EP0725371A1 - Auto dating system for franking machine - Google Patents
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- a franking machine includes a mechanism for printing a postal imprint including a franking date on mail items.
- the invention relates more particularly to a franking machine provided with a system for the automatic adjustment of the date of franking in the postal imprint so as to be able to automatically affix on mail items an imprint including a current date of postage or a date later than this current date in order to postdate.
- This last feature is particularly interesting for the user who wishes to frank mail items in advance.
- Such a franking machine is already known from document EP-540022.
- the object of the invention is to further improve this machine.
- the subject of the invention is a franking machine comprising a mechanism for printing a postal imprint including a franking date on a mail item to be franked and a system for adjusting the franking date printed by the printing mechanism including a processor connected to a calendar clock to receive a current date and controlling the printing mechanism to cause the printing of a postal imprint with a current postage date established on the basis of the current date.
- the processor is also programmed to prevent the printing of the postal imprint when the current postage date to be printed corresponds to a closing date of the Postal Administration.
- the postage date affixed to a mail item may cause the recipient of this mail item.
- the postage date affixed to each item of mail commits the Postal Administration to send the item to its recipient within a certain period. It is therefore understood that the invention contributes to avoiding situations where the use of a franking machine can cause damage both for the recipients of franked mail items and for the Postal Administration.
- the detection that the current postage date corresponds to a day of closure of the Postal Administration is carried out simply by program by calculating a day number corresponding to the current postage date from a reference date previously recorded, which requires little memory space.
- FIG. 1 schematically shows the architecture of the system for automatically adjusting the postage date in the postal imprint according to the invention.
- FIG. 1 illustrates the operation of the system shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows tables that are used to operate the system shown in Figure 1.
- the franking machine comprises a mechanism 1 for printing a postal imprint 2 on a mail item 3.
- the postal imprint 2 includes a stamp 2A, a postage date 2B and an advertising flame 2C if applicable.
- the printing mechanism can be constituted by a rotary drum equipped with printing wheels which serve to print each symbol constituting the postage amount, for example 2.80, and the postage date, for example 09/01/95 either January 9, 1995.
- a system for adjusting the postage date to be printed by the printing means includes a processor 4 connected to a calendar clock 5 to receive information representative of a current date.
- the processor 4 is further connected to the printing mechanism 1 through a member 6 which is used to configure the printing mechanism 1 to print a postal imprint including as a postage date a date provided by the processor, for example the date current it gets from the calendar clock.
- This member 6 may consist of micromotors acting on the printing knobs indicated above.
- the processor 4 is connected to one or more information entry keys, such as the key 7.
- the key 7 is used to offset the postage date to be printed on the mail items relative to the current date supplied by the calendar clock so as to operate the franking machine in post-date mode.
- the processor 4, in response to n depressions of the key 7, advances the postage date by n days after the current date. If the current date is 09/01/95 and if the operator presses the key 7 twice (n is equal to 2), the processor controls the printing mechanism 1 to print as the postage date on 11/01 / 95.
- the processor 4 is also programmed to control the postage date (that provided by the calendar clock or that imposed by the operator in post-date mode) to be printed on each item of mail and if necessary prevent printing of the postal imprint when the postage date corresponds to a day on which the Postal Administration closes, for example a Saturday or a Sunday.
- FIG. 2 illustrates the operation of the program controlling the processor 4 to detect that a date after a reference date, here on 01/01/93, corresponds to a Saturday or a Sunday.
- the reference date is maintained in a memory 8 connected to the processor 4.
- the 01/01/93 is a Friday.
- the processor 4 first establishes at 21 a first postage date expressed in the form "day number of the month / number of month / year", ie DD / MM / YY.
- This first date can be the current date provided by the calendar clock 5 or a later date set by the operator after pressing the key 7.
- the postage date is 08/01 / 95
- DD is worth 8
- MM is worth 1
- AA is worth 95. This is a Sunday.
- the processor 4 compares the value R to 3.
