METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A MACHINE-READABLE CODE APPLIED TO A POSTAL ITEM, DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD, POSTAL ITEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE POSTAL ITEM WITH THE MACHINE-READABLE CODE

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12596320

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There is provided a method for detecting a machine-readable code that has been applied onto a mailpiece in a selected area of a surface of the mailpiece, whereby the selected area is at least 1 cm away from at least one nearby edge area of the mailpiece. An exemplary method comprises checking for the presence of at least two parallel lines in the selected area. The exemplary method also comprises beginning a detection of modules of the machine-readable code comprising a data-matrix code at a predefinable distance from one of the lines.

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DEUTSCHE POST AGBONN GERMANY BONN NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lang, Jürgen Bergisch Gladbach, DE 15 37
Müller, Ralf Weltersfadt, DE 57 270
Meier, Gunther Reinheim, DE 10 234
Meyer, Bernd Konigswinter, DE 106 569

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