Patent ID: 6269169
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: G07C,G07F

Abstract:
Apparatus for verifying documents to determine if they are genuine, counterfeit, or if they have been altered, each document having a number of attributes, said apparatus including a plurality of different light sources that are sequentially energized to create multiple, different images of a document being verified, and said multiple, different images contain the attributes of a document being verified, and said apparatus comprising:means for checking a first one of said multiple images of a document for a first type of information therein;means responsive to said first type of information for determining the type of document that is being verified;a first list of attributes for each of a plurality of different types of documents that may be verified using said apparatus;means for analyzing said multiple, different images for said attributesmeans for comparing the attributes in said first list for the type of document that is being verified with attributes actually on said first document as contained in said multiple images to determine if said first document is genuine, counterfeit, or if it has been altered; andmeans for providing a first indication that said first document is genuine, counterfeit, or has been altered.