DE69016572T2 - System und Verfahren zur aufgeschobenen Bearbeitung von OCR-abgetasteten Postsachen. - Google Patents

System und Verfahren zur aufgeschobenen Bearbeitung von OCR-abgetasteten Postsachen.

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DE69016572T2
DE69016572T2 DE69016572T DE69016572T DE69016572T2 DE 69016572 T2 DE69016572 T2 DE 69016572T2 DE 69016572 T DE69016572 T DE 69016572T DE 69016572 T DE69016572 T DE 69016572T DE 69016572 T2 DE69016572 T2 DE 69016572T2
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Walter S Rosenbaum
John J Hilliard
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/20—Arrangements for facilitating the visual reading of addresses, e.g. display arrangements coding stations
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/10—Character recognition
    • G06V30/12—Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern
    • G06V30/127—Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern with the intervention of an operator
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/10—Character recognition
    • G06V30/26—Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result
    • G06V30/262—Techniques for post-processing, e.g. correcting the recognition result using context analysis, e.g. lexical, syntactic or semantic context
    • G06V30/268—Lexical context
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V30/00—Character recognition; Recognising digital ink; Document-oriented image-based pattern recognition
    • G06V30/10—Character recognition
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail
DE69016572T 1989-10-24 1990-10-10 System und Verfahren zur aufgeschobenen Bearbeitung von OCR-abgetasteten Postsachen. Expired - Lifetime DE69016572T3 (de)

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US07/426,617 US5031223A (en) 1989-10-24 1989-10-24 System and method for deferred processing of OCR scanned mail

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EP (1) EP0424728B2 (de)
JP (1) JPH0694026B2 (de)
CA (1) CA2021664C (de)
DE (1) DE69016572T3 (de)
DK (1) DK0424728T4 (de)

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