- TAB1 and TAB2 are two data tables shown in Figure 3 and stored in memory 8. In the example, J3 is equal to 0.
- the tables TAB1 and TAB2 each have 13 values each accessible by an index whose value is equal to MM-1. The values of the index are indicated by the numbers 0 to 12.
- N is equal to 738.
- This JS value is between 0 and 6, 0 indicating a Sunday and 6 indicating a Saturday.
- JS is equal to 0 which corresponds to a Sunday.
- JS is then tested at 28. If JS is different from 0 or 6, the processor orders at 29 the printing of a postal imprint including the postage date it obtained in 21 and returns to this step for a new postage cycle. Otherwise, it prevents at 30 the printing of the postal imprint with this postage date because it is a Sunday or a Saturday, which is the case in the example considered.
- the processor determines at 31 a new date DD / MM '/ YY' later corresponding to the opening day of the Postal Administration which immediately follows the day detected at 27 as the closing day, for example by adding a day or two days to the date DD / MM / YY obtained in 21.
- this later date is 09/01/95 which is a Monday.
- the processor continues step 31 with a step 32 in which an automatic control of the franking mechanism 1 configured with the date is carried out and it then returns to step 21.
- the processor proceeds to a step 32 ′ where it displays, on a display screen 9, a warning message "DATE NOT VALID" indicating to the operator that the chosen postage date, for example 08/01/95, corresponds to a day on which the Postal Administration closes, in this case a Sunday. Furthermore, the later date determined in 31, here on 01/03/95 is displayed on screen 9 and the processor waits a validation command entered by the operator to order the printing of a postal imprint including as postage date this later date.
- a table of particular days to be prohibited can be entered in memory 8 in order to prohibit the printing of a postal imprint comprising one of these dates.
- This table can be defined by the user of the machine.
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L'invention porte sur une machine d'affranchissement comprenant un mécanisme pour imprimer sur des articles de courrier une empreinte postale incluant une date d'affranchissement.A franking machine includes a mechanism for printing a postal imprint including a franking date on mail items.
L'invention concerne plus particulièrement une machine d'affranchissement dotée d'un système pour le réglage automatique de la date d'affranchissement dans l'empreinte postale de sorte à pouvoir apposer automatiquement sur des articles de courrier une empreinte incluant une date courante d'affranchissement ou une date postérieure à cette date courante afin de réaliser du postdatage. Cette dernière fonctionnalité est particulièrement intéressante pour l'utilisateur qui souhaite affranchir des articles de courrier à l'avance.The invention relates more particularly to a franking machine provided with a system for the automatic adjustment of the date of franking in the postal imprint so as to be able to automatically affix on mail items an imprint including a current date of postage or a date later than this current date in order to postdate. This last feature is particularly interesting for the user who wishes to frank mail items in advance.
Une telle machine d'affranchissement est déjà connue du document EP-540022. Le but de l'invention est de perfectionner encore plus cette machine.Such a franking machine is already known from document EP-540022. The object of the invention is to further improve this machine.
A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet une machine d'affranchissement comprenant un mécanisme d'impression d'une empreinte postale incluant une date d'affranchissement sur un article de courrier à affranchir et un système de réglage de la date d'affranchissement imprimée par le mécanisme d'impression incluant un processeur connecté à une horloge calendrier pour recevoir une date courante et commandant le mécanisme d'impression pour provoquer l'impression d'une empreinte postale avec une date d'affranchissement courante établie sur la base de la date courante. Le processeur est en outre programmé pour empêcher l'impression de l'empreinte postale quand la date d'affranchissement courante à imprimer correspond à une date de fermeture de l'Administration postale.To this end, the subject of the invention is a franking machine comprising a mechanism for printing a postal imprint including a franking date on a mail item to be franked and a system for adjusting the franking date printed by the printing mechanism including a processor connected to a calendar clock to receive a current date and controlling the printing mechanism to cause the printing of a postal imprint with a current postage date established on the basis of the current date. The processor is also programmed to prevent the printing of the postal imprint when the current postage date to be printed corresponds to a closing date of the Postal Administration.
