Patents in subclass Image Analysis/Mail Processing
Parent class: Image Analysis
| Number | Patent title | Issue Date |
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| 07407098 | Shipment tracking method, device for the implementation of the method and printing device A method for tracking shipments of a letter or package shipped by at least one shipper to an address of at least one addressee including printing a bar code on each shipment to be tracked, wherein the bar code includes at least one part... |
08/05/2008 |
| 07397009 | Systems and methods for sorting mail using a name/firm database A system (100) and method for sorting mail (112) includes a first database (106) containing addresses and zipcodes for a plurality of mail item recipients, a second database (104) containing a plurality of individual and firm names and... |
07/08/2008 |
| 07394914 | Single pass off-line video encoding Method of automatically sorting mail 1 which has to be forwarded by means of a sorting machine, which processes the mail 1 in a continuous main stream A and where the sorting machine comprises a feeder 2 via which a variety of unsorted... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07394915 | Method and system for measuring thickness of an item based on imaging A system and method for determining the thickness of a mail piece is provided. A first image of at least a portion of a surface of a mail piece is captured using a first optical axis for a feature on the surface of the mail piece. A... |
07/01/2008 |
| 07387251 | Bar code recognition method and system for paper handling equipment A method and system for reading various codes, such as codes imprinted on an item, includes a first and a second code reader that each scan the code on the item to read the code. The data obtained by the first and the second code reader... |
06/17/2008 |
| 07367058 | Encoding method A method is described that provides efficient, secure web-based recognition services. More particularly, an embodiment of the method relates to confidential encoding by dissociating image information into individual word segments, or... |
04/29/2008 |
| 07355743 | Statement level tracking in a document production and management process A method for monitoring the status of individual communications that are included in mail pieces created by a large scale document production and management processes. More than one communication may be included in a single mail piece to... |
04/08/2008 |
| 07356162 | Method for sorting postal items in a plurality of sorting passes The method of sorting postal items in a plurality of sorting passes using at least one sorting machine having sorting outlets constituted by bins consists in using digital fingerprints (V_ID) identifying the items in a data processor... |
04/08/2008 |
| 07356163 | Postal image augmented bio-warfare aerosolized agent trigger A method and apparatus for reliably detecting bio-warfare agents in the mail stream that may be released from posted items. The agents are detected as the mail pieces are being processed using typical postal automation machines equipped... |
04/08/2008 |
| 07310430 | Hybrid cables for communication networks Hybrid cables for communication networks are disclosed. An example cable includes a plurality of electrical conductors disposed along a central axis of the cable. The plurality of electrical conductors includes a first twisted pair cable... |
12/18/2007 |
| 07304261 | Apparatus and methods for processing mailpiece information by an identification code server Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for processing mailpiece information in an identification code sorting system by an identification code server. In one embodiment, a primary identification code server... |
12/04/2007 |
| 07301115 | System and method of identifying and sorting response services mail pieces in accordance with plural levels of refinement in order to enhance postal service revenue protection A method to reduce lost postal revenue by identifying and sorting a mail piece by determining whether algorithmically-resolved image data corresponding to the mail piece indicates that the mail piece is business reply mail. The method is... |
11/27/2007 |
| 07286686 | Method and system for delivery of alternative or supplemental material to a designated recipient of a mail piece A method and system for delivering alternative material to a designated recipient of a mail piece. A user system scans a mail piece to read an identifier affixed thereto. The system uses information in the identifier to access a database... |
10/23/2007 |
| 07286687 | Method for generating learning and/or sample probes In the present invention information is first defined as a complete description of the meaning of the content, in addition to the required layout of the characters, words, delivery addresses or images of the entire delivery surface, which... |
10/23/2007 |
| 07274949 | Image communication system Transmission and receiving of image data recorded on a digital still camera to and from a server are controlled by a portable telephone set. At the time of transmission, communication between the portable telephone set and the digital... |
09/25/2007 |
| 07272581 | Method and system for optimizing throughput of mailing machines A mailing machine that optimizes throughput by reducing the amount of time necessary for the PSD to generate the digital signature and indicium for each mail piece is provided. The debit operation performed by the PSD, i.e., adjusting the... |
