JPH07171505A - Mail address code reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily deliver mail by simply and accurately reading the corrected address code of mail in a mail address code reader reading the address of mail using OCR(optical character recognition device) and applying an address code to the mail to classify the mail. CONSTITUTION:A mail address code reader has address recognition devices 14, 15 optically reading the address entered in mail and an address code printer 16 classifying the confirmed address to apply the address code concerned and converting the address code to a machine code to print the mail with machine code. When an address is corrected, address code printers 28, 29 printing the machine code corresponding to the corrected address on a region separate from the machine code of mail are used and an address code reader 24 recognizing the corrected address code as a regular address code at the time of reading is installed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail address code reading device for reading a mail address using an OCR (optical character recognition device) and assigning a mail address code to the mail address to classify the mail. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an address code reading device for a mail piece optically reads an address written on a mail piece and recognizes the address by performing character recognition on the read image.
The delivery destination of the mail can be classified based on the recognized address.

Further, if these read addresses are classified, a corresponding address code is given, the corresponding address code is converted to a corresponding machine code and printed on a mail item, and when the mail item is classified plural times, Since the address code is printed on the mail in the sorting step, the processing can be performed by reading only the address code in the subsequent sorting steps. For this reason, according to the method using the address code, it is not necessary to read the address using the optical character recognition device having a high processing cost except the first division step, and the processing is simplified. The processing of mail items using such address codes is still under consideration in Japan, but some have already been implemented overseas.

[0004]

With the existing character recognition technology, it is difficult to correctly recognize an address written on a mail piece with a recognition rate of 100%. For this reason, an incorrect recognition result may be obtained for the address written on the mail, and as a result, there is a discrepancy between the written address and the printed address code, and the wrong address code is printed. there is a possibility. Such a character recognition error is unavoidable at the current technical level, so that a mail item with the wrong address code printed is sent to the wrong delivery office, and the address code is wrong at the delivery stage. It turns out. In this case, it is necessary to resend the mail to the correct delivery office.

Further, when the postal item is addressed to the old address whose address has been changed, it is necessary to transfer the postal item to the new address when the address change of the address is found. If you do not know where to change your address, you must return it to the sender. In this way, when a mail is transferred due to an error in address recognition or address change, handling of the address code previously printed becomes a problem.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and by reading the corrected address code of a mail item simply and accurately, the mail address code can be easily read and delivered. The purpose is to provide a device.

[0007]

In order to solve the above technical problems, the mail address code reading apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention converts an address described in a mail into a corresponding address code and mail. A means for determining that a plurality of address codes are added to a mail in a mail address code reader for accumulating mail in each delivery area based on the added address code. And a means for determining which address code is the corrected address code when the determination means determines that there are a plurality of address codes, and a corrected address code determined by this determining means. And an address code reading means for recognizing the address code as a regular address code.

The mail address code reading apparatus according to the second invention converts the address described in the mail into a corresponding address code and adds it to the mail, and the added address code is used for each delivery area. In a mail address code reading apparatus for accumulating mail, a means for determining that a plurality of address codes are added to the mail and this determining means determines that there are a plurality of address codes. And a method for determining which address code is the corrected address code based on its priority, and an address code reading process for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code. Means and are provided.

The mail address code reading apparatus according to the third aspect of the invention converts the address described in the mail into a corresponding address code and adds it to the mail, and the added address code is used for each delivery area. In a mail address code reading apparatus for accumulating mail, a means for determining that a plurality of address codes are added to the mail and this determining means determines that there are a plurality of address codes. When the address code is corrected, the means for determining which address code is the corrected address code based on the type of the machine code, and the corrected address code determined by the determining means are recognized as the regular address code. And an address code reading means.

The mail address code reading apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention converts the address described in the mail into a corresponding address code and adds it to the mail, and the added address code is used for each delivery area. In a mail address code reading apparatus for accumulating mail, a means for determining that a plurality of address codes are added to the mail and this determining means determines that there are a plurality of address codes. When the address code is corrected, the means for determining which address code is the corrected address code based on the added direction and the corrected address code determined by the determining means are recognized as the regular address code. And an address code reading means.

