JP2785256B2 - Paper delivery system - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a delivery section for each destination of paper sheets. Especially,
The present invention relates to a mail sorting station, a delivery section, and a delivery section system up to door-to-door route assembly in a post section. [Prior Art] Conventionally, as a system of this kind, mechanization of postal delivery division has been proposed (for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-159881). According to this method, first, the collected mail is sent to an optical character reading device (for example, JP-A-57-137976, JP-A-57-17976) after passing through size sorting, arrangement, stamping and pre-processing.
No. 146380) or a human reads the destination and taps the key to perform the primary sorting (dispatch sorting). The division at this time is a rough division that is a unit of each prefecture or a region, such as various directions. Further, in some countries, when a destination is read and classified, a barcode of a postal matter is printed and then used for classification. The postal mail is sent to each prefecture or regional division office,
Therefore, each delivery member performs a delivery division that is roughly divided into units called delivery districts in charge of delivery according to the delivery destination, and then each delivery member performs a subdivision (called a large division) in the delivery district. Door-to-door route assembling is performed, in which mails that have been roughly classified are arranged in the order of delivery. In this way, the classification is performed as the second, third, fourth,.... [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The example shown in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-159881 is that the regional division office once in the delivery section, once in the large section, and at least twice in the door-to-door route assembly. Classification is performed. Therefore, including the dispatch at the central post office, the mail could be arranged in a certain order only after performing the division five times. In order to reduce the number of divisions, it was necessary to use a large-scale sorting machine having a very large number of divisions, such as 1,000 to 2,000. That is, the amount of mail per delivery person is generally 1000 to 2000 so that one delivery can be carried, and one delivery zone is set in consideration of this. Therefore 1000-2000
If a mouth sorter is used, 1000 to 2,000 mails can be sorted in a single sorting operation into sorting openings arranged according to the route, and taken out in order, so that the mail can be arranged in a fixed order. Further, in this case, there is a drawback that 1000 to 2000 extractions are required and the work becomes complicated. An object of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the above-mentioned conventional system, and in a delivery division system,
An object of the present invention is to realize an efficient door-to-door route assembly that reduces the number of times of sorting without using a large-scale sorting machine. More specifically, (1) Realization using a sorter with up to 200 ports, which is a conventional practical level. (2) The number of classifications per mail was conventionally at least 5 times, but this should be reduced to 4 times. It is. [Means for Solving the Problems] The paper sheet delivery sorting system according to the present invention includes a dispatching means for sorting the paper sheets for each direction indicated by a destination written on the paper sheets, A delivery section that divides the paper sheet into delivery areas indicated by destinations of the paper sheets with respect to the paper sheet that is sorted by the distribution means, and the paper sheet that is sorted by the delivery classification means. And a door-to-door route assembling means for arranging the paper sheets in a predetermined order along the delivery path indicated by the destination of the paper sheets. A first destination reading unit that reads an address written on a sheet, a first sorting unit that sorts the sheet according to the read address for each area indicated by the destination, and the first sorting Section, the destination and the destination obtained for each And a first destination storage unit for storing the number of sheets to be delivered to the area indicated by the destination for each of the divided areas. Receiving, from the first destination storage unit, the destination and the number of sheets of the area corresponding to the self-delivery sorting means, of the destination for each area and the number of sheets of paper stored by the unit. A destination standing unit for arranging the destinations received from the first destination storage units in the number indicated by the number of the received paper sheets in a delivery order corresponding to a delivery order number indicating a delivery order; A second destination storage unit that stores the destinations arranged in the delivery order by the destination ordering unit in association with the delivery order number, and a direction corresponding to the self-delivery sorting unit sorted by the dispatch sorting unit A second destination reading unit that reads a destination written on the paper sheet of Searching for the delivery order number corresponding to the destination written on the sheet read by the destination reading unit from the second destination storage means, and using the searched delivery order number, And a secondary sorting unit that sorts the delivery sections for each delivery zone, wherein the door-to-door route assembling means applies the paper sheets of the delivery zone corresponding to the door-to-door route assembling means sorted by the delivery sorting unit. Third to read the described destination
