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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| 8150705 | System and method of identifying shipping anomalies Systems and method of identifying shipping anomalies are provided. One anomaly detection module is configured to access data related to items in a delivery environment and determine the occurrence of anomalies based on the accessed data. The detected anomalies are e... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8126204 | Method of processing mailpieces, the method including graphically classifying signatures associated with the mailpieces In a method of processing mailpieces, signatures are derived from images of the mailpieces and serve as identifiers for the mailpieces in the sorting process. The signatures are grouped together into signature categories or graphical classes on the basis of a certai... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121344 | System and method for routing imaged documents Systems and methods for sorting, scanning and routing imaged documents are described. In one configuration, incoming mixed white mail is sorted and coded, then extracted and scanned using the code to separate items. The separate imaged documents are then routed usin... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8098884 | Verification system and method in a document processing environment A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information,... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8085980 | Mail piece identification using bin independent attributes An attribute-based system and method for mail piece identification includes generating and storing, during a first mail sorting operation, a first set of attribute information that can include an image fingerprint derived from a portion of an image of the mail piece... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8073195 | Method and apparatus for detecting malfunctioning print elements in postage meter indicia printer In a mailing machine, an image element included in a postage meter indicium printed on a mail piece is transported past a linear image capture device. The image capture device is operated to produce a smeared image of the image element. The smeared image is then aut... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8059861 | Method and system for identifying and recognizing products for sorting/sequencing operations A method and system is provided for identifying and recognizing products such as mail pieces and, more particularly, a method and system of object recognition based mail piece fingerprinting is provided to be used with sorting and/or sequencing processes. The system... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8036422 | Verification system and method in a document processing environment A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information,... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027511 | System for virtually distributing mailpieces A method of enabling mailpieces to be distributed and consulted in electronic form, including the steps of scanning each of the mailpieces and transmitting the images of the mailpieces to a first server; displaying the images on a first viewing screen associated wit... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8005260 | Correcting video coding errors using an automatic recognition result A method for sorting mail includes performing an automatic address recognition process on a digitized image of a mail piece and generating a plurality of conditional address recognition results and a plurality of confirmation values each associated with one of the p... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7978878 | Method of processing postal items using a separator representing a region of interest (ROI) The method of processing postal items comprises the following steps: causing the postal items to advance in series past a camera (120) for the purpose of generating an image (1) of one face of each postal item, which face bears postal address informati... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970169 | Secure stamping of multimedia document collections Secure stamping of multimedia document collections is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises adding an image to a collection of media objects, and producing a visual representation of the collection that includes the image, where the visual representatio... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7925046 | Implicit video coding confirmation of automatic address recognition A method for sorting mail that may include performing an automatic address recognition process on a digitized image of a mail piece and generating a plurality of conditional address recognition results and a plurality of confirmation values each associated with one ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916892 | Method and apparatus for processing mail to obtain image data of contents A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. Mail is placed into an input bin having a conveyor that conveys the mail towards a feeder. the feeder serially feeds the envelopes by engaging the lead envelope in the stack of mail and displacing the lead enve... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7889885 | Method for detecting perforations on the edge of an image of a form A method for detecting whether perforations are present on the edge of an image of a form, such as a check, includes obtaining a bitmap of the image, identifying a selected portion of the bitmap that corresponds to at least the edge and that includes a matrix of a p... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7873184 | Method for automarking postal mail A method for automarking presorted postal mail includes scanning a mail piece in a first sorting pass at a presort facility and then printing an automark code on the mail piece indicating the type of postage applied. The automark code includes a horizontal line of s... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7835540 | Method of detecting bunched-together poster items by analyzing images of their edges A method of detecting bunched-together overlapping postal items includes the steps of moving the postal items on edge above a camera, forming grayscale images including the bottom sides of the postal items, and analyzing the image for the purpose of detecting the pr... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7813524 | Method for processing mailings comprising wrong recipient addresses A method for processing mailings comprising wrong recipient addresses, according to which the wrong recipient address is determined from a detected copy of a mailing surface. The inventive method is characterized in that a) a code containing data on instructions giv... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809158 | Method and apparatus for detecting doubles in a singulated stream of flat articles A system for detection of doubles in a stream of flat items such as mail pieces being conveyed on a conveyor includes an electronic imaging camera positioned to receive an image of a side face of conveyed items over a first portion of its field of view, a reflector ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804979 | Feeder control system and method A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information,... