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

Claim 10:
11. Apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform or control:
if at least one second string of characters is determined to be present in the database, the at least one second string of characters comprising a first portion representative of a set of height levels of corresponding sections of at least a part of a surface of at least one respective second consignment unit corresponding to the at least one second string of characters and the distance of which to the first string of characters and/or to the at least one first model string of characters is below the first and/or the second predefined threshold, the following steps (a), (b) and (c):
(a) obtaining or causing obtaining, for each one of the at least one second string of characters, at least third information representing at least one respective second model string of characters corresponding to the at least one second string of characters with a first portion being representative of a second model set of height levels of corresponding sections of at least a part of the surface of the respective second consignment unit corresponding to the at least one second string of characters;
(b) determining or causing determining whether or not at least one string of characters of the at least one second string of characters and the at least one corresponding second model string of characters is present in the database for which a distance to any one of the first string of characters and/or the at least one first model string of characters is below a third predefined threshold; and
(c) if at least one string of characters of the at least one second string of characters and the at least one corresponding second model string of characters is found, the distance of which to any one of the first string of characters and/or the at least one first model string of characters is below the third predefined threshold, at least one of (c1), (c2):

(c1) outputting or causing outputting shipping information associated with information representing the at least one string of characters of the at least one second string of characters and the at least one corresponding second model 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 string of characters of the at least one second string of characters and the at least one corresponding second model string of characters for causing the external apparatus to perform the predetermined operation.