CN1148221A - Method and device for recognising address, and automatic treatment system for paper medium thereof - Google Patents

Method and device for recognising address, and automatic treatment system for paper medium thereof Download PDF

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CN1148221A
CN1148221A CN95116347A CN95116347A CN1148221A CN 1148221 A CN1148221 A CN 1148221A CN 95116347 A CN95116347 A CN 95116347A CN 95116347 A CN95116347 A CN 95116347A CN 1148221 A CN1148221 A CN 1148221A
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A address recognition method and device is capable of recognising addresses at a high speed and with a high accuracy without registering a great number of street names, comprising a letter recognition section 104 for picking out the input letter lines extracted in an image one letter by one letter and collating respective letters with the content of a letter dictionary 105 in which the letter information is registered preliminarily; a letter kind deciding section 106 for deciding the kind of respective letters in input letter lines based on the letter recognition result in the letter recognition section 104; and an address recognition section 107 for checking the kind of letters in order starting the forefront sections of the input letters lines, sensing the street codes and residence numbers and combining the sensed street codes and residence numbers as addresses for recognising.

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Address recognition methods, address recognition device and paper file automated processing system
The present invention system is about the high speed in the paper articles sorting machine, read the address recognition methods and the address recognition device in the address of put down in writing on the paper file accurately, and its address of reading is transformed into bar code and the paper file automated processing system of processing such as printing on paper spare.
With reference to Figure 17 the address recognition device in past is illustrated.In this address recognition device, the character and graphic that input is remembered on the paper spare in image extraction unit 121 and it is become picture signal at first extracts the character and graphic that conforms to address in the picture intelligence.In character recognition portion 122, the character and graphic that is extracted in the visual extraction unit 121 is carried out literal selects processing then, again in character recognition portion 122, the literal that prestores in the character library 123 with select literal and one by one compare and carry out literal identification.
Then, the text line of in word identification portion 124, character recognition portion 122 being discerned, from the word library 125 of collecting the word that prestores, read word, the text line of its word read and identification compared and carry out word and recognize, by identification part, address 126, address of reading from the storehouse, address 127 that prestores the address and the word ratio that word recognition portion 124 is recognized are proofreaded photograph and carried out address identification again.
Relevant to being registered in advance in the storehouse, address as the address title of reading object, text line from paper spare read that the result is compared with the address title of reading and the method for recognizing the address from the storehouse, address, read at for example special used automatic address of flat 2-181287 communique and USPS of opening that (the NEC skill is reported in the sorter, No. 187, logical volume, Vol.38, N04, P41 is added with under the occasion of street name sign, according to the literal recognition result with examine the city realm name have with registration in advance and retrieve to the street name put down in writing in the input characters row and corresponding to the street name sign indicating number of this street name corresponding to the street name of the city's realm name that is added with street name sign and corresponding to the 3rd table of the street name sign indicating number of its street name, and according to examine city's realm name and street name detect the residence and represent number.
The 5th invention (the described invention of claim 5) is in the 4th and the 9th invention with the 10th invention (the described invention of claim 10), according to the specific region of how much coming to specify in advance to add street name sign of each handled paper spare in region.
The 11st invention (the described invention of claim 11) is to be listed as from the input characters in the address representing to carry on the paper spare and put down in writing with the 1st address recognition methods of inventing to discern the address, the address of this identification is transformed into bar code and is printed on the above-mentioned paper spare, according to the bar code of being printed the paper spare that is equipped with bar code is handled again.
Fig. 1 is the present invention's the 1st example structure block scheme,
Fig. 2 is illustrated in a routine view in the address of putting down in writing on the paper spare,
Fig. 3 represents a routine view of literal pool,
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram of explanation the 1st embodiment action,
Fig. 5 represents the relation of input characters row and text point P (i), the view of the classification of relation and the comparative result from r (i), deposited between character library D (j) and character library, classification, the word kind, literal recognition result that character identifying portion exports,
Fig. 6 represents the relation of word kind and classification, the view of the word kind result of determination of the classification of the net result of from f (1)~f (m), being collected, the output of word kind detection unit,
Fig. 7 is the block scheme of the present invention's the 2nd example structure,
Fig. 8 represents a routine view of street name literal numerical table,
Fig. 9 represents a routine view of urban district famous-brand clock,
Figure 10 is the process flow diagram of explanation the present invention the 2nd embodiment action,
Figure 11 is the block diagram of the present invention the 3rd embodiment,
Figure 12 represents a routine view of urban district famous-brand clock,
Figure 13 is a routine view of expression street famous-brand clock,
Figure 14 is the process flow diagram of explanation the 3rd embodiment action,
Figure 15 is that for example expression is carried out that the address of being discerned become bar code and is printed on the synoptic diagram of the processing system for mails of handling like this on the paper spare,
Figure 16 is the exemplary plot of China and Korea S's mail,
Figure 17 is an address recognition device block diagram in the past.
Below, describe embodiments of the invention in detail.
The address of being put down in writing on the paper spare, for example in Japan, by represent what number etc. was formed corresponding to postcode, counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name and the address of city's realm name, usually district street, counties and cities, Dou Dao mansion name roughly is a Chinese character, and the address represents that number then is expressed as numeral and label symbol.Among Shuo Ming the embodiment, be the beginning that a coding (calling street name sign indicating number in the following text) of the compositions such as numeral corresponding with the street name is attached to the address below.Below, the address that calls of containing this street name sign indicating number, counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name and the residence number of expression.
