JPH11207265A - Information processing device and mail processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a mail processing apparatus capable of reliably recognizing information on a mail destination and preventing erroneous sorting of mail. A sorting machine that reads an address described in a mail and automatically sorts the mail into a predetermined sorting position based on the read address is a sorting machine that sorts the mail based on the read address. It has a determination unit for determining the destination. The discrimination unit checks the address area from the image read from the surface on which the address of the postal matter is written, and recognizes the address in the checked address area. Then, it is determined whether or not the area on the postal matter from which the recognized address is extracted is an area in which the sender address is described. If the area is determined to be the area of the sender address, the address is excluded from candidates for the destination address. .

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus for processing information recorded on a medium, and more particularly, to reading address information such as a postal code, a destination address, and an address written on a mail. The present invention relates to a mail processing apparatus for automatically sorting mail based on read address information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a mail processing apparatus, address information such as a postal code, a destination address, and an address written on a mail is read, and a mail is automatically generated based on the read destination address information. A sorting machine for sorting is known.

In this sorting machine, a reading section for reading the address information of the destination of the postal matter cuts out a plurality of candidates from the surface of the postal matter having a postal code frame, which are considered to include the address information, and cuts out each area. The priority order of the processing is assigned to the line in which the address is described, and each line is cut out. And
The characters that make up each line are cut out, the cut out characters are checked against a dictionary, and it is checked whether a combination of these characters can form a regular address prepared in a database in advance.

[0004] At this time, if a plurality of addresses can be constructed from one mail (for example, when the address information of the sender is described on the same side of the mail), each address is extracted from the line where the address is extracted. Score each address based on priority,
The address with the highest score is determined as the destination address. In other words, if the address of the sender and the address of the sender are written on the same side of the mail, it is common to write the address of the sender after the address of the destination, so assign a priority according to the order of description. If this is the case, there is a high possibility that the address with the higher priority will be the destination address.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional address recognition processing, if the address of the destination is handwritten in broken letters, the line or character in which the address is described cannot be cut out correctly or cut out. In this case, the sender's address is written in printed type on the same surface as the destination address (hereinafter referred to as inscription character). If this is the case, only the sender's address is extracted as a legitimate address, and the sender's address with a lower priority is originally determined as the destination address, causing a problem that mail cannot be properly classified.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide an information processing apparatus and a mail processing apparatus capable of reliably recognizing information on a mail destination and preventing erroneous classification of mail. To provide.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus for reading information recorded on a medium, the information being read by the reading means. Acquiring means for acquiring a recording position of the information on the medium; determining means for determining whether the recording position acquired by the acquiring means is appropriate as a recording position of the information on the medium; Determining means for determining the information read by the reading means based on the determination by the means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: reading means for reading information recorded on a medium; and an area in which the information read by the reading means is recorded on the medium. Acquiring means for acquiring the area, the judging means for judging whether or not the area acquired by the acquiring means overlaps a predetermined area on the medium, and the area acquired by the acquiring means being the predetermined area On the condition that the information read by the reading means is denied as the information of the medium, provided that the information read by the reading means is determined to be overlapped by the determining means. Determining means for determining as medium information.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus for reading address information written on a postal matter, and reading the address information read by the reading means on the postal matter. Acquiring means for acquiring the written position, determining means for determining whether the written position obtained by the obtaining means is appropriate as a position for writing the address information of the destination of the mail, and determining means Based on the determination, the determining means for determining the address information read by the reading means as the address information of the destination of the mail, and the sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means. Sorting means for sorting mail items.

