System and method for improving item scan rates in distribution network
AssigneeUnited States Postal Service
InventorRyan J. Simpson
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for improving scan rates of an item in a distribution network. The system may include an item scan database storing item scan datasets containing barcodes, item datasets and optical character recognition (OCR) labels datasets and a processor in data communication with the item scan database. The processor may detect an item barcode with an item orientation so as to output correct orientation information of the item. The processor may also extract available barcode information from the detected item barcode based on the correct orientation information of the item. The processor may further reconstruct a correct barcode from the extracted available barcode information and one or more of the item scan datasets.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
A method for processing items, the process comprising:
- receiving an image of a computer readable code on an item;
- identifying an angle of rotation of the computer readable code relative to the image;
- reading the computer readable code based on the identified angle of rotation;
- and
- extracting readable content from at least a portion of the computer readable code.
A system for processing items, the system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- receive an image of a computer readable code on an item;
- identify an angle of rotation of the computer readable code relative to the image;
- read the computer readable code based on the identified angle of rotation;
- and
- extract readable content from at least a portion of the computer readable code;
- and
- item processing equipment configured to process the item at least in part based on the extracted readable content.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.