La date d'affranchissement apposée sur un article de courrier peut faire courir un délai pour le destinataire de cet article de courrier. Par ailleurs, la date d'affranchissement apposée sur chaque article de courrier engage l'Administration postale à faire parvenir l'article à son destinataire dans un certain délai. On comprend donc que l'invention contribue à éviter des situations où l'utilisation d'une machine d'affranchissement peut entraîner un préjudice tant pour les destinataires des articles de courrier affranchis que pour l'Administration postale.The postage date affixed to a mail item may cause the recipient of this mail item. In addition, the postage date affixed to each item of mail commits the Postal Administration to send the item to its recipient within a certain period. It is therefore understood that the invention contributes to avoiding situations where the use of a franking machine can cause damage both for the recipients of franked mail items and for the Postal Administration.
La détection que la date d'affranchissement courante correspond à un jour de fermeture de l'Administration postale est réalisée simplement par programme en calculant un numéro de jour correspondant à la date d'affranchissement courante à partir d'une date de référence préalablement enregistrée, ce qui requiert peu d'espace mémoire.The detection that the current postage date corresponds to a day of closure of the Postal Administration is carried out simply by program by calculating a day number corresponding to the current postage date from a reference date previously recorded, which requires little memory space.
Un exemple de réalisation de l'invention est décrit ci-après en détail.An exemplary embodiment of the invention is described below in detail.
La figure 1 montre schématiquement l'architecture du système de réglage automatique de la date d'affranchissement dans l'empreinte postale selon l'invention.FIG. 1 schematically shows the architecture of the system for automatically adjusting the postage date in the postal imprint according to the invention.
La figure 2 illustre le fonctionnement du système montré à la figure 1.Figure 2 illustrates the operation of the system shown in Figure 1.
La figure 3 montre des tables qui servent au fonctionnement du système montré à la figure 1.Figure 3 shows tables that are used to operate the system shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1, la machine d'affranchissement comprend un mécanisme 1 d'impression d'une empreinte postale 2 sur un article de courrier 3.Figure 1, the franking machine comprises a
Classiquement, l'empreinte postale 2 inclut un timbre 2A, une date d'affranchissement 2B et une flamme publicitaire 2C le cas échéant.Conventionally, the postal imprint 2 includes a
Le mécanisme d'impression peut être constitué par un tambour rotatif équipé de molettes d'impression qui servent à imprimer chaque symbole constituant le montant d'affranchissement, par exemple 2.80, et la date d'affranchissement, par exemple 09/01/95 soit le 9 janvier 1995.The printing mechanism can be constituted by a rotary drum equipped with printing wheels which serve to print each symbol constituting the postage amount, for example 2.80, and the postage date, for example 09/01/95 either January 9, 1995.
