly, the invention relates to scanning documents that have received personal signatures.
Written signatures are an important personal identification attribute. Despite the advent of information technology and the development of electronic identification attributes (such as personal keys for cryptological purposes) associated therewith, written signatures continue to be indispensable in many fields of everyday life because of their meaningfulness and their simple method of application. Thus, for example, even documents generated with computer support, such as credit card vouchers or cheques, at present still have be personally signed as evidence of their genuineness (or authenticity).
Frequently, there is the necessity of having to check written signatures for their authenticity. For this purpose, the personal signature to be checked is compared with a signature of the same person generally stored previously. It is obvious that, with a large group of individuals who may have to provide a signature, many signatures have accordingly to be stored centrally. In the case of large undertakings, such as banks, this is done in so-called signature lists. Another example of the central storage of signatures is publicly accessible registers, for example the Company Register.
Preferred exemplary embodiments and advantageous refinements and developments of the invention are explained in greater detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 shows a diagrammatic representation of the generation of documents in paper form in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2A shows a document according to the invention in paper form containing a personal signature and also control information items assigned to the signature;
The two basic complexes according to the invention are explained below by way of example. The first complex relates to the generation of paper documents that each comprise document-specific control information items and also a region provided for a personal signature. The second aspect relates to the automatic generation of signature files and also their processing on the basis of the respectively associated control information items. The two complexes are in principle independent of one another, but they may advantageously be combined with one another.
Generation of Documents in Paper Form
A method of generating documents in paper form is explained below with reference to the diagrammatic FIG. 1. These paper documents form the basis of the subsequent generation and processing of signature files.