According to the mail processing apparatus of the third aspect,
The position of the address information read by the reading means on the mail is acquired by the acquiring means, and it is determined whether the acquired written position is appropriate as the position to describe the address information of the destination of the mail. Is determined. Then, as a result of this determination, the determination unit determines that the address information is not appropriate for the postal address of the postal item, and determines that the address information is appropriate. It is determined as the address information of the destination of the goods. Further, the mail is sorted by the sorting means into sorting destinations corresponding to the determined destination address information. In this way, the address information of the postal matter is read, and it is determined whether the location of the address information is appropriate as the location of the address information of the destination. Only when appropriate, the address information is used as the address information of the destination. By confirming, the address of the destination can be reliably recognized, and misclassification of mail can be prevented.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus, comprising: reading means for reading address information written on a mail; and address information read by the reading means. Acquisition means for acquiring the described area;
Determining means for determining whether or not the area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with the area in which the address information of the sender of the mail is written; and determining whether the area obtained by the obtaining means is the sender of the mail. It is assumed that the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, provided that the determining means determines that the address information overlaps with the area where the address information is described. As the determining means for determining the address information read by the reading means as the address information of the destination of the mail, and the mail to the sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means Partitioning means for partitioning.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus, comprising: a reading means for reading address information written on a mail; A storage unit in which a sender area in which address information of a sender of an article is expected to be described is stored in advance, and an acquisition area in which the address information read by the reading unit is described on the postal matter; Means, determining means for determining whether the description area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail, and obtaining means obtained by the obtaining means. The address information read by the reading means is replaced with the mail information on condition that the writing area is overlapped with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. Shipping address Assuming that the information is denied, the address information read by the reading means is determined as the address information of the destination of the mail, and the address information of the destination determined by the determining means is determined. Sorting means for sorting the mail to the sorting destination.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus, comprising: a reading unit for reading address information described on a mail; A storage unit in which a sender area in which address information of a sender of an article is expected to be described is stored in advance, and an acquisition area in which the address information read by the reading unit is described on the postal matter; Means, determining means for determining whether the description area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail, and obtaining means obtained by the obtaining means. The address information read by the reading means is replaced with the mail information on condition that the writing area is overlapped with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. Shipping address And a determining means for determining, as the address information of the destination of the mail, the address information not denied among the address information read by the reading means, and a destination of the destination determined by the determining means. Sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus for reading at least one piece of address information written on a mail, and a method for reading all the address information read by the reading means. A ranking means for ranking based on the writing direction, and a storage in which a sender area in which the address information of the sender of the mail is expected to be written corresponding to the type of the mail and the writing direction of the address information is stored in advance. Means, acquisition means for acquiring, for each address information, a description area in which the address information read by the reading means is described on the mail, and a description area obtained by the acquisition means being the storage means Determining means for judging whether or not it overlaps with the sender area stored corresponding to the mail, and the description area acquired by the acquiring means is stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. Sender On the condition that it is determined by the determination means that the area overlaps with the area, the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, and the address information read by the reading means is read. Determining means for determining, as the address information of the destination of the mail, the address information having the highest rank among the address information not denied as the address information of the destination among the address information, and determining by the determining means; And sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus, comprising: a supply means for supplying mail; a conveying means for conveying the mail supplied by the supply means; Reading means for reading address information written on the postal matter, obtaining means for obtaining an area where the address information read by the reading means is written on the mail, and obtaining means for obtaining the area Means for judging whether or not the obtained area overlaps with the area in which the address information of the sender of the mail is described, and the area obtained by the obtaining means is the address information of the sender of the mail. On the condition that the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the postal matter, on condition that it is determined by the determining means that the area overlaps with the area to be read. Read It is provided with a determining means for determining the address information as the address information of the destination of the mail, and a sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means. .

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus, comprising: a supplying means for supplying a mail; a conveying means for conveying the mail supplied by the supplying means; Reading means for reading the address information written on the postal matter, and a sender area in which the address information of the sender of the postal matter is expected to be written in advance in accordance with the type of mail and the writing direction of the address information. The storage means for storing, the acquisition means for acquiring a description area in which the address information read by the reading means is described on the mail, and the description area acquired by the acquisition means are stored in the storage means. Determining means for determining whether or not the sender area is stored in correspondence with the postal matter; and a sender whose description area obtained by the obtaining means is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the postal matter. Overlap with the area On the condition that the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, provided that the address information read by the reading means is Determining means for determining the address information which has not been denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, and sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means; It has.