The mail address code reading apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention converts an address described in the mail into a corresponding address code and adds it to the mail, and the added address code is used for each delivery area. In a mail address code reading apparatus for accumulating mail, a means for determining that a plurality of address codes are added to the mail and this determining means determines that there are a plurality of address codes. Means for determining which address code is the corrected address code based on the additional area, and an address code for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code. And a reading unit.

The mail address code reading apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention converts an address described in the mail into a corresponding address code and adds it to the mail, and the added address code is used for each delivery area. In a mail address code reading apparatus for accumulating mail, a means for determining that a plurality of address codes are added to the mail and this determining means determines that there are a plurality of address codes. In this case, a means for determining which address code is the corrected address code based on the presence or absence of the invalidation, and the corrected address code determined by the determining means are recognized as the regular address code. And an address code reading means.

The mail address code reading apparatus according to the seventh invention converts the address described in the mail into a corresponding address code and adds the code to the mail, and the added address code is used for each delivery area. In the mail address code reading device for accumulating mail items, the address code is directly printed on the mail, and the address code reading means for recognizing the printed address code is provided. .

[0014]

With the mail address code reading apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the address is printed as a machine code, and the machine code corresponding to the corrected address code is provided in an area different from the machine code. When the address of the mail piece is read, the corrected address code is read by the address code reading means to recognize the added address as a regular address code.

In the mail address code reading apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the corrected address code is given a higher priority than the address code, and the machine code corresponding to both the address code and the priority code is mailed. When the address code is read, all the address codes are read by the address code reading means, and the address code added with the higher priority code is recognized as the regular address code. Two or more such address codes may be added. In that case, the address code including the highest priority code is recognized as a regular address code. Further, the position of the priority code may be added to the head of the address code, the end of the address code or other predetermined parts.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the third aspect of the invention, a predetermined machine code different from the address code is added to the area different from the machine code of the mail as the corrected address code. At the time of reading, the address code reading means reads the address code added by this different type of machine code, and recognizes it as a regular address code.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the corrected address code is added in a predetermined direction, the address code reading means determines the correction address code in advance when reading. The address code added in the same direction is read and this is recognized as a regular address code.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the invention, in the case where the corrected address code and the invalidated address code are added to different areas of the mail, the address code reading means can read the above when reading. The corrected address code is read and recognized as a legitimate address code.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus of the sixth invention, a machine code corresponding to the sender's address code is added to the mail as a corrected address code, and the address code is read at the time of reading. The means reads the corrected address code of the sender, and recognizes it as a regular address code.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the invention, the address is directly printed on the mail as an address code, and the address code reading means reads and recognizes the address code at the time of reading. .

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mail address code reading apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the mail address code reading device. This device recognizes an address of a mail piece by an optical character recognition device or the like and prints an address code corresponding to the address code on the mail piece, and an address code reading device 21 for reading the printed address code. It is roughly divided into. Usually, the address code printing device 11 is provided in the head office and the like, while the address code reading device 21 is provided in the delivery station.

The address code printing device 11 includes a supply unit 13 for supplying mail, a photoelectric conversion unit 14 for optically reading an address pattern and converting the address pattern into an electric signal, and an address for recognizing a corresponding character from the address pattern. The recognition unit 15 (the photoelectric conversion unit 14 and the address recognition unit 15 correspond to the address recognition means), the delivery destination classification (address code) is obtained from the address recognition result (address), and the corresponding machine code (see FIG. 2). It has an address code printing section 16 as an address code printing means for converting into a bar code (shown in the figure) and printing this on a mail piece, and a stacking section 20 for stacking these mail pieces. The address code printing unit 16 prints a normal address code. The address code may be printed on another sheet and attached to the mail piece.

