| 摘要 |
A method recognizes an address of a letter. The method including registering data including a whole image and coordinate data of an address information mentioning position corresponding to the whole image of a referring letter, obtaining a whole image of a letter, correlating the whole image with the registered whole image, and detecting an address information mentioning position from the obtained whole image based on the coordinate data when the correlating result indicates conformity. Using data from previous reads, the address may be recognized more quickly by assuming that the letter currently being read is similar to the previously read letter or letters, such as in bulk processing. <IMAGE> |
