Mail distribution information recognition method and device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRichard Suchenwirth-Bauersachs, Walter Rosenbaum, Udo Miletzki
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Abstract
The invention pertains to mail distribution information recognition technology, involving video-coding stations. According to the invention, the distribution information is fed into the screen of a video-coding unit by means of a speech input unit comprising a microphone (60), a speech recognition module (70) and, if need be, a key board (50). The input data are compiled to a list covering all possible proposals concerning the recognition of the distribution information, said proposals being assessed according to the plausibility criterion. After removal of the little plausible proposals, the selected ones are displayed.
Claims9
A method for recognizing distribution information on surfaces of mail items with the aid of video-coding stations to which acquired, digitized and stored images of the mail item surfaces containing the distribution information are supplied, wherein the determined distribution information is compared to dictionaries, comprising the steps of:
- displaying the respective distribution information of a mail item surface on a screen of the video-coding station and inputting totally or in part the respective distribution information by means of a connected voice input unit, including a microphone and a voice recognition module, where
- distribution information suggestions for a mail item surface are generated in the voice input unit and evaluated as to reliability, so that the suggestion or suggestions with the highest reliability for confirmation/selection is (are) displayed on the video-coding station screen following a comparison with the dictionary.
An arrangement for recognizing distribution information on mail items, wherein the distribution information is compared to dictionaries, comprising:
- a device for obtaining images of mail items;
- an OCR unit for the automatic evaluation of the images of mail item surfaces containing distribution information;
- a device for video-coding the images of the mail item surfaces containing the distribution information, said video-coding device having at least one video-coding station;
- a processing unit, which controls data flows between input units and output units of the device for video-coding and the OCR unit;
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- a voice input unit including a microphone and a voice recognition module, said voice input unit being connected to each video-coding station and distribution information suggestions being supplied by the voice input unit, where the distribution information suggestions with the highest reliability are transmitted by means of the processing unit to a screen of the respective video-coding station for selection or confirmation, following a comparison with the dictionary.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.