US 11,942,201 B2
Validation method and validation apparatus for sealed unit
Ali Özyigit, Bonn (DE); and Baris Cem Sal, Bonn (DE)
Assigned to DEUTSCHE POST AG, Bonn (DE)
Filed by Ali Özyigit, Bonn (DE); and Baris Cem Sal, Bonn (DE)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/235,604.
Claims priority of application No. 20170522 (EP), filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0327046 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/66 (2022.01); G06V 20/80 (2022.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/40 (2022.01); G06V 20/66 (2022.01); G06V 20/80 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause an apparatus at least to perform or control:
obtaining or causing obtaining an image of at least a part of a surface of a sealed unit;
deriving or causing deriving a representation of the at least a part of the surface from the image, the representation comprising a set of values respectively representing a corresponding set of height levels of corresponding sections of the at least a part of the surface;
generating or causing generating a string of characters based on the representation of the at least a part of the surface, the string of characters comprising at least a first portion representative of the set of height levels of the corresponding sections of the at least a part of the surface and a second portion generated based on a function of the representation and/or of the first portion of the string of characters, wherein the function is a most-recurring function and/or an averaging function; and
associating or causing associating information representing the string of characters with identification information of the sealed unit.