Patent ID: 6256407
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G07D

Abstract:
A document handling system for processing documents, the system comprising:a document transport mechanism being adapted to transport documents along a transport path from an input receptacle to at least one output receptacle;a full color sensor being adapted to scan color characteristics of the document, the full color sensor including at least one color cell disposed adjacent to the document transport path, the at least one color cell including at least two primary color sensors for sensing each of at least two primary colors, each of the primary color sensors being linearly aligned transverse to the document transport path;an edge sensor being adapted to detect at least the presence of a document, the edge sensor being linearly aligned with the primary color sensors; anda processor being adapted to process data corresponding to the characteristics scanned from one or more documents with the color sensor and to use the data to evaluate one or more documents.