Title :
Off-line recognition of handwritten cursive script for the automatic reading of city names on real mail
Author :
Lecolinet, Eric ; Moreau, Jean-Vincent
Author_Institution :
Matra, St. Quentin, France
Abstract :
The automatic reading of unconstrained cursive city names written on real mail is considered. An analytical approach is described which first achieves an explicit segmentation of cursive words. The results after crosschecking of the zip code and the city name are a 61.7% efficiency rate and a 1.3 confusion rate, which allow operational implementation
Keywords :
mailing systems; optical character recognition; automatic reading; cursive words; handwritten cursive script; mail; off-line recognition; segmentation; unconstrained cursive city names; zip code; Cities and towns; Graphics; Handwriting recognition; Humans; Image analysis; Postal services; Vocabulary;
Conference_Titel :
Pattern Recognition, 1990. Proceedings., 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlantic City, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2062-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICPR.1990.118189
