US 12,094,254 B2
Printed vote record systems, retrofit automatic document feeders and methods to transfer a printed vote record sheet from a legacy printer to a legacy scanner without human intervention
James M. Canter, Austin, TX (US); and Viktor Partyshev, Round Rock, TX (US)
Assigned to Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Hart InterCivic, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,811.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196861 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G07C 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 13/00 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00588 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01); H04N 1/00631 (2013.01); H04N 1/00649 (2013.01); H04N 1/1215 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An election voting system for processing a printed election sheet of a voter's voting selections in an election, comprising:
a retrofit automatic document feeder (ADF) coupled between a printer and a scanner, the scanner being a separate stand-alone device distinct from the printer, wherein the retrofit ADF is coupled to receive the printed election sheet output from the printer, advance the printed election sheet away from an output port of printer and automatically transfer the printed election sheet to an input port of the scanner, where it is scanned to generate a scanned image of the printed election sheet; and
a processing device configured to control the retrofit ADF.