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

Claim 18:
19. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:
if the first string of characters is not present in the database, the method further comprises the following steps (a), (b), and (c):
(a) obtaining or causing obtaining at least second information representing at least one first model string of characters with a first portion representative of a first model set of height levels of the corresponding sections of the at least a part of the surface of the first consignment unit;
(b) determining or causing determining, based on a metric function, whether or not at least one second string of characters is present in the database, a distance of which to the at least one first model string of characters and/or the first string of characters is below a second predefined threshold;
(c) if at least one second string of characters is present in the database, the distance of which to the at least one first model string of characters and/or the first string of characters is below the second predefined threshold, the method further comprises at least one of (c1), (c2):
(c1) outputting or causing outputting shipping information associated with information representing the at least one second string of characters in the database;
(c2) outputting or causing outputting a control signal based on the shipping information associated with information representing the at least one second string of characters for causing the external apparatus to perform the predetermined operation.