Abstract: Chemical composition of a component fabricated using high energy density input based three-dimensional additive manufacturing is in-situ monitored in real time. Laser Energy Assisted Breakdown Spectroscopy (LEABS) is coupled with a rapid physics-informed peak identification algorithm (RPIPIA) to monitor the atomic composition of component material (metallic, intermetallic, ceramic and metallic or ceramic matrix composites) in pseudo-real time during its fabrication using high energy density (laser, ion beam, gas plasma, electric resistance/discharge, gas torch) input (HEDI) based additive manufacturing.

Abstract: This invention concerns a method for processing cheque and deposit vouchers by a financial institution (Proof of Deposit). The method involves an operator preparing vouchers for feeding into a machine reader. Capturing an image from the voucher. Correcting incorrectly read scan lines. Automatically notifying the operator when a transaction boundary is detected and suspending processing of vouchers until the transaction is manually balanced. Finalising processing of each voucher by printing captured and trace details on each voucher.