JP2001101178A - Data processor and its program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily correct the relevant data in a file only by reading the data from a recording matter even if an operator does not perform an access operation of a correction object from the file nor confirms contents before and after the correction in the case of correcting file contents. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 respectively extracts the zip code, the address and the sender name in a sender area from postcard data read by an image reader 9. The CPU 1 retrieves applicable data from an address book file F on the basis of each extracted data and compares the retrieved data with the read sender data to discriminate whether or not both of them coincide. When it is decided that they do not coincide here, the data in the file F are automatically corrected on the basis of the read sender data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus for correcting or updating the contents of a file and a program recording medium for the data processing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, data processing apparatuses such as word processors and personal computers store and manage an address book file, and address printing is performed by calling up the contents of the address book file. by the way,
If there is a person whose address has been changed from the received New Year's card etc., it is necessary to correct the contents of the address book file, but in this case, select the applicable person from the name list display and address book data of that person Was corrected by key input. In addition, in recent years, along with the subdivision of postal codes, three- or five-digit to seven-digit notation has made it possible to recognize prefectural and municipal names (administrative divisions) as well as town areas. The postal code entered in the New Year's card
In many cases, three or five digits still remain, and even in such a case, the contents of the address book file are corrected one by one by key input. On the other hand, New Year's cards are sent to many people and received from many people every year, so we manually check which person issued the New Year's card and who came from it.

[0003]

However, as described above, when the contents of the address book file are changed in accordance with the address change, the address of the New Year's card and the address of the address book file are checked one character at a time. It is necessary to check the changed portion and input a key, which is extremely troublesome and may cause an input error. The same applies to the case where the postal code is changed to seven-digit notation. In particular, since the input is a long numerical value of seven digits, an input error is more likely to occur. Also, manually confirming who came from the New Year's card one by one is also extremely troublesome,
The inconvenience of giving out to people who have forgotten to put them out or who have become alienated occurs. A first object of the present invention is to read data from a recorded matter without modifying the contents of a file without an operator performing an operation of calling a modification target from the file or checking the contents before and after the modification. Is to make it possible to easily modify the corresponding data in the file. A second object of the present invention is to read postal code / address data from a recorded article on which the postal code / address is described, and to read the postal code / address data as regular data without any special operation by the operator. If not, it should be possible to correct it to legitimate data. A third object of the present invention is that it is not necessary to manually confirm whether or not mail has been received, and information on whether or not mail has been received can be stored in an address book file only by reading sender data from the mail. The problem is to avoid the inconvenience of forgetting to put out or giving out to people who have become alienated.

[0004] The means of the present invention are as follows. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data processing apparatus for correcting the contents of a file, comprising: reading means for reading data from a recorded material; and a predetermined data from data read by the reading means. Extraction means for extracting
Searching means for searching the file for the corresponding data based on the data extracted by the extracting means; and, when the relevant data is searched by the searching means, the searched data and the data read by the reading means. And comparing means for determining whether the two match.
And a correction processing means for correcting the corresponding data in the searched file based on the read data when the mismatch is determined by the determination means. It is to be noted that, when the discriminating means discriminates the discrepancy, a display means for associating the corresponding data in the searched file with the read data and providing a guidance display together with a message indicating whether or not the correction is necessary, The correction processing means may correct corresponding data in the searched file when an instruction for automatic correction is given. In the first invention, predetermined data is extracted from data read from a recorded matter, and corresponding data is searched from a file based on the extracted data, and the searched data and the read data are retrieved. Are compared with each other, and it is determined whether or not they match, and when the mismatch is determined, the corresponding data in the searched file is corrected based on the read data. Therefore, when modifying the contents of the file, the operator does not need to perform an operation to call the modification target from the file or check the contents before and after the modification. The corresponding data can be easily corrected.

