Patent ID: 7631869

Claim:
A mail sorting system comprising: one or more mail transport paths; a plurality of sensors located downstream from a feeder of the mail sorting system, along the one or more mail transport paths; a plurality of mail processing devices located along the one or more mail transport paths, each mail processing device being associated with at least one of the sensors preceding a respective mail processing device; and a processor/controller configured to receive input from said sensors, wherein said input is generated by the interaction of one or more of said sensors and mail pieces being directed along one or more transport paths; wherein said input from said sensors enables the processor/controller to measure gap before and/or after each mail piece and utilize one or more of said gap measurements as compared to a set reaction/response time requirement of one or more of the mail processing devices to determine what interaction should occur in advance of a respective mail piece interacting with said one or more mail processing devices.