Patent ID: 11942201
Assignee: DEUTSCHE POST AG
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 21:
22. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in which a computer program is stored, the computer program when executed by a processor causing an apparatus or system to perform or control:
obtaining or causing obtaining an image of at least a part of a surface of a sealed unit;
deriving or causing deriving a representation of the at least a part of the surface from the image, the representation comprising a set of values respectively representing a corresponding set of height levels of corresponding sections of the at least a part of the surface;
generating or causing generating a string of characters based on the representation of the at least a part of the surface, the string of characters comprising at least a first portion representative of the set of height levels of the corresponding sections of the at least a part of the surface and a second portion generated based on a function of the representation and/or of the first portion of the string of characters, wherein the function is a most-recurring function and/or an averaging function; and
associating or causing associating information representing the string of characters with identification information of the sealed unit.