Patent ID: 8374399

Claim:
An apparatus for authenticating a standardized document, the apparatus comprising: (a) a housing comprising: (i) a support dimensioned to support the standardized document when it is being received by the apparatus, (ii) a base spaced-apart from and substantially parallel to said support, and (iii) at least one partition wall projecting from said base toward said support so as to define a plurality of partitions within said housing; (b) a detector operable to detect the presence of the standardized document when the standardized document is being received by the apparatus adjacent said support; (c) plurality of sources operable to illuminate the standardized document, each said source being disposed within one said partition, respectively; and (d) a plurality of imaging devices, each said imaging device being disposed within one said partition, respectively, each said imaging device being operable to capture for authentication an image of at least a portion of the standardized document, wherein the apparatus is operable to determine its location.