JPH11104572A - Addressee collation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the processing requiring an operator by making the character strings before correction with a manual correcting means and the addresses in an addressee dictionary of the character strings after the correction correspondent to each other and previously recording the same in an extension addressee dictionary. SOLUTION: If an address and name cannot be specified as a result of the retrieval thereof, either the reading result is incorrect or the written addressee is wrong and therefore, the reading result, the image of the addressee of a delivery item and the result of the retrieval are transferred to a manual correction apparatus (VCS) 4. An operator estimates the correct addressee from the transferred image, a final candidate and the data existing in the addressee dictionary 3 and transfers the addressee to an output device 6. Further, the information of the addressee estimated by the operator is stored in the extension addressee dictionary and is used for helping the retrieval from the next time. The frequencies of using a manual reader are gradually decreased by using such system, by which the cost accompanying the correction may be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a destination collating apparatus used for sorting deliveries.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The work of sorting and sorting deliveries is performed manually, and in recent years automation has been promoted. In order to sort, it is necessary to read and recognize destinations, but there are many other types that cannot be read. To support this, technologies such as video coding systems that manually assign destinations and put them into sorting machines have been developed. ing.

The process of manually addressing is slower and more costly than humans, as it is done by humans. Moreover, this operation is not reduced and must be performed as long as the installed automatic sorting apparatus is operating. Therefore, an apparatus that reduces this cost is proposed.

[0004] That is, by registering the result input by the operator in the extended database, know-how of a person who cannot be imitated by the machine can be stored, and attention should be paid to the sender of a delivery that was difficult to read from next time on how to write. There is a demand for a destination collation device that can be expected to reduce processing requiring an operator.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a result input by an operator is registered in an extended database, so that know-how of a person who cannot be imitated by a machine can be stored, and a sender of a delivery which is difficult to read can be stored. It is an object of the present invention to provide a destination collating apparatus that can be expected to reduce processing requiring an operator by calling attention to the writing method from the next time.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A destination collating apparatus according to the present invention reads a destination of a delivery, outputs a read character string and an image, a destination reading means for storing the destination, and a destination dictionary for storing the destination. An output unit for displaying success or failure, and from the input image and the character string, a destination matching the destination in the image is searched for and specified from the destination dictionary for the input character string and the character string input by the operator. The manual correction means for determining, the extended destination dictionary for storing the record of the data corrected by the manual correction means, and the character string input from the destination reading means are present in the destination dictionary or the extended destination dictionary. The result is output to the output unit, and if there is no data, the manual correction unit searches all the data input from the destination reading unit with the result. Collating means for outputting the address which has been left until, when the character string is identified by the manual correction means as a result of reading the address, the character string before correction by the manual correction means and the character after correction By recording the addresses of the columns in the destination dictionary in correspondence with the extended destination dictionary, the addresses are used for the next matching by the matching means.

The destination collating apparatus of the present invention reads an address and a sender of a delivery, and outputs an extended character string and an image. The extended destination reading means, a destination dictionary in which the destination is stored, and a success / failure of the destination reading. Output means for displaying, reply label creating means for printing the input character string in a label form according to its contents, and inputting a destination matching the destination in the image from the input image and character string The candidate of the input character string or the character string input by the operator is determined by searching from the destination dictionary and specifying it, and not only the success or failure is output to the output means, but if the operation is successful, the destination and the sender address name To the reply label creating means, and whether or not the character string input from the extended destination reading apparatus exists in the destination dictionary. Output means, and, if not present, the extended manual correction means includes a collation means for outputting all data input from the extended destination reading means and a final process of the search result, and the delivery is read by an operator. For those who succeed, the success is printed in a form that can be sent to the sender.

