Patent ID: 6370259
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B07C,G07B,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus facilitating the preparation of forms required by the Postal Service for the delivery of particular pieces of mail including registered mail and certified mail comprising:a conveyor on which each piece of mail is placed for conveyance from one location to another; imaging means obtaining an image of the mail piece as it is being conveyed, the image including information about the sender and the recipient of the piece of mail; an image processor processing said image to locate said sender and recipient information and to extract at least a portion of the sender and recipient information from the image; and, means printing a postal form required for use with the piece of mail for its delivery, said sender and recipient information being transferred to said form from said image processor whereby said form is prepared for a mail carrier's use in delivering the piece of mail so to save the carrier time by preparing the forms for the carrier.