In addition, the address code printing device 11 corrects the address code of a mail piece on which an incorrect address code or the like is printed. Therefore, the correction address code input section 28 for inputting the corrected address code and the corrected address code are corrected. A correction address code printing section 29 for converting the address code into a corresponding machine code and printing it (the correction address code input section 28 and the correction address code printing section 29 correspond to the correction address code printing means). The mail items having the corrected address code are accumulated in the accumulating unit 20. Regarding the input of the address code, a method of inputting only the address and obtaining the address code from the address by database search may be used as described later.

On the other hand, the address code reading device 21 is a supply unit 23 for supplying mail items on which the address code is printed, and an address code reading unit as an address code reading unit for reading the address code or the corrected address code from these mail items. 24 and a mail stacking unit 25.

Now, the mails collected at the head office etc. are given a corresponding address code by using the address code printing device 11. In this processing, the postal matter sequentially supplied from the supply unit 13 optically reads the address described in the postal matter as an image by the photoelectric conversion unit 14, and the address recognition unit 15
By this, character recognition is performed from the read image to recognize the address. Then, the address code printing section 16 classifies the delivery destinations for each recognized address and assigns a predetermined address code, converts this to a corresponding machine code, and prints it on a predetermined area of the mail. The mail items on which these address codes are printed are sent to the collecting unit 20 and collected there.

The postal matter to which the above address code is added is sent from the head office to the corresponding delivery office. At this delivery station, the mail is sorted by address, which is delivered by the courier, but if the address code is found to be incorrect at these stages, the mail is forwarded to the head office. The address code reading device 21 is used for sorting the mail items at the delivery office. However, when the mail items to which the corrected address code is added are not included, a normal address code is read. .

On the other hand, with respect to the mail matter having the wrong destination code transferred to the main office, the destination code is corrected. This is performed by the operation of the clerk. First, the address code corrected by the clerk is operated and input from the correction address code input unit 28. Next, in the correction address code printing section 29, the input address code is converted into a corresponding machine code and printed as a corrected address code in a predetermined area of the mail. The postal matter is accumulated in the accumulating unit 20 and is again sent to the corresponding delivery station together with other postal matters.

In the delivery station, the postal matter is supplied to the address code reading section 24 through the supply section 23, and the normal address code or the corrected address code printed on the postal matter is read by the address code reading section 24 ( If a corrected address code is assigned, read this corrected address code as a regular address code). Based on these read address codes, the accumulation unit 25 accumulates the postal items for each classification. Then, these mail items are delivered.

Various examples of the address code correction method will be described below. Also, depending on each correction method,
The form of correction printing printed by the correction address code printing unit 29 and the means for reading the correction address code in the address code reading unit 24 are different, which will also be described.

Address code correction method 1 Address is "Taro Toshiba Taro, 70 Yanagi-cho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa"
There is a mail item having an address (hereinafter referred to as an address (a)). The correct address code for this mail is 0123
456. It is assumed that an error occurs in the character recognition stage of this mail and the address is mistakenly read as "Toshiba Taro Toshiba, 70 Yanagi-cho, Sachi-ku, Chiba-shi" (hereinafter referred to as the address (b)). If the address of this address (b) is represented by an address code, it is 034.
5456.

Here, since the address of the address (a) is misread as the address (b), the address code given to this mail is not the address code 0123456 of (a),
It is the address code 0345456 of (b). However, the priority code "00" is added to the head of the address code given at this time to obtain 00345456.

If this is found to be wrong in the Chiba City Bureau, it is necessary to correct it. At this time, the newly corrected address code is
The priority code “01” is added to the head of the correct address code 0123456 to obtain 010123456 (FIG. 2A). "00" and "0" added to the above head
The priority code "1" indicates the priority of reading and is "0" rather than the code with "00" at the beginning.
The address code of the one with "1" is preferentially read. Therefore, when reading the address code of the postal matter, 010123456 is prioritized over 0003445456, so that the regular reading result of the address code is 0.
123456 ("01" at the head is deleted).

In this way, the address code is corrected by adding the code indicating the predetermined priority to the head of the address code. FIG. 2A shows an example of printing the address code of the mail in the address code correction method 1. Further, FIG. 3 shows a detailed configuration diagram of the address code reading unit 24 and a flow chart of processing in the embodiment.