[0008]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a destination collating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a destination matching apparatus for explaining a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a destination collating apparatus which promotes the automation of sorting work by registering and utilizing an incorrect destination and an accurate destination corresponding to the destination when assigning a read destination to a delivery. is there. The flow of processing of the destination matching device will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the outline of the apparatus will be described. In FIG. 1, first, an image of a delivery and characters related to a destination described in the delivery are acquired using the destination reading device 1. The letters are labeled so that you can tell if they are addresses or names. The collation device 2 searches the address and name using the destination dictionary 3 and the extended destination dictionary 5 to check whether the address and name are correct. The searched address is 2 above
If it can be specified by either the destination dictionary 3 or the extended destination dictionary 5 as one dictionary, it is correct, and the information of the destination is sent to the output device 6. If the search result cannot be specified, either the read result is incorrect or the written address is incorrect, so the read result and the image of the address of the delivery (usually the image of the surface of the delivery) and search Results (finally remaining candidates) are manually corrected equipment (VCS) 4
Is forwarded to The operator infers an accurate destination from the transferred image, the final candidate, and the data in the destination dictionary 3, and transfers the destination to the output device 6. Further, the information of the destination inferred by the operator is stored in the extended destination dictionary 5, and is used for the next search. By using this device, the frequency of using the manual reading device is gradually reduced, and the cost associated with the correction can be reduced.

Next, each device will be described in detail.

The destination reading apparatus 1 is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 5-217015.
This is an apparatus that uses an address reading device for mailing materials described in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. JP-A-2006-15095 to decompose an optically read image into characters and configure it as a destination. The character string configured as the destination is transferred to the matching device 2 together with the image. The transferred image and its character string are shown in FIGS. The character string is output while being distinguished into a part which is the address of the destination and a part which is the name of the destination.

The collation device 2 is a device for specifying a corresponding delivery destination from the destination dictionary 3 and the extended destination dictionary 5 based on the character string transferred from the destination reading device 1.

Regarding the collation processing by the collation device 2,
The description will be made with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

That is, in step 1, a character string and image data are obtained from the destination reading device 1. In step 2, this image data is temporarily stored in a buffer (not shown). In step 3, a search is made for the address and name of this destination,
If the search is successful after determining whether the search is successful or not in step 4, the success and the searched data are output in step 5 and the processing is terminated. If unsuccessful in step 4, the failure in step 6, the data remaining as candidates until the end, the input character string and the image in the buffer are output to the manual correction device 4, and the processing is terminated.

The operation of the search process is shown in steps 7 to 12. In step 7, candidate data is extracted from the address dictionary 3. The extraction method is to extract data including characters of the character string to be searched for to some extent. In this case, the address field of the destination dictionary 3 and the address equivalent part of the input data, the name field, and a part of another article (large name, large name 2) are compared with the name equivalent part of the input data, and the number of hit characters is checked.

In step 8, the extracted data group is weighted. Weights are assigned according to the number of hit characters. In step 9, these candidates are narrowed down, and data having the largest weight is extracted. If the number of data extracted in step 10 is one, the search is successful and the process proceeds to step 11. If the data extracted in step 10 is not one, it cannot be specified, and the process proceeds to step 12.

In the successful step 11, the specified result is output, and the search is terminated. Step 1
In step 2, it is checked whether or not there is a data record in which all the input character strings match in the extended destination dictionary 5 which has accumulated the experience of operation up to now. The result (the destination obtained by subtracting the destination dictionary 3 from the record number on the destination dictionary 3 included in the retrieved record) is output in step 11. If it does not exist, it means that the search has failed, so that the search is failed in step 14 and the result narrowed down in step 9 is output, and the processing ends.

Whether the character string input from the destination reading device 1 in the matching device 2 exists in the destination dictionary 3 or the extended destination dictionary 5 is determined based on the input character string and the character to be searched. This is a score indicating the degree of coincidence of the columns, and has only one candidate having a score equal to or higher than a predetermined value in the two destination dictionaries, the destination dictionary 3 and the extended destination dictionary 5 to be searched. However, if the IDs of the destination dictionaries 3 extracted from the extended address dictionary 5 are common, it is not counted that there are a plurality of candidates.

The destination dictionary 3 stores an address of a target area and a list of inhabitants living there in pairs. FIG. 5 shows the format of the stored data. The ID includes the record number, address, name, and other items. The address includes the prefecture name to the issue, the name is the householder, family name, and the other items are the large flag, large name, building name, and room number. included.

The manual correction device 4 is a device for the operator to manually determine a destination when the destination cannot be specified by the collation device 2. This device has a display unit for displaying an input image and a character string, and an input unit (mainly a keyboard) for inputting a destination. An example of the display unit is shown in FIG.
Corresponds to this.

