US 11,883,852 B2
Systems and methods of processing undeliverable delivery items
Derek H. Miller, Alexandria, VA (US); and Thomas J. Graham, Chantilly, VA (US)
Assigned to UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,812.
Application 17/863,812 is a continuation of application No. 16/847,269, filed on Apr. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,430,243.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,691, filed on Apr. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351534 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 30/416 (2022.01); B07C 3/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); B07C 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC B07C 3/14 (2013.01) [G06F 3/12 (2013.01); G06V 30/416 (2022.01); G08B 5/22 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); B07C 3/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A processing system, comprising:
(a) a camera that is arranged to capture an image of a delivery item; and
(b) a hardware processor that is operably connected to the camera and that is configured to perform operations comprising:
capturing, using the camera, an image of a delivery item that is undeliverable to an intended recipient or at an intended delivery location, where the image includes an address of the intended recipient;
embedding, by the hardware processor, processing data with the image of the delivery item to thereby generate an embedded image as a printable file, the embedded image including the image of the delivery item framed by a template area that includes a reason for the delivery item being undeliverable; and
notifying a sender of the delivery item, via a hard copy printout of the embedded image, that the delivery item is undeliverable.