Further, according to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mail processing apparatus, comprising: a supplying means for supplying a mail; a conveying means for conveying the mail supplied by the supplying means; At least one of the letters
Reading means for reading two pieces of address information, ranking means for ranking all address information read by the reading means based on the writing direction, and corresponding to the type of mail and the writing direction of the address information, A storage unit in which a sender area in which address information of a sender of a postal matter is expected to be described is stored in advance, and a description area in which the address information read by the reading unit is described on the postal matter is referred to as address information. Acquisition means for acquiring each time, a determination area for judging whether or not the description area acquired by the acquisition means overlaps with a sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail, and the acquisition means The address read by the reading means, on the condition that it is determined by the determining means that the description area obtained in step S1 overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. information In addition to denying the address information of the destination of the mail, the address information having the highest rank by the ranking unit among the address information not denied as the address information of the destination among the address information read by the reading unit is described. There is provided a determining means for determining the address information of the destination of the mail, and a sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a sorting machine 1 to which the present invention is applied stores a plurality of randomly arranged mail items in a standing position with their rear ends aligned and sequentially moves these mail items to a predetermined take-out position. The supply unit 2 is provided. A take-out section 4 is provided at the take-out position for taking out the postal matter supplied to the take-out position by the supply section 2 one by one onto the main transport path 3.

An optical character reading device for optically reading address information such as a zip code, a destination address, and an address from each mail is provided on a main transport path 3 for transporting the mail taken out by the take-out unit 4. (OCR) and a reading unit 6 having a barcode reader for reading a barcode printed on a mail in accordance with the address information is provided.

The main transport path 3 on the downstream side of the reading section 6 extends below a section stacking section 14 described later. On the main transport path 3 and on the right side of the sorting / stacking section 14 in the drawing, a positioning section 8 for positioning the leading end of the mail in the transport direction, and a bar corresponding to the address information read by the reading section 6. A printing unit 10 including an ink jet printer for printing a code on the mail is provided.

The main transport path 3 on the downstream side of the printing unit 10 is connected to a delay transport path 3a for delaying the transport of mail, and a bar code is accurately printed by the printing unit 10 on the delay transport path 3a. A barcode reader 12 for checking whether or not the bar code has been provided is provided. The end of the delay transport path 3a is
The mail is connected to a sorting / stacking unit 14 for sorting and stacking mails in predetermined sorting pockets 15. The delay transport path 3a is formed to have a length of about 10 to 15 m for the purpose of drying the barcode printed on the mail by the printing unit 10.

The section stacking section 14 has a plurality of section pockets 15 divided into a plurality of steps and a plurality of rows. Above each section pocket 15, the step path section 1 extending between the steps is provided.
6 are provided. Each stage pass unit 16 includes a stage pass unit 1
A plurality of section gates (not shown) for selectively communicating the section 6 with each section pocket 15 are provided.

The delay transport path 3a connected to the section stacking section 14
Near the end of each section, and each stage path section 16
The delay transport path 3a is located at the position corresponding to
A plurality of switching gates 18 are provided for selectively connecting the switching gates.

In the discriminating section described later, the sorting destination of the mail is discriminated from the address information read by the reading section 6, and the switching gate 18 and the sorting gate are selectively operated according to the discriminated destination. And the mail is sorted into a predetermined sorting pocket 15.

Further, the mail processing apparatus 1 is provided with a CPU 30 for controlling the processing operation of the mail processing apparatus 1. On the left side of the mail processing apparatus 1, an operation input by the operator is made and the mail is sent to the operator. An operation / display panel 25 for displaying operation guidance and the like is provided.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, a description will be given of the discriminating section 40 for designating the sorting pocket to which the mail is sorted based on the address information read from the mail through the OCR of the reading section 6.

