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US 7,847,206 B2Granted
Mailpiece reject processing with window inserts
AssigneeRAF Technology, Inc.
InventorWilliam R Brandt
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Abstract
Improvements are disclosed for further processing of a mail piece initially rejected from an automatic sorting machine. In the case of a window envelope, the envelope is rotated or inverted, shaken, and rotated to reposition the insert. Address recognition is repeated, and additional techniques are applied if an address is not quickly resolved. Additional processing may be carried out on a reject processing machine.
Claims15
A method for processing a mailpiece rejected from an automated sorting process because of an unresolved address, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the rejected mailpiece from the automated sorting process into a reject encoding machine;
- in the reject encoding machine, determining whether the mailpiece comprises a window envelope;
- if the mailpiece comprises a window envelope, inverting the mailpiece;
- agitating the inverted mailpiece to align an insert address with the window of the mailpiece;
- again inverting the mailpiece to return to an upright orientation;
- transferring the mailpiece using a feeder having a short track to an image capture device;
- capturing an image of a front side of the mailpiece including an address;
- and
- resolving the address of the mailpiece.
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