And a delivery destination number corresponding to the destination written on the paper sheet read by the third destination reading unit from the second destination storage unit. And a tertiary sorting section for arranging the paper sheets in the order along the delivery route using numbers. Embodiment Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment, and FIGS. 2A and 2B are conceptual diagrams for explaining the operation of the embodiment. FIG. 7A shows the concept of the division, and FIG. 7B shows the concept of the destination preparation processing. Reference numeral 1 in FIG. 1 denotes a first destination reading unit for reading a destination written on a mail. An optical character reading device or a keying type destination input device is used. Reference numeral 2 denotes a primary sorting unit for sorting mail items in various directions based on the read destination. Reference numeral 3 denotes a first destination storage unit that stores the destination of the sorted mail and the number of mails to be delivered to the area indicated by the destination for each of the sorted areas. Reference numeral 4 denotes a destination standing unit for arranging the destinations of the number indicated by the number stored in the first destination storage unit 3 in the order of the delivery section and the delivery route in correspondence with the delivery order number indicating the delivery order. Reference numeral 5 denotes a second destination storage unit that stores the result of the destination preparation by the destination preparation unit 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a second destination reading unit for performing the secondary sorting. Reference numeral 7 denotes a secondary sorting section for performing a secondary sorting (delivery sorting) of the mail. 8 is the third for reading the destination for performing the third division.
Is a destination reading unit. Reference numeral 9 denotes a tertiary sorting section for performing a tertiary sorting of mail (door-to-door route assembly). Hereinafter, the operation of the constituent blocks in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, for the sake of simplicity of explanation of the operation, a description will be given assuming a dispatching section i as follows. (1) The regional division bureau in the direction i has 20 deliveries, and mail is divided into 20 delivery areas. (2) One delivery zone is set so that there will be 1000 or less. (3) It is assumed that mail items having destination ID1, ID2,..., ID1000,. (4) Different delivery destination ID1, ID2,
・ ・ It is assumed that 1000 mails with ID100 are classified. The mail is firstly sorted by the primary sorting apparatus shown in FIGS. 2 (A)-(1). The destinations of the mails supplied one by one from the supply unit are input to the apparatus by a first destination reading unit. Next, the mail is sent to the primary sorting unit 2 based on the read address.
Are divided into the respective areas 1, 2,... N. At the same time, destinations (ID1 to IDn) corresponding to the sorted mail are also stored in the first destination storage unit 3 for each area. This situation is shown in FIG.
It is shown in (1). ID1, ID2,… ID99
Mail items with destinations such as 9, ID1000 ... IDn are collected. In the direction i, there are 20 delivery areas as an example, but the destination ID 1
The postal items ID to IDn are accumulated in the sorting box in the direction i in any order. The first destination storage unit 3 also stores destination IDs 1 to in the area i.
IDn is stored in any order. Next, the destination information of the area i in the first destination storage unit 3 is sent to the destination preparation unit 4 of the regional division office in the area i together with the mail. The transfer of the destination information is performed through a magnetic storage medium such as a floppy disk or a communication line. In the destination arranging section 4, the destinations are rearranged in accordance with a delivery order number indicating a predetermined delivery order, which is a delivery route order, in each delivery zone of the regional division office. FIG. 2 (B)-(1) shows delivery area 1
Shows the status of the destination rearrangement. That is, 1000 mails ID1, ID2 ... ID1000 are replaced with delivery order numbers SQ1, SQ2 ... SQ1000.
According to the order of delivery. The result of this reordering is
Is stored in the destination storage unit 5. Next, the mails sent to the regional sorting office in the direction i are subjected to delivery sorting by the secondary sorting device as shown in FIG. 2 (A)-(2). That is, the mail is supplied one by one from the supply unit, and the destination is read by the second destination reading unit 6. In the secondary sorting section 7, a sorting machine with about 200 units is used, and 10 sorting boxes are allocated to each of 20 delivery sections. In delivery area 1, as shown in FIGS. 2 (A)-(2) and (B)-(2),
Delivery order numbers SQ ×× 1, SQ ×× 2,... S for 1, B2,.