The discriminating unit 40 realizes a series of processing operations by processing for each of a plurality of modules shown in FIG.
Each module of the determination unit 40 includes a determination unit control module 4
The processing is executed under the control of No. 1 and the processing result is stored in the memory 42 as header information. The memory 42
, A plurality of types of format data of a postal matter as illustrated in FIG. 3 are stored in advance.

The format data is provided for each mail type (for example, sealed letter, postcard, etc.) based on the size of the mail.
It is prepared according to the writing direction (vertical writing / horizontal writing) of the address character. In each format data, an area 60 where address information of the sender will be described is set in advance,
The coordinate data of the area 60 is prepared corresponding to each format.

The processing contents of each module connected to the discriminator control module 41 will be described below. The area detection / line detection module (ALSG) 43 converts a multi-valued image including address information read through the OCR of the reading unit 6, that is, a read image, from a postal code frame, a charge stamp surface, a cellophane-like window, and the like. Extract information specific to postal items. Further, the module 43 cuts out an address area where address information is likely to be described from the read image, divides an area of an advertisement graphic or an advertisement text which is a reference for specifying the address area, and Is extracted. In addition, module 43
Converts a multi-valued read image into a binary image, analyzes the binary image, and integrates a label (a group of black pixel points) to cut out each line from an address area cut out as address information. However, the extracted image of each address line is output as a multi-value image.

At this time, in the module 43, the vertical and horizontal sizes of the mail, postage stamp information (information such as stamps, postmarks, payment by payee, post-payment stamps, etc.), and information of the area where address information is described Is obtained. The information of the area in which the address information is described includes the starting point in the vertical and horizontal directions of the area, the coordinates of the area, the writing direction of each line (vertical writing or horizontal writing), handwriting / printing determination, the number of address information constituent lines, and the postal code. The number of constituent rows is obtained.

The quantization module (QT) 44 converts the multi-valued row image output from the area detection / row detection / cutoff module 43 into a binary row image. Note that this module 44
In the subsequent processing, the binary row image converted here is referred to.

A character checking module (CSG) 45 detects a character constituting each line image from each line image cut out by the area detection / line checking and cutting module 43 and converted into binary by the quantization module 44. Cut off.

Postal code check module (PSG) 46
The line information detected and output by the area detection / line detection module 43 and the character detection module 45
The character for recognizing the postal code is cut off using the character information cut off by.

Postal code recognition module (PRC) 47
Recognizes the postal code on the basis of the character information cut off by the postal code check module 46. The street name character identification module (CRC) 48 is a
The characters extracted in step 5 are collated with the town name dictionary to identify the town name characters.

The town name word identification module (ARC) 50
Sets the matching range of the town name dictionary based on the postal code recognized by the postal code recognition module 47, and compares the town name words within the matching range with the town name characters identified by the town name word identification module 50. The characters are collated, and a town name word including the character cut off by the character cutoff module 45 is recognized.

The town name word identification module 50
The coordinates and the writing direction of the area including the town name word recognized in the above are extracted with reference to the processing result by the above-mentioned area detection / row detection module 43, and the coordinates and the writing direction of this area are previously stored in the memory 42. It is compared with the format data and it is determined whether or not the recognized town name word is extracted from the sender's area. As a result, when it is determined that the recognized town name word is extracted from the sender's area, the town name word is denied and deleted from the town name candidate.

Large / multi-family housing character recognition module (CR
CLV) 49 is the postal code recognized by the postal code recognition module 47 and the street name word identification module 5
Select a dictionary to use from the street name information recognized in 0,
Performs character identification processing necessary for recognition of large-scale apartment buildings.

Large-size apartment complex word identification module (AR
The CLV) 51 recognizes the name of the large apartment complex by collating the name of the large apartment complex identified by the large / multiple housing character identification module 49 with the selected dictionary.

Block digit check module (NSG) 52
Cuts off the numbers in the block section described after the town name and the ridge room number section described after the apartment house name. The block number identification module (NRC) 53 identifies a block portion or a ridge room number based on the inspection result of the block number inspection module 52.

