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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Horiuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Shunji Ariyoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Nakao, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuma Akagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Aoki, Kawaasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideo Horiuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Shunji Ariyoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Nakao, Kawasaki, JP;
Takuma Akagi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Aoki, Kawaasaki, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An addressee recognizing apparatus recognizes the addressee of matter to be delivered. A database stores a description format including at least a described position, the number of character lines, and the length of each character line in a sender area on the matter to be delivered. When a scanner obtains an image, a plurality of addressee candidate areas are obtained from the image. The apparatus determines whether the description format for each of the extracted candidates matches the description format for the sender area stored in the database. If the description format for the candidate is determined to match the description format for the sender area, the candidate is prohibited from being recognized as the addressee area.