In addition, one of the address be illustrated among Fig. 2.Among the figure, 1A is a street name sign indicating number, and 1B is city's realm name/street name, and 1C is that number is represented in the residence.At this point in the example of location, preceding 3 figure places of street name sign indicating number 1A i.e. " 183 " are equivalent to given postcode now, are expression " Fu Zhong city " in the case, and street name sign indicating number 1A back 3 promptly " 123 " be the street name, corresponding to " Ri Xinding ".
Embodiment 1
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing the 1st embodiment of the present invention is described.
In this embodiment, the input characters row that are equivalent to the address are word-for-word carried out literal identification, and judge word kind (Chinese character, numeral, symbol etc.) according to the result of identification.From the beginning of input characters row detected words kind in turn, at first the continuous part of numeral or symbol is regarded as street name sign indicating number then, detect the word kind again and be converted to the position of numeral or symbol, its later part is regarded as the residence number of expression from Chinese character.Discern the address in conjunction with this street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of embodiment 1, and visual extraction unit 101 becomes the electric diagram picture signals to literal on the paper spare or symbol etc.
Address location detecting element 102 detects the information such as number of length, direction and row of the text line of the picture intelligence that becomes in visual extraction unit 101, detect the text line that conforms to contained address on the paper spare according to the information that is detected.Detect technology as position, this address, can consider to adopt disclosed technology in the applicant's for example the special public clear 59-39065 communique.
In the public clear 59-39065 communique of spy, at the uniform velocity carry the note of mail that one side of addressee's name address is arranged with certain width range scanning, therefrom text line carry out compressing during certain and detect therefrom warp certain during the initial and final position of text line of compression, again the addressee's name group of addresses on the mail of the compression text line combination that obtains therefrom and the gradient of its row, position, literal size and row etc. are differentiated.
Literal is selected portion 103 text line that detects as the address is selected processing seriatim.Select technology as this literal and can consider to adopt disclosed technology in the applicant's for example the special public clear 63-57831 communique.
In the special public clear 63-57831 communique, when input operation signal is compressed and upgrades along the direction vertical with scan-line direction, the suppressed range that stores each literal module in the sweep signal of compressing successively, and with the compression sweep signal and input scan signal compare, do not represent in the pairing input scan signal of continuous literal module for compression that literal that the part occasion of literal is done selects action and detect, and read the suppressed range that the synchronous regime selected with literal is stored.
Character recognition portion 104 compares literal of selecting and the literal pool of charging in advance 105, to recognize selected literal.About 3000 Chinese characters, numeral and symbol etc. in literal pool 105, have been charged in advance, literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 is with for example JIS flip-flop form output, promptly, under the situation of the literal of selecting for " 1 " and " mansion ", literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 105 is exported with " 495C " with " 2331 " of JIS flip-flop respectively, as this character recognition technology, the spy that can adopt the applicant to propose opens flat 1-94490 number and the spy opens disclosed technology in the flat 2-137080 communique.
Open in the flat 1-94490 communique the spy, the test pattern modularization of identification with same classification in the character library, at this classification Inner the setting value of Halfway Stopping contrast is upgraded with diminishing one by one, and inconsistent at it be to end such purpose contrast at 0 o'clock, then 1 inconsistent number of minimum for 1 classification is as a result of exported.
Open in the flat 2-137080 communique the spy, from feature pattern storage portion, read the feature pattern signal, from reference pattern storage portion, read each reference pattern of respectively reading object word kind, during not unison on asking feature pattern each several part field and reference pattern between the counterpart field, feature series of having added all directions of recording and narrating feature pattern each several part domain features and the series that obtains for one one of the feature series of the adjacency on each feature series adjacent part field are formed the feature series of multiple class in additional a plurality of modes, on all directions, former feature series and formed multiple category feature series each and and the feature series of the serial corresponding reference figure of former feature between carry out non-linear coupling, because the evaluation value of the non-linear coupling of all directions is that the sum total of its minimum value is decided to be not unison between the certain fields, just determine not unison with reference between the figure of character and graphic and each word kind thus, according to this not unison classification, and the result who is told is exported.
Word kind detection unit 106 is according to judging word kind (Chinese character, numeral, symbol etc.) from the recognition results of the used literal in the address of character recognition portion 104 outputs, promptly, when the literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 is exported with JIS flip-flop, if No. 2300 positions of its JIS flip-flop (preceding 3 of coding is 233) judges that then this literal is the arabic numeral of " 0 "~" 9 ", if JIS flip-flop No. 3000 more than the position (the 1st of coding more than 3) judge that then this literal is a Chinese character.Judge similarly that for symbols such as marker characters Fig. 3 represents that the word kind declares word result's a example.
107 in Address Recognition portion at first is listed as from its beginning part according to pair input characters corresponding with the address of the result of determination in the word kind detection unit 106 in turn detects its word kind, and the continuous part of numeral or symbol is looked do street name sign indicating number and temporarily store.Detect the transfer point of word kind from the Chinese character to the numeral of input characters row again, promptly detect the starting position of the residence number of expression, and this starting position later numeral and symbol be considered as the residence number of expression, then, discern the residence in conjunction with the street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression of temporary transient storage.
Below, more this address recognition device is made specific description.
On paper spare, for example, the text line that is equivalent to the address shown in the image pattern 2 is recited as " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion ", and this text line is the street name sign indicating number 1A that is put down in writing by the address beginning, and counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name 1B and the residence number of expression 1C form.
At first, visual extraction unit 101 is converted to visual electric signal (step 401 shown in Figure 4) to literal on this paper spare and symbol etc.This picture intelligence that extracts is defeated by address position testeding outleting part 102, and address position testeding outleting part 102 detects position, address (step 402), and the extraction text line suitable with the address, i.e. the picture intelligence of " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion ".