The answer editing module (AE) 54 identifies the town name recognized by the town name word identification module 50 and the postal code recognized by the postal code recognition module 47 by the block number identification module 53. Recognize the destination address by combining the blocks (chome, number, building, and room).

Answer Correction / Pocket Search Module (PK
T) 55 designates a division pocket corresponding to the destination address recognized by the answer editing module 54, and determines a division pocket number.

VSC auxiliary information creation module (VCSD
T) 56 creates data necessary for displaying information on the letter in the VCS based on the recognition result of each module.

A read result CRT display control module (DCT) 57 displays the recognition contents created by the VSC auxiliary information creation module 56 via a CRT monitor.

Next, the discriminating section 40 constructed as described above
Will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the processing operation, and FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram for explaining the town name recognition operation.

First, the area where the address is described is cut off by the module 43 from the read image read from the postal matter via the OCR of the reading unit 6 (steps 1 and 5 in FIG. 4). . If the address of the destination of the mail and the address of the sender are described on the same side of the mail, the two areas are cut off by the processing of step 1. For example, in the present embodiment, an area including "Yanagimachi, Sachi-ku, Kawasaki-shi" as the destination address is cut off, and an area including "Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo" as the sender address is cut off.

Then, the lines constituting each area detected in step 1 are continuously detected by the module 43 (steps 2 and 5 in FIG. 4). FIG. 5 shows the processing of the destination address as a representative, but the processing is similarly performed for the sender address. As described above, at the time when the line is cut off from each area, the type of the mail and the writing direction of each line are obtained.

Subsequently, the characters constituting each line detected in step 2 are cut off by the module 45 (steps 3 and 5 in FIG. 4). And in module 48,
A character is recognized by applying a dictionary to each of the cut characters (steps 4 and 5 in FIG. 4). At this time, a plurality of candidates are given for each character.

Subsequently, referring to the regular town names registered in advance in the database, the character candidates recognized in step 4 are appropriately combined to recognize the town names (steps 5 and 5 in FIG. 4). . In the present embodiment, the address of the postal matter is described by stamp characters, so that the town name “Yanagi-cho, Kawasaki-shi” of the destination address and the town name “Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo” of the sender address are recognized. In addition, the recognized town name is
Scoring is based on the priority of processing and the evaluation of characters raised from the dictionary.

Here, it is determined whether or not the street name has been recognized in each of the above-described steps (step 6). If it is determined that the street name has not been recognized at all as a result of the determination, the postal matter concerned is determined. Is completed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 6 that at least one of the street names has been recognized, the postal matter corresponding to the type and line description direction of the postal matter obtained after the processing in step 2 is determined. The format data is read from the memory 42, and the area where the recognized town name is extracted is collated with the format data (step 7).

Then, it is determined whether or not the area of the town name recognized in step 5 largely overlaps the area 60 of the sender address on the format data (see FIG. 3). It is determined whether or not the information is indicated (step 8).

As a result of the determination in step 8, when it is determined that the recognized town name is extracted from the sender address area 6, the town name is denied and is excluded from the destination town name candidates (step 9). ).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 8 that the recognized town name is not extracted from the sender address area, the town name is left as a destination town name candidate. Then, when the determination of all the town names recognized in step 5 is completed, the town name with the highest score among the remaining town name candidates of the destination is determined as the destination town name. As described above, each processing of steps 5 to 9 is performed by the module 50.

Further, the block character following the town name of the destination determined in this way is cut out by the module 52 (step 10), and the block 53 is combined with the block character by referring to the database in the module 53, and the block is recognized. (Step 11). Finally, the recognized block is combined with the town name to determine the destination address, and the division pocket to be classified is specified.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, all the address areas described in the mail are cut off, the addresses in each area are recognized as candidates for the destination address, and each recognized address is extracted. The determined area is compared with the format data prepared in advance, and it is determined whether or not this area is an area in which a normal sender address is described. Then, when the collated address substantially matches the sender's area, the address is excluded from the destination address candidates.

