METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINGERPRINTING REJECT RECOVERY AND ERROR REDUCTION USING INTERACTIVE PRINCIPLES

摘要

In a method of identifying mail items, an image (103) of a mail item (101) carrying an address is received, and the fingerprint (126) of the image (103) is determined. If the determined fingerprint (126) does not unambiguously match a stored profile record, candidate fingerprints for the determined fingerprint are ranked based on their closeness to the determined fingerprint (126). An OCR process is performed using the image (103) and address information corresponding to a selected set of the ranked candidate fingerprints.