A computer system and method for repairing address blocks and ZIP codes numerical groups before segmentation of the ZIP code in an optical character recognizer. The system repairs the image based upon classification of the image as normal or otherwise. If the class is otherwise, background inclusions...http://www.google.com/patents/US5142589?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5142589 - Method for repairing images for optical character recognition performing different repair operations based on measured image characteristics
