Patent ID: 8295976

Claim:
A method of determining the degree of filling of a container with filled envelopes using an instruction processor, characterized in that the method comprising: dynamically determining the real thickness of each of the filled envelopes of a plurality of filled envelopes using a measuring device before it is loaded into the container; using the instruction processor to evaluate the degree of filling of the container on the basis of the real thicknesses of envelopes thus determined; using the instruction processor to total the sum of the determined real thicknesses for the plurality of filled envelopes. using the instruction processor to compare the sum of the determined real thicknesses for the plurality of filled envelopes with respect to a predetermined threshold; and depending solely on the result of the comparison, deciding to identify using the instruction processor at least one of the last envelope of which the thickness has been determined or of the first envelope of the following plurality of envelopes, in order to indicate that the container is full.