Then, the input characters that is extracted in the address position testeding outleting part 102 is listed in literal to be selected and one by one carries out literal in the portion 103 and select (step 403), again literal that character recognition portion 104 is selected this respectively with literal pool 105 in Inner hold and contrasted, promptly, character recognition portion 104 is when making text point return initial value (i=1: step 404), character library number is returned initial value (j=1: step 405), and the literal of text point P (i) and the literal of character library No.D (j) are compared (step 406).Fig. 5 (a) shows the relation of input characters row and text point P (i), the relation among Fig. 5 (b) between expression character library No.D (j) and character library, classification (JIS flip-flop), the word kind.
Character recognition portion 104 when the literal of the literal of text point P (i) and character library No.D (j) is inconsistent, make j=j+1 (step 408) after, return step 406.If when the literal of text point P (i) is consistent with the literal of character library No.D (j), then enter step 409.Does whether the classification (JIS flip-flop) (referring to Fig. 5 c) of results of comparison of storage r (i) check i=n in 409? (step 410) is if i ≠ n makes i=i+1 (step 411), and returns step 405.In the step 410,, that is, as the literal recognition result, export with the JIS flip-flop shown in Fig. 5 (d) with results of comparison r (1)~r (n) if i=n exports results of comparison r (1)~r (n) to word kind detection unit 106 from character recognition portion 104.
In the word kind detection unit 106, acceptance is from results of comparison r (the 1)~r (n) of identification part 104, and the stored position of results of comparison returned initial value (i=1: step 412), according to the classification of results of comparison r (i) the word kind is judged (step 413) then, and it is judged that the word kind deposits among the k (i) (step 414).Relation between word kind and the classification (JIS flip-flop) has been shown among Fig. 6 (a), that is, and during as if " 2330 "≤r (i)≤" 2339 ", be judged to be numeral, if r (i)=" 213D " is judged to be symbol, it is Chinese character that r (i) 〉=3000 declares word, and result of determination is deposited among the k (i).Do you then, whether check i=n? (step 415), if i ≠ n, make i=i+1 (step 416) after, return step 413.In step 415, if i=n, then result of determination k (1)~k (n) is passed to Address Recognition portion 107 from word kind detection unit 106, promptly result of determination k (1)~k (n) as word kind result of determination, being exported shown in Fig. 6 (c).
Address Recognition portion 107 receives result of determination k (1)~k (n) from word kind detection unit 106, make the position that deposits in of results of comparison and result of determination return initial value (i=1, step 417), make end product to deposit the position in return to initial value (j=1, step 418).Then, detect result of determination k (i) (step 419),, make j=j+1 (step 421), enter in the step 422 if numeral or symbol deposit the classification of results of comparison r (i) among the end product f (j) (step 420) in.In step 419,, then directly enter step 422 if its result of determination k (i) is a Chinese character.In step 422, whether check i=n, if i ≠ n makes i=i+1 (step 423), and returns step 419.In step 422, if i=n then regards as address (referring to Fig. 6 (b)) to resulting end product f (1) in step 420~f (m).
That is, identification part, address 107 is that from the beginning the input characters row corresponding to the address are in turn detected the word kind, and at first, " 183-123 " regards the street name as the continuous part of numeral or symbol, and gives temporary transient storage.The word kind that detects again in the input characters row becomes digital change point from Chinese character, promptly detects the starting position of the residence number of expression, and starting position later numeral and symbol " 1-10 " are regarded as the residence number of expression.Then, temporary street name sign indicating number " 183-123 " and the residence number of expression " 1-10 " are combined the identification address.
Embodiment 2
Below, with reference to accompanying drawing the 2nd embodiment of the present invention is described.
In this embodiment, the input characters row that are equivalent to the address are word-for-word carried out literal identification, at first detect the border of city's realm name and street name by the city's realm name in the identification input characters row, detect street name sign indicating number from the literal recognition result again, and detect street name sign indicating number corresponding character number therewith, then, begin to put down in writing the position, and the later input characters in this starting position is listed as the residence number of expression detects according to what the literal number of the boundary position of city's realm name and street name and street name detected the residence number of expression.It is exactly the address recognition result that this residence number of expression is combined with street name sign indicating number.
Fig. 7 is the block scheme of expression embodiment 2 structures, and the structure that portion 103, character recognition portion 104 and character library 105 selected in visual extraction unit 101, address location detecting element 102, literal is all identical with the foregoing description 1, so the explanation of repeating part has been omitted.In the present embodiment, be the literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 to be defeated by street name literal count search part 201, city's realm name search part 203 and Address Recognition portion 205.
Search part 201 counted in street name literal is to partly in turn checking from the outset as the corresponding input characters row in the address of the literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104, detecting street name sign indicating number, and temporarily store.Then with the pre-registration shown in Fig. 8 have street name sign indicating number and therewith street name sign indicating number correspondence 202 pairs of the alpha-numeric street of street name name literal numerical tables therewith the corresponding street of street name sign indicating number name literal number retrieve.
City's realm name search part 203 is literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 and pre-registration are had the Inner of the urban district famous-brand clock 204 of city's realm name to hold to compare and to carry out city's realm name retrieval, retrieve city's realm name like this, and detect the city's realm name in the input characters row and the street name put down in writing thereafter between boundary position.At this, urban district famous-brand clock 204, as shown in Figure 9, registration be the Japan whole nation city's realm name and with the JIS flip-flop of its corresponding character.And the capacity of this urban district famous-brand clock 204 is limited to the degree of about 3000 city's realm names from present situation, and it is very little having the table capacity of street name to compare with registration.
