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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Hongjian LI, Coppell, TX (US);
Peter Parker, Keller, TX (US);
Asif Bilal Ahmed, Irving, TX (US);
Janusz Pieniadz, Arlington, TX (US);
Hongjian Li, Coppell, TX (US);
Peter Parker, Keller, TX (US);
Asif Bilal Ahmed, Irving, TX (US);
Janusz Pieniadz, Arlington, TX (US);
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for automatically sorting undeliverable as addressed (UAA) mail can include capturing a first image of a first UAA mail piece with a camera to create first image data, passing the first image data to a waste verification system and performing optical character recognition to produce a first character recognition data set. The method includes testing the first character recognition data set to determine whether the first UAA mail piece is a verified waste mail piece. If the first UAA mail piece is a verified waste mail piece, the method includes routing the first UAA mail piece into a first bin. If the first UAA mail piece is not a verified waste mail piece, routing the mail piece to a second bin.