[0005] The invention described in claim 3 (second invention) is:
Dictionary storage means for storing a correspondence dictionary in which a zip code and an address are associated with each other; reading means for reading zip code / address data from a recorded article in which a zip code / address is described; and reading means for reading the zip code / address data. Character recognizing means for recognizing characters of postal code / address data, dictionary retrieving means for retrieving the corresponding dictionary based on the postal code / address data recognized by the character recognizing means; When the address / address data is retrieved, the postal code / address data is compared with the postal code / address data read by the reading means, and a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the two match is provided. If it is determined that the two do not match, the read zip code / address data is replaced with the zip code / address data in the searched corresponding dictionary. It is intended to and a correction processing means for correcting process based on. A registration unit may be provided for newly registering the postal code / address data read by the reading unit and corrected by the correction processing unit in the address book file in accordance with the registration instruction. Search means for searching an address book file based on the postal code / address data corrected by the correction processing means, and when the relevant postal code / address data is searched by the search means, the postal code / address data is retrieved. Determining means for comparing the address data with the postal code / address data corrected by the correcting means and determining whether or not the two are the same;
The corresponding postal code /
Address book correcting means for correcting the address data based on the corrected postal code / address data may be provided.
In the second invention, the postal code / address data read from the recorded matter in which the postal code / address is described is character-recognized, and the correspondence dictionary is searched based on the recognized postal code / address data, When the relevant zip code / address data is searched, the zip code / address data is compared with the read zip code / address data,
It is determined whether the two match, and if the two do not match, the read postal code / address data is corrected based on the retrieved postal code / address data. Therefore, when the zip code / address data is read from the recorded matter in which the zip code / address is described, even if the operator does not perform any special operation, if the read data is not the proper data, the read data is read. Data can be corrected.

[0006] The invention according to claim 6 (third invention) provides:
In a data processing device for updating the contents of an address book file, reading means for reading sender data from a mail, search means for searching an address book file based on sender data read by the reading means, When a search is made for the presence of the corresponding data, there is provided additional means for adding received information indicating that the mail has been received to the corresponding data in the address book file. In the third invention, the address book file is searched based on the sender data read from the mail, and when the presence of the corresponding data is searched, the mail is received at the corresponding data in the address book file. The received information indicating is added. Therefore, there is no need to manually confirm whether the mail has been received, just by reading the sender data from the mail, the information as to whether the mail has been received can be stored in the address book file. It is possible to avoid the inconvenience of giving out to an old person.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a data processing device according to this embodiment. This data processing apparatus has an image scanner that scans postal matter such as postcards and optically reads an address, a postal code, and a sender's name from a sender area recorded thereon, and scans the mail by this image scanner. It is determined whether the data read from the sender area is legitimate data, and if the data is legitimate data, the contents of the address book file are updated (correction / new registration) according to the data, and the mail has been received. Is added to the address book file. Before describing the features of this embodiment in detail, the hardware configuration of this embodiment will be described below.

[0008] The CPU 1 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the data processing device according to an operating system and various application software in the storage device 2. The storage device 2 includes, in addition to an operating system and various application software, a database,
It has a recording medium 3 which stores character fonts and the like and is constituted by a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory or the like, and a drive system therefor. The recording medium 3 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a CD-RO that can be removably mounted.
M, a floppy desk, a RAM card, a portable card such as a magnetic card. Further, the programs and data in the recording medium 3 are stored in the R under the control of the CPU 1 as necessary.
An AM (for example, a static RAM) 4 is loaded, and data in the RAM 4 is saved on the recording medium 3.
Further, the recording medium may be provided on an external device side such as a server, and the CPU 1 can directly access and use the program / data in the recording medium via a transmission medium. The CPU 1 can also take in a part or all of the data stored in the recording medium 3 from another device via a transmission medium, and newly or additionally register the data in the recording medium 3. That is, the transmission control unit 5 receives a program / data transmitted from another device constituting the computer communication system via a wired transmission line such as a communication line or a cable or a wireless transmission line such as radio waves, microwaves or infrared rays. And can be installed in the recording medium 3. In addition, program /
The data may be stored and managed on an external device such as a server, and the CPU 1 may directly access and use the program / data on the external device via a transmission medium.

