Improved authentication system for mail pieces
CA 2394469 A1 · Owner: Neopost Industrie Sa · Inventors: Oppedahl, Carl
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An improved system is provided for authentication of mail pieces bearing barcoded indicia. The system comprises first and second bar-code readers (23 28), differing in that the first bar-code reader has a lower rate of successful reading of bar-coded indicia than the second bar-code reader. The system collates a mail piece bearing an indicium in a second paper path (26) in the event of a successful reading of the bar-coded indicium by said first bar-code reader, and collates mail pieces in a third paper path (25) in the event of an unsuccessful reading of the bar-coded indicium by the first barcode reader. The third paper path leads to the second bar-code reader and the , system …
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- Filed December 12, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 12, 2020.
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