Address Recognition portion 205 is according to counting city's realm name that the corresponding street name literal number of street name sign indicating number that search part 201 retrieved and city's realm name search part 202 detected with street name literal and the boundary position of street name detects the residence number of expression.So just count the recognition result that street name sign indicating number temporary in the search part 201 is used as the address in combination this residence number of expression with at street name literal.
Below, specifically describe this address recognition unit.
In this embodiment, putting down in writing as shown in Figure 2 the text line that is equivalent to the address " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion " on the paper spare.
At first, visual extraction unit 101 becomes electric diagram picture signals (step 401 shown in Figure 4) to literal on the paper spare and symbol etc.The picture intelligence that is extracted is flowed to address position testeding outleting part 102.Address position testeding outleting part 102 detects text line that position, address (step 402), extraction conform to the address, promptly, the picture intelligence of " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion ".
Then, the input characters that will be extracted in address position testeding outleting part 102 is listed in literal and selects and word for word select (step 403) in the portion 103.Each all holds with the Inner of character library 105 and contrasts in character recognition portion 104 the literal of selecting again.Processing again identical with the explanation among the embodiment 1 (step 404~411), character recognition portion 104 are exported as the literal recognition result results of comparison r (1)~r (n) with the JIS flip-flop shown in Fig. 5 (d).
Street name literal is counted search part 201 and is obtained results of comparison r (1)~r (n), partly in turn this results of comparison r (1)~r (n) is checked from the outset from character recognition portion 104, extract the classification (step 501 among Figure 10) that conforms to street name sign indicating number, promptly, to as the corresponding input characters in the address of the literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 row from the outset part rise and check, detect street name sign indicating number " 183-123 " and kept in.Then, in street name literal numerical table 202 shown in Figure 8, retrieve the literal number " 3 " of the street name " Ri Xinding " that street name sign indicating number " 183-123 " is corresponding therewith, and deposit it among the CNO (CNO=" 3 ", step 502).
With street name literal count in the search part 201 processing simultaneously, city's realm name search part 203 has literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 and pre-registration the Inner of the urban district famous-brand clock 204 of city's realm name to hold to compare, and retrieval city's realm name " Fu Zhong city ".Like this, when retrieving its city's realm name " Fu Zhong city ", detecting note has the middle city's realm name " Fu Zhong city " of input characters row " new raised path between farm fields of market day in the mansion " of counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name part and the boundary position of street name " Ri Xinding ".
That is, city's realm name search part 203 is the beginning set positions of city's realm name i=8 (step 503).Make the return initial value of urban district name table position (j=1, step 504) then, and the later result of the literal code of the C of urban district famous-brand clock 204 (j) and r (8) is compared (step 505).If the later result of the literal code of the C of urban district famous-brand clock 204 (j) and r (8) is inconsistent, in step 506, then enter step 507, and make j=j+1 for NO, return step 505.If the later result of the literal code of the C (j) of urban district famous-brand clock 204 and r (8) is consistent, then corresponding with YES in the step 506, enter step 508.In step 508, the border of city's realm name and street name, promptly the beginning position of street name deposits among the CST.Under this occasion, because resulting city realm name is " Fu Zhong city ", so CST=" 11 ".
Identification part, address 205 is the starting position JST (JST=CNO+CST that calculate the residence number of expression in city's realm name search part 203 according to the boundary position (CST=" 11 ") of the street name literal number " 3 " (CNO=" 3 ") corresponding with the street name sign indicating number that detects in the street name search part 201 and city's realm name " Fu Zhong city " that detects and street name " Ri Xinding ", step 509), and regarding the residence number of expression as at this number of expression starting position, residence later record literal " 1-10 " of JST.Then, with this residence number of expression " 1-10 " be temporarily stored in street name literal and count street name sign indicating number " 183-123 " of search part 201 and combine as address recognition result " 183-123 1-10 ".
Promptly, 205 the results of comparison r (1) that conforms to the street name sign indicating number~r (7) in identification part, address deposit among end product f (1)~f (7) (step 510), and in depositing in the later information of results of comparison r (JST) that is equivalent to the residence number of expression after the end product f (8) (step 511), obtain therefrom and identical end product f (the 1)~f (m) shown in Fig. 6 (b).
Embodiment 3
Below, with reference to description of drawings the 3rd embodiment of the present invention.
Present embodiment is that a lot of preassigned specific regions are being arranged in handled a large amount of paper spare for example, even when the street name sign indicating number in the specific region of this appointment is not documented in the input characters row that are equivalent to the address, also can discern the device in address.That is, being ready to has the street name to reach the character library of the street name sign indicating number corresponding with its street name about the registration of this specific region, infers street name sign indicating number by the street name of being put down in writing in the input characters row.
Figure 11 is the block scheme of expression embodiment 3 structures, visual extraction unit 101, address location detecting element 102, literal select portion 103, character recognition portion 104 and character library 105 all with the foregoing description 1 in identical, the explanation of Therefore, omited repeating part.In this embodiment, the literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 being transferred to city's realm name search part 301, street name search part 303, street name literal counts in search part 305 and the identification part, address 306.
City's realm name search part 301 has the Inner appearance of the urban district famous-brand clock 302 of city's realm name to compare and city's realm name is retrieved literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 and pre-registration.And when retrieval city realm name, detect city's realm name and the border between the name of street in the input characters row that record counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name part, its result who detects is outputed in street name search part 303 and the identification part, address 306.
