Patent ID: 11907890
Assignee: DEUTSCHE POST AG
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method performed by at least one apparatus, the method comprising:
obtaining or causing obtaining first information representing a first string of characters with a first portion representative of a set of height levels of corresponding sections of at least a part of a surface of a first consignment unit;
determining or causing determining, based on the obtained first information, whether or not the first string of characters is present in a database; and
if the first string of characters is present in the database, the method further comprises at least one of (a) or (b):
(a) outputting or causing outputting shipping information associated with the first information representing the first string of characters in the database;
(b) outputting or causing outputting a control signal based on the shipping information for causing an external apparatus to perform a predetermined operation;
wherein obtaining the first information comprises:
obtaining or causing obtaining an image of at least a part of a surface of the first consignment 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 the first string of characters based on the representation of the at least a part of the surface;
or
receiving or causing receiving the first information via a network connection.