EP1007230A1 - Procede de codage d'envois - Google Patents

Procede de codage d'envois

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EP1007230A1
EP1007230A1 EP97949888A EP97949888A EP1007230A1 EP 1007230 A1 EP1007230 A1 EP 1007230A1 EP 97949888 A EP97949888 A EP 97949888A EP 97949888 A EP97949888 A EP 97949888A EP 1007230 A1 EP1007230 A1 EP 1007230A1
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coding
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EP1007230B1 (fr
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Boris Lohmann
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Siemens AG
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Siemens AG
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/18—Devices or arrangements for indicating destination, e.g. by code marks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00508—Printing or attaching on mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00572—Details of printed item
    • G07B2017/0058—Printing of code
    • G07B2017/00588—Barcode
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00459—Details relating to mailpieces in a franking system
    • G07B17/00661—Sensing or measuring mailpieces
    • G07B2017/00685—Measuring the dimensions of mailpieces

Definitions

  • the printed information can be any suitable printed information.
  • Contain destination information that is information about the consignee, which is used, for example, for sorting
  • ID code an identification code
  • Printing and reading technology should be as simple and cheap as possible, and reading reliability as high as possible
  • Reading and printing technology as well as a reduction in reading security The invention specified in claim 1 is therefore based on the problem of uniquely encoding mail items with different sizes while maintaining the code character size and spacing selected for large mail items
  • the uniqueness of the ID code is checked by making a statistic about the frequency of different lengths of previously processed items available for the ID code, which have an impact on the number of characters to be applied. The uniqueness is given, if for the one under consideration Period of time with which the number of ID codes adjusted to the length can be clearly differentiated
  • a 10-digit decimal number in plain text is to be printed as a clear consignment identifier, to correspond to 100 million consignments per day over a period of 100
  • the supply of 10 10 distinguishable strings does not only contain 10 characters
  • the information to be printed is to be printed in bar / no-bar technology and consists of 40-bit drawing information and 40-bit ID code
  • redundancy characters are added to the information to be printed.
  • the total amount of printable character strings is made up of three subsets of character strings of different lengths. Depending on the measured mail item length, a character string is selected from the subset available on the standing space is just printable
  • the code to be applied should represent information available as a decimal number. It is advantageous if the code can be easily deciphered by humans using a small template.
  • bar-no-bar technology it is advisable to use a group to place every decimal number of 4 bars, which can then be easily deciphered using a 10-line table.
  • 10 is sufficient Bars in bar-no-bar technology or 5 bars in 4-state bar technology to represent every 3-digit decimal number, because 2 10 > 1000 and 4 5 > 1000. The same applies if text is to be coded instead of decimal numbers.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Security & Cryptography (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Sorting Of Articles (AREA)
  • Printers Characterized By Their Purpose (AREA)
  • Credit Cards Or The Like (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé pour le codage d'envois par application de signes de codage lisibles. Afin qu'il soit possible de marquer, également de façon univoque, des envois courts, tout en conservant la grandeur des signes de codage et les intervalles les séparant, la surface disponible pour l'application d'un code, en particulier la longueur de l'envoi entrant, est mesurée. Ensuite un code univoque est appliqué, lequel comprend un nombre de signes adaptés à la surface disponible. Pour permettre le contrôle de l'univocité de codes d'identification, est établie une statistique concernant la fréquence des différentes longueurs disponibles pour le code d'identification, des envois traités jusqu'ici, qui influe sur le nombre de signes de code d'identification à appliquer. Ensuite, sont appliqués des codes d'identification dont le nombre de signes est réduit et adapté à la longueur disponible pour le code d'identification qui a été déterminé, lorsque, pour un intervalle de temps fixé, le nombre des envois déterminé statistiquement, dont la longueur est comprise dans la plage de longueur sélectionnée, est inférieur ou égal au nombre des envois pouvant être différencié au moyen du code d'identification raccourci.
EP97949888A 1996-11-20 1997-11-07 Procede de codage d'envois Expired - Lifetime EP1007230B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE19648005 1996-11-20
DE19648005A DE19648005C1 (de) 1996-11-20 1996-11-20 Verfahren zur Kodierung von Sendungen
PCT/DE1997/002608 WO1998022229A1 (fr) 1996-11-20 1997-11-07 Procede de codage d'envois

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EP1007230A1 true EP1007230A1 (fr) 2000-06-14
EP1007230B1 EP1007230B1 (fr) 2002-03-20

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EP (1) EP1007230B1 (fr)
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WO (1) WO1998022229A1 (fr)

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WO1998022229A1 (fr) 1998-05-28
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DE19648005C1 (de) 1997-11-13
EP1007230B1 (fr) 2002-03-20

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