23.4.6.5.2 Numbers, Digits, Zip (Postal) Codes

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OCR. Zip Codes. Postal Codes. See also Mail -- Addresses, Document Analysis.

Ullmann, J.R., Kidd, P.A.,
Recognition experiments with typed numerals from envelopes in the mail,
PR(1), No. 4, July 1969, pp. 273-289.
WWW Version. 0309 BibRef

Mitchell, B.T., and Gillies, A.M.,
A Model-Based Computer Vision System for Recognizing Handwritten ZIP Codes,
MVA(2), No. 4, 1989, pp. 231-243. BibRef 8900

Ahmed, P., Suen, C.Y.,
Computer Recognition of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Zip Codes,
PRAI(1), No. 1, 1987, pp. 1-15. BibRef 8700

Lam, L., Suen, C.Y.,
Structural Classification and Relaxation Matching of Totally Unconstrained Handwritten Zip-Code Numbers,
PR(21), No. 1, 1988, pp. 19-31.
WWW Version. BibRef 8800

Mai, T., Suen, C.Y.,
A Generalized Knowledge-Based System for the Recognition of Unconstrained Handwritten Numerals,
SMC(20), No. 4, 1990, pp. 835-848. BibRef 9000

Le Cun, Y.L., Boser, B., Denker, J.S., Henderson, D., Howard, R.E., Hubbard, W., Jackel, L.,
Back-Propagation Applied to Handwritten Zip Code Recognition,
NeurComp(1), 1989, pp. 541-551. BibRef 8900

Le Cun, Y.L., Jackel, L., Boser, B., Denker, J.S.,
Handwritten Digit Recognition: Application of Neural Network Chips and Automatic Learning,
CommunMag(27), No. 11, November 1989, pp. 41-46. BibRef 8911

Le Cun, Y.L., Matan, O., Boser, B., Denker, J.S., Henderson, D., Howard, R.E., Hubbard, W., Jacket, L.D., Baird, H.S.,
Handwritten zip code recognition with multilayer networks,
ICPR90(II: 35-40).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 9208 BibRef

Cesar, M., and Shinghal, R.,
Algorithm for Segmenting Handwritten Postal Codes,
MMS(33), No. 1, July 1990, pp. 63-80. BibRef 9007

Bouchaffra, D.[Djamel], Govindaraju, V.[Venu], Srihari, S.N.[Sargur N.],
Postprocessing of Recognized Strings Using Nonstationary Markovian Models,
PAMI(21), No. 10, October 1999, pp. 990-999.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. For digits, Zip Codes. BibRef 9910

Bouchaffra, D.[Djamel], Govindaraju, V.[Venu], Srihari, S.N.[Sargur N.],
Recognition of Strings Using Non-stationary Markovian Models: An Application to ZIP Code Recognition,
CVPR99(II: 174-179).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference.
WWW Version. BibRef 9900

Kussul, E.[Ernst], Baidyk, T.[Tatiana],
Improved Method of Handwritten Digit Recognition Tested on MNIST Database,
IVC(22), No. 12, 1 October 2004, pp. 971-981.
WWW Version. 0409 BibRef
Earlier: VI02(192).
PDF Version. 0208 BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin], Nakashima, K.[Kazuki], Sako, H.[Hiroshi], Fujisawa, H.[Hiromichi],
Handwritten Digit Recognition: Benchmarking of State-of-the-Art Techniques,
PR(36No. 10, October 2003, pp. 2271-2285.
WWW Version. 0308 Survey, Digit Recognition. BibRef
Earlier:
Handwritten digit recognition using state-of-the-art techniques,
FHR02(320-325).
IEEE Top Reference. 0209 BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin], Nakashima, K.[Kazuki], Sako, H.[Hiroshi], Fujisawa, H.[Hiromichi],
Handwritten Digit Recognition: Investigation of Normalization and Feature Extraction Techniques,
PR(37), No. 2, February 2004, pp. 265-279.
WWW Version. 0311 BibRef

Liu, C.L., Koga, M., Fujisawa, H.,
Gabor feature extraction for character recognition: Comparison with gradient feature,
ICDAR05(I: 121-125).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0508 BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin],
Normalization-Cooperated Gradient Feature Extraction for Handwritten Character Recognition,
PAMI(29), No. 8, August 2007, pp. 1465-1469.
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0707 BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin], Mine, R., Koga, M.,
Building compact classifier for large character set recognition using discriminative feature extraction,
ICDAR05(II: 846-850).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0508 BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin], Sako, H., Fujisawa, H.,
Effects of Classifier Structures and Training Regimes on Integrated Segmentation and Recognition of Handwritten Numeral Strings,
PAMI(26), No. 11, November 2004, pp. 1395-1407.
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0410Include non-character training. SVM gave best results, but higher cost than neural and discriminative density models. BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin], Sako, H.[Hiroshi],
Class-specific feature polynomial classifier for pattern classification and its application to handwritten numeral recognition,
PR(39), No. 4, April 2006, pp. 669-681.
WWW Version. 0604Neural classifiers; Class-specific feature polynomial classifier; Numeral string recognition BibRef

Liu, C.L.[Cheng-Lin], Marukawa, K.,
Handwritten Numeral String Recognition: Character-Level vs. String-Level Classifier Training,
ICPR04(I: 405-408).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0409 BibRef

Koch, G., Heutte, L.[Laurent], Paquet, T.[Thierry],
Automatic extraction of numerical sequences in handwritten incoming mail documents,
PRL(26), No. 8, June 2005, pp. 1118-1127.
WWW Version. 0506 BibRef
Earlier:
Numerical sequence extraction in handwritten incoming mail documents,
ICDAR03(369-373).
IEEE Abstract. IEEE Top Reference. 0311 BibRef

USPS Office of Advanced Technology Database of Handwritten Cities, States, ZIP Codes, Digits, and Alphabetic Characters,
Cedar (Buffalo) database. Dataset, Handwriting.
WWW Version. Database for mail processing.


Park, S.[Sungwon], Yang, Y.H.[Yun-Ho], Kim, G.H.[Gyeong-Hwan], Jeong, S.H.[Seon-Hwa],
A two-stage approach for segmentation and recognition of handwritten digit strings collected from mail pieces,
ICPR04(II: 626-629).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work. 0409 BibRef

Dzuba, G., Filatov, A., Volgunin, A.,
Handwritten Zip Code Recognition,
ICDAR97(Poste) 9708 BibRef

Lecolinet, E., and Moreau, J.V.,
A New System for Automatic Segmentation and Recognition of Unconstrained Zip Codes,
SCIA89(585). See also Survey of Methods and Strategies in Character Segmentation, A. BibRef 8900

Hull, J.J., Srihari, S.N., Cohen, E., Kuan, L., Cullen, P., Palumbo, P.W.,
A Blackboard-Based Approach to Handwritten Zip Code Recognition,
ICPR88(I: 111-113).
IEEE DOI may work or IEEE-CS DOI may work.
IEEE Top Reference. BibRef 8800

Hull, J.J., Srihari, S.N.,
Knowledge Utilization In Handwritten Zip Code Recognition,
IJCAI87(848-850). BibRef 8700

Chapter on OCR, Document Analysis and Character Recognition Systems continues in
Neural Networks for Numbers and Digits .


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