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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994

Filed:

Feb. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Thomas Q LeBrun, Dallas, TX (US);

Kerry Cage, Carrollton, TX (US);

Dennis D Arnold, Carrollton, TX (US);

Assignee:

Digital Image Systems, Dallas, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 35 ; 271 10 ; 271110 ; 271111 ; 271 18 ; 271122 ; 271256 ;
Abstract

The present invention comprises an image based document processing and information management system and apparatus. It provides a more efficient method and apparatus for handling large volumes of form based business transactions using a digital image-based system for the capture, identification and processing of images, statistics and business data. The system converts documents, such as forms and supporting pages, into digital data which can be used to update computer records and to manage and support the adjudicative processing of business transactions by human operators at computer terminals.


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