Il est prévu un système de réglage de la date d'affranchissement à imprimer par le moyen d'impression. Ce système de réglage inclut un processeur 4 connecté à une horloge calendrier 5 pour recevoir une information représentative d'une date courante. Le processeur 4 est en outre connecté au mécanisme d'impression 1 à travers un organe 6 qui sert à configurer le mécanisme d'impression 1 pour imprimer une empreinte postale incluant comme date d'affranchissement une date fournie par le processeur, par exemple la date courante qu'il obtient de l'horloge calendrier. Cet organe 6 peut être constitué de micromoteurs agissant sur les molettes d'impression indiquées ci-dessus.A system for adjusting the postage date to be printed by the printing means is provided. This adjustment system includes a
En variante, le processeur 4 est relié à une ou des touches d'entrée d'information, comme la touche 7. La touche 7 sert à décaler la date d'affranchissement à imprimer sur les articles de courrier par rapport à la date courante fournie par l'horloge calendrier de façon à faire fonctionner la machine d'affranchissement en mode postdatage. En particulier, le processeur 4, en réponse à n enfoncements de la touche 7, avance la date d'affranchissement de n jours après la date courante. Si la date courante est le 09/01/95 et si l'opérateur enfonce deux fois la touche 7 (n est égal à 2), le processeur commande le mécanisme d'impression 1 pour imprimer comme date d'affranchissement le 11/01/95.As a variant, the
Selon l'invention, le processeur 4 est en outre programmé pour contrôler la date d'affranchissement (celle fournie par l'horloge calendrier ou celle imposée par l'opérateur en mode postdatage) à imprimer sur chaque article de courrier et le cas échéant empêcher l'impression de l'empreinte postale quand la date d'affranchissement correspond à un jour de fermeture de l'Administration postale, par exemple un samedi ou un dimanche.According to the invention, the
La figure 2 illustre le fonctionnement du programme commandant le processeur 4 pour détecter qu'une date postérieure à une date de référence, ici le 01/01/93, correspond à un samedi ou à un dimanche. La date de référence est maintenue dans une mémoire 8 connectée au processeur 4. Le 01/01/93 est un vendredi.FIG. 2 illustrates the operation of the program controlling the
Sur la figure 2, au début d'un cycle d'affranchissement en 20, le processeur 4 établit d'abord en 21 une première date d'affranchissement exprimée sous la forme "numéro de jour du mois/numéro de mois/année" soit JJ/MM/AA. Cette première date peut être la date courante fournie par l'horloge calendrier 5 ou une date postérieure réglée par l'opérateur suite à l'enfoncement de la touche 7. A titre d'exemple si la date d'affranchissement est le 08/01/95, JJ vaut 8, MM vaut 1 et AA vaut 95. Il s'agit ici d'un dimanche.In FIG. 2, at the start of a postage cycle at 20, the
Il calcule en 22 une première valeur Z par la relation Z=AA-93 (pour le 08/01/95, Z est égale à 2), une seconde valeur C par la relation C=Z/4 (dans le cas d'exemple, C est égale à 0), une troisième valeur R qui est le reste de la division entière de Z par 4 (dans le cas d'exemple, R est égale à 2), une quatrième valeur J1 par la relation J1=1461xC (dans le cas d'exemple, J1 est égale à 0), une cinquième valeur J2 par la relation J2=365xR (dans le cas d'exemple, J2 est égale à 730).It calculates at 22 a first value Z by the relation Z = AA-93 (for 08/01/95, Z is equal to 2), a second value C by the relation C = Z / 4 (in the case of example, C is equal to 0), a third value R which is the remainder of the integer division of Z by 4 (in the case of example, R is equal to 2), a fourth value J1 by the relation J1 = 1461xC (in the example, J1 is equal to 0), a fifth value J2 by the relation J2 = 365xR (in the example, J2 is equal to 730).
En 23, le processeur 4 compare la valeur R à 3.At 23, the
Si la valeur R est égale à 3, le processeur récupère en 24 dans la mémoire 8 une sixième valeur J3 par la relation J3=TAB1(MM-1).If the value R is equal to 3, the processor recovers at 24 in the memory 8 a sixth value J3 by the relation J3 = TAB1 (MM-1).
Si la valeur R est différente de 3, le processeur récupère en 25 dans la mémoire 8 la valeur de J3 par la relation J3=TAB2(MM-1). A noter que TAB1 et TAB2 sont deux tables de données montrées à la figure 3 et stockées dans la mémoire 8. Dans le cas d'exemple, J3 est égale à 0. Sur la figure 3, les tables TAB1 et TAB2 comportent chacune 13 valeurs accessibles chacune par un index dont la valeur est égale à MM-1. Les valeurs de l'index sont indiquées par les nombres 0 à 12.If the value R is other than 3, the processor recovers at 25 in the memory 8 the value of J3 by the relation J3 = TAB2 (MM-1). Note that TAB1 and TAB2 are two data tables shown in Figure 3 and stored in memory 8. In the example, J3 is equal to 0. In Figure 3, the tables TAB1 and TAB2 each have 13 values each accessible by an index whose value is equal to MM-1. The values of the index are indicated by the
Le processeur calcule ensuite en 26 une septième valeur N par la relation N=J1+J2+J3+JJ. Dans le cas d'exemple, N est égale à 738.The processor then calculates at 26 a seventh value N by the relation N = J1 + J2 + J3 + JJ. In the example case, N is equal to 738.