The processing is performed with reference to the second destination storage unit 5 which stores the individual delivery order numbers and destinations in correspondence so that the mails of Q × 9 and SQ ×× 0 are sorted. Here is SQxx1
SQ1, SQ11, SQ21 ... The lowest order of the delivery order number is 1 like SQ991
Is a postal matter that is The other delivery zones are also classified according to the same procedure as described above. This completes the secondary division. Next, door-to-door route assembly, which is the third division, is performed. The tertiary division is performed for each delivery member, that is, for each delivery section. As shown in FIGS. 2 (A)-(3), when assembling the door-to-door directions of the delivery zone 1, the sorting boxes B1 to B10 are sequentially taken out and set in the supply section of the tertiary sorting apparatus while maintaining the order. . The destinations of the mails sequentially supplied one by one from the supply unit are read by the third destination reading unit 8. Next, the tertiary sorting section 9 uses a sorting machine having a sorting box of about 100 mouths, and sorts according to the delivery order number. That is, FIG. 2 (B)
-As shown in (3), first, the secondary box B1
Postal items (delivery order number SQxx1) are sorted boxes C1 to C100
SQ1, SQ11, SQ21,... SQ981, SQ991 in the order of delivery. At this time, the delivery order number is associated with the destination by referring to the second destination storage unit 5. Next, the mail (delivery order number SQ ×× 2) in the sorting box B2 is similarly sorted from the sorting boxes C1 to C1.
It is divided into 00. This operation is performed until the mail sorting of the sorting box B10 is completed. As a result, in the tertiary division, as shown in FIGS.
From SQ1, SQ2, SQ3 ... SQ999, SQ1000. [Effects of the Invention] As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the sorting of the paper sheets and the assembling of the door-to-door directions are performed without using a large-scale sorting machine, and the number of sorting times is determined by the central mail per mail. The classification process can be performed with a smaller number of divisions than in the past, such as four times including the difference rate in the station.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 (A) and (B) are conceptual diagrams of processing for explaining the operation of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Destination reading part, 2 ... Primary division part, 3 ... First destination storage part, 4 ... Destination preparation part, 5 ... Second destination storage part, 6 ... Destination reading part, 7 ... Secondary Classification unit, 8: destination reading unit, 9: tertiary classification unit.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Dispatching means for sorting the paper sheets for each direction indicated by the address written on the paper sheets, and a destination of these paper sheets for the paper sheets sorted by the dispatching means. A delivery sorting means for sorting the paper sheets for each delivery zone shown, and the paper sheets along the delivery route indicated by the destination of these paper sheets with respect to the paper sheets sorted by the delivery sorting means. And a door-to-door route assembling unit for arranging the destinations in a fixed order, wherein the dispatching unit is a first destination reading unit that reads a destination written on the paper sheet, A primary sorting unit that sorts the paper sheet according to the destination indicated by the destination, a primary sorting unit that sorts the paper by the primary sorting unit for each of the directions, and the destination obtained for each of the directions and the destination of the destination. And the number of the paper sheets to be delivered to the indicated area. And a first destination storage unit that stores the destination for each area, wherein the delivery division unit stores the destination and the number of paper sheets for each area stored in the first destination storage unit. The destination in the direction corresponding to the delivery classification means and the number of the paper sheets are received from the first destination storage unit, and the number of the first destinations indicated by the received number of the paper sheets is received. A destination arranging unit that arranges the destinations received from the storage unit in a delivery order corresponding to a delivery order number indicating a delivery order; and the destinations arranged in the delivery order by the destination arranging unit correspond to the delivery order numbers. A second destination storage unit configured to store the destination, and a second destination reading unit that reads a destination written on the sheet on the side corresponding to the self-delivery sorting unit sorted by the dispatch sorting unit; The destination described in the sheet read by the second destination reading unit The second order storage unit retrieves the delivery order number corresponding to the second order from the second destination storage unit and uses the searched delivery order number to sort the paper sheets in the delivery order for each delivery section.
And a next sorting unit, wherein the door-to-door route assembling means reads a destination written on the paper sheet in a delivery section corresponding to the door-to-door route assembling means divided by the delivery sorting means. And a delivery order number corresponding to the destination written on the sheet read by the third destination reading unit from the second destination storage unit, and using the searched delivery order number And a tertiary sorting section for arranging the paper sheets in the order along the delivery road order.