Patent Document ID: 20030048925
Application ID: 10239779
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. 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, and consisting for each object in performing the following steps: a) acquiring ( 10 ) a digital image of the object at a certain level of resolution; b) 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; c) applying an automatic address recognition algorithm to each zone of interest detected in the image of the object in order to extract a postal address (AD) of said object; and in which in the event of the step ( 30 ) of automatic address recognition failing, each zone of interest (ZI) is displayed ( 40 ) on a screen of a video-coding station in order to enable an operator to perform semi-automatic processing ( 50 ) to read the postal address (AD) of said object, the method being characterized in that in the event of the step ( 40 ) of automatic address recognition failing, each zone of interest (ZI) is displayed on the screen on a screen context background (F) representative of said digital image of the object but at a level of resolution that is lower than said certain level of resolution of the digital image.