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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Gisbert Berger, Berlin, DE;
Georg Kinnemann, Bestensee, DE;
Inventors:
Gisbert Berger, Berlin, DE;
Georg Kinnemann, Bestensee, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for identifying mail items includes a memory for storing mail item information of a mail item and characteristic image features of the mail item. A control unit assigns the mail item information to image features that are recorded again. In order that the mail items can still be identified reliably even after a cancellation in print or a forwarding sticker has been applied, the control unit carries out the assignment with the aid of an identification code associated with the mail item.