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

Claim 4:
5. 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 at least one of:
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:

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

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.