Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090141934 | Method of Processing Postal Items Using a Separator Representing a Region of Interest (ROI) - The method of processing postal items comprises the following steps: causing the postal items to advance in series past a camera ( | 06-04-2009 |
20100163612 | Method of Processing Mailpieces That Enables Virtual Identification of The Mailpieces to be Used With Forwarding - In a method of processing mailpieces, a digital image of a surface of a current mailpiece is formed for the purpose of using OCR to recognize a recipient postal address for said current mailpiece, and, if it is determined that the recognized recipient address corresponds to an incorrect recipient address, a forwarding address is placed on said surface of the current mailpiece. In addition to said forwarding address, an OCR-detectable mark is placed on the surface of the current mailpiece, which mark indicates that the current mailpiece bears a forwarding address, and also constitutes an index for retrieving said forwarding address from a database. | 07-01-2010 |
20110054667 | Method of Sorting Mailpieces, The Method Including Optimized Management of Mailpiece Signature Exploration Space - In a method of sorting mailpieces in a plurality of sorting passes in a sorting machine having accumulation sorting outlets, use is made of a technique for identifying the mailpieces by image signatures derived from the images of the mailpieces. The mailpieces are transferred in trays between two sorting passes. A match between a current fingerprint in the second sorting pass and fingerprints generated in the first sorting pass is searched for in an exploration memory space containing a limited number of fingerprints. The size of this exploration space is optimized by associating the signatures and the trays with designation data indicative of sorting outlets, and with time data delivered by a clock. | 03-03-2011 |
20110215035 | METHOD OF STORING A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES WITH INFORMATION BEING SCRUTINIZED - A method of sorting a plurality of articles (A, B, C), in which each article goes through a sorting installation in at least two passes, comprises the steps of recording the image of each article that is generated during the first sorting pass in a memory and in correspondence with a data item indicating a sorting outlet to which the article is directed during the first sorting pass. If an article is misrouted, a correctly routed reference article is chosen in the vicinity of the misrouted article in the sequence of articles obtained during the last sorting pass, the memory is searched ( | 09-08-2011 |
20120008824 | METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGES, WITH THE RESULTS OF THE PROCESSING BEING OVERLAID IN THE IMAGES - A method of processing digital images, in which method a digital image is taken of a mailpiece, which image includes certain information, and certain OCR processing is applied to said image for the purpose of recognizing said information using OCR, the method is characterized in that it further includes a step of applying other OCR processing to said image for the purpose of recognizing said information, and a step of overlaying in said image results of said other OCR processing in a form recognizable by said certain OCR processing. This method makes it possible to obtain reinforced processing capacities by enriching the capacities of the first processing with the capacities of the other processing without calling into question the logical and physical interfaces of the first processing. | 01-12-2012 |
20120057744 | ARTICLE-PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE QUALITY OF IMAGES OF THE ARTICLES IN REAL TIME, A SORTING MACHINE, AND A METHOD - The invention relates to an article-processing device comprising a conveyor ( | 03-08-2012 |
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090006721 | METHODS OF AUTO STARTING WITH PORTABLE MASS STORAGE DEVICE - A portable flash memory storage device such as a memory card can configure a host device upon insertion. The configuration may specify applications or other sequences of operations to be executed by the host upon insertion of the card. Files on the card may be associated with an appropriate application and then automatically opened with the appropriate application. A secure configuration may override a more freely modifiable configuration in certain embodiments. | 01-01-2009 |
20090006722 | AUTO START CONFIGURATION WITH PORTABLE MASS STORAGE DEVICE - A portable flash memory storage device such as a memory card can configure a host device upon insertion. The configuration may specify applications or other sequences of operations to be executed by the host upon insertion of the card. Files on the card may be associated with an appropriate application and then automatically opened with the appropriate application. A secure configuration may override a more freely modifiable configuration in certain embodiments. | 01-01-2009 |
20100169222 | Method for Secure Storage and Delivery of Media Content - The memory device contains control structures that allow media content to be stored securely and distributed in a manner envisioned by the content owner, or service providers involved in the distribution. A wide variety of different avenues become available for distributing media content using such memory devices, such as where the devices contain one or more of the following: abridged preview media content, encrypted unabridged media content, prepaid content, rights and/or rules governing access to such content. The memory device has a type of control structures that enable a service provider (who can also be the content owner) to create a secure environment for media content distribution where end users and terminals register with the service provider, and gain access to the content in a manner controlled by the service provider. The various components to be loaded (e.g. abridged preview media content, encrypted unabridged media content, prepaid content, rights and/or rules governing access to such content) may be generated and loaded in a secure and efficient manner. | 07-01-2010 |