Therefore, even if the destination address of the postal matter is unclear and only the sender's address is recognized, by applying the processing of the present application, the sender's address is erroneously recognized as the destination address. Can be prevented, and the destination address can be reliably recognized. Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be variously modified within the scope of the present invention.

[0057]

As described above, since the information processing apparatus and the mail processing apparatus of the present invention have the above-described configuration and operation, it is possible to reliably recognize the information on the mail destination. Misclassification of mail can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a sorting machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a determination unit incorporated in the sorting machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an example of mail format data stored in the memory of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation in a determination unit in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an operation explanatory diagram for explaining a town name recognition operation of a destination address together with the flowchart of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Sorting machine, 2 ... Supply part, 3 ... Main conveyance path, 4 ... Extraction part, 6 ... Reading part, 15 ... Sorting pocket, 40 ... Judgment part, 41 ... Judgment part control module, 42 ... Memory, 43 ... Area Detection / line detection module, 44: Quantization module, 45: Character detection module, 46: Postal code detection module, 47: Postal code recognition module, 48: Street name character recognition module, 49: Large-scale / multi-family house character recognition Module: 50: Town name word identification module, 51: Large / multi-unit housing word identification module: 52: Block number check module, 53: Block number identification module, 54: Answer editing module, 55: Answer correction / pocket search module, 56 ... VSC auxiliary information creation module 57. Read result CRT display control module 60.

Claims (10)