In urban district famous-brand clock 302, as shown in figure 12, the record street name sign is " having " on the city's realm name that conforms to preassigned specific region in city's realm name of being registered, and then puts down in writing street name sign " nothing " on the city's realm name that does not conform to.At the street name sign corresponding with the urban district name of being retrieved by city's realm name search part 301 is the occasion of " having ", street name sign " is had " be defeated by street name search part 303.And when the street name sign of the city's realm name that retrieves is " nothing ", street name sign " nothing " is passed to street name literal count search part 305.At this, as far as possible street name sign is appointed as for example processed paper spare for city's realm name of " having " and compares many a lot of regions with other region.
Street name search part 303 is when the output that the street name sign that receives from city's realm name search part 301 " has ", reach from the literal recognition result of character recognition portion 104 outputs according to city's realm name and the boundary position between the name of street from 301 outputs of city's realm name search part, the literal recognition result of the text line that city's realm name is later has the street famous-brand clock of predetermined specific region street name to compare contrast with registration, retrieval street name.On this street famous-brand clock, as shown in figure 13, registration has street name and the street name sign indicating number corresponding with this street name.The street name sign indicating number of street name search part 303 its street names examined of output and street name correspondence.And then the street name of being registered on this street famous-brand clock is only limited to the street name of preassigned specific region Inner, so have the situation of Japanese national street name to compare with registration, its employed capacity is very little.
Search part 305 counted in street name literal, be under the occasion of reception from the output of the street name sign " nothing " of city's realm name search part 301, for with from the starting check successively as the corresponding input characters in the address of the literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 row, detect street name sign indicating number and temporary transient storage.Then, street name sign indicating number is arranged and the corresponding street name literal number of 202 pairs of the alpha-numeric street of street name name literal numerical tables that should street name sign indicating number and above-mentioned sign indicating number is retrieved with the pre-registration shown in Fig. 8.
Address Recognition portion 306, be under the situation about " having " of the street name sign in retrieving city's realm name search part 301, city's realm name of being exported according to the literal recognition result of the input characters exported from character recognition portion 104 row, from city's realm name search part 301 and the boundary position between the name of street and the street name of being exported from street name search part 303 detect the residence number of expression, and the street name sign indicating number of this residence number of expression and street name search part 303 combined discern the address.
During street name sign " nothing " in retrieving city's realm name search part 301, literal recognition result according to the input characters row of exporting from character recognition portion 104, from city's realm name of city's realm name search part 301 output and the boundary position between the name of street and count the street name literal number that search part 305 exports from street name literal and detect the reference position of the residence number of expression, and detect the later literal of this reference position and be used as the residence number of expression.Then, this residence number of expression and street name literal are counted in the search part 305 address of discerning that temporary street name sign indicating number combines.
Below, more this address recognition device is specifically described.
In this embodiment, putting down in writing as shown in Figure 2 the text line that is equivalent to the address " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion " on the paper spare.
At first, visual extraction unit 101 becomes electric diagram picture signals (step 401 among Fig. 4) to literal on this paper spare and symbol etc.The picture intelligence that is extracted is passed to address position testeding outleting part 102.Address position testeding outleting part 102 detects position, address (step 402), extracts the input characters row that are equivalent to the address, that is, and and the picture intelligence of " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion ".
Then, the input characters that extracts in the address position testeding outleting part 102 being listed in literal selects and word for word selects (step 403) in the portion 103.Respectively selected literal is held with the Inner of character library 105 in character recognition portion 104 again and contrast, afterwards, carry out and same processing (step 404~411) illustrated in embodiment 1, character recognition portion 104 as the literal recognition result, is exported results of comparison r (1)~r (n) with the JIS flip-flop as shown in Fig. 5 (d).
City's realm name search part 301 is to have the Inner of the urban district famous-brand clock 302 of city's realm name to hold literal recognition result in the character recognition portion 104 and pre-registration to compare, retrieve city's realm name " Fu Zhong city ", then, under the condition that retrieves city's realm name, detect the boundary position of city's realm name " Fu Zhong city " and street name " Ri Xinding " in the input characters row of record Dou Dao mansion counties and districts street name part, and this output result is defeated by street name search part 303 and identification part, address 306.In addition because city's realm name " Fu Zhong city " of detecting, be to conform to as shown in Figure 12 preassigned specific region, be " having " so detect street name sign, street name sign " is had " export to street name search part 303 thus.At this moment, because city's realm name search part 301 do not pass to street name literal to street name sign " nothing " and counts search part 305, so it is failure to actuate.
Street name search part 303 is accepted the output that the street name sign from city's realm name search part 301 " has ", reach from the literal recognition result of character recognition portion 104 outputs according to the boundary position between the city's realm name " Fu Zhong city " exported from city's realm name search part 301 and street name " Ri Xinding ", retrieve street name " Ri Xinding " with street famous-brand clock 304, be defeated by identification part, address 306 the street name that detects and with the pairing street of street name name sign indicating number.
Identification part, address 306 is according to from the literal recognition result of the input characters row of character recognition portion 104 output, detect the residence number of expression " 1-10 " from city's realm name " Fu Zhong city " of city's realm name search part 301 outputs and the boundary position between street name " Ri Xinding " and the street name exported from street name search part 303, this residence number of expression " 1-10 " is combined with street name sign indicating number " 183-123 " of exporting from street name search part 303 discerned as address " 183-123 1-10 ".
