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Camera Mechanism, Lockheed-Martin Wide Field of View [WFOV] Camera:
Developed by Lockheed Martin and the USPS and deployed in 2002, the WFOV camera can read many forms of barcodes, machine-printed writing, and even handwriting. By taking four simultaneous images of each mail piece, the WFOV camera achieved remarkable levels of accuracy.
OCR: The Unblinking Mechanical Eye:
Since research began in the 1960s, Optical Character Recognition -- the ability of machines to read printed words -- was seen as an essential first step in truly automating mail processing. With such technology, a significant percentage of the US mail could be sorted and processed without a single human eye reading the address until it was ready for delivery. The unblinking mechanical eye of the Optical Character Reader (OCR) camera oversaw huge swaths of mail processing. |