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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Olivier Moulin, Ville d'Avray, FR;
Olivier Desprez, Versailles, FR;
Christophe Caillon, Bretigny, FR;
Olivier Moulin, Ville d'Avray, FR;
Olivier Desprez, Versailles, FR;
Christophe Caillon, Bretigny, FR;
Solystic, Gentilly, FR;
Abstract
A method of processing postal articles in which a physical magnitude is measured in order to detect () whether the outside surface of a postal article is made of a plastics material, and in which a digital image of said outside surface of the postal article is processed in order to detect () whether said surface has a noisy background. On the basis of the results of these two detection operations, it is determined () whether the outside surface of said postal article is a printable surface or a non-printable surface.