Mobile scanning system for processing non-machinable, undeliverable-as-addressed mail
AssigneeSiemens Logistics LLC
InventorsStanley W. Sipe, Abdul Hamid Salemizadeh, Hongjian Li
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Abstract
A mail piece processing apparatus and related method. A mail piece processing apparatus includes a base, a table connected to the base by a vertical member, a camera mounted above the table and positioned to take an image of a mail piece on the table, and a data processing system. The data processing system is configured to receive the image of the mail piece from the camera; determine address information and address information of the mail piece according to the image; determine a disposition result for the mail piece according to the image; and cause a label to be printed for the mail piece according to the disposition result.
Claims18
A mail piece processing apparatus, comprising:
- a base;
- a table connected to the base by a vertical member;
- a camera mounted above the table and positioned to take an image of a mail piece on the table, wherein the table includes a plurality of trigger marks on a top surface of the table visible to the camera;
- and
- a data processing system, configured to:
- detect the presence of the mail piece according to the trigger marks and in response, to cause the camera to automatically take the image of the mail piece;
- receive the image of the mail piece from the camera;
- determine address information and address information of the mail piece according to the image;
- determine a disposition result for the mail piece according to the image;
- and
- cause a label to be printed for the mail piece according to the disposition result.
A method performed by a mail piece processing apparatus having a base, a table connected to the base by a vertical member, a camera mounted above the table and positioned to take an image of a mail piece on the table, wherein the table includes a plurality of trigger marks on a top surface of the table visible to the camera, and a data processing system, comprising:
- detecting the presence of the mail piece according to the trigger marks and, in response, causing the camera to automatically take the image of the mail piece;
- receiving the image of the mail piece from the camera;
- determining address information and address information of the mail piece according to the image;
- determining a disposition result for the mail piece according to the image;
- and
- causing a label to be printed for the mail piece according to the disposition result.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.