Ralf H Jaeger

US Patent:

8162125, Apr 24, 2012

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758876

Inventors:

Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G07F 7/04

US Classification:

194206, 194207, 382135, 382137, 382138, 382139, 382140

Abstract:

An input receptacle receives currency bills and checks. A transport mechanism transports the bills and checks along a transport path to an output receptacle. An image scanner, adjacent the transport path, is configured to generate one or more electrical signals from which image data can be derived. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of documents. A controller is configured to determine a denomination of each of the currency bills. In response to the controller not determining a denomination of one of the currency bills, the controller flags the currency bill as a no-call document by causing at least a portion of the image data to be displayed as a visually readable image of the flagged currency bill on the display.

US Patent:

8391583, Mar 5, 2013

Filed:

Jul 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/836429

Inventors:

Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Antony D. Susai - St. Charles IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US
Dale E. Beutel - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 209534, 235379, 346 71, 902 7

Abstract:

Currency bills are received, transported, and imaged to produce image data from which a visually readable image of each currency bill can be reproduced. Each of the currency bills includes a denomination, a serial number, and a set of secondary identifiers. One of the currency bills is determined to be a suspect bill. The suspect bill serial number is attempted to be extracted from the image data associated with the suspect bill. In response to failing to extract a complete serial number of the suspect bill, a serial number field in a suspect report is populated with a serial number snippet image.

US Patent:

8417017, Apr 9, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758916

Inventors:

Dale E. Beutel - Grayslake IL, US
Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 340 586

Abstract:

A method of using a document processing system includes receiving a target serial number via an input device communicatively connected to a document processing system and determining if the target serial number exactly matches one of a plurality of stored serial numbers residing in a memory. Each stored serial number is associated with a record. Each record includes customer account identification information that can be used to identify a customer account previously credited for a deposit of a currency bill having the stored serial number. In response to the target serial number not exactly matching any of the stored serial numbers, the method further includes displaying a wildcard search element on a display of the document processing system.

US Patent:

8428332, Apr 23, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758911

Inventors:

Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Gary P. Watts - Buffalo Grove IL, US
John E. Jones - Winnetka IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 235379, 356 71, 902 7

Abstract:

A batch of bills is received, transported, and imaged to produce image data. The image data is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of each of the plurality of currency bills. Each currency bill includes a respective serial number. The serial numbers are extracted from the image data for each of the currency bills. Each extracted serial number is compared with a plurality of serial numbers in a currency bill database to determine if a currency bill associated with an extracted serial number is a suspect currency bill. One of the plurality of currency bills is determined to be a suspect currency bill based on the comparing. In response to determining the suspect currency bill, at least a portion of the produced image data is displayed as a visually readable image of the suspect currency bill on a display unit of the document processing system.

US Patent:

8433123, Apr 30, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758857

Inventors:

Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Gary P. Watts - Buffalo Grove IL, US
John E. Jones - Winnetka IL, US
Paul A. Jones - Glenview IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 209534, 235379, 356 71

Abstract:

A document processing system includes a communications port and a controller. The communications port is configured to communicatively couple the document processing system to a network and to receive a data file associated with a deposit amount. The data file includes customer deposit information associated with documents. The controller is configured to determine if any of the first plurality of documents are suspect documents based on a comparison of the customer deposit information with suspect information. The controller is configured to generate a credit instruction for an amount equal to a percentage of the deposit amount minus an amount associated with ones of the documents determined to be suspect documents. In response to the controller determining that one of the first plurality of documents is a suspect document, the controller is configured to transmit a notice over the network. The notice includes image data associated with the determined suspect document.

US Patent:

8437528, May 7, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758951

Inventors:

Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 382137

Abstract:

A stack of documents is received, transported, and imaged to produce image data. The image data associated with each document is reproducible as a visually readable image of at least a portion of a respective document. The document processing device determines whether each document satisfies one or more certain flag criteria. A document that satisfies one or more of the certain flag criteria is a flagged document. In response to one of the documents satisfying one of the certain flag criteria, the document processing device continues to transport subsequent documents in the stack of documents and displays on a display unit of the document processing device a visually readable image of at least a portion of the flagged document using the image data associated with the flagged document and a positional locator associated with the location of the flagged document in the output receptacle.

US Patent:

8437529, May 7, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758961

Inventors:

Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
Antony D. Susai - St. Charles IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US
Dale E. Beutel - Grayslake IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 705 45, 209534, 235379, 356 71, 902 7

Abstract:

A stack of currency bills is received, transported, and imaged via an image scanner to produce image data that is reproducible as a visually readable image for each currency bill. Each of the currency bills has an associated serial number and additional identifying character information. The associated currency bill serial number and the additional identifying character information are extracted from the image data of each currency bill. Each currency bill is denominated. A suspect determination is made for each currency bill and upon a determination that a currency bill is a suspect bill, A suspect note report is automatically generated. Fields in the report are populated with information associated with the suspect bill including the extracted serial number, the extracted additional identifying character information, and the denomination of the suspect bill.

US Patent:

8437530, May 7, 2013

Filed:

Apr 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/758968

Inventors:

Douglas U. Mennie - Barrington IL, US
William J. Jones - Barrington IL, US
Frank M. Csulits - Gurnee IL, US
Matthew L. Anderson - Salem WI, US
Robert J. Klein - Chicago IL, US
Ralf H. Jaeger - Kildeer IL, US
David R. Badalamenti - Arlington Heights IL, US

Assignee:

Cummins-Allison Corp. - Mt. Prospect IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382135, 209534, 235379, 356 71, 902 7

Abstract:

A stack of a stack of currency bills is received, transported, and imaged. Image data reproducible as a visually readable image of one or more portions of at least one side of each currency bill in the stack is obtained. A serial number and at least one or more additional characters are extracted from the image data for each currency bill. A processor compares the extracted serial number and corresponding extracted one or more additional characters with stored serial number information and corresponding stored additional character information associated with the serial number information of genuine currency bills. The stored serial number information and corresponding stored additional character information uniquely identify a genuine currency bill. Any currency bill that does not have one or more extracted additional characters matching the stored serial number information and corresponding stored additional character information is flagged.