Validator with a dynamic document path height
AssigneeCrane Payment Innovations, Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Hayes, Philippe Jard
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Abstract
A document validator includes a sensor, a transportation unit, an actuator, and a controller. The transportation unit is adjacent the sensor and has a document path, at least a portion of which has an adjustable path height. The transportation unit is configured to transport a document from a first location past the sensor to a second location. The actuator is operable to transition the adjustable path height between a first path height and a second path height different from the first path height. The controller is configured to automatically cause the actuator to transition the adjustable path height between the first path height and the second path height. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
Claims24
A document validator comprising:
- a transportation unit comprising a document path, wherein at least a portion of the document path has an adjustable path height, wherein the transportation unit is configured to transport a document from a first location past a sensor to a second location;
- an actuator configured to transition the adjustable path height between a plurality of different path heights including a first path height and a second path height different from the first path height;
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- a controller configured to automatically cause the actuator to transition the adjustable path height between the first path height and the second path height.
A method implemented using a document validator, the method comprising:
- receiving a document at an entrance of a document path, wherein at least a portion of the document path has an adjustable path height;
- determining a second document path height of the document path;
- transitioning, using an actuator, the adjustable path height from a first document path height to the second document path height;
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- transporting the document from the entrance of the document path through the document path and past a sensor configured to sense one or more parameters of the document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.