Patents by Inventor Hubert Gitschier

Hubert Gitschier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method of distributing packages or the like
    Patent number: 5311999
    Abstract: In a method of distributing packages according to addresses, headings or the like applied to their surfaces by means of a separating and conveying device, it is provided that along a conveying path all surface portions of each previously separated package are scanned optically, for each package images are obtained from the surface portions of the package and, for further evaluation, the images are displayed simultaneously or approximately simultaneously. For each package, one or a plurality of the images are selected, and each selected image is assigned a sorting information for the distribution of the package corresponding to that image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-GmbH
    Inventors: Siegmar Malow, Michael Pausinger, Albert Glade, Hubert Gitschier