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

Claim 14:
15. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to perform or control:
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, 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 the first string of characters, the at least one second string of characters, the at least one first model string of characters and the at least one second model string of characters each comprise respective second portions; and
wherein respective mutual distances between the first string of characters, the at least one second string of characters, the at least one first model string of characters and the at least one second model string of characters are determined based on the metric function and based on the respective second portions.