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US 2007/0124261 A1Published application
System and method for processing custom postal indicia
AssigneePitney Bowes Inc.
InventorsAndrei Obrea, Ronald Reichman, George Macdonald
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Abstract
A mailpiece is received in a stream of mail. The mailpiece has a postage stamp thereon. The stamp includes an image. Automatic mail handling equipment detects that the image was identified as being a problematic image and removes the image from the mail stream.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving a mailpiece in a stream of mail, the mailpiece having a postage stamp thereon, the postage stamp including an image;
- detecting that the image is a problematic image;
- and
- removing the image from the stream of mail.
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An apparatus comprising:
- means for detecting that an image in a postage stamp is problematic, the postage stamp on a mailpiece, the mailpiece in a stream of mail;
- and
- means, responsive to the means for detecting, for removing the image from the stream of mail.
A method comprising:
- generating a two-dimensional barcode;
- and
- printing the barcode as part of a postage stamp, the postage stamp including an image, the barcode including data that indicates a location of the image in the postage stamp.
An apparatus comprising:
- a control device for detecting problematic images and removing the problematic images from a mail stream;
- and
- a server computer in communication with the control device for downloading to the control device data that identifies the problematic images and that indicates location and size of the problematic images relative to mailpieces that carry the problematic images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.