As described above, the CPU 1 is not limited to programs / data which are resident in a fixed manner in advance, and stores programs / data externally supplied via a recording medium or a transmission medium, or stores the program / data on an external device side. Operations specific to this embodiment can also be executed by directly using the managed programs / data. On the other hand, a transmission control unit 5, an input unit 6, a display unit 7, a printing unit 8, and an image reader 9, which are input / output peripheral devices, are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus line.
1 controls their operation. The transmission control unit 5 is, for example, a communication interface including a communication modem, an infrared module, an antenna, and the like. The input unit 6 is an operation unit that constitutes a pointing device such as a keyboard, a touch panel, a mouse, or a touch input pen, and inputs character string data and various commands. The display unit 7
Is a liquid crystal, CRT, or plasma display device for performing full-color display, and the printing unit 8 is a non-impact printer such as thermal transfer or ink-jet, or a dot impact printer. The image reader 9 is a hand scanner or a stationary scanner. In this embodiment, a stationary scanner with an automatic paper feeder is used.

FIG. 1B shows a part of a storage device 2 and a part of a RAM 4. In this embodiment, an image buffer A, a recognition result memory B, a character recognition dictionary C, an analysis result memory D, a postal code dictionary E , An address book file F. The image buffer A temporarily stores the surface image data of one postcard read by the image reader 9, and the CPU 1 cuts out the data in the image buffer A and performs character recognition. The recognition result (character string code) ) Are sequentially set in the recognition result memory B.
In this case, the CPU 1 recognizes characters in the data in the image buffer A character by character by referring to the normal character recognition dictionary C, and associates the recognition result with the printing position of the postcard image in the recognition result memory B as image. It is arranged to be.

The analysis result memory D temporarily stores data obtained by analyzing the contents of the recognition result memory B. The CPU 1 analyzes the contents of the recognition result memory B to specify the sender area of the postcard. The contents of the recognition result memory B corresponding to the sender area, that is, the "zip code", "address", and "sender name" of the sender are extracted and set in the analysis result memory D. The postal code dictionary E is the latest dictionary that associates postal codes and addresses with seven-digit notation for each region in the whole of Japan. The CPU 1 refers to the postal code dictionary E to read the postal code dictionary E in the analysis result memory D. It is determined whether the sender “postal code” and “address” are legitimate data. The contents of the postal code dictionary E are shown in FIG.
As shown in (A), the first letter of the town area name is used as a key, and it is arranged in the order of "aiueo". The postal code of 7 digits and the address data consisting of the prefecture name, city name, town name, and town area are stored. Configuration. The address book file F has a configuration in which “name”, “zip code”, “address”, “telephone number”, etc. are data for one record corresponding to each person.
Is an address book file F based on the contents of the analysis result memory D.
To modify the content of the or to register a new record. As shown in FIG. 2B, the contents of the address book file F include "name", "postal code", "address", "telephone number", etc. corresponding to each person, and a postcard (New Year's card) for each year. Has a field for a plurality of years for storing a receipt stamp indicating whether or not the receipt has been received. In addition, as fields for multiple years for storing receipt stamps, in addition to this year, past 3
A field for years is provided.

Next, the operation of the data processing apparatus according to this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, the programs for realizing the functions described in these flowcharts are stored in the form of readable program codes on the recording medium 3, and the CPU 1 executes the operations according to the program codes sequentially. I do. Further, the CPU 1 can also sequentially execute the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium. That is, a program / externally supplied via a transmission medium other than a recording medium
Operations specific to this embodiment can also be performed using data.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of updating the contents of the address book file F based on data read by the image reader 9. First, while a postcard is set in the image reader 9 which is a stationary scanner with an automatic paper feeder (step A1), the image reader 9 is operated to start scanning (step A2). Then, the CPU 1 captures the surface image data of one postcard read by the image reader 9, sets the image data in the image buffer A, and recognizes the data in the image buffer A character by character by referring to the character recognition dictionary C. Is written to the recognition result memory B (step A3). After the read postcard is discharged (step A4), the sender area of the postcard is identified by analyzing the contents of the sender area according to the flowchart of FIG. , The "zip code" of this sender,
A sender analysis process is performed to extract “address” and “sender name” and set them in the analysis result memory D (step A5).

