A billing system and method for determining transportation charges for packages
CA 2429248 A1 · Owner: Teal, Todd · Inventors: Cooper, Gordon C.; Cooper, Richard H.; Teal, Todd
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A billing system for determining package transportation charges. The billing system includes a reader to read a package identifier associated with said package and the reader generates a package identifier signal and transmits the same to a microprocessor. The billing system also includes a package sizer having a plurality of non-contact: optical sensors located along each of an x, y and z axis, where each optical sensor is in a known position. The sensors are oriented relative to the conveyor so that packages passing over the sensors are detected by the sensors and produce a signal correlated to said package size. Also provided is a microprocessor to receive and correlate said package size …
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- Filed May 20, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 20, 2023.
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