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Method and apparatus for evaluating a confidence level of a decoded barcode

a barcode confidence level and barcode technology, applied in the field of mail handling, can solve the problem of still occurring errors when decoding a postnet barcod

Inactive Publication Date: 2003-11-27
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
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Even with the two levels of built-in redundancy as mentioned above, errors will still occur when decoding a POSTNET barcode.

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[0014] Referring now to the drawings and in particular to FIG. 1, there is depicted a mail piece barcode evaluation station in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As used herein, "mail" or "mail piece" is defined as an item entrusted with the United States Postal Service (USPS) or a private delivery organization for transport to a destination designated by a mailer. As shown, a mail piece barcode evaluation station 10 includes a mail handler 20 coupled to a processing unit 11. Preferably, processing unit 11 is a ruggedized industrial-grade personal computer having customized hardware and software to interface with various components of mail piece barcode evaluation station 10. Processing unit 11 controls selected operations performed by mail handler 20 through a mail handler interface 12. Processing unit 11 is also coupled to a number of input / output (I / O) devices via an I / O interface 13. Such I / O devices may include a display 16, a printer 17 a keyboard...

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A method and apparatus for evaluating a confidence level of a decoded barcode value is disclosed. A digit score is assigned to a digit within a barcode. When decoding the barcode, if a deduction is required to decode the digit, then the digit score for the digit is reduced accordingly. After all the digits within the barcode have been decoded, a total score of a decoded barcode value can be determined by adding all the digit scores for all the digits within the barcode. The total score of the decoded barcode value is reduced if a checksum is used to ascertain the value of any digit within the barcode. The decoded barcode value can be accepted only if the total score exceeds a predetermined value.

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[0001] 1. Technical Field[0002] The present invention relates to mail handling in general, and in particular to a method and apparatus for evaluating barcode on mails. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for evaluating a confidence level of a decoded barcode from a mail piece.[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art[0004] In recent years, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a new form of zip codes that contains more detailed destination information than the original five-digit zip codes. The so-called ZIP+4 zip code contains an additional four-digit extension that generally identifies an address within a side of residential block. A further enhancement to the zip code system is the utilization of a 11-digit zip code to specify a point of delivery.[0005] In conjunction with the new zip code system, the USPS also developed the Postal Numeric Encoding Technique (POSTNET) to provide an optimized barcode system for encoding zip...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06K7/14
CPCG06K7/14
Inventor KELLERMAN, EDUARDOVAN HALL, RICHARD C.
Owner LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP