Method and apparatus for electronic image processing of documents for accounting purposes
CA 1165446 A · Owner: Ncr Corporation · Inventors: Rutledge, Thomas L.; Owens, Clifford J.
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for separating the information on documents involved in transactions such as accounting or banking transactions for, example, from the documents themselves and also for placing control of the processing of the transactions on this information instead of on the documents themselves. An image lift unit at a point of acceptance in a banking system disclosed herein generates an electronic image of each of the documents presented thereat and also tags the documents and the associated images with identification indicia to provide entry records which are processed at a processing center in the system to develop accounting source data and to perform accounting …
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- Granted April 10, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 10, 2001.
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