METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CODE APPLIED TO A POSTAL ITEM, DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING THE POSTAL ITEM WITH THE MACHINE-READABLE CODE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for identifying a machine-readable code that is applied to a postal item. The invention is characterized by checking in at least one zone of a surface of the postal item whether at least two parallel lines are present in the zone of the surface of interest and by identifying, in at least one partial zone adjoining the lines of the zone of the surface, modules of a data matrix code while taking into consideration the identification of the at least two parallel lines. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out said method, to the postal item as such and to a method for providing postal items with the machine-readable code.