09/18/2007 |
| 07266218 | Method and system for providing a measure of performance of region of interest identification algorithms A method and system provide measures of the performance of a region of interest identification algorithm. The method includes obtaining known region of interest data for an object. A candidate region of interest for that object is... |
09/04/2007 |
| 07263501 | Point-of-care inventory management system and method A system and method are disclosed for controlling an inventory of a plurality of point-of-care diagnostic devices. The plurality of devices includes at least one type of device. Each device is configured to perform at least one sample... |
08/28/2007 |
| 07260240 | Method and system for monitoring and controlling workpieces Methods and systems for monitoring the delivery of workpieces to a position by: storing a digital reference image of the position prior to the delivery of workpieces; storing a digital operating image of the position during delivery of... |
08/21/2007 |
| 07254252 | Method and device for printing and preparing mail from a data stream The invention relates to a method of printing and preparing mail from a data stream distributed in several pages which are intended to be printed on sheets and enveloped, the number of sheets contained in an envelope being able to vary... |
08/07/2007 |
| 07254573 | System and method for identifying alternate contact information in a database related to entity, query by identifying contact information of a different type than was in query which is related to the same entity A method and system for identifying alternate contact information of a specific type; particularly, by providing an inputted Email address in a query, one or more alternate Email addresses can be returned to the query, using an automated... |
08/07/2007 |
| 07236612 | Method of video coding images comprising address information The method of processing images (IN) including address information by video coding consists in identifying, for each image rejected by a process for automatically evaluating addresses by OCR, a rejection category corresponding to the... |
06/26/2007 |
| 07236643 | System and method for filtering and binarization of images in the presence of specular noise In order to render information contained in images more detectable in the presence of noise, the present invention discloses a system and method to binarize the images in the presence of noise. The method of this invention comprises the... |
06/26/2007 |
| 07233682 | Security screening system and method A method and system of security screening of packages before packages are shipped by a commercial shipper. The method and system compares the configuration of the contents of the package when it is packed to the configuration of the... |
06/19/2007 |
| 07215794 | Method and device for reading the addresses on items of mail The invention relates to the reading of addresses on mailings whereby the images with the addresses are videocoded in several video-coding sites by means of a job distribution device. At fixed intervals a current individual error rate,... |
05/08/2007 |
| 07205497 | Apparatus and method for automated parcel screening A system and method (FIG. 1) for automated handling and identification of parcels sorted by an automated high-speed mail sorting apparatus that identifies parcels that contain hoax or biological threat material comprising an opener (120)... |
04/17/2007 |
| 07206433 | Method for printing high information density machine-readable composite images A method for printing a large invisible luminescent bar code on a mail piece addresses the problem of obscuration of modules by printed text such as the address. The bar code is printed large enough so that the line width of the... |
04/17/2007 |
| 07181045 | Method and device for reading the addresses of items of mail The invention relates to a method and a device for reading the addresses of mailings with an OCR device and a video coding device. On an ambiguous reading result from the OCR device an extract is automatically generated with specified... |
02/20/2007 |
| 07177444 | Method and apparatus for reading and decoding information A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As... |
02/13/2007 |
| 07171022 | Common method for communicating area information A method for providing a common framework for area of interest (AOI) specification and access. The method includes providing a first set of instructions which generates an area of interest (AOI) defined by a first geometric shape and... |
01/30/2007 |
| 07171049 | Method and apparatus for alphanumeric recognition A method and apparatus for recognizing alphanumeric characters in which a set of unknown characters is received from an imaging system and a set of known characters from a storage device. A first set of pairs of characters is created from... |
01/30/2007 |
| 07163143 | Method of delaying printing of an identity code on a mail item The method of handling mail items (1) in a mail handling machine (2) comprises steps consisting in delaying printing of an identity code (19) on a mail item until address information is determined by deriving a digital imprint (9, 13)... |
01/16/2007 |
| 07161108 | System and method for routing imaged documents Systems and methods for sorting, scanning and routing imaged documents are described. In one configuration, incoming mixed white mail is sorted and coded, then extracted and scanned using the code to separate items. The separate imaged... |
