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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
United States Postal Service, Washington, DC (US);
Derek Miller, Alexandria, VA (US);
Thomas J. Graham, Chantilly, VA (US);
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are processing systems including a camera that is arranged to capture an image of a delivery item. The system also includes a hardware processor that is operably connected to the camera and that is configured to perform operations that include 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. The operations also include embedding, by the hardware processor, processing data with the image of the delivery item to thereby generate an embedded image, and notifying a sender of the delivery item that the delivery item is undeliverable using the embedded image. Also provided herein are related computer readable media and methods of processing delivery items that are undeliverable.