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Postverarbeitungssysteme und -verfahren

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DE60040754D1
DE60040754D1 DE60040754T DE60040754T DE60040754D1 DE 60040754 D1 DE60040754 D1 DE 60040754D1 DE 60040754 T DE60040754 T DE 60040754T DE 60040754 T DE60040754 T DE 60040754T DE 60040754 D1 DE60040754 D1 DE 60040754D1
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Christopher A Baker
Alexander Moon
Peter N Baker
Jennifer Schroeder
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Mailcode Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/20—Arrangements for facilitating the visual reading of addresses, e.g. display arrangements coding stations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V10/00—Arrangements for image or video recognition or understanding
    • G06V10/98—Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human intervention; Evaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns
    • G06V10/987—Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human intervention; Evaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns with the intervention of an operator

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
DE60040754T 1999-09-24 2000-09-22 Postverarbeitungssysteme und -verfahren Expired - Lifetime DE60040754D1 (de)

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US09/405,599 US6539098B1 (en) 1999-09-24 1999-09-24 Mail processing systems and methods
PCT/US2000/026144 WO2001022354A1 (en) 1999-09-24 2000-09-22 Mail processing systems and methods

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CA (1) CA2385575C (de)
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