01/09/2007 |
| 07152049 | Method and system for dispensing virtual stamps A method and system for a virtual stamp dispensing metering system is provided wherein indicia of varying values are calculated at a data center and downloaded to a mailing machine on a periodic basis. The mailing machine securely stores... |
12/19/2006 |
| 07149503 | System and method for associating postmark information with digital content A system and method is provided for associating postmark information with digital content. Content is created or otherwise selected from available content selections. Information is received at the mobile device from a radio frequency... |
12/12/2006 |
| 07145093 | Method and system for image processing The invention provides a method of processing an image containing written information include the steps of (a) scanning a surface of an object to obtain an image of the surface represented by first image data, (b) creating second image... |
12/05/2006 |
| 07136504 | System for processing postal items The present invention relates to a method of processing postal matters in an automatic address-reading system, an image of the surface of each article of mail having address information being obtained and delivered to a first automatic... |
11/14/2006 |
| 07118042 | Method and apparatus for rapid image capture in an image system Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image system are disclosed herein. In one... |
10/10/2006 |
| 07110568 | Segmentation of a postal object digital image by Hough transform In order to segment a digital image of a postal packet in order to read a postal address (AP) automatically on said packet, the method consists: in subdividing (20) the image into image blocks of identical size; in applying (30)... |
09/19/2006 |
| 07105135 | System and method for large scale detection of hazardous materials in the mail or in other objects A system and method that enables early detection of hazardous materials, such as explosives and biological materials, in the early phases of mail handling or processing, is disclosed. The early detection of such hazardous material... |
09/12/2006 |
| 07103438 | System and method for searching and verifying documents in a document processing device A method of processing barcoded tickets in a document processing device including receiving a stack of barcoded tickets in an input receptacle of a document processing device. Each barcoded ticket includes a document-identifier or ticket... |
09/05/2006 |
| 07095875 | Method and system for address result arbitration A method to arbitrate between results obtained from observationally derived data by several procedures, where the results are items characteristic of the observationally derived data is disclosed. Each procedure is given a ranking... |
08/22/2006 |
| 07085811 | Sender elected messaging services A method that enables the recipient to receive notification of the letters, flats and/or packages (mail) that the recipient is going to receive prior to the delivery of the mail. The recipient is then able to inform a post or courier,... |
08/01/2006 |
| 07085432 | Edge detection using Hough transformation A method identifies edges of an object in an image by analyzing an accumulator array produced via a Hough transformation of the image. The method includes the step of identifying a first cell in a first row of the array associated with a... |
08/01/2006 |
| 07065229 | Method for processing large-size postal objects in a sorting installation The method of processing postal objects of large size in order to read automatically a postal address (AD) on each object consists in acquiring a digital image of each object at a certain level of resolution; in detecting in the image one... |
06/20/2006 |
| 07058614 | Method and devices for printing a franking mark on a document A method and system for checking a franking mark (28), comprising at least an identification code and a unique bit string, said system comprising means for: a) reading the franking mark (28), b) decoding the franking mark (28), c)... |
06/06/2006 |
| 07058203 | Region of interest identification using region of adjacent pixels analysis A method for determining a region of interest on an object includes the step of producing an image of the object. The method also includes the step of identifying regions of adjacent pixels on the image. The method also includes the step... |
06/06/2006 |
| 07043054 | Postal information input apparatus and a data display method thereof In a postal information input apparatus in which when a postcode to be read by a reader of a postal matter sorting machine cannot be normally read, a correct postcode is reentered manually from an input device, a first display means which... |
05/09/2006 |
| 07043053 | Matching image characteristics of stamps and personal images to aesthetically fit into a personal postal product A postal assembly and method of making the assembly. The assembly includes an official postal product have a designated area which is modified so as to provide a desired visual affect with an personal image that is to be placed in said... |
05/09/2006 |
| 07035429 | Method and device for addressing mail items Systems and methods provide for remote addressing of an item of mail that include obtaining remotely produced address information. The address information includes a digitally represented graph of a handwritten address and sending the... |
04/25/2006 |