Real-time image capture correction device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11055528-B2
Application number	US-201916433274-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 6, 2019
Priority date	Jun 6, 2019
Publication date	Jul 6, 2021
Grant date	Jul 6, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention include systems, methods, and computer-program products for providing an internal digital encoding as an overlay of a data element on a resource distribution instrument for blank space correction. The invention identifies a type of resource distribution instrument with blank space or faded spaces and queue it for encoding. In this way, the encoding may be a layer for a user to view the data element to confirm the resource associated with the resource distribution instrument. The encoding may be embedded into the resource distribution instrument and removable upon external transmission.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for real-time image capture correction, the system comprising:
a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon;
a communication device;
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device and the communication device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to:
receive an electronic image associated with a resource distribution instrument;
perform bi-tonal transformation to generate a resource distribution instrument image for internal processing and external processing of the resource distribution instrument;
identify unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution instrument image, wherein the unresolved indicia includes a missing or faded data element;
queue the resource distribution instrument image for encoding based on identification of unresolved indicia including blank space;
encode the resource distribution instrument image via overlay with an encoded version of the missing or faded data element;
continue the internal processing of the resource distribution instrument using the resource distribution instrument image, wherein continuing the internal processing allows internal users access to the encoded version of the missing or faded data element for identification of the blank space; and
remove the encoded version of the missing or faded data element from the resource distribution instrument image upon external transmission.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein identifying the unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution instrument image further comprises processing the resource distribution instrument image via an artificial intelligence processor to identify if the resource distribution instrument image matches a historic resource distribution instrument type that has blank space with a missing or faded data element.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution instrument image further comprises manual identification of blank space within the resource distribution instrument image that includes a missing of faded data element.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution image further comprises the blank space created by the bi-tonal transformation comprising one or more missing or faded data elements at the location of the created the blank space.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the unresolved indicia is unidentifiable data of a value of resources associated with the resource distribution instrument.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the electronic image associated with the resource distribution element further comprises receiving data representing one or more resolved indicia that has been discerned with a selected level of confidence from the electronic image, wherein the one or more resolved indicia is at least one of: data related to a payor, data related to a payor account, or data related to a payee and an indicator indicating the unresolved indicia including the blank spaces in the electronic image associated with the electronic image that has not been resolved to a level of confidence.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the encoding the resource distribution instrument image via overlay with the encoded version of the missing or faded data element further comprises digitally or virtually encoding on a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line of the resource distribution instrument image an amount of resource distribution associated with the resource distribution instrument, wherein a location of the amount on the resource distribution instrument image is blank space due to bi-tonal processing.

8. A computer program product for real-time image capture correction, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion configured for receiving an electronic image associated with a resource distribution instrument;
an executable portion configured for performing bi-tonal transformation to generate a resource distribution instrument image for internal processing and external processing of the resource distribution instrument;
an executable portion configured for identifying unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution instrument image, wherein the unresolved indicia includes a missing or faded data element;
an executable portion configured for queuing the resource distribution instrument image for encoding based on identification of unresolved indicia including blank space;
an executable portion configured for encoding the resource distribution instrument image via overlay with an encoded version of the missing or faded data element;
an executable portion configured for continuing the internal processing of the resource distribution instrument using the resource distribution instrument image, wherein continuing the internal processing allows internal users access to the encoded version of the missing or faded data element for identification of the blank space; and
an executable portion configured for removing the encoded version of the missing or faded data element from the resource distribution instrument image upon external transmission.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the identifying unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution instrument image further comprises processing the resource distribution instrument image via an artificial intelligence processor to identify if the resource distribution instrument image matches a historic resource distribution instrument type that has blank space with a missing or faded data element.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the identifying unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution instrument image further comprises manual identification of blank space within the resource distribution instrument image that includes a missing of faded data element.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the unresolved indicia associated with the generated resource distribution image further comprises blank space created by the bi-tonal transformation comprising one or more missing or faded data elements at the location of the created blank space.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the unresolved indicia is unidentifiable data of a value of resources associated with the resource distribution instrument.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the receiving the electronic image associated with the resource distribution element further comprises receiving data representing one or more resolved indicia that has been discerned with a selected level of confidence from the electronic image, wherein the one or more resolved indicia is at least one of: data related to a payor, data related to a payor account, or data related to a payee and an indicator indicating the unresolved indicia including the blank spaces in the electronic image associated with the electronic image that has not been resolved to a level of confidence.

14. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the encoding the resource distribution instrument image via overlay with the encoded version of the missing or faded data element further comprises digitally or virtually encoding on a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) line of the resource distribution instrument i

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Dryer Eric
• Murphy Brendan Patrick Spencer

Classifications

• G06V30/2253 Primary

  Recognition of characters printed with magnetic ink (G06V30/2247 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06V30/40

  Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition · CPC title

• G06V30/1448

  based on markings or identifiers characterising the document or the area · CPC title

• G06V30/133

  Evaluation of quality of the acquired characters · CPC title

• G06V30/10

  Character recognition · CPC title