Patent ID: 8613388

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine, wherein the machine includes a document accepting device, wherein the document accepting device is operative to receive documents from users of the machine, wherein the document accepting device includes an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is operative to generate a check image corresponding to a visual appearance of at least a portion of a financial check received by the document accepting device, wherein the imaging device is operative to generate a card image corresponding to a visual appearance of at least a portion of an identification card received by the document accepting device, wherein the machine includes at least one cash dispenser, at least one computer associated with the machine, wherein the at least one computer is operative to analyze at least two different areas of the check image to determine a check amount of the financial check, wherein the at least one computer is operative to analyze at least two different areas of the check image to determine a payee name on the financial check, wherein the at least one computer is operative to analyze at least two different areas of the card image to determine a customer name on the identification card, wherein the at least one computer is operative to determine whether the customer name substantially corresponds to the payee name, wherein the at least one computer is operative responsive at least in part to the customer name substantially corresponding to the payee name, to cause the at least one cash dispenser to dispense a cash amount that is based at least in part on the check amount.