Mail handling process and device

US6169978A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Lutz · Delbrück, DE
• Udo Tewes · Paderborn, DE
• Uwe Urban · Paderborn, DE
• Holger Kremer · Bad Lippspringe, DE
• Hans Fluckiger · Männedorf, CH
• Stefan Sieber · Widnau, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 2, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07B2017/00709
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A process and device for automaticaly posting virtually and item of mail wherein the item of mail is deposited on a handling surface and images of the item of are processed by an electronic camera.