The manual correction process by the manual correction device 4 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

That is, in step 21, the character string relating to the destination, the image of the delivery, and the result of the narrowed destination are input from the collation device 2. In step 22, the image of the delivery is displayed, and at the same time, the narrowed down destination candidates are displayed.
The operator inputs at step 23 whether any of the displayed candidates is correct or not at all. When the candidate data is selected (step 2
4) The character string relating to the input destination and the record number of the selected candidate are sent to the extended destination dictionary 5 and recorded (step 25). Thereafter, the success with the candidate selected in step 29 is output to the output device 6 and the process is terminated.

If it is determined in step 23 that there is no correct answer in the candidates (step 24), the process proceeds to step 26, where the operator inputs a character string considered to be correct.
This character string is searched from the destination dictionary 3 in step 27, and if it is found (successful search) in step 28, step 25
Then, the character string input in step 21 and the record number of the destination dictionary 3 selected by the operator are sent to the extended destination dictionary 5 and recorded. If the search is not successful in step 28, the process proceeds to step 29 and the output device 6 indicates that the search has failed.
Is transferred to and terminated.

Note that the search method is the same as the method extracted in step 1 of FIG. 4 of the flowchart showing the operation of the matching device 2.

The extended destination dictionary 5 stores a character string read by the collating device 2 and a record number of the destination dictionary corresponding to the character string. FIG. 7 shows the format of the stored data. The output device 6 is a device for confirming the result of the comparison. Usually, it is a CRT or a printer. Also, by interlocking with the output device 6 and a delivery sorting device that actually sorts deliveries,
Quickly sort deliveries.

The above is a description of each device. Next, the operation of the present apparatus will be described using a specific example of FIG.
When the delivery shown in FIG. 8 is input to the destination reading device 1, the destination reading device 1 outputs an image corresponding to FIG. 8 and a character string shown in FIG. In this figure, these characters are displayed so that the address and name can be understood. When this character string is input to the matching device 2, the matching device 2 searches the destinations stored in the destination dictionary 3 and the extended destination dictionary 5
The address is “7 Yanagicho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi” and the name is “○
Shibataro-sama ".

The search method is basically based on the matching of all character strings, but suffixes such as "" and "" are not included in the matching.
In addition, a score is assigned based on how many hits are made in the input character string, and a destination group (final candidate) having the best score is stored. Here, assuming that the destination dictionary 3 includes an address “70 Yanagicho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa” as a destination and a name “Shibataro” as its destination, this score is 1
Since 10 characters out of 5 characters are hit, the score is 67 points.
Similarly, the address is "17 Yanagicho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi" as the destination,
When the name includes "○ Shibataro", the score becomes the same, and this is displayed (see FIG. 10).

After searching the target address and name in the destination dictionary 3, if the corresponding destination cannot be narrowed down, the extended destination dictionary 5
Perform a search with. In this example, it is assumed that the corresponding destination is not found in the extended destination dictionary 5 under the condition of matching all characters. At this time, the automatic collation has failed, and the image of the delivery as shown in FIG. 8, the character string shown in FIG. 9, and the candidate group (final candidate) having the highest score are input to the manual correction device 4.

The manual correction device 4 has a display device as shown in FIG. 10, and displays the input image, character string, and final candidate. After the display, the operator selects a correct candidate if one exists. In this case, the number 1 which seems to be correct is selected. At this time, the character string of the read result and the record number on the selected destination dictionary 3 (not displayed on this display unit, but 1
34525) is stored in the extension destination dictionary 5. FIG. 12 shows an example of the stored record. In addition, the success and the destination are output to the output device 6, and the process ends.

If the correct answer is not the final candidate, select failure. At this time, a destination search is newly performed by the operator. The search screen at this time is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, when the operator inputs 70 Yanagicho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi and Shibataro in each field, the operator searches the destination dictionary 3 under the all-character matching search condition. In this case, the prefecture name is not included, but the score becomes 100 by interpolation, so this is displayed. If there is no corresponding candidate as a result of the execution, the failure is selected, the failure is displayed on the output device 6, and the process is terminated.

In the case of success, the record number “13452” on the destination dictionary 3 after the operator inputs the successful number.
The character string of "5" and the read result are stored in the extended destination dictionary 5 as shown in FIG. 12, the success and the destination are output to the output device 6, and the process ends.

