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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Jay Reichelsheimer, Shelton, CT (US);
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for detecting adhesive used to produce an envelope in a mailpiece creation system. The system includes a source of ElectroMagnetic (EM) energy in at least the short UV range to illuminate a surface of the substrate material anticipated to have an adhesive deposited thereon in select regions, an EM energy detection device operative to detect energy reflected from the surface of the substrate material in the visible light range and produce a response indicative of the optical absorbance of EM energy in the short UV range; and a processor operative to analyze the response of the EM energy detection device to determine whether light energy in the visible range is below a threshold level to indicate the presence of adhesive deposited on the substrate material.