Abstract: A gray scale image cleaning algorithm for improved check code line OCR. An image processing system for processing a gray scale image is provided that includes: a system for generating a first thresholded black white image from the gray scale image; a system for generating a second thresholded black white image from the gray scale image, wherein the second thresholded black white image is generated with a higher threshold value than the first thresholded black white image; and a system for logically combining the first and second thresholded black white images to generate a composite image.

Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for detecting fraud. A first optical character recognition module optically recognizes a character imprinted with a magnetic ink on a medium using a first optical character recognition algorithm. A second optical character recognition module also optically recognizes the character using a second optical character recognition algorithm. In addition, a magnetic ink character recognition module magnetically recognizes the character using a magnetic recognition algorithm. A voting module determines if the character is potentially fraudulent based on the recognition results of the first optical character recognition module, the second optical character recognition module, and the magnetic ink character recognition module. If the character is potentially fraudulent, a results module communicates a fraud indicator.

Abstract: A system and method for providing positional synchronization of characters in a multi-voting character recognition system. The system comprises a character recognition system, comprising: at least one transducer system for scanning printed character data and generating a plurality of sets of transduced character information; a position collection system for collecting positional data for characters in the plurality of sets of transduced character information; a character position synchronization system for positionally synchronizing corresponding characters from different sets of transduced character information; and a voting engine for receiving the plurality of sets of transduced character information.