Patent ID: 8401227
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B07C,G03B

Abstract:
1. A postal sorting machine including an image acquisition apparatus for acquiring images of mailpieces moved on edge past said image acquisition apparatus in a certain conveying direction, the apparatus comprising: a housing provided with a skid against which surface the mailpieces slide in said conveying direction, and inside which the following are placed: wherein said image acquisition apparatus further comprises: said first camera co-operating with said first lighting system to acquire an image of the surface of a mailpiece through said first window, and said second camera co-operating with said second lighting system to acquire an image of the surface of a mailpiece through said second window, and wherein said means for preventing light interference comprises an opaque screen, concave in shape, and disposed between the first window and the second window, the second lighting system being disposed in the cavity of said screen.