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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2010
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshio Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a postal indicium detection method includes detecting whether or not one of a first face and a second face of a sheet corresponds to a picture card specific face, detecting a postal indicium candidate from the second face based on a first detection result indicating that the first face corresponds to the picture card specific face, and detecting the postal indicium candidate from the first face based on a second detection result indicating that the second face corresponds to the picture card specific face.