Data processing: financial – business practice – management – or co – For cost/price – Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
2003-12-15
2010-02-23
Hayes, John W (Department: 3628)
Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co
For cost/price
Postage meter system
Reexamination Certificate
active
07668786
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for selecting a characterizing algorithm to be used to characterize blocks of printed material. A digital image of printed material, such as an address block, on an object is obtained, and the image is processed to extract characterizing information descriptive of aspects of the printed material. An indicium representative of the information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. A particular algorithm is selected from a predetermined group of characterizing algorithms by determining an estimate for the robustness of each algorithm.
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Campagna Matthew J.
Lelli Danny
Chaclas Angelo N.
Erb Nathan
Hayes John W
Pitney Bowes Inc.
Reichman Ronald
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