Financial document processing system

Abstract

A system for processing deposits and/or withdrawals in a financial institution accepts a plurality of documents, including currency bills, at an input receptacle of a document-processing device, converts the image of at least some of the documents to electronic data representing the image. The currency bills are denominated by the document processing device, and the total value of the bills included in each deposit is accumulated. Whenever the total value of the bills in a deposit exceeds a prescribed value, a report may be generated containing at least an identification of the specified account, the total value of the bills in the deposit, and the serial numbers of the bills. The serial numbers may be extracted from images of the bills.

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         61 . A method of tracking currency bills in a financial institution, comprising:
 scanning at least a portion of an image on at least one side of at least one currency bill handled by the financial institution to produce electronic data;   storing the electronic data in association with electronic data representing a location of each currency bill within the financial institution; and   updating the stored data when at least one currency bill is moved so as to permit retrieval of the electronic data of each currency bill located at a specified location at a specified time and date.   
     
     
         62 . The method according to  claim 61 , wherein the different locations include teller stations, to permit the retrieval of images of currency bills located at a specified teller station at a specified time and date. 
     
     
         63 . A system for tracking currency bills in a financial institution, comprising:
 an image scanner adapted to scan at least a portion of an image on at least one side of at least one currency bill handled by the financial institution to produce electronic data;   a memory adapted for storing the electronic data in association with electronic data representing a location of each currency bill within the financial institution; and   means for updating the stored data when each currency bill is moved so as to permit retrieval of the electronic data of each currency bill located at a specified location at a specified time and date.   
     
     
         64 . The system according to  claim 63 , wherein the locations include teller stations, to permit the retrieval of images of currency bills located at a specified teller station at a specified time and date.