Here, the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2A and 3. First, when a code-erroneous mail piece is found, the address code with the highest priority is sent by the operator through the correction address code input section 28 (the above 01
0123456) and enter this address code in the printing section 2.
It is printed on the mail by 9 (FIG. 2 (a)), then collected in the stacking unit 20 and sent to a predetermined delivery station. Then, the delivery station to which this mail has been sent reads the address code using the address code reading device 21. In this address code reading device 21, the address code reading unit 24 reads the corrected address of the mail piece supplied from the supply unit 23.

The details of the address code reading section 24 are shown in FIG. 3. First, the code area detecting section 31 detects the area in which the address code is printed (step S3).
1). Then, the address code for each area is read, and one address code (000345456) is read by the machine code reading unit A32 (step S32),
The machine code reading unit B33 also reads the other address code (010123456) (step S33).
Next, in the priority determination unit 34, the read address codes are compared and the highest priority address code (0
101123456) is selected (step S34), this is output as the read result of the corrected address code (step S35), and this mail is accumulated in the accumulating unit 25.

In the embodiment shown here, the number of address codes is one or two, but three or more address codes may exist. In this case, after reading all the address codes printed on the mail, refer to the priority code to determine the address code with the highest priority code, and read it. The result.

When reading the address code, a plurality of address code readers may be operated in parallel.
A single address code reader may read a plurality of address codes in order.

Address code correction method 2 This shows another embodiment in which address codes are prioritized for correction. In this embodiment, the corrected address code is a machine code (bar code) of a predetermined type different from the machine code (bar code) previously given.
In the subsequent reading, the address code of the other type is preferentially read.

FIG. 2 (b) shows an example of printing the address code of the mail in the address code correction method 2.
This is one in which a different type of address code (0345456) is added to the original address code (0123456).

Now, the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2B and 4. In this method, when a mail piece having an error in the address code is found, the address code corrected by the operator using the input unit 28 (the above-mentioned 03
45456) is input, and this is printed on the postal matter by the printing unit 29 as another type of address code having a high priority,
It is then sent to the appropriate delivery office. Then, the delivery station to which this mail is sent uses the address code reading device 21 and the address code reading unit 24 reads the corrected address supplied from the supply unit 23.

The details of the address code reading unit 24 are shown in FIG. 4. First, the code region detecting unit 41 detects the existence regions of the address codes printed on the mail and determines the types of these address codes. (Step S41). Next, for the normal address code, the normal machine code reading unit 42 reads the normal address code (0345456) (step S42), and for the different type of correction address code, the correction machine code reading unit 43 corrects the corrected address code. (0123456) is read (step S43).

Then, the correction address code read by the machine code recognizing section 44 is taken as a regular address code reading result. If the correction address code is not printed, the normal address code is output as the reading result (step S44).

Address code correction method 3 This is to print a correction address code in a printing direction different from the normal address code previously given and preferentially read the correction address code in the different printing direction when reading. It is the one.

FIG. 2 (c) shows an example of printing the address code of the mail in the address code correction method 3,
In addition to the original address code (0345456), a correction address code (0123456) is printed in a different correction direction (orthogonal direction in this example).

The embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 (c) and 5. In this method, the printing unit 29
The address code for correction (0123456) printed in the correction direction is read by the address code reading unit 24.

The details of the address code reading section 24 are shown in FIG. 5. First, the code area detecting section 51 detects the area of the address code in the mail (step S5).
1) It is checked whether or not the correction address code is additionally printed in the correction direction (step S52). When the correction address code is detected, the machine address reading unit 52 reads the correction address code printed in the correction direction (step S54), and when the correction address code is not added, The address code printed in the normal direction is read (step S53). Then, the machine code recognition unit 53 outputs the correction address code as the address code reading result, and if the correction address code is not printed, the normal address code is read and output (step S55).

