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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2009
Hendrik Cornelis Fijnvandraat, Enschede, NL;
Hendrik Cornelis Fijnvandraat, Enschede, NL;
Neopost Technologies, Bagneux, FR;
Abstract
During a setting stage, a scanner of an apparatus for preparing mail pieces scans a postal item. From the scanned image an area containing a mark is selected and a mark data set representing the mark or the position of the selected area is generated and stored. Instruction data representing a mail preparation instruction are stored in association with the mark data set. During an operating stage after the setting stage, one or more postal items are fed to the scanner, which scans item image data representing an image of the scanned portion of each postal item that is scanned. In response to agreement between the scanned item image data and the mark data set, instruction data associated to the mark data are selected. The mail piece including the scanned postal item is prepared in accordance with the selected instruction data.