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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Bull HN Information Systems, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
David Lowell Bowne, La Crosse, WI (US);
Shahrom Kiani, Onalaska, WI (US);
Carlos Macia, La Crescent, WI (US);
Russell W. Guenthner, Glendale, AZ (US);
BULL HN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A scanning camera upgrade adaptor system provides backwards compatibility when an existing scanning camera subsystem is replaced or upgraded in automated sorting equipment with a newer camera having a different data format. The adaptor system allows sorting equipment such as mail sorting equipment to be upgraded or repaired with a new camera while providing compatibility and optional fallback to a previous mode of operation of the existing equipment. The upgrade system enables legacy equipment and newly added sorting/processing equipment to be utilized in conjunction, while reducing cost of upgrade and necessity for completely new equipment as desirable features are added.