2. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein a size of said blank corpus is detected in the detecting, and further comprising reading a coding device that includes at least one geometrical structure, a size of said at least one geometrical structure representing, according to an analog function, at least one dimension of said blank corpus.
2. The method as defined in claim 1 , wherein a size of said blank corpus is detected in the detecting, and further comprising reading a coding device that includes at least one geometrical structure, a size of said at least one geometrical structure representing, according to an analog function, at least one dimension of said blank corpus. 5. The method as defined in claim 2 , further comprising converting an acquired value to a linear dimension using a conversion function that is independent of said blank.