When the delivery is successful, the delivery will be registered in the record number "010253" of the extended dictionary 5 from the next time when a delivery having the address: 7 Yanagicho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi, full name: ○ Shibataro arrives. Since there is data, the data can be automatically collated and output to the output device 6 without using the operator's hand.

Therefore, according to the above-described first embodiment, the result input by the operator is registered in the extended database as compared with the conventional manual correction device, so that the know-how of a person who cannot imitate with a machine can be obtained. Can be stored. By accumulating and utilizing this know-how, operations requiring an operator are reduced. As a result, the number of parts to be processed by the machine increases, and high-speed processing becomes possible. Also, costs such as labor costs can be reduced.

(Second Embodiment) Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 13 shows that the sender who posted the delivery at the wrong destination is notified of the correct destination, so that the wrong delivery is reduced from the root and the automation of the sorting operation is promoted. It is a block diagram of a destination collation device aiming at cost reduction.

Referring to FIG. 13, the flow of processing of the destination collating apparatus will be described.

First, the outline of the destination collating apparatus will be described.

In FIG. 13, first, the extended destination reading device 2
1 is used to acquire the image of the delivery and the character associated with the destination attached to the delivery. Different from the destination reading device 1 of the first embodiment, not only the address and the name of the destination but also the address and the name of the sender are read. The collation device 2 searches the address and name of the destination using the destination dictionary 3 in order to confirm whether the address and the name are correct.

If the searched address and name exists in the destination dictionary 3, the destination is correct, and information on the destination is sent to the output device 6. If the search result cannot be specified, either the read result is incorrect or the written address is incorrect, so the read result and the image of the address of the delivery (usually the image of the surface of the delivery) and search Is transferred to the extended manual correction device 22. The operator infers an accurate destination from the transferred image, the data in the destination dictionary 3 and the final result, and transfers the destination to the output device 6.

Further, the operator transfers the read sender's address and name and the recipient's address and name to the reply label creating device 23, and creates a label indicating that the sender has a wrong address. By creating and posting a delivery with this label attached, it contributes to reducing fundamental destination errors, gradually reducing the frequency of using a manual reader, and reducing the cost of correction.

Next, each device will be described in detail.

The extended destination reading device 21 is an extension of the destination reading device 1, and compares the image and the character string with the matching device 2.
But the data output as a character string is different.
Outputs the address and name of the sender in addition to the destination. FIG. 14 shows an example of an image and a character string output from the extended destination reading device 21.
(A) and (b). The character strings are output with their respective meanings, namely, destination address, destination name, sender address, and sender name.

The extended manual correction device 22 is a device obtained by expanding the manual correction device 4 in which the operator manually specifies the destination when the collation device 2 cannot specify the destination. The difference between the extended manual correction device 22 and the manual correction device 4 is a portion that does not create data for the extended destination dictionary 5 but outputs the sender and destination to the reply label creating device 23 instead. The extended manual correction device 22 has a display unit for displaying the input image and character string, and an input unit such as a keyboard for inputting a destination. FIG. 15 shows an example of the display unit. The extended manual correction process of the extended manual correction device 22 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

That is, in step 31, the image of the delivery and all the character strings are input from the collation device 2, and what the respective data is is separated. At step 32, the image, the reading result, and the final candidate are displayed, and the operator is prompted at step 33 for input. The operator checks whether the corresponding data exists in the final candidate, and if so, selects the corresponding number.

In step 34, it is confirmed whether or not the operator input is "failure". If anything other than "failure" is selected, the process proceeds to step 35, and the flag 1 for determining success or failure is set to OK. The candidate selected at the same time is set as the correct destination. After confirming the state of the flag 1 in step 41, if it is OK, the process proceeds to step 42 to check whether or not the address and name of the sender exist in the input from the collation device 2.

If there is, the process proceeds to step 43, where the sender's address, name and correct destination are output to the reply label creating device 23. Further, the process proceeds to step 44, where the success is output to the output device 6, and the process ends. If the sender's address and name do not exist in step 42, it is useless because there is no destination even if the address is input to the reply label creating device 23, the process proceeds to step 44, and only the fact that the search is successful is output to the output device 6 and the process is terminated. .

