Patent ID: 11961040
Assignee: UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICES
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for improving scan rates of an item in a distribution network, comprising:
an item scan database storing item scan datasets containing barcodes, item datasets and optical character recognition (OCR) labels datasets; and
one or more processors in data communication with the item scan database and configured to:
detect an item barcode with an item orientation so as to output correct orientation information of the item;
extract available barcode information from the detected item barcode based on the correct orientation information of the item wherein the available barcode information comprises one or more of a mailer ID, a sequence number, a service type identifier, or a delivery point ZIP code section, associated with the item; and
reconstruct a correct barcode from the extracted available barcode information and one or more of the item scan datasets,
identify shipper information and shipping date from the mailer ID;
retrieve one or more candidate barcodes that at least partially match the identified shipper information and shipping date;
compare candidate barcodes with information from the available information of the barcode; and

identify the correct barcode from a comparison result;
wherein in reconstructing the correct barcode, the one or more processors are configured to run a statistical analysis tool algorithm on the one or more of the mailer ID, the sequence number, the service type identifier, or the delivery point ZIP code section.