International Business Machines Corporation

Jeffrey E Journey

Clair Frederick Rohe

Ravinder Prakash

William Wyche Plyler

Robert E Shirley

Michael A Duncan

Dennis D Leak

Robert R Plyler

A method for enhancing a check code line image of a captured document such as a bank check. The method includes capturing an electronic image of a document; locating a code line region within the electronic image of the document; and performing a localized video gain on the code line region.

Enhanced check code line image capture for improved OCR

A peripheral interface device that is adaptable into a computer system and which provides a communication interface for a plurality of external devices. The peripheral interface device comprises: a plurality of transfer control logic (TCL) modules, wherein each TCL module provides a dedicated interface for an associated one of the external devices, and wherein multiple TCL modules can communicate in parallel with their associated external devices; and a dual port memory (DPM) device that is in communication with an input/output bus of the computer system, wherein the DPM device can selectively communicate with each of the plurality of TCL modules.

Peripheral interface system having dedicated communication channels

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Jeffrey E Journey