FEEDER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20100315692A1
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bell & Howell LLC (Böwe Systec AG)
• Original Assignee: Bowe Bell & Howell Company
• Inventors: Rawlings, David, Richards, Bob, Boston, Michael, Spitzig, Roger
• Application Number:
  US12/861,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20100315692A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/498
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 17/00 Methods or arrangements for effecting co-operative working between equipments covered by two or more of main groups G06K1/00 - G06K15/00, e.g. automatic card files incorporating conveying and reading operations
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 17/00459 Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00491 Mail/envelope/insert handling system
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00556 Ensuring quality of print
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 2017/00709 Scanning mailpieces

Abstract

A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting.

Claims

1. A feeder control system comprising:

a scanning camera for scanning a source symbology on a work piece; and

a symbology translator having a core data format for translating said source symbology into a symbology of a legacy reader and subsequently spoofing said legacy reader into handling said translated symbology as if it captured that symbology itself.

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