Patent ID: 8169602

Claim:
An automated teller system for processing documents in a deposit transaction, the automated teller system comprising: an input receptacle configured to receive a stack of documents including a combination of checks and currency bills; a transport system configured to convey the documents from the input receptacle along a transport path; an imaging scanner at least partially adjacent to the transport path, the imaging scanner configured to generate image data of at least one side of each conveyed document, the generated image data reproducible as a visually readable image for electronic display of each conveyed document; one or more processors configured to determine the denomination of the currency bills from the generated image data of the conveyed currency bills, extract amount information from the generated image data of the conveyed checks, and determine a total value of the conveyed checks and currency bills, the total value based on the extracted amount information from the generated image data of the conveyed checks and the determined denomination from the generated image data of the conveyed currency bills.