ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,631, issued on March 25, was assigned to United States Postal Service (Washington).
"System and method for image compression" was invented by Ryan J. Simpson (Vienna, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to a method and a system for compressing a captured image of an item such as a mailpiece or parcel. The system may include a memory configured to store images of a plurality of items captured while the items are being transported and a processor in data communication with the memory. The processor may be configured to receive or retrieve one or more of the captured images, perform a wavelet scattering transfor...