US 12,260,631 B2
System and method for image compression
Ryan J. Simpson, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/534,459.
Application 18/534,459 is a continuation of application No. 17/186,479, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,842,531.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/983,382, filed on Feb. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0104917 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06N 3/084 (2023.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06V 30/19 (2022.01); G06V 30/413 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 10/82 (2022.01) [G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 3/084 (2013.01); G06T 9/002 (2013.01); G06V 30/19173 (2022.01); G06V 30/413 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for compressing a captured image of an item, the system comprising:
a reader configured to capture an image of an item having a label thereon, the captured image comprising a grayscale image;
a memory configured to store the captured image of the item; and
one or more processors in data communication with the memory and the reader, the one or more processors configured to:
receive the grayscale image;
sum grayscale values of the grayscale image to produce a summed grayscale image;
average grayscale values of the summed grayscale image to produce a mean grayscale image;
transform the mean grayscale image using a transformation protocol;
classify the transformed mean grayscale image using a machine learning model; and
compress the classified transformed mean grayscale image.