If the operator determines in step 33 that the address does not exist as a final candidate and inputs "failure", the process proceeds to step 36 in step 34, where the operator inputs and searches for the correct name (step 36). 37). The search method is the same as that of the manual correction device 4. If the search is successful, it is determined in step 38 that the search is successful, the process proceeds to step 40, the flag 1 is set to OK, and the search character string is set as the correct destination. Thereafter, the flow advances to step 41 to perform the operations from step 42 to step 45 as described above.

If it is determined in step 38 that the search has failed, flag 39 is set to NG in step 39, and the flow advances to step 41 to check the state of the flag 1. Since it is NG, the flow advances to step 45. Is output to the output device 6 and the process ends.

The reply label producing device 23 is a device for producing a label for notifying the sender that the destination is wrong, and is a label printing device for outputting two pairs of the destination label and the text label. The reply label creating device 23 is divided into a data shaping unit, a printing unit, and a clock. The data shaping unit is a device that processes input data so that the printing unit can print the data. The printing unit is equivalent to a normal printer. . Therefore, description of the operation of the printing unit and the clock is omitted, and the data shaping unit will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 18 and the printing examples in FIGS.

That is, when the sender's address and the correct address are obtained from the extended manual correction device 22 in step 51, an image of an address label as shown in FIG. 19 is created in step 52. In FIG. 19, the solid line portion 31 indicates a print range, the dotted line portion 32 indicates an address field, and the dotted line portion 33 indicates a name field. The sender's address and the sender's name are adjusted and imaged in this frame.

In step 53, an image of a text label as shown in FIG. 20 is created. A solid line portion 41 indicates a print range,
Fill in a fixed form document other than the name of the destination address. A dotted line portion 42 indicates an address field, and a dotted line portion 43 indicates a name field. Each field contains the address and name of the correct destination. In a dotted line section 44, a date obtained from a clock inside the apparatus is entered as a date / time field.

After each image is created, in step 54, each image is input to the printing unit inside the apparatus and output as a label. The label is attached to a postcard or the like and delivered, so that attention is paid to the entry method of the next delivery and an accurate address is entered, and as a result, the labor for manual labor can be reduced.

The collating device 2, destination dictionary 3, and output device 6
Is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the description is omitted.

The description of each device has been given above. Next, the operation of the present apparatus will be described using specific examples of FIGS. When the delivery shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. 14 is input to the extended address reading device 21, the extended address reading device 21 compares the image shown in (a) and (b) of FIG. Output to It should be noted that FIG.
In (b), these characters are displayed so that the address and name can be understood. When this character string is input to the collating apparatus 2, the collating apparatus 2 searches the address stored in the destination dictionary 3 for the address of Yanagicho, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi as the address and for Mr. Shibataro as the name. The search method matches the method described in the first embodiment. In this example, it is assumed that the automatic matching has failed.
The images and character strings shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B are input to the extended manual correction device 21.

The extended manual correction device 21 has a display device as shown in FIG. 15, and displays an input image and a character string.
At the same time, the final candidate sent from the matching device 2 is displayed. After the display, input by the operator is performed. In this case, 2
Assume that the number is selected. At this time, at the same time as sending the information of the specification success to the output device 6, the extended manual correction device 22 and the selected second candidate address and name (accurate destination) and the extended destination reading device 21 shown in FIG. a) The sender address and name shown in (b) are transferred to the reply label creating device 23.

The reply label creating device 23 prints the input sender's address and name and the correct destination on the label as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, and ends the process. When "failure" is selected by the operator, a search by an operator input is performed and processing for specifying a destination is performed in the same manner as when the operator selects "failure" in the manual correction device 4.

The search method is the same as that of the manual correction device 4 and will not be described. By attaching the printed label to a postcard or the like and delivering it, attention can be raised from the next time, and as a result, the frequency of bothering the operator is reduced.

Therefore, according to the above-described second embodiment, it is possible to reduce the number of processes that require an operator by calling the sender of a delivery that is difficult to read the attention of the next writing. By correcting the entry of the sender's address and name, it is possible to reduce the delivery of lost children whose addresses are unknown and whose return is unknown, and it is also possible to reduce the cost associated with storage and the like of these lost children.