That is, results of comparison r (1)~r (n) that city's realm name search part 301 receives from character recognition portion 104, and make urban district name table position return initial value (j=1, step 504 among Figure 10).Then, the result that the literal code of urban district famous-brand clock C (j) and r (8) is later compares (step 505), if it is consistent, then the j of this moment is deposited in (CFL=j among the CFL, step 601 among Figure 14), that detects street name sign g (CFL) again has, does not have (step 602), street name sign g (CFL) if do not have, corresponding with the NO in the step 603, street name sign " nothing " is sent into street name literal count search part 305.Thus, the later processing of step 508 is counted search part 305 by means of street name literal and identification part, address 306 is realized among Figure 10.If street name sign g (CFL) is for having, then corresponding with YES in the step 603, except the beginning position of street name being deposited among the CST (step 604), also the beginning position CST of this street name and street name sign " are had " and send into street name search part 303.
The street name sign that street name search part 303 receives from city's realm name search part 301 " has ", and street name table position is returned initial value (j=1, step 605), and the later result of the literal code of street famous-brand clock t (j) and r (CST) is contrasted (step 606).If the later result of the literal code of street famous-brand clock t (j) and r (CST) is inconsistent, then in step 607 corresponding to NO, enter step 608, make j=j+1, and return step 606.If the later result of the literal code of street famous-brand clock t (j) and r (CST) is consistent, then corresponding with YES in the step 607, enter step 609.In step 609, the street name of street famous-brand clock t (j) expression consistent with the later result of r (CST) is exported to identification part, address 306 with street name sign indicating number.At this moment, the classification of each literal of street name sign indicating number is started anew to deposit among r ' (1)~r ' (7), and with its in contrast as a result r ' (1)~r ' (7) be defeated by identification part, address 306.
Obtain boundary position in the identification part, address 306, be the beginning position CST of street name from city's realm name of city's realm name search part 301 and street name, and from the beginning position JST (step 610) of the residence number of expression of the street name of street name search part 303.Again results of comparison r ' (the 1)~r ' (7) from street name search part 303 is deposited among end product f (1)~f (7) (step 611).The later results of comparison r (JST) of beginning position JST that holds represented number regards the residence number of expression as, and signal after the suitable results of comparison r (JST) of the residence number of expression therewith as end product f (8) with storage afterwards, obtain identical end product f (the 1)~f (m) as shown in Fig. 6 (b) whereby.
Processing system for mails
In above-mentioned various embodiments, identify " 183-123 1-10 " as the address, become for example bar code etc., if this printing bar code on paper spare, just can greatly improve the treatment effeciency of processing system for mails, the summary of processing system for mails in this case is shown among Figure 15.Among the figure, 2-1 is that paper spare supply unit, 2-2 are that optical character identification part, 2-3 are that (2-41~2-4n) is that door controller, 2-6 are that (2-71~2-7n) is gate for feed track, 2-7 for collection unit, 2-5 for printing bar code portion, 2-4.In addition, 3-1 is that paper spare supply unit, 3-2 are that bar code is read portion, 3-3 (3-31~3-3n) is that collection unit, 3-4 are that door controller, 3-5 are that (3-61~3-6n) is a gate for feed track, 3-6.
In this processing system for mails, paper spare is conducted to feed track 2-6 from paper spare supply unit 2-1.When paper spare 4 arrives optical character identification part 2-2, optical character identification part 2-2 detects the text line of putting down in writing on the paper spare that is equivalent to the address, with mode of the present invention the address is discerned, even on paper spare 4, putting down in writing " new raised path between farm fields 1-10 of market day in the 183-123 mansion ", then " 183-123 1-10 " discerned as the address.Then, optical character identification part 2-2 sends into this address " 183-123 1-10 " of having discerned among the 2-3 of printing bar code portion.The 2-3 of printing bar code portion is transformed into bar code to the address " 183-123 1-10 " from optical character identification part 2-2, and prints this bar code on the specified location of the paper spare of sending here through optical character identification part 2-2 4.
This paper spare 4 that is printed on bar code is sent to collection unit 2-4.There, also deliver to door controller 2-5 by the address " 183-123 1-10 " of the paper spare 4 of optical character identification part 2-2 identification, door controller 2-5 is according to the switching of sending here address " 183-123 1-10 " control gate 2-71~2-7n.Whereby paper spare 4 be collected in the corresponding collection unit 2-4 in address " 183-123 1-10 " that is discerned by the 2-2 of optical identification portion in.
The paper spare 4 that comes from paper spare supply unit 3-1 promptly is conducted among the feed track 3-5 with the paper spare 4 that said method stamps bar code.When paper spare 4 arrival bar codes were read the 3-2 of portion, bar code was read the 3-2 of portion and is read the bar code that is printed on the paper spare 4.Then the bar code Inner that reads is held and send among the door controller 3-4.Door controller 3-4 holds the switching of control gate 3-61~3-6n by the Inner that sends bar code here.Be collected in bar code whereby and paper spare 4 and read among the represented corresponding collection unit 3-3 in address of bar code that the 3-2 of portion reads.
Though in above-mentioned various embodiments, be that the combination of object, address form Chinese character, symbol and numeral is illustrated, also can make for the paper spare of China or Korea S etc. to use the same method with the Inner of Japan.Figure 16 (a) is the example of the Chinese mail of expression, and Figure 16 (b) is the example of Korea S's mail.The mail of China is also the same with Japan, and its part that is equivalent to counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name is put down in writing with Chinese character, and the residence number of expression is to use digitized representation.In the mail of Korea S, the part that is equivalent to counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name is put down in writing with the Koryo literary composition, and the residence number of expression is to use symbolic representations such as numeral and mark.