[Claims] A reading unit that reads information recorded on a medium; an obtaining unit that obtains a recording position of the information read by the reading unit on the medium; and a recording position that is obtained by the obtaining unit. Determining means for determining whether or not the information is appropriate as a recording position of the information on the medium; and determining means for determining the information read by the reading means based on the determination by the determining means. An information processing apparatus, comprising: 2. A reading unit for reading information recorded on a medium, an acquiring unit for acquiring an area in which the information read by the reading unit is recorded on the medium, and an acquiring unit for acquiring an area recorded on the medium. Determining means for determining whether or not the obtained area overlaps a predetermined area on the medium; and determining that the determination means determines that the area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps the predetermined area. Condition
And determining means for determining the information read by the reading means as information on the medium on the premise that the information read by the reading means is denied as information on the medium. Information processing device. 3. A reading means for reading address information written on a mail, an obtaining means for obtaining a position of address information read by the reading means on the mail, and an obtaining means for obtaining the address information read by the reading means. Determining means for determining whether or not the written position is appropriate as a position for writing the address information of the destination of the postal matter; and address information read by the reading means based on the determination by the determining means. Is determined as address information of the destination of the mail, and sorting means for sorting the mail to a destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means. Characterized mail processing equipment. 4. A reading means for reading address information written on a mail, an obtaining means for obtaining an area in which the address information read by the reading means is written on the mail, and the obtaining means Determining means for judging whether or not the area obtained by the address overlaps with the area in which the address information of the sender of the mail is described; and the area obtained by the obtaining means is the address information of the sender of the mail. On the condition that the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the postal matter, on the condition that it is determined by the determining means that the area overlaps with the area in which is described. Determining means for determining the address information read by the reading means as the address information of the destination of the mail, and classification for sorting the mail to a destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means hand Mail processing apparatus characterized by comprising a and. 5. A reading means for reading address information described on a postal matter, and a sender expected to describe address information of a sender of the postal matter according to the type of the postal matter and the description direction of the address information. A storage unit in which an area is stored in advance; an obtaining unit that obtains a writing area in which the address information read by the reading unit is written on the mail; and a writing area obtained by the obtaining unit is Determining means for determining whether or not the sender area is stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail; and the description area obtained by the obtaining means is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the mail. On the condition that the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the postal matter, on the condition that it is determined by the determining means that the area overlaps the sender area. means Determining means for determining the read address information as the address information of the destination of the mail, and sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means; A mail processing apparatus comprising: 6. A reading means for reading address information described on a postal matter, and a sender expected to describe address information of a sender of the postal matter according to the type of mail and the direction of the address information. A storage unit in which an area is stored in advance; an obtaining unit that obtains a writing area in which the address information read by the reading unit is written on the mail; and a writing area obtained by the obtaining unit is Determining means for determining whether or not the sender area is stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail; and the description area obtained by the obtaining means is stored in the storage means in correspondence with the mail. The address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the postal matter, on the condition that it is determined by the determining means that the area overlaps with the sender area. Reading Determining means for deciding the address information which is not denied among the received address information as the address information of the destination of the mail, and transferring the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the fixing means. A mail processing apparatus, comprising: a sorting means for sorting; 7. A reading means for reading at least one piece of address information written on a mail, a ranking means for assigning a rank to all address information read by the reading means based on the writing direction, and a mail. In accordance with the type of the address information and the direction in which the address information is written, a storage unit in which a sender area in which the address information of the sender of the mail is expected to be written is stored in advance, and the address information read by the reading unit is Acquiring means for acquiring a description area described on the mail for each address information; and a description area acquired by the acquiring means overlapping with a sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. Determining means for determining whether or not the description area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. In the condition, the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, and the address information of the address information read by the reading means which is not denied as the address information of the destination is read. Determining means for determining the address information having the highest ranking by the ranking means as the address information of the destination of the mail, and mailing the mail to the sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determining means. A mail processing apparatus, comprising: a sorting unit that sorts a mail; 8. A supply means for supplying mail, a transport means for transporting the mail supplied by the supply means, and a reading means for reading address information written on the mail transported by the transport means. Acquiring means for acquiring an area in which the address information read by the reading means is described on the mail; and address information of a sender of the mail being described in the area acquired by the acquiring means. Determining means for determining whether or not the area overlaps with the area in which the address information of the sender of the mail is described. Under the condition that the address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, the address information read by the reading means is changed to the address information of the destination of the mail. As sure And determination means for, mail processing apparatus characterized in that it and a dividing means for dividing the postal matter to sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the determined destination at said determination means. 9. A supply means for supplying a mail, a transport means for transporting the mail supplied by the supply means, and a reading means for reading address information written on the mail transported by the transport means. A storage unit in which a sender area in which address information of a sender of a mail is expected to be written corresponding to the type of mail and the writing direction of the address information is stored in advance; and an address read by the reading unit. Acquiring means for acquiring a written area in which information is described on the mail, and whether the written area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with a sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. Determining means for determining whether or not the description area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the postal matter by the determining means. Condition above The address information read by the reading means is denied as the address information of the destination of the mail, and the address information not denied among the address information read by the reading means is the address information of the destination of the mail. A mail processing apparatus, comprising: a determination means for determining the mail address; and a sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the determination means. 10. A supply means for supplying a mail, a transport means for transporting the mail supplied by the supply means, and at least one address information written on the mail transported by the transport means is read. Reading means; ranking means for ranking all the address information read by the reading means based on the writing direction; and correspondence of the type of mail and the writing direction of the address information, A storage unit in which a sender area in which address information is expected to be described is stored in advance; and an acquisition area in which the address information read by the reading unit is described on the mail piece for each address information Means, determining means for determining whether the description area obtained by the obtaining means overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail, and obtaining means by the obtaining means The address information read by the reading means is replaced with the postal matter on condition that it is determined by the determining means that the placement area overlaps with the sender area stored in the storage means corresponding to the mail. And the address information having the highest ranking by the ranking means among the address information not denied as the address information of the destination among the address information read by the reading means, A post-fixing means for determining the address information of the destination of the mail, and a sorting means for sorting the mail to a sorting destination corresponding to the address information of the destination determined by the above-mentioned fixing means. Object processing equipment.