[0061]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the result input by the operator is registered in the extended database, so that the know-how of a person who cannot imitate with a machine can be stored, and it is difficult to read. By inviting the sender of the delivered item to pay attention to the writing method from the next time, it is possible to provide a destination collating device that can be expected to reduce the processing required by the operator.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a destination collating apparatus for explaining a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an image transferred by the destination reading device illustrated in FIG. 1 and a character string thereof;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a matching process performed by the matching device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a matching process performed by the matching device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a format of data stored in a destination dictionary shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a manual correction process performed by the manual correction device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a format of data stored in the extension destination dictionary shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a delivery used in the destination matching device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a character string transferred by the destination reading device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example on the display device of the manual correction device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a display example on the display device of the manual correction device illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining an example of data stored in the extension destination dictionary shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a destination collating apparatus for explaining a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an image output by the extended destination reading device illustrated in FIG. 13 and a character string thereof.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display example on a display unit of the extended manual correction device illustrated in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart for explaining an extended manual correction process of the extended manual correction device shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining an extended manual correction process of the extended manual correction device shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining a reply label creating process of the reply label creating apparatus shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a print example of a destination label in the reply label creating apparatus illustrated in FIG. 13;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a print example of a text label in the reply label creating device illustrated in FIG. 13;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 destination reading device (destination reading means) 2 matching device (collating device) 3 destination dictionary 4 manual correction device (manual correction device) 5 extended destination dictionary 6 output device (output device)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A destination reading means for reading a destination of a delivery and outputting a read character string and an image, a destination dictionary in which the destination is stored, an output means for displaying success or failure of the destination reading, and an input image And a character string from the destination dictionary to determine a destination that matches the destination in the image by searching and specifying the input character string and the character string input by the operator from the destination dictionary. An extended destination dictionary for storing a record of the corrected data, and whether or not a character string input from the destination reading means exists in the destination dictionary or the extended destination dictionary, and the result is output to the output dictionary. Verification means for outputting to the manual correction means, and only when there is no data, outputting to the manual correction means all the data input from the destination reading means and the destination remaining as a result of the search. When a character string is specified by the manual correction means as a result of reading the destination, the character string before correction by the manual correction means corresponds to the address of the corrected character string in the destination dictionary. A destination collating apparatus characterized in that the collation is recorded in the extended destination dictionary so that it can be used for subsequent collation by the collating means. 2. The destination matching apparatus according to claim 1, wherein all characters of the character string searched for in the search by the matching means match. 3. The recording of data in the extended destination dictionary is as follows:
2. The destination collating device according to claim 1, wherein the destination collation device is a record number of the destination searched from the destination dictionary and a character string of a read result. 4. A method for determining whether a character string input from the destination reading means in the matching means exists in the destination dictionary or the extended destination dictionary is performed by comparing the input character string with a character string to be searched. 2. The score according to claim 1, wherein the score indicating the degree of coincidence has a score equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and there is only one candidate having the score in the two dictionaries of the destination dictionary and the extended destination dictionary to be searched. The destination collating device as described. 5. The destination matching device according to claim 4, wherein the score equal to or higher than the predetermined value is 80% or higher. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the manual correction unit is configured to output one of a plurality of character strings.
The destination matching device according to claim 1, wherein one of the destination matching devices is specified. Determined by searching and specifying a character string from the above destination dictionary 7. Extended destination reading means for reading a destination and a sender of a delivery, and outputting a read character string and an image, a destination dictionary storing destinations, and an output means for displaying success or failure of the destination reading. A reply label creating unit that prints the input character string in a label form according to the content thereof, and a destination matching the destination in the image from the input image and the character string as a candidate for the input character string. Alternatively, the character string input by the operator is determined by searching from the destination dictionary and specifying it, and not only the success or failure is output to the output unit, but if the operation is successful, the destination and the sender's address and the name are returned to the reply label creating unit. An extended manual correction device for transferring to the destination dictionary, and checking whether or not the character string input from the extended destination reading device exists in the destination dictionary; outputting the result to the output means; And verification means for outputting all the data input from the extended destination reading means and the final process of the search result to the extended manual correction means only when the delivery is successfully read by the operator. And a destination collating device for printing the success in a form that can be sent to the sender. 8. The destination collating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the labels created by the reply label creating means are an address label and a text label. 9. The destination collating apparatus according to claim 6, wherein all characters of the character string searched for in the retrieval by said collating means match.