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Wolf et al., 1997 - Google Patents

Fast address block location on handwritten and machine printed mail-piece images

Wolf et al., 1997

Document ID
13707859461212341387
Author
Wolf M
Niemann H
Schmidt W
Publication year
Publication venue
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition

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We present a fast approach for the detection of address blocks on images of oversized flat mail-pieces with a size up to 35/spl times/25 cm. In contrast to standard size envelopes the position of the address block cannot be restricted to the lower right region of the mail-piece …
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