Address Code Correction Method 4 The format of the address code for correction used in this method is a bar code having the same form as the address code used in the above correction method 1, and for example, two lines from the address code initially assigned are used. This address code is invalidated by drawing (this may be one line or multiple lines), and instead, the correction address code is printed in another area and this address code is made valid to enable it. Is to be corrected.

FIG. 2D shows an example of printing the address code of the mail in the address code correction method 4, in which the original address code (0345456) is invalidated with two lines and the corrected address is replaced therewith. The code (0123456) is separately printed.

The embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2D and 6. First, if a code-erroneous mail piece is found, handwriting or inputting an operation from the input unit 28 invalidates this address code by drawing a two-line from the original address code (0345456) and replacing it with the corrected address. The code is operated and inputted, and the printing section 29 prints the corrected address code on a predetermined area of the mail.

Then, the delivery station to which this mail is sent uses the address code reading device 21 to read the mail supplied from the supply unit 23 by the address code reading unit 24. The details of the address code reading unit 24 are shown in FIG. 6. First, the code region detecting unit 61 determines the area of the address code printed on the mail. At this time, the address code which is algorithmically invalidated by the two lines is not judged as the address code area, and therefore the area where the corrected address code is printed is detected as the address code area (step S61).
Next, the machine code reading unit 62 reads the corrected address code from the address code area (step S62). Then, the machine code recognizing unit 63 outputs the read address code for correction as a result of reading the address code, and if the address code for correction is not printed, outputs it as a reading result (step S63).

Method of Inputting Correction Address Code The correction address code input section 28 is basically input manually. FIG. 7 shows an example of this input form and address code search. First, the actual mail item requiring correction of the address code due to the lack of the address code, or the mail item is displayed on the display, and the image display content is visually confirmed by the operator. Then, the address newly corrected based on the confirmation result is operated to input the address input terminal device 71 as the input unit 28. The conversion from the address to the address code can be performed, for example, by searching the address / machine code database 72 by the address machine code conversion unit 73 provided in the device 71 and obtaining the address code and the machine code from the address.

Application of Address Code Correction Method For the application of the address code correction, as shown in the above-mentioned embodiment, (1) the recognition of the address described in the postal matter is erroneous, so that the printing error is It is not limited to correcting the address code to correct address code.

Besides, for example, the following application examples can be considered. (2) If the address written on the postal item has already changed due to relocation, the address code is corrected to the address code of the relocation destination in order to transfer it to the address of the relocation destination. (3) If the address on the mail is unknown, or if the address of the new address is unknown, correct the address code to return it to the sender.

Here, an application example of the application example (2) will be described. In the above embodiment, (wrong address code) is (address code before moving) and (corrected address code) is (address after moving). Code), the correction process becomes the same as in the above example.

Next, an application example of the application example (3) will be shown.
This is realized, for example, by combining the address code correction method 1 and the address code correction method 4 described above. First, it is assumed that both the address code of the recipient and the address code of the sender are attached to the mail. This is because the recipient's address and the sender's address can be read from the mail and both of these address codes can be added to the mail at the first address code printing stage, or the sender can add the sender's address code. You may.

The priority code used in the address code correction method 1 is used to distinguish the address code of the recipient from the address code of the sender. For example, the recipient's priority code may be "00" and the sender's priority code may be "99". Predetermine that the recipient's address code will be returned to the sender if it becomes invalid. Then, if it becomes necessary to return the mail to the sender for some reason, the address code of the recipient is deleted. To delete the address code of the recipient, for example, the address code correction method 4 may be used to invalidate the address code with two lines.

Therefore, by using the above-mentioned application example (3), it becomes possible to easily return the mail to the sender. According to the above embodiment, at the time of correction, a bar code is used as a machine code corresponding to the corrected address code in a region different from the original address code given to the postal matter, and this is read and read. In this case, the corrected address code is preferentially read and recognized as a legitimate address code, so that the address of the mail can be corrected easily and the mail can be transferred easily. It became a thing.

Even when the address of the address is changed, the address code before the change is invalidated by the two lines and the address code of the changed address is newly added, and this is recognized as the corrected address code. Therefore, the mail can be easily transferred.

