Title:
ADDRESS READING APPARATUS AND MAIL-SORTING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH0957199
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To raise of reading percentage by enhancing recognizing processing of town names and reducing rejection treatment.
In an address reading apparatus figures of a zip code are detected and cut by a zip code detecting-and-cutting section 23 from a zip code region line outputted by using an image input section 20, a region detecting section 21 and a line detecting-and-cutting section 22, and the zip code is obtained by a zip code recognizing section 25 and when a town name cannot be recognized by a town-name-recognizing section 27, the town name is obtained by using the obtained zip code to refer to a town region code dictionary 50.
More Like This:
WO/2000/008612 | A POSTAL ITEM CHECK-IN SYSTEM |
JP5875909 | Address recognition device and address recognition system |
WO/2004/094077 | AN INSTALLATION AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRINTED PAPERS |
Inventors:
YAHAGI NAOYUKI
Application Number:
JP21208495A
Publication Date:
March 04, 1997
Filing Date:
August 21, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOSHIBA CORP
International Classes:
B07C3/18; G06K9/00; G06K9/03; B07C3/14; (IPC1-7): B07C3/14; B07C3/18; G06K9/00; G06K9/03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue