Patent ID: 7065229

Claim:
A method of processing postal objects, in particular packets, in order to read a postal address (AD) automatically on each object, the method including a step of assistance by video-coding, said method comprising the following steps for each object: acquiring ( 10 ) a digital image of the object at a first level of resolution; detecting ( 20 ) in said digital image of the object one or more zones of interest (ZI) of the image each apparently containing a postal address; applying an automatic address recognition algorithm to each detected zone of interest in order to extract a postal address (AD) of said object; and if the automatic address recognition step fails, displaying each zone of interest (ZI) at a second level of resolution on a screen of a video-coding station on a screen context background (F) representative of said digital image of the object in order to enable an operator to perform semi-automatic processing ( 50 ) to read the postal address (AD) of said object, wherein the screen context background is displayed on the screen at a third level of resolution that is lower than said second level of resolution.