Here, the recognition result obtained by recognizing the contents of the image buffer A is set in the recognition result memory B in association with the printing position of the postcard image.
Specifies the sender area from the character position and character size in the recognition result memory B after character recognition (step B1). In this case, if there is a portion at the lower left of the postcard where relatively small characters are gathered, the gathered portion is recognized as the sender area. Then, a 3 to 7 digit number portion is extracted from the sender area, and if there is a digit portion (step B3), the data of the digit string is set as a postal code in the analysis result memory D (step B4). ). Subsequently, an address including the name of the prefecture and the name of the city, town, and village is searched from the sender area (step B5).
6) The address is set in the analysis result memory D (step B7). In this case, an address including a prefecture name and a municipal name is searched for by referring to the postal code dictionary E. Further, the sender name is searched from the sender area (step B8) and set in the analysis result memory D (step B9).

When the sender analysis process is completed, the process proceeds to step A6 in FIG. 3, where a postal code dictionary matching process is performed. This postal code dictionary matching process is executed according to the flowchart of FIG. First, the zip code and address of the sender are extracted from the analysis result memory D (step C1), and the zip code corresponding to the sender address is obtained by searching the zip code dictionary E using the sender address as a key (step C2). I do. And the sender's zip code,
The postal code is compared with the postal code obtained by searching the postal code dictionary E (step C3). In this case, since the seven-digit postal code is stored in the postal code dictionary E, it is checked whether the sender postal code has seven digits and the seven digits completely match (step C4). If the seven digits completely match, the sender's postal code and address are determined to be legitimate data, and the collation processing ends at this point.

On the other hand, if the sender's postal code remains in three or five digits, or if the number itself is incorrect even if it is expressed in seven digits, it is determined in step C4 that the postal code does not match. Then, an address corresponding to the sender's postal code is searched (step C5), the sender's address is compared with the searched address (step C6), and it is checked whether they match (step C7). Even if there are no prefectures, municipalities, and municipalities, if a town area is included, it is determined whether the town areas match. That is, step C7 determines at least the coincidence of the town areas. When the coincidence is detected, an automatic correction screen is displayed and output (step C8). FIG. 7A shows an automatic correction screen in this case, in which a message is displayed for inquiring whether to correct the read zip code of the sender to a proper zip code. Here, if the user performs a fixing operation to instruct the correction (step C9), the postal code in the analysis result memory D is automatically corrected (step C10). On the other hand, if a mismatch between the postal code is detected in step C4 and the address is not matched in step C7, a collation error display is performed (step C11). If there is an instruction to automatically correct the postal code / address (step C12), the postal code / address of the sender is automatically corrected based on the searched regular postal code / address (step C13). If instructed, the sender's zip code /
The image buffer A is modified (Step C1)
4).

When the postal code dictionary collation processing is completed, the process proceeds to step A7 in FIG. 3, and the address book file editing processing is performed. This address book file editing process is executed according to the flowchart of FIG. First, the sender's name is extracted from the analysis result memory D (step D1), and the address book file F is searched using this sender's name as a key (step D2), and it is determined whether a corresponding record exists (step D3). If the record does not exist, a new registration confirmation screen is displayed (step D).
4), when a confirmation operation is performed to instruct new registration (step D5), "zip code", "address", and "sender name" in the analysis result memory D are registered as new records in the address book file F. (Step D6). Then, the contents of the image buffer A, the recognition result memory B, and the analysis result memory D are cleared (step D1).
6). If the new registration is not instructed, an unedit end message is sent (step D).
7), the above-described clear processing (step D16) is performed.

