Patent ID: 6519503
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: B42D,G06Q,G07D

Abstract:
A system for collating sheets each bearing an account number, comprising:a feeder for singly feeding sheets; a detector for detecting fed sheets; a reader for reading an account number on said fed sheets; an accumulator downstream of said feeder for accumulating sheets into a stack and for conveying each accumulated stack downstream; a processor for: receiving an account number and batch size read from each of a plurality of documents on a document conveyor; obtaining a batch count for a given batch of sheets based on indications from said detector; receiving from said reader said account number read from each sheet of said given batch; comparing said received indication of a batch quantity read from one of said documents with said batch count obtained for said given batch; comparing said received account number read from said one of said documents with said account number read from each sheet in said given batch; and acting based on each said comparing.