En 27, le processeur détermine une huitième valeur JS indicative d'un jour de semaine par la relation JS= reste entier de (N+4)/7. Cette valeur JS est comprise entre 0 et 6, 0 indiquant un dimanche et 6 indiquant un samedi. Dans le cas d'exemple, JS est égale à 0 ce qui correspond à un dimanche.At 27, the processor determines an eighth JS value indicative of a weekday by the relation JS = remains whole of (N + 4) / 7. This JS value is between 0 and 6, 0 indicating a Sunday and 6 indicating a Saturday. In the example case, JS is equal to 0 which corresponds to a Sunday.
La valeur JS est ensuite testée en 28. Si JS est différente de 0 ou de 6, le processeur commande en 29 l'impression d'une empreinte postale incluant la date d'affranchissement qu'il a obtenue en 21 et revient à cette étape pour un nouveau cycle d'affranchissement. Sinon, il empêche en 30 l'impression de l'empreinte postale avec cette date d'affranchissement car il s'agit d'un dimanche ou d'un samedi, ce qui est le cas dans l'exemple considéré.The value JS is then tested at 28. If JS is different from 0 or 6, the processor orders at 29 the printing of a postal imprint including the postage date it obtained in 21 and returns to this step for a new postage cycle. Otherwise, it prevents at 30 the printing of the postal imprint with this postage date because it is a Sunday or a Saturday, which is the case in the example considered.
Suite à l'étape 30, le processeur détermine en 31 une nouvelle date JJ'/MM'/AA' postérieure correspondant au jour d'ouverture de l'Administration postale qui suit immédiatement le jour détecté en 27 comme jour de fermeture, par exemple en ajoutant un jour ou deux jours à la date JJ/MM/AA obtenue en 21. Dans le cas d'exemple, cette date postérieure est le 09/01/95 qui est un lundi.Following
Suivant un premier mode de réalisation, le processeur poursuit l'étape 31 par une étape 32 dans laquelle est effectuée une commande automatique du mécanisme d'affranchissement 1 configuré avec la date portérieure et il revient ensuite à l'étape 21.According to a first embodiment, the processor continues
Suivant un second mode de réalisation, le processeur passe à une étape 32' où il affiche, sur un écran d'affichage 9, un message d'avertissement "DATE NON VALIDE" indiquant à l'opérateur que la date d'affranchissement choisie, par exemple le 08/01/95, correspond à un jour de fermeture de l'Administration postale, dans le cas présent un dimanche. Par ailleurs, la date postérieure déterminée en 31, ici le 09/01/95 est affichée à l'écran 9 et le processeur attend une commande de validation entrée par l'opérateur pour commander l'impression d'une empreinte postale incluant comme date d'affranchissement cette date postérieure.According to a second embodiment, the processor proceeds to a
Le programme correspondant aux étapes 20 à 32 ou 20 à 32' requiert peu d'espace mémoire. Si d'autres dates de fermeture de l'Administration postale doivent être prises en compte par le processeur 4, comme les fêtes fixes (jour de Noël, Toussaint, etc.), une solution simple consiste à stocker ces dates particulières dans la mémoire 8 aux fins de contrôle. Bien entendu, le stockage de ces dates augmente l'espace requis dans la mémoire 8.The program corresponding to
Une table de jours particuliers à proscrire peut être entrée dans la mémoire 8 aux fins d'interdire l'impression d'une empreinte postale comportant l'une de ces dates. Cette table peut être définie par l'utilisateur de la machine.A table of particular days to be prohibited can be entered in memory 8 in order to prohibit the printing of a postal imprint comprising one of these dates. This table can be defined by the user of the machine.
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