If there is a record corresponding to the sender's name, the postal code and the address are extracted from the analysis result memory D (step D8), and each extracted item is compared with the corresponding item of the search record. (Step D9). As a result, when a match of each item is detected (step D1)
0), a receipt indicating that a new year's card has been received this year is added to the corresponding record of the address book file F (step D1).
5). Then, the above-described clear processing is performed (step D16). As a result of comparing each item of the sender's zip code and address extracted from the analysis result memory D with the corresponding item of the search record, if any of the items is found to match (step D10), a mismatch is found. The part is detected (step D11), and an automatic correction screen is displayed (step D11).
12). FIG. 7B shows an automatic correction screen in this case.
Each item of the sender's postal code and address and the corresponding item of the search record are displayed side by side, and the unmatched part is displayed blinking. Here, when the confirmation operation is performed to instruct the correction (step D13), the data in the corresponding record of the address book file F is automatically corrected based on the zip code / address of the sender (step D14). . If there is no confirmation instruction, a non-editing end message is issued (step D17). After the receipt mark of the current year is added to the record (step D15), a clearing process is performed (step D16).

When the address book file editing process is completed, the process proceeds to step A8 in FIG. 3, where it is determined whether the next postcard is set in the automatic paper feeder. Returning to step A1, the above operation is repeated for each postcard (steps A1 to A8). As a result, when all the postcards have been read and the above-mentioned processing has been completed, the person who has not received a New Year's card in this year and the past three years is extracted by referring to the receipt stamp attached to each record in the address book file F. (Step A9), the corresponding person list screen is displayed (Step A10). When an estranged person is selected and designated from the list screen, the designated record is deleted from the address book file F (step A1).
1).

As described above, in this embodiment,
The postal code, address, and sender's name in the sender area are respectively extracted from the postcard data read by the image reader 9, and the corresponding data is searched from the address book file F based on the extracted data. The corresponding data and the read sender data are compared to determine whether the two match, and if the two are not matched, based on the sender data that has read the corresponding data in the address book file F, Since the correction is made, when the contents of the address book file F are corrected, the data can be read from the postcard without the operator having to call the correction target from the file or checking the contents before and after the correction. Only by reading, the corresponding data in the address book file F can be easily corrected. In this case, the corresponding data in the address book file F and the read sender data are associated with each other and displayed together with a message indicating whether or not the correction is necessary. F
Since the corresponding data is modified, the contents of the address book file F can be modified after the confirmation of the operator.

The sender's zip code / address data read by the image reader 9 is recognized by characters, and the zip code dictionary E is searched based on the recognized zip code / address data. The address data is compared with the postal code / address data of the sender, and when a mismatch is determined between the two, the read postal code / address data of the sender is corrected based on the retrieved postal code / address data. In other words, when the postal code / address data is read from the postcard, even if the operator does not perform any special operation, if the read data is not legitimate data, it is corrected to legitimate data. The address book file F based on this corrected data.
By updating the contents of the above, the update can be performed accurately. Further, the address book file F is searched based on the sender data read by the image reader 9,
Since the received data indicating that the postcard was received is added to the corresponding data, there is no need to manually confirm whether the postcard has been received, just read the sender data from the postcard and receive the postcard Since it is possible to store the information of whether or not the information has been stored in the address book file F, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of forgetting to give out the information or giving it to a distant person.

In the above-described embodiment, the postcard is read. However, an envelope, a parcel, or the like in which the sender is described may be read.
A business card or a communication mail address may be read. Although the contents of the address book file F are updated, the contents of a personnel file, a customer file, and the like may be updated. Further, the above-described data processing apparatus is not limited to a stand-alone type, and each component of the present invention is physically separated into two or more housings, and a wired transmission line such as a communication line or a cable, a radio wave, or a microwave. Alternatively, a distributed computer communication system for transmitting and receiving data via a wireless transmission path such as infrared rays may be configured. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when modifying the contents of a file, recording can be performed without the operator having to perform an operation of calling a modification target from the file or checking the contents before and after the modification. Just read the data from the object,
The corresponding data in the file can be easily modified. According to the second invention, when the zip code / address data is read from the recorded matter on which the zip code / address is described, the read data is legitimate data even if the operator does not perform any special operation. If not, it can be corrected to legitimate data. According to the third aspect, it is not necessary to manually confirm whether or not the mail has been received, and information on whether or not the mail has been received can be stored in the address book file only by reading the sender data from the mail. However, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of forgetting to give out or giving out to people who have become alienated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a data processing device with an image reader, and FIG.
The figure which showed a part of M4.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a configuration of a postal code dictionary;
(B) is a diagram showing a configuration of an address book file.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of updating the contents of an address book file F based on data read by an image reader 9.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart detailing a sender analysis process shown in step A5 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart detailing a postal code dictionary matching process shown in step A6 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart detailing an address book file editing process shown in step A7 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an automatic editing screen at the time of postal code dictionary collation processing, and FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an automatic editing screen at the time of address book file editing processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Storage device 3 Recording medium 5 Transmission control part 6 Input part 7 Display part 9 Image reader A Image buffer B Recognition result memory C Character recognition dictionary D Analysis result memory E Postal code dictionary F Address book file