Can understand from above explanation, in the of the present invention the 1st and the 6th invention, owing to street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression combined as the address recognized, the street name sign indicating number that makes it and be made up of predetermined number is corresponding, and the street name that need not to register huge quantity just can be read the address at a high speed, accurately.
And the 2nd and the 7th invention is in the 1st and the 6th invention, input characters row from the outset part successively the word kind is retrieved and is detected street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression, except the effect that the 1st and the 6th invention is arranged, can also receive the effect more reliably that detects that makes street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression.
The the 3rd and the 8th invention is in the 1st and the 6th invention, show retrieving with the 1st with the corresponding street of name sign indicating number, street name literal number, with the 2nd table city's realm name of forming the input characters row is retrieved, and detect the residence number of expression according to the literal number of the street name of being retrieved and city's realm name, except effect with the 1st and the 6th invention, also can have so that street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression detect more reliable effect.
The the 4th and the 9th invention is in the 3rd and the 8th invention, additional street name sign on urban district, the preassigned specific region name in city's realm name of on the 2nd table, being registered, additional on city's realm name of examining have under the situation of street name sign, going out in input characters row contained street name with city's realm name of retrieval with the 3rd table search according to the literal recognition result reaches and this corresponding street name sign indicating number, and detect the residence number of expression according to the city's realm name that is detected and street name, except the effect that the 3rd and the 8th invention is arranged, even if also have the effect that under the situation of not putting down in writing street name sign indicating number, also can discern the address reliably.
The the 5th and the 10th invention is in the 4th and the 9th invention, according to each region institute treatment paper part how much come to specify in advance the additional specific region that street name sign indicating number arranged, except the 4th and the 9th effect of inventing is arranged, can also obtain big effect with few registration street name.
The 11st invention is the address recognition methods with the 1st invention, the input characters in the expression address of putting down in writing by sending here on the paper spare is listed as identification address, identification address mapping slivering font code and be printed on the above-mentioned paper spare, according to bar code that it printed and the paper spare that is printed on this bar code is handled, except that the effect that the 1st invention is arranged, can also receive according to the address of bar code, i.e. identification automatically the effect of the classification of paper spare, collection.

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1. an address recognition methods is characterized in that, the input characters row of street name sign indicating number, region name and residence the represent number corresponding with the street name put down in writing etc. on the paper spare carry out the image extraction to containing of expression address,
Input characters row that this image extracts are word-for-word selected, and respectively this literal and the character library Inner that has registered Word message are in advance held and compare and carry out literal identification,
Result according to this literal identification detects above-mentioned street name sign indicating number and the above-mentioned residence number of expression,
The street name sign indicating number that is detected and the residence number of expression combined as the address discerned.
2. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that, judge the word kind of each literal in the above-mentioned input characters row according to above-mentioned literal recognition result, above-mentioned input characters be listed as from its beginning part in turn carry out the detection of word kind to detect street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression.
3. the method described in claim 1, it is characterized in that, registration in advance has city's realm name with alpha-numeric the 1st table of the corresponding street of name sign indicating number, street name and registration in advance the 2nd table is set, detect street name sign indicating number according to above-mentioned literal recognition result, retrieve the street name literal number corresponding with above-mentioned the 1st table with this street name sign indicating number, retrieve the city's realm name that constitutes above-mentioned input characters row according to above-mentioned literal recognition result with above-mentioned the 2nd table, according to the street name literal number and the city's realm name that retrieve thus the residence number of expression is retrieved again.
4. address as claimed in claim 3 recognition methods, it is characterized in that: in above-mentioned the 2nd table, add street name sign on city's realm name of preassigned specific region in the contained city realm name, for the additional occasion that street name sign is arranged of the city's realm name that detects, according to above-mentioned literal recognition result and city's realm name of detecting, with registration in advance have the street name corresponding with city's realm name of additional street name sign and with the 3rd table of this pairing street of street name name sign indicating number retrieve corresponding to the street name of record in the input characters row and with this pairing street of street name name sign indicating number, detect the residence number of expression according to the city's realm name and the street name that detect again.
5. address as claimed in claim 4 recognition methods is characterized in that, adds the specific region of street name sign according to how many appointments in advance of each region institute treatment paper part.
6. an address recognition device is characterized in that it is provided with
The expression address, contain input characters row corresponding to street name sign indicating number, region name and the residence number of expression of the street name of putting down in writing on the paper spare etc. and carry out the image that image extracts and extract parts,
Word-for-word select extract the input characters row that parts institute image extracts by this image, and respectively this literal and registration in advance had the character library Inner of Word message to hold to compare the character recognition portion part that the style of writing word of going forward side by side is discerned,
According in the character recognition portion part, the literal recognition result of input characters row being detected parts to what above-mentioned street name sign indicating number and the above-mentioned residence number of expression detected,
Combine the identification component of discerning as the address detect the street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression that detect in the parts at this.
7. address recognition unit as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, the above-mentioned parts that detect are provided with the word kind judging part of the word kind of each word in the above-mentioned input characters row being judged according to the literal recognition result of above-mentioned character recognition portion part,
By to above-mentioned input characters row from the outset part rise and in turn carry out the word kind and detect street name sign indicating number and the residence number of expression.