In addition, since the address codes of the recipient and the sender are given at the same time, the address code of the recipient is invalidated and the address code of the sender is recognized when necessary.
It can be easily returned to the sender.

[0060]

As described above, according to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention, when the mail address having the address printed as the machine code is corrected, the corrected address code printing means is provided. At, the machine code corresponding to the corrected address code is printed in an area different from the above machine code of the mail, and when the address of the mail is read, the address code reading means reads the corrected address code and Since the address code is recognized, there is an effect that the address of the mail piece can be easily corrected and the mail piece can be easily transferred.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the second to fifth inventions, when the address is corrected, the address code corrected by the corrected address code printing means is distinguished from the address code before the correction. Separately printed, the corrected address code is read preferentially when reading, and it is recognized as a legitimate address code, so the address of the mail can be corrected easily and the mail can be easily transferred. There is an effect that can be done.

According to the mail address code reading apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the invention, when the address is corrected, the corrected address code printing means invalidates the address code and the sender's address code is different from the machine code. When printing on the area and reading it, the address code reading means reads the corrected address code and recognizes it as a legitimate address code, so it is easy to return the mail address to the sender. There is an effect that can be done.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mail address code reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example in which an address code and a correction address code are printed on a mail according to the embodiment.

3A and 3B are a configuration diagram and a flowchart showing a reading process of the address code correction method 1 using the priority order according to the embodiment.

4A and 4B are a configuration diagram and a flowchart showing a reading process of an address code correction method 2 using an address code of a different type according to the embodiment.

5A and 5B are a configuration diagram and a flowchart showing a reading process of the address code correction method 3 for changing the direction of the address code according to the embodiment.

6A and 6B are a configuration diagram and a flowchart showing a reading process of an address code correcting method 4 for invalidating an address code with a line according to an embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a process of inputting an address corrected according to an embodiment and a search process for the address code.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 photoelectric conversion unit 15 address recognition unit 16 address code printing unit 24 address code reading unit 28 correction address code input unit 29 correction address code printing unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A mail address code read for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail, and collecting the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. When the device determines that there are multiple address codes added to the mail, and when this determination unit determines that there are multiple address codes, which address code is the corrected address Means for determining whether the code is a code, address code reading means for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code,
A mail address code reading device comprising: 2. A mail address code reading for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail, and accumulating the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. When the device determines that there are multiple address codes added to the mail, and when this determination unit determines that there are multiple address codes, which address code is the corrected address Means for determining whether it is a code based on its priority, an address code reading means for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code,
A mail address code reading device comprising: 3. A mail address code reading for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail and accumulating the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. When the device determines that there are multiple address codes added to the mail, and when this determination unit determines that there are multiple address codes, which address code is the corrected address A means for determining whether the code is a code based on the type of the machine code, and an address code reading means for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code. Address code reader for postal items. 4. A mail address code reading for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail, and accumulating the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. When the device determines that there are multiple address codes added to the mail, and when this determination unit determines that there are multiple address codes, which address code is the corrected address Means for determining whether it is a code based on the added direction, address code reading means for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code,
A mail address code reading device comprising: 5. A mail address code read for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail, and accumulating the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. When the device determines that there are multiple address codes added to the mail, and when this determination unit determines that there are multiple address codes, which address code is the corrected address Means for determining whether the code is a code based on the additional area, address code reading means for recognizing the corrected address code determined by the determining means as a regular address code,
A mail address code reading device comprising: 6. A mail address code read for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail, and accumulating the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. When the device determines that there are multiple address codes added to the mail, and when this determination unit determines that there are multiple address codes, which address code is the corrected address Means for deciding whether the code is invalid or not, and an address code reading means for recognizing the corrected address code decided by the deciding means as a regular address code,
A mail address code reading device comprising: 7. A mail address code read for converting the address described in the mail to a corresponding address code and adding it to the mail and accumulating the mail in each delivery area by the added address code. In the apparatus, the address code reader is characterized in that the address code is directly printed on a mail piece and has address code reading means for recognizing the printed address code.