Patent ID: 8380501

Claim:
A method for parcel address recognition, comprising: receiving an address input in a processing system having at least a processor and storage, the address input including a voice recognition input of an address on a parcel and an optical character recognition (OCR) input of the address on the parcel; producing candidate address results corresponding to the address input, the candidate address results including a plurality of voice recognition results and a plurality of OCR results; receiving operational scheme knowledge describing the mode of operation of a parcel processing system, the mode of operation being one of processing incoming, locally-addressed parcels or processing outgoing parcels for a specific foreign or domestic delivery area; receiving at least one operational rule corresponding to the operational scheme knowledge, the at least one operational rule including addressing requirements for the mode of operation; applying the at least one operational rule to the candidate address results, using the processor, to eliminate at least one voice recognition result and at least one OCR result; and producing and storing a finalized result according to the operational rule and the remaining candidate address results.