Abstract: A method and a device transport a postal object to an incompletely specified destination address. The object has at least one information item relating to a destination address to which the object is to be transported. A set of address components is predetermined. An address database is used which in each case contains a computer-available record per destination address for a set of possible destination addresses. Each record contains in each case one entry for each predetermined address component. At least one destination address information item on the object is detected. A screen form is used which contains in each case one input field for each address component. The detected destination address information is compared with the records of the address database. When exactly one record is consistent with all detected destination address information items, a transportation of the object to the destination address of the record is triggered.

Abstract: A method and a device transport a postal object to an incompletely specified destination address. The object has at least one information item relating to a destination address to which the object is to be transported. A set of address components is predetermined. An address database is used which in each case contains a computer-available record per destination address for a set of possible destination addresses. Each record contains in each case one entry for each predetermined address component. At least one destination address information item on the object is detected. A screen form is used which contains in each case one input field for each address component. The detected destination address information is compared with the records of the address database. When exactly one record is consistent with all detected destination address information items, a transportation of the object to the destination address of the record is triggered.

Abstract: In a method of reading addresses of mail items, images of mail item surfaces are recorded, and subjected to video encoding at video encoding stations of a video encoding facility. Distributing corresponding encoding tasks to the video encoding stations occurs in a job distribution facility. A respective encoder generates a confirmation after encoding according to specified encoding rules. At predefined time intervals, an error rate and a read rate of the video encoding facility, and, for each encoder, a current individual error rate with and without generation of the confirmation are determined, and stored in the job distribution facility. To vary the error and read rates of the video encoding facility specifically, the method specifies in the job distribution facility for the encoders performing with higher individual error rates, whether an encoding result is to be confirmed. A corresponding decision about confirmation is transmitted to the video encoding station.

Abstract: The invention relates to the reading of addresses on mailings whereby the images with the addresses are videocoded in several video-coding sites by means of a job distribution device. At fixed intervals a current individual error rate, for first-pass video coding for each video-coded addresses which are not successful on the first pass in the video coding units with the highest current individual error rates, is determined with respect to the total coding error rate to be maintained, by means of the video coding units coming free which have the lowest current individual error rates.

Abstract: The invention relates to the reading of addresses on mailings whereby the images with the addresses are videocoded in several video-coding sites by means of a job distribution device. At fixed intervals a current individual error rate, for first-pass video coding for each video-coded addresses which are not successful on the first pass in the video coding units with the highest current individual error rates, determined with respect to the total coding error rate to be maintained, by means of the video coding units coming free which have the lowest current individual error rates.