Patent ID: 8005260
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B07C,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for sorting mail comprising: performing an automatic address recognition process on a digitized image of a mail piece; generating a plurality of conditional address recognition results and a plurality of confirmation values each associated with one of the plurality of conditional address recognition results; sending the digitized image, the plurality of conditional address recognition results and the plurality of confirmation values to a video coding system; performing a first video coding operation to obtain a first video coding result; detecting a possible error in the first video coding result in real time as the first video coding result is being formed in the video coding system by a video coding operator, the possible error detected using error correction information including information from the automatic address recognition process; indicating the possible error in real time to the video coding operator in the video coding system; performing a video coding operation to obtain a second video coding result; and arbitrating the first video coding result, the second video coding result and an automatic recognition result to determine: