Selective Document Scanning via Error Signal Override

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing document processing systems require significant resources to handle errors such as document jams, rejections, and uncollected documents, leading to inefficient use of resources and potential misappropriation risks.

Innovation Solution

A system that includes a processing device configured to receive documents, determine errors, and modify image capture by triggering signals to the image capture device, allowing for selective scanning and storage by overriding image capture for error documents and storing them separately, using a motorized document receiver to manage document collection and return.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If all documents are scanned and processed regardless of errors, then complete document processing is achieved, but resource usage increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecomplete document processingVSAvoidresource usage

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts documents with errors from the general document stream by detecting error conditions (jams, rejections, uncollections) and routing them to a separate error queue, preventing them from consuming scanning and processing resources while maintaining processing of valid documents

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The document processing system is segmented into multiple pathways: a main processing pathway for valid documents and a separate error handling pathway for documents with errors, allowing resource allocation to be focused on successful processing while isolating error cases

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Loss of information

If documents with errors are scanned and stored, then no document information is lost, but processing time and resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedocument information retentionVSAvoidprocessing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

Error documents are extracted from the main processing flow and placed in a separate error queue, preventing them from consuming scanning and storage resources while ensuring they are still tracked and can be reviewed later if needed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system discards further processing of error documents after detection, preventing waste of time and resources, while maintaining the ability to recover and review these documents later through the error queue mechanism

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

3Reliability

If all documents are collected and stored, then complete record keeping is achieved, but storage resources and system complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improverecord keeping completenessVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The storage system is segmented into a main document storage for successfully processed documents and a separate error queue for documents with errors, simplifying the overall system architecture by clearly separating successful from unsuccessful processing cases

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Error documents are extracted from the main storage pathway and isolated in a separate error queue, reducing the complexity of the main storage system while maintaining the ability to track and review error cases separately

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

4Productivity

If error documents are processed normally, then processing consistency is maintained, but security risks from potential misappropriation increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprocessing consistencyVSAvoidmisappropriation risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

Error documents are extracted from the normal processing flow and isolated in a separate error queue, preventing potential misappropriation from affecting the main processing system while maintaining consistent processing of valid documents

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The error queue acts as an intermediary between error document detection and final disposal, providing a secure buffer that isolates potentially problematic documents from the main processing system while allowing for controlled review and handling

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11297191B2System for selective event-based document scanning and captured image storage

Publication Date: 2022.04.05 BANK OF AMERICA CORP

AI summary

A system for selective document scanning and storage is provided. The system comprises: a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon; a communication device connected to a network; and a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: receive a document via a user device comprising an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the document; determine an error with the document; in response to determining the error with the document, trigger transmission of a signal to the image capture device; and modify a document image capture based on receiving the signal at the image capture device.