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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Donald G. Mackay, Roxbury, CT (US);
Claude Zeller, Monroe, CT (US);
Robert A. Cordery, Danbury, CT (US);
Inventors:
Donald G. MacKay, Roxbury, CT (US);
Claude Zeller, Monroe, CT (US);
Robert A. Cordery, Danbury, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention includes apparatus and methods for printing and verifying postage stamps on demand via a personal postage stamp printer. The indicia by which the stamp is printed includes a color bar sequence and a data field including data that corresponds to the color bar sequence. To authenticate the stamp, the data field is read and the color bar sequence data included in the data field is compared with the data generated by detecting the color bar sequence itself.