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A data processing apparatus for correcting the contents of a file, comprising: reading means for reading data from a recorded material; extracting means for extracting predetermined data from data read by the reading means; Searching means for searching the file for the corresponding data based on the data extracted by the search means; and when the relevant data is searched by the searching means,
Determining means for comparing the searched data with the data read by the reading means and determining whether or not they match; and when the determining means determines a mismatch, the corresponding data in the searched file is determined. Correction processing means for correcting data to be corrected based on the read data. 2. A display means for associating relevant data in the searched file with the read data and providing a guidance display together with a message indicating whether or not correction is necessary, when the discrimination is judged by the discriminating means. 2. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction processing unit corrects the corresponding data in the searched file when an instruction for automatic correction is given. 3. A dictionary storage means for storing a correspondence dictionary in which a zip code and an address are associated with each other;
Reading means for reading the address data; character recognizing means for recognizing the postal code / address data read by the reading means; and searching the correspondence dictionary based on the postal code / address data recognized by the character recognizing means. When the corresponding zip code / address data is searched by the dictionary search means, the zip code / address data is compared with the zip code / address data read by the reading means. Means for judging whether or not they match each other. If the discrimination means judges that the two do not match, the read zip code / address data is converted into the zip code / address data based on the searched zip code / address data in the corresponding dictionary. And a correction processing means for performing correction processing. 4. A registration means for newly registering postal code / address data read by said reading means and corrected by said correction processing means in an address book file in accordance with the registration instruction. Item 3. The data processing device according to Item 2. 5. A search means for searching an address book file based on postal code / address data corrected by the correction processing means, and when the relevant postal code / address data is searched by the search means, Determining means for comparing the postal code / address data with the postal code / address data corrected by the correction means and determining whether or not the two are the same; 3. The data according to claim 2, further comprising address book correction means for performing correction processing on the corresponding postal code / address data in the retrieved address book file based on the corrected postal code / address data. Processing equipment. 6. A data processing apparatus for updating contents of an address book file, comprising: reading means for reading sender data from a mail; search means for searching an address book file based on the sender data read by the reading means. And data adding means for adding received information indicating that the mail has been received to the corresponding data in the address book file when the corresponding data is found by the searching means. Processing equipment. 7. A recording medium having a program code readable by a computer, comprising: a computer readable program code for extracting predetermined data from data read from a recorded material; A computer-readable program code that causes the file to search for the corresponding data based on the file, and, when the corresponding data is searched, compares the searched data with the data read by the reading unit. A computer readable program code for determining whether the discrepancy is determined, and a computer readable program code for correcting the corresponding data in the searched file based on the read data when a mismatch is determined. A recording medium comprising: 8. A computer-readable recording medium having a program code readable by a computer, wherein the computer-readable program for character-recognizing postal code / address data read from a recorded material on which the postal code / address is described. Code and postal code / address based on the recognized postal code / address data
A computer readable program code for retrieving the address correspondence dictionary, and when the corresponding postal code / address data is retrieved, the postal code / address data and the postal code / address data read by the reading means are read. A computer readable program code for comparing and judging whether the two match, and a postal code in the searched corresponding dictionary when the discrepancy between the two is judged. / A computer-readable program code for performing a correction process based on address data. 9. A recording medium having a computer readable program code, comprising: a computer readable program code for searching an address book file based on sender data read from a postal matter; And a computer-readable program code for adding, when retrieved, the received data indicating that the mail has been received to the corresponding data in the address book file.