Patent ID: 6311892
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G01G,G07B

Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically acquiring and verifying, relative to pre-established rules, information from a plurality of pre-sorted mailpieces transported along a transport path, each mailpiece including address information and postage information visible on a face of each mailpiece, said plurality of pre-sorted mailpieces delivered to said apparatus in a container, said container accompanied by a label with certain visible data pertaining to said plurality of mailpieces, said apparatus adapted to process the address information and postage information on each mailpiece and the data visible on said label to verify the accuracy of said address information and postage information on each mailpiece, the accuracy of said data on said label relative to each other, the apparatus comprising:a scale adapted to measure the weight of each mailpiece being processed;an image acquisition device adapted to acquire a representation of address information and postage information appearing on each mailpiece;a scanning device, separate and distinct from said image acquisition device, adapted to acquire a representation of data visible on said label of said container;a data processor adapted to recognize and compare the acquired address information and postage information appearing on each mailpiece and the acquired data visible on said label, to verify that mailpiece weight, address information and postage information on said mailpieces corresponds to said data on said label.