Patent ID: 8639384
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B07C,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A parcel receiving system, comprising: a conveyor system having a first path and a second path for shipment parcels, the first path extending to a receiving station and the second path extending to an exception bin; a camera configured to capture an image of a shipment parcel; and logic configured to analyze the captured image and to read tracking information for the shipment parcel from the captured image, the logic further configured to determine whether the shipment parcel is associated with any of a plurality of exceptions based on the captured image, at least one of the exceptions indicating a defect with the tracking information, at least one of the exceptions indicating damage to the shipment parcel, wherein the logic is configured to control the conveyor system such that the shipment parcel moves along the first path to the receiving station instead of moving along the second path to the exception bin if the logic determines that the shipment parcel is not associated with any of the plurality of exceptions, and wherein the logic is configured to control the conveyor system such that the shipment parcel moves along the second path to the exception bin instead of moving along the first path to the receiving station if the logic determines that the shipment parcel is associated with at least one of the plurality of exceptions.