EP1417044A1 - Method for sorting mail according to the distribution addresses - Google Patents

Method for sorting mail according to the distribution addresses

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EP1417044A1
EP1417044A1 EP01969212A EP01969212A EP1417044A1 EP 1417044 A1 EP1417044 A1 EP 1417044A1 EP 01969212 A EP01969212 A EP 01969212A EP 01969212 A EP01969212 A EP 01969212A EP 1417044 A1 EP1417044 A1 EP 1417044A1
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    • 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
    • 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
    • B07C3/10—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination
    • B07C3/14—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination using light-responsive detecting means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S209/00—Classifying, separating, and assorting solids
    • Y10S209/90—Sorting flat-type mail

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  • the invention relates to a method for sorting mail items according to their distribution addresses.
  • a mail item surface of each shipment is recorded and fed to an image evaluation unit, in which it is determined whether the address and the charge tags or stamps on the side facing the image recording device are in the correct orientation. If the correct position is present, an attempt is made to read the distribution address (recipient details) and, after a successful reading process, an appropriate sorting takes place.
  • the mail items that have an incorrect orientation or a location with: addresses facing away from the image recording device are each routed into a special compartment. From these special subjects, the consignments are then fed back to the sorting machine in a corrected position and orientation, i.e. together with new consignments, they arrive at the material input of the separation. If the direct reading process of the distribution address could then be started, it can happen that the reading process cannot be completed successfully. In this case, the mail items are also sorted into a special compartment, from which they are then frequently fed to the sorting machine for a new reading attempt.
  • the invention specified in claim 1 has for its object to provide a method with which a repeated sorting of sorted in a sorting machine as unreadable in special subjects for re-sorting and after the second input into the sorting machine with any corrections of position and orientation again consignments sorted into these special subjects are avoided.
  • the additional identification of the batch of mail items from the special subjects for the replay of illegible mail items during the rereading process after the input and singulation can be used to determine whether the relevant, still unreadable mail item originates from one of the special subjects for replaying. If this is the case, the consignment is sorted into an additional special compartment from which it is not re-entered in the reading and sorting process of the sorting machine. If the consignments to be fed have a position or orientation that is not suitable for reading, they are fed in again corrected for position and orientation. This avoids the uncontrolled multiple iterations of the reading and sorting process.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of the procedural sequence in a set-up machine.
  • a mail item surface of each mail item is recorded with a known, and therefore not shown, image recording device after the separation, evaluated in a likewise known, image evaluation unit and distributed in accordance with the evaluation result.
  • the separation, image recording and image evaluation is indicated by arrow 7.
  • the item in question has a position in which the addresses and fee stamps or imprints of the image recording device are facing away, it is routed into a special compartment 4 for side-reversed items via corresponding switch devices.
  • Programs whose address pages face the image recording device, but which have the wrong orientation (for example upside down) are routed into a special compartment 3 for programs with incorrect orientation.
  • From programs with the right location and orientation Read addresses (at least the postcodes). Then, after successful reading, they are distributed in sorting compartments 2 assigned to specific address areas. If addresses are not read automatically despite their correct location and orientation, they are often sorted into another special compartment 5.
  • the distribution process into the compartments 2, 3, 4, 5 by means of a switch device is indicated by an arrow 8.
  • sorting bins 2 are filled, they are emptied manually and sent to the relevant address areas.
  • the stack of mail items from the special compartment 4 for reversed mail items is likewise removed manually and placed in a corrected position on the material input 6 of the sorting machine / stand-up machine 1. To identify this batch, before the first shipment and after the last shipment of this batch
  • Separation cards 9a, b inserted. These separating cards 9a, b must be identifiable by the sorting machine / placement machine 1, e.g. with a printed machine-readable code.
  • the evaluation software for identifying the position of a shipment always determined "rearward position" for some mail items (regardless of the actual position), so that these mail items are repeatedly fed into this special compartment 4.
  • Separation card 9a determined, the machine control is brought into a state in which shipments with despite correction recognized incorrect location or orientation or twice unsuccessfully read address are sorted into an additional special compartment 11.
  • the penultimate compartment on the right is configured as a special compartment 4 for reversed items.
  • these mail items are turned, which is indicated by the dark arrow 10, and placed on the material input 6 between the separating cards 9a, b.
  • more of these marked batches of mail items can appear on the material input 6.
  • a misorientation or misalignment of a consignment is identified from the marked stacks, it is directed into the further special compartment 11 on the far left, from which the consignments are no longer fed to the material inputs ⁇ .
  • This control status is exited again as soon as a separation card 9b is recognized, which marks the end of this stack of mail items, and mail items with the wrong way round that pass through the machine for the first time go, as usual, into the special compartment 4 provided for this purpose.

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The invention relates to a method for sorting mail in a sorting machine (1), according to the distribution addresses. Illegible mail is sorted into special recirculation compartments (3,4,5), according to different reasons for the illegibility. The beginning and end of the pile of mail of the respective special recirculation compartment (3,4,5) are marked in a legible manner for the sorting machine (1), and the marked pile of mail is reintroduced into the mail input region (6) of the sorting machine (1), in the evaluation position and orientation. In the event of a renewed reading error on a mail article from a marked pile of mail from one of the special recirculation compartments (3,4,5), said mail article is sorted in an additional special compartment (11) from which it will not be reintroduced into the sorting machine (1).

