Global Patent Index - EP 1344182 A1

EP 1344182 A1 20030917 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR READING POSTAL CODES OF ADDRESSES ON POSTAL ARTICLES

Title (en)

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR READING POSTAL CODES OF ADDRESSES ON POSTAL ARTICLES

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM LESEN VON POSTKODES VON ADRESSEN AUF SENDUNGEN

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR LIRE DES CODES POSTAUX D'ADRESSES SUR DES ENVOIS

Publication

EP 1344182 A1 20030917 (DE)

Application

EP 01991649 A 20011220

Priority

  • DE 0104812 W 20011220
  • DE 10064226 A 20001222

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02052489A1] The invention relates to a method and device for reading postal codes of addresses on postal articles, in which the postal code (300) designates the address up to the portion of a major street or of a number of minor streets. When addresses could not be clearly read during a first reading attempt (310) in the OCR unit (130), the postal code is first of all divided into a part that roughly depicts the address and into a part that depicts the address more precisely. The corresponding liknesses of the postal article surfaces to these addresses are then transmitted to the video coding stations (200) where only the parts of the postal codes (300) that roughly depict the addresses are video-coded (320) by operators provided therefor and are transmitted to additional video coding stations (200) where the remaining postal codes (300) that depict the addresses more precisely are asynchronously video-coded (330) by operators provided therefor. Afterwards, the buffered, video-coded postal code parts, which respectively pertain to a particular postal article, are combined (340) to form a complete, video-coded postal code.

IPC 1-7

G06K 9/03

IPC 8 full level

G06K 9/03 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06V 10/987 (2022.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02052489A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02052489 A1 20020704; CA 2432610 A1 20020704; DE 10064226 A1 20020718; DE 10064226 B4 20060420; EP 1344182 A1 20030917

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 0104812 W 20011220; CA 2432610 A 20011220; DE 10064226 A 20001222; EP 01991649 A 20011220