Imageprocessing based pincode recognizing and sectionwise courier sorting system

Abstract

In India, post and courier system are one of the most commonly used communication portals. The Indian postal system is the biggest network among whole world. In India the people living in the rural area are more as compared to the metropolitan region. Due to such circumstances a system should be developed which is efficient to handle large number of posts and parcels at post courier stations. For such purpose, we are designing a system which will eliminate all possibilities of the errors produced by traditional sorting methodologies.We are implementing the system with the help of LabVIEW software which uses the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technique to recognize the address. On the input side camera is used as a detector to capture images of the envelope. While using the Optical Character Recognition technique the detection of the address can be done without compulsion of pin code. LabVIEW will compare the input image with the stored database and as it matches with stored database, a moving arm will take the parcel to its appropriate locations. This, all process will minimize human errors and the number of other error probabilities caused due to conventional system.