US Patent 7668784 Printing of postal indicia and detection thereof

Patent 7668784 was granted and assigned to Neopost on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Neopost

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7668784

Date of Patent

February 23, 2010

Patent Application Number

09825285

Date Filed

April 4, 2001

Patent Primary Examiner

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Jalatee Worjloh

Patent abstract

The invention provides a method of detection of an imprint of a postal indicium at a location on a mail piece. The method involves utilizing a sensor to scan along a band on the mail piece to detect a sequence of transitions between light and dark reflectance areas within a band extending across the said location. AN indication of the presence of the imprint of the postal indication is generated in response to detection of a transition succeeding a predetermined number of initial transitions at a start of the sequence of transitions.