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7778443 | Image focusing device with motor An illumination unit 6 illuminates a scene object (i.e., mail) 2 moved in a predetermined direction by a transport means (transport conveyor) 1, the imaging distance up to the scene object 2 is detected before imaging, and auto-focusing i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769778 | Systems and methods for validating an address Systems, methods, and software determine whether a field of an input digital representation of information, such as the street name field in an address, is correct by quickly comparing the field to a list of valid choices for that field. The list of valid choices is... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7720256 | Idenitfication tag for postal objects by image signature and associated mail handling The method of processing objects, in which method a digital image (1) is obtained of the surface of each postal object, which image includes address information (2), and an identifier or time stamp for the postal object is associated with the digital i... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7672479 | Low maintenance flat mail line scan camera system A camera assembly is disclosed which may be implemented on a mail processing system for photographing flats mail items. In one embodiment, the assembly includes lighting components (e.g., light emitting diodes) which are capable of projecting light toward a mail ite... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7646885 | Method for monitoring prepaid postage indicia on mail The inventive method is characterized in that the prepaid postage indicia are checked to see if they contain a predefined security feature. If they do not, at least one selected read area of the mail is checked to determine whether it contains a predefined graphic r... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7620201 | System and method for mailing services including notification to recipient of items requiring time sensitive actions A notification system and method that enables mail recipients to easily identify mail items that require some action on their part, as well as easily ascertain the date by which the action must be taken, is provided. Mail items that require some action on the part o... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7590260 | Method and apparatus for video coding by validation matrix The present invention relates to a system and method for resolving non-address attributes on a mail piece. The present system uses a mail sorter for sorting and facilitating the obtaining of a scan of the mail piece. The image is then scanned by automatic means to d... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7580544 | Addressee recognizing apparatus An addressee recognizing apparatus recognizes the addressee of matter to be delivered. A database stores a description format including at least a described position, the number of character lines, and the length of each character line in a sender area on the matter... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7574015 | Method of handling mail items with detection of occurrences of OCR attributes A method of handling mail items includes, during a first sorting pass, taking a digital picture of each mail item, directing the mail item towards a sorting outlet bin, and deriving from the picture a digital fingerprint, and, during a second sorting pass, taking a ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7561717 | System and method for displaying item information Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating information associated with one or more items to an operator through a video display. Indicia, such as a bar code or an RFID signal, are captured from items and processed into data, and the data is transmitted to a... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7539326 | Method for verifying an intended address by OCR percentage address matching An OCR percentage matching algorithm achieves a significant reduction in false mismatches accounting for combinations of unprocessed spaces, missing characters, extra characters and character substitution errors during the OCR scanning processing and allows for a sp... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7529386 | Method and device for monitoring stamps on mail The invention relates to a method for monitoring postage indicia on mail items. According to the invention, graphic information is captured in at least one selected read area of the mail, whereupon the stored graphic information is compared to the graphic representa... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7480394 | Method and arrangement for recognizing objects in mail item images, their position and reading their postal information The invention relates to a method for recognizing objects in mail items and an arrangement for carrying out the method. In the method, the color image produced in the relevant color camera is converted into a gray level image having a resolution higher than that of ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7474762 | Franking machine provided with a device for monitoring conformity of the postal indicia This invention relates to a machine for franking mail items, comprising means for printing postal indicia on a mail item, means for detecting the position of this mail item along a path of travel of this item and control means linked to said detection means and to s... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7474763 | System and method for image lift with enhanced image capture A system and method for lifting an enhanced image of a delivery item using a first low-resolution color scanner to lift a first image of the delivery item, analyzing the first image with a processor to determine a color of the delivery item, using the color informat... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7442897 | Apparatus and methods for identifying and processing mail using an identification code Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for identifying and processing mail using an identification code on a mailpiece as a redundant source of identification information in a mail sorting system. In one embodiment, this information is s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439467 | Method and apparatus for processing outgoing bulk mail A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. The mail is serially fed from a stack of mail into a system transport. The system transport conveys the mail to an imaging station, which scans the mail to obtain image data corresponding to at least a portion ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436979 | Method and system for image processing A method of processing an image containing written information according to the invention includes the steps of scanning a surface of an object to obtain an image of the surface represented by image data, analyzing the image data to determine locations of one or mor... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433492 | Method and system for reducing ink consumption required for printing A printing system that dynamically adjusts the resolution at which printing will occur based on the lightness or darkness of the medium upon which the image will be printed is provided. The reflectivity of the medium upon which an image is to be printed is determine... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7415130 | Mail image profiling and handwriting matching Method and systems for early detection of potentially hazardous material associated with the collection of mail or other objects. In an embodiment of the method of this invention, image characteristics for an image of an item being examined are obtained. A predeterm... | 08/19/2008 |
