Patent ID: 6504946
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A check processing apparatus comprising:means defining a check feed path along which a check having a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) codeline associated therewith can be transported from an upstream end to a downstream end; an image lift device for capturing image data which is representative of an image of the check as the check is transported from the up stream end of the check feed path to the downstream end of the check feed path; a display for displaying the image of the check to allow an operator to view the image of the check; a MICR reader for reading the MICR codeline of the check as the check is transported along the check feed path past the MICR reader; and a processor including means for, without any operator intervention, processing the image data which is representative of the image of the check on the display to reorient the image of the check to allow the operator to view the reoriented image of the check on the display when the MICR reader is unable to read the MICR codeline of the check due to misorientation of the check along the check feed path as the check is transported from the upstream end of the check feed path to the downstream end of the check feed path.