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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2006
Applicants:
Gisbert Berger, Berlin, DE;
Katja Worm, Berlin, DE;
Wolf-stephan Wilke, Constance, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01); B07C 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/2063 (2013.01); B07C 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for identifying postal mailings includes registering the mailings by means of at least one recognizable pictorial feature and at least one external information item, or both. Further, the method includes carrying out recognition of the pictorial feature to identify a mailing, and if identification is incomplete, performing identification using the external information item.