公开(公告)号：US20050114268A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-26

申请号：US10719051

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Leon Pintsov ,  Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon Pintsov ,  Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G07B17/00733 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/0083

摘要： A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. A digital image of other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is obtained, and the image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive aspects of the other printed material. The aspects can be measurements of word lengths, counts of outliers in images of characters, or descriptions of the shape of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information, and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material.

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如邮件的对象上生成和打印诸如邮戳的标记的方法和系统。 获得对象上的诸如地址块的其他打印材料的数字图像，并处理图像以抽象其他印刷材料的特征描述性方面。 这些方面可以是字长的测量，字符图像中的异常值的计数或其他印刷材料的形状的描述。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上。

公开(公告)号：US20050114269A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-26

申请号：US10719050

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Leon Pintsov ,  Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon Pintsov ,  Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  H04L9/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G06Q20/3674 ,  G07B2017/00443 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/00725 ,  G07B2017/00766

摘要： A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. Other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is scanned, and the scanned image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive of the other printed material. Alternatively, the image to be processed can be obtained by filtering the original image wit a print/scan filter which simulates printing and scanning processes. The characterizing information can be text-based or image-based. Image-based characterizing information can be measurements of word lengths, counts of outliers in images of characters, or descriptions of the shape of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如邮件的对象上生成和打印诸如邮戳的标记的方法和系统。 扫描对象上的其他打印材料（如地址块），并处理扫描图像以抽象描述其他打印材料的特征信息。 或者，可以通过模拟打印和扫描处理的打印/扫描过滤器对原始图像进行滤波来获得要处理的图像。 特征信息可以是基于文本或基于图像的。 基于图像的特征信息可以是字长度的测量，字符图像中的异常值的计数或其他印刷材料的形状的描述。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上

公开(公告)号：US20050131840A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-16

申请号：US10736077

申请日：2003-12-15

申请人： Leon Pintsov ,  Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon Pintsov ,  Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06T1/005

摘要： A method and system for characterizing blocks of printed material. A digital image of printed material, such as an address block, on an object is obtained, and the image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive aspects of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material. A combination of algorithms is selected from a predetermined group of characterizing algorithms by determining an estimate for the robustness of each algorithm and selecting a combination having high overall robustness.

摘要翻译： 用于表征印刷材料块的方法和系统。 获得对象上的诸如地址块的打印材料的数字图像，并且处理图像以抽象其他印刷材料的特征信息描述方面。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上。 通过确定每个算法的鲁棒性的估计并选择具有高整体鲁棒性的组合，从预定的一组特征算法中选择算法的组合。

公开(公告)号：US20050131718A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-16

申请号：US10736268

申请日：2003-12-15

申请人： Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Matthew Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G06T1/005

摘要： A method and system for selecting a characterizing algorithm to be used to characterize blocks of printed material. A digital image of printed material, such as an address block, on an object is obtained, and the image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive aspects of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information, and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material. A particular algorithm is selected from a predetermined group of characterizing algorithms by determining an estimate for the robustness of each algorithm with respect to small changes in the image caused by the printing and scanning process or by defacing of the printed address by blots or the like.

摘要翻译： 一种用于选择用于表征打印材料块的特征算法的方法和系统。 获得对象上的诸如地址块的打印材料的数字图像，并且处理图像以抽象其他印刷材料的特征信息描述方面。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，在不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上，标记的副本不能容易地被使用，而无需检测。 通过确定关于由打印和扫描处理引起的图像的小变化的每个算法的鲁棒性的估计，或通过印刷等来玷污打印的地址，从预定的一组特征算法中选择特定的算法。

公开(公告)号：US07475041B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-06

申请号：US10719050

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G06Q20/3674 ,  G07B2017/00443 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/00725 ,  G07B2017/00766

摘要： A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. Other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is scanned, and the scanned image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive of the other printed material. Alternatively, the image to be processed can be obtained by filtering the original image wit a print/scan filter which simulates printing and scanning processes. The characterizing information can be text-based or image-based. Image-based characterizing information can be measurements of word lengths, counts of outliers in images of characters, or descriptions of the shape of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material.

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如邮件的对象上生成和打印诸如邮戳的标记的方法和系统。 扫描对象上的其他打印材料（如地址块），并处理扫描图像以抽象描述其他打印材料的特征信息。 或者，可以通过模拟打印和扫描处理的打印/扫描过滤器对原始图像进行滤波来获得要处理的图像。 特征信息可以是基于文本或基于图像的。 基于图像的特征信息可以是字长度的测量，字符图像中的异常值的计数或其他印刷材料的形状的描述。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上。

公开(公告)号：US07424458B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-09

申请号：US10719051

申请日：2003-11-21

申请人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Leon A. Pintsov ,  Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G06F17/60

CPC分类号： G07B17/00733 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/0083

摘要： A method and system for generating and printing an indicium, such as a postal indicium, on an object such as a mail piece. A digital image of other printed material, such as an address block, on the object is obtained, and the image is processed to abstract characterizing information descriptive aspects of the other printed material. The aspects can be measurements of word lengths, counts of outliers in images of characters, or descriptions of the shape of the other printed material. The characterizing information is combined with other information, such as postal information, and the combined information is then cryptographically authenticated with a digital signature or the like. An indicium representative of the authenticated information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the other printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. Thus, copies of the indicium cannot easily be used, without detection, on other objects which do not include the other printed material.

摘要翻译： 用于在诸如邮件的对象上生成和打印诸如邮戳的标记的方法和系统。 获得对象上的诸如地址块的其他打印材料的数字图像，并处理图像以抽象其他印刷材料的特征描述性方面。 这些方面可以是字长的测量，字符图像中的异常值的计数或其他印刷材料的形状的描述。 特征信息与诸如邮政信息的其他信息组合，然后利用数字签名等对组合的信息进行密码认证。 然后将经过认证的信息的标记印在对象上。 可以通过从其他印刷材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中回收的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 因此，标签的副本不能容易地被用于不包括其他印刷材料的其他物体上。

公开(公告)号：US07668786B2

公开(公告)日：2010-02-23

申请号：US10736268

申请日：2003-12-15

申请人： Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

发明人： Matthew J. Campagna ,  Danny Lelli

IPC分类号： G07B17/02

CPC分类号： G06T1/005

摘要： A method and system for selecting a characterizing algorithm to be used to characterize blocks of printed material. A digital image of printed material, such as an address block, on an object is obtained, and the image is processed to extract characterizing information descriptive of aspects of the printed material. An indicium representative of the information is then printed on the object. The object's relationship to the indicium can be verified by regenerating the characterizing information from the printed material and comparing the regenerated characterizing information with characterizing information recovered from the indicium. A particular algorithm is selected from a predetermined group of characterizing algorithms by determining an estimate for the robustness of each algorithm.

摘要翻译： 一种用于选择用于表征打印材料块的特征算法的方法和系统。 获得对象上的诸如地址块的打印材料的数字图像，并处理图像以提取描述打印材料的方面的特征信息。 然后将该信息的标记代表印在对象上。 可以通过从打印材料再生表征信息并将再生的特征信息与从标记中恢复的特征信息进行比较来验证对象与标记的关系。 通过确定每个算法的鲁棒性的估计，从预定的一组特征算法中选择特定的算法。