Pattern Recognition Techniques For Finding The Address On Letters And Parcels

A. F. Lehar; R. Gonsalves; J. Weaver; L. Turnbaugh

doi:10.1117/12.940014

30 April 1987 Pattern Recognition Techniques For Finding The Address On Letters And Parcels

A. F. Lehar, R. Gonsalves, J. Weaver, L. Turnbaugh

Proceedings Volume 0755, Image Pattern Recognition: Algorithm Implementations, Techniques, and Technology; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940014
Event: OE LASE'87 and EO Imaging Symposium, 1987, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A description is given of a prototype address block finding system which is currently under development. This system is intended to support a wider application of machine vision and robotic technologies for the handling of mail. Monochrome digital images of mail are subjected to a sequence of binarization, clustering, and ranking algorithms which are designed to automatically determine the position, extent, and orientation of the destination address block. The prototype system is implemented on a LISP machine to facilitate the extension of the complexity of feature interpretation on an Expert System. Success rates for the end-to-end process were tested on 40 mail images representing a wide variety of mail characteristics.

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A. F. Lehar, R. Gonsalves, J. Weaver, and L. Turnbaugh "Pattern Recognition Techniques For Finding The Address On Letters And Parcels", Proc. SPIE 0755, Image Pattern Recognition: Algorithm Implementations, Techniques, and Technology, (30 April 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.940014

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