Patent ID: 8987613
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G01G,G06Q

Abstract:
1. An automated method for postal service revenue protection, comprising the steps of: deploying an in-line scale system in a transport path within an automated mail processing machine, the transport path configured for moving a singulated stream of mail pieces through the processing machine at a predetermined transport speed; weighing each one of the stream of mail pieces in turn in the in-line scale as the stream of mail pieces moves along the transport path in the processing machine at the transport speed; wherein said weighing in the in-line scale includes temporarily accelerating each the mail piece, and capturing closed-loop servo motor torque sample data while accelerating the mail piece; the in-line scale including a processor configured to determine a weight of each mail piece based on the captured closed-loop servo motor torque sample data; and for at least one mail piece in the stream—