US Patent Issued to United States Postal Service on March 24 for "System and method for extracting a computer readable code from a captured image of a distribution item" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,905, issued on March 24, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).

"System and method for extracting a computer readable code from a captured image of a distribution item" was invented by Ryan J. Simpson (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for extracting a computer readable code from a captured image of a mailpiece or parcel using downsampling and edge detection. The system can include a reader configured to capture an image of an item having a computer readable code positioned thereon and a processor in data communication with the reader. The processor...