8. address as claimed in claim 6 recognition device is characterized in that, the above-mentioned parts that detect are provided with registration in advance has city's realm name with alpha-numeric the 1st table of the corresponding street of name sign indicating number, street name and registration in advance the 2nd table,
Literal recognition result according to above-mentioned character recognition portion part detects street name sign indicating number, with above-mentioned the 1st table searching part counted in the street name literal of retrieving with this corresponding street of name sign indicating number, street name literal number, and city's realm name searching part of with above-mentioned the 2nd table the city's realm name that constitutes above-mentioned input characters and be listed as being retrieved according to the literal recognition result of above-mentioned character recognition portion part;
Count the literal number that detects in the searching part according to above-mentioned street name literal and detect the residence number of expression with the city's realm name that in above-mentioned city realm name searching part, detects.
9. address recognition unit as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: additional street name sign on city's realm name of preassigned specific region in city's realm name of in above-mentioned the 2nd table, being registered,
The occasion of on city's realm name that above-mentioned city realm name searching part is retrieved, having street name sign, according to the literal recognition result of above-mentioned character recognition portion part and city's realm name of above-mentioned city realm name searching part retrieval, utilize pre-registration has the street name corresponding with the urban district name of additional above-mentioned street name sign, and and the 3rd the showing of the corresponding street name sign indicating number of this street name, to the street name of record in the above-mentioned input characters row and the street name searching part of retrieving corresponding to the street name sign indicating number of this street name
Reach the street name of in the name searching part of above-mentioned street, retrieving according to city's realm name of in above-mentioned city realm name searching part, being retrieved and detect the residence number of expression.
10. address as claimed in claim 9 recognition device is characterized in that: according to the specific region of how much coming to specify in advance additional above-mentioned street name sign of each region treatment paper part.
11. a paper file automated processing system is characterized in that, it is provided with the input characters contained, that represent the address from the paper spare of carrying of the address recognition methods described in the claim 1 and is listed as the address recognition device of discerning the address,
Address by the identification of this address recognition device become bar code and be printed on bar code printing device on the above-mentioned paper spare, and
The treating apparatus that the paper spare that is printed on bar code with this bar code printing device is handled according to the bar code that is printed.~47, be used for the USPS automatic address and read sorter (1985)) disclose.
As for being provided with the word extraction element that contained literal on the paper spare is scanned, scanning patter is extracted as word units, with the storing apparatus that preestablishes the address base figure that has the expression address, and the comparison means of the word that is extracted by the word extraction element being arranged in proper order by record on the paper spare and comparing with the address base figure, by means of selecting and the method for identification address is for example disclosing in the special public clear 62-62388 communique with the immediate combination of comparative result in this comparison means.
Yet, in the recognition device of the address in this past, must be all being recorded in the address base as whole place names of reading object.For example, for Japan, about 3000 of counties and cities, Dou Dao mansion realm name, if comprising the street name again has 120000 approximately, then address base storage content is just quite huge if will write down so many place names.Because exist the big problem of unit scale change that makes.In addition, also, the very slow problem of processing speed is arranged because the number of packages that will compare is too many.
In order to solve such problem, the purpose of this invention is to provide the street name of the huge quantity of a kind of non-registration and can read the address recognition methods and the address recognition device in address at a high speed, accurately.Also provide a kind of can carrying out that the address of being read is become bar code, and the paper file automated processing system of print processing on paper spare.
In order to realize this purpose, the 1st invention (the described invention of claim 1) is to the pairing street of street name name coding contained on the paper spare with the 6th invention (the described invention of claim 6), expression contains region name (counties and cities district, Dou Dao mansion street name) and the residence represents that the input characters row in the address of number carry out image and extract, the literal that image extracts is word for word selected and each literal and the character library Inner appearance that records Word message are compared in advance this literal is discerned, detect street name coding according to the result of this literal identification and represent number, represent that with residence number carries out Address Recognition in conjunction with this street name coding that detects with the residence.
The 2nd invention (the described invention of claim 2) is in the 1st invention and the 6th invention with the 7th invention (the described invention of claim 7), judge the word kind of each word in the input characters row according to the result of literal identification, and the text line of input is carried out the word kind successively from start-up portion detect and detect street name coding and the residence number of expression.
For example in the 2nd and the 7th invention, judge the word kind (differences of Chinese character, numeral, symbol etc.) of each literal in the input characters row according to the result of literal identification, begin the text line of input is carried out the detection of word kind successively from start-up portion, the continuous part of initial numeral or symbol looked do street name sign indicating number, again according to the variation of word kind, for example input characters is listed as from Chinese character and becomes the variation of numeral or symbol and its numeral or symbol are detected as the residence number of expression.
The 3rd invention (the described invention of claim 3) and the 8th invention (the described invention of claim 8) are the corresponding street name the alpha-numeric the 1st of registration in advance and street name coding to be set show and register in advance have the 2nd of city's realm name to show in the 1st and the 6th invention, detect street name sign indicating number according to the literal recognition result, and with the 1st the table street name literal number corresponding to street name sign indicating number is retrieved, result according to literal identification retrieves the city's realm name that constitutes the input characters row with the 2nd table, and the literal number of the street name that retrieves thus and city's realm name detect the residence and represent number.
For example, in the 3rd and the 8th invention, according to the result of literal identification numeral or symbol continuous part are regarded as street name sign indicating number, with the 1st table the street name literal number corresponding with this street name sign indicating number retrieved, again according to the literal recognition result, the city's realm name that constitutes the input characters row is retrieved in the 2nd table, then, according to the street name literal number that detects from the 1st table with from the 2nd table, examine city's realm name detect the starting position of the residence number of expression, and the later text line in starting position is from then on represented number as the residence.
The 4th invention (the described invention of claim 4) and the 9th invention (the described invention of claim 9) be in the 3rd and the 8th invention, registering to city realm name Inner in the 2nd table add street name sign on the city's realm name in the preassigned specific region, attached on the city's realm name that retrieves
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