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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerrit L. Verschuur, Lakeland, TN (US);
Chauncey T. Mitchell, Jr., Lakeland, TN (US);
Corneliu C. Leordeanu, Memphis, TN (US);
Assignee:
Translucent Technologies, LLC, Algoma, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 ;
Abstract
The contents of sealed envelopes are accessed by detecting and digitizing a change in capacitance produced when a pattern of dielectric or conductive ink is passed by a sensitive capacitance sensor. The capacitance changes are converted into corresponding electrical patterns for further processing.