Fast location of address blocks and postcodes in mail-piece images

Adrian P. Whichello, Hong Yan

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Abstract

An efficient method is presented for automatically locating address block candidates in images of mail pieces. An image is segmented into clusters and the candidate cluster, based on size, position and pixel density consistency is selected for subsequent processing by OCR methods. The success of the method is demonstrated for several test images.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1199-1214
JournalPattern Recognition Letters
Volume17
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 1996
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • Address block location
  • Image segmentation
  • Postal automation
  • Postcode location

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