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

Claim 5:
6. A method of improving scan rates of an item in a distribution network, comprising:
storing, at an item scan database, item scan datasets containing barcodes, item datasets and optical character recognition (OCR) labels datasets;
detecting, at one or more processors, an item barcode with an item orientation so as to output correct orientation information of the item;
extracting, at the one or more processors, available barcode information from the detected item barcode based on the correct orientation information of the item; and
reconstructing, at the one or more processors, a correct barcode from the extracted available barcode information and one or more of the item scan datasets,
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,
wherein the reconstructing comprises running 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, to reconstruct the correct barcode, and
wherein running the statistical analysis tool algorithm comprises:
identifying at least one of:
shipper information from the mailer ID,
recipient information from the sequence number,
a service type from the service type identifier, or
a delivery point ZIP code from the delivery point ZIP code section,

identifying a shipping date of the item;
retrieving one or more candidate barcodes that at least partially match the shipping date and at least one of the identified shipper information, the identified recipient information, the identified service type, or the identified delivery point ZIP code;
comparing candidate barcodes with information from the available information of the barcode; and
identifying the correct barcode from a comparison result.