Patent ID: 8608055

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: an automated banking machine that operates to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part, to data read from data bearing records, including: a card reader, wherein the card reader is operative to read card data from user cards, wherein the card data corresponds to financial accounts; at least one input device, wherein the at least one input device is operative to receive inputs from machine users; at least one processor associated with the automated banking machine, wherein the at least one processor is in operative connection with the card reader and the at least one input device, and wherein the at least one processor is operative responsive at least in part to inputs received through the at least one input device to cause financial transfers involving accounts that correspond to card data read from user cards; an imaging device, wherein the imaging device is operative to cause image data to be captured, wherein the image data corresponds to at least a portion of a visual image of a check received in the automated banking machine; wherein the at least one processor is configured to operate: (i) to resolve appearance data based on the image data, (ii) to resolve through the use of the appearance data and character recognition software instructions, at least one character value corresponding to at least one visual character in the visual image, and a degree of confidence that the at least one character value is accurate, and (iii) to determine if the degree of confidence is at least at a threshold; wherein the at least one processor is configured to operate responsive at least in part to a positive determination in (iii), to cause the at least one character value to be included in at least one message sent to a remote computer disposed remote of the automated banking machine, wherein the at least one processor is configured to operate responsive at least in part to a negative determination in (iii), to repeat (i) to resolve other appearance data based on the image data, and to repeat (ii) and (iii) using the other appearance data.