EP 1007230 A1 20000614 - METHOD FOR CODING MAILING ITEMS
Title (en)
METHOD FOR CODING MAILING ITEMS
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR KODIERUNG VON SENDUNGEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE DE CODAGE D'ENVOIS
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 9702608 W 19971107
- DE 19648005 A 19961120
Abstract (en)
[origin: DE19648005C1] The invention relates to a method for coding mailing items by means of applied readable code signs. In order to enable also umambiguous identification of short mailing items while maintaining code sign quantity and distances, the surface available for code application, especially the length of the incoming mailing item, is measured and an unambiguous code with a number of signs adapted accordingly to the surface available is subsequently applied. In order to check that an identification code (ID code) is umambiguous a statistic is provided with regard to the frequency of various lengths of previously processed mailing item available for the ID code affecting the number of signs in the ID code. ID codes with a reduced number of signs, each of which have been determined and adapted to the lengths available for the ID code are applied when, over a fixed period of time, the number of statistically determined mailing items of the selected length range is smaller or equal to the number of mailing items which can be distinguished by the shortened ID-code.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B07C 3/18 (2006.01); G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B07C 3/18 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 17/00508 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/0058 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00588 (2013.01 - EP US); G07B 2017/00685 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 9822229A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR GB IT LI
DOCDB simple family (publication)
DE 19648005 C1 19971113; DE 59706714 D1 20020425; EP 1007230 A1 20000614; EP 1007230 B1 20020320; US 6260762 B1 20010717; WO 9822229 A1 19980528
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 19648005 A 19961120; DE 59706714 T 19971107; DE 9702608 W 19971107; EP 97949888 A 19971107; US 30841399 A 19990714