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(11) EP 2 586 539 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.03.2015 Bulletin 2015/10

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.05.2013 Bulletin 2013/18

(21) Application number: 12189918.1

(22) Date of filing: 25.10.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B07C 3/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 25.10.2011 US 201161551174 P

(71) Applicant: Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
Phoenix, AZ 85029-1348 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bowne David Lowell
    La Crosse, WI 54601 (US)
  • Kiani Shahrom
    Onalaska, WI 54650 (US)
  • Macia Carlos
    La Crescent, MN 55947 (US)
  • Guenthner Russell W.
    Glendale, AZ 85306 (US)

(74) Representative: Lang, Johannes 
Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft mbB Patentanwälte, Rechtsanwälte Prinzregentenplatz 7
81675 München
81675 München (DE)

   


(54) Apparatus and method for upgrading the camera of a sorting / scanning system with backwards compatibility


(57) A scanning camera upgrade adaptor system provides backwards compatibility when an existing scanning camera subsystem is replaced or upgraded in automated sorting equipment with a newer camera having a different data format. The adaptor system allows sorting equipment such as mail sorting equipment to be upgraded or repaired with a new camera while providing compatibility and optional fallback to a previous mode of operation of the existing equipment. The upgrade system enables legacy equipment and newly added sorting / processing equipment to be utilized in conjunction, while reducing cost of upgrade and necessity for completely new equipment as desirable features are added.







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