US 8,374,399 B1 · Apparatus for authenticating standardized documents

Abstract

An apparatus for authenticating a standardized document is provided. The apparatus includes: (a) a detector operable to detect the presence of the standardized document when the standardized document is being received by the apparatus; (b) a source operable to illuminate the standardized document; and (c) an imaging device operable to capture for authentication an image of the standardized document, wherein the apparatus is operable to determine its location. The apparatus may include a communications module operable to transmit a communication containing information selected from the group consisting of: an indication of time, an indication of location, an indication of the presence of the standardized document, a digital representation of the image, an identification of the standardized document, an indication whether the standardized document has been authenticated, and an indication of a parameter of the apparatus.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus for authenticating a standardized document, the apparatus comprising:

(a) a housing comprising:
(i) a support dimensioned to support the standardized document when it is being received by the apparatus,
(ii) a base spaced-apart from and substantially parallel to said support, and
(iii) at least one partition wall projecting from said base toward said support so as to define a plurality of partitions within said housing;
(b) a detector operable to detect the presence of the standardized document when the standardized document is being received by the apparatus adjacent said support;
(c) plurality of sources operable to illuminate the standardized document, each said source being disposed within one said partition, respectively;
and
(d) a plurality of imaging devices, each said imaging device being disposed within one said partition, respectively, each said imaging device being operable to capture for authentication an image of at least a portion of the standardized document,
wherein the apparatus is operable to determine its location.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for authenticating standardized documents

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