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Verfahren zum Sortieren von Sendungen nach ihren VerteiladressenProcedure for sorting shipments according to their distribution addresses
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zum Sortieren von Sendungen nach ihren Verteiladressen.The invention relates to a method for sorting mail items according to their distribution addresses.
Mit Hilfe einer Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung wird, eine Sendungs- Oberfläche jeder Sendung aufgenommen und einer Bildauswerte- εinheit zugeführt, in welcher ermittelt wird, ob sich die mit den Adressen und den Gebührenmarken oder -aufdrucken auf der der Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung zugewandten Seite in der richtigen Orientierung befindet. Liegt die richtige Lage vor, wird versucht, die Verteiladresse (Empfängerangaben) zu lesen und nach einem erfolgreichen Lesevorgang erfolgt eine entsprechende Sortierung.With the help of an image recording device, a mail item surface of each shipment is recorded and fed to an image evaluation unit, in which it is determined whether the address and the charge tags or stamps on the side facing the image recording device are in the correct orientation. If the correct position is present, an attempt is made to read the distribution address (recipient details) and, after a successful reading process, an appropriate sorting takes place.
Die Sendungen, die eine falsche Orientierung oder eine Lage mit: der Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung abgewandten Adressen aufweisen, werden jeweils in ein Sonderfach geleitet. Aus diesen Sonderfächern werden die Sendungen dann läge- und orientie- rungskorrigiert wieder der Sortiermaschine zugeführt, d.h. sie gelangen zusammen mit neuen Sendungen auf die Stoffeinga- be der Vereinzelung. Konnte danach der direkte Lesevorgang der Verteiladresse gestartet werden, so kommt es vor, dass der Lesevorgang nicht erfolgreich abgeschlossen werden kann. In diesem Fall werden die Sendungen ebenfalls in ein Sonderfach sortiert, von dem sie dann häufig für einen neuen Lese- versuch der Sortiermaschine zugeführt werden.The mail items that have an incorrect orientation or a location with: addresses facing away from the image recording device are each routed into a special compartment. From these special subjects, the consignments are then fed back to the sorting machine in a corrected position and orientation, i.e. together with new consignments, they arrive at the material input of the separation. If the direct reading process of the distribution address could then be started, it can happen that the reading process cannot be completed successfully. In this case, the mail items are also sorted into a special compartment, from which they are then frequently fed to the sorting machine for a new reading attempt.
Bei den neuen Sortierdurchläufen kommt es vor, dass Sendungen wieder hinsichtlich Lage und Orientierung aussortiert werden, obwohl sie schon korrigiert aus den Sonderfächern zugeführt wurden, oder der erneute Leseversuch war ebenfalls nicht erfolgreich. Dies kann mehrmals hintereinander erfolgen, so dass diese Sendungen bei den Umläufen beschädigt werden können und der Durchsatz verringert wird.With the new sorting runs it can happen that mail items are re-sorted with regard to their position and orientation, even though they have already been corrected from the special subjects, or the retry attempt was also unsuccessful. This can be done several times in succession that these shipments can be damaged in circulation and the throughput is reduced.
Der im Anspruch 1 angegebenen Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein Verfahren zu schaffen, mit welchem ein nochmaliger Sortierlauf von in einer Sortiermaschine als nicht lesbar in Sonderfächer zum Wiederzuführen sortierten und nach der zweiten Eingabe in die Sortiermaschine mit ggf. Korrekturen von Lage und Orientierung wieder in diese Sonderfächer sortierten Sendungen vermieden wird.The invention specified in claim 1 has for its object to provide a method with which a repeated sorting of sorted in a sorting machine as unreadable in special subjects for re-sorting and after the second input into the sorting machine with any corrections of position and orientation again consignments sorted into these special subjects are avoided.
Erfindungsgemäß kann durch die zusätzliche Kennzeichnung der Sendungsstapel aus den Sonderfächern zum Wiederzuführen nicht lesbarer Sendungen beim nochmaligen Leseprozess nach dem Ein- geben und Vereinzeln festgestellt werden, ob die betreffende, immer noch nicht lesbare Sendung aus einem der Sonderfächer zum Wiederzuführen stammt. Ist dies der Fall, wird die Sendung in ein zusätzliches Sonderfach sortiert, aus dem sie nicht wieder in den Lese- und Sortierprozess der Sortierma- schine eingegeben wird. Haben die zuzuführenden Sendungen eine für das Lesen nicht geeignete Lage oder Orientierung, so werden sie läge- und orientierungskorrigiert wieder zugeführt. Damit wird das unkontrollierte vielfache Durchlaufen des Lese- und Sortierprozesses vermieden.According to the invention, the additional identification of the batch of mail items from the special subjects for the replay of illegible mail items during the rereading process after the input and singulation can be used to determine whether the relevant, still unreadable mail item originates from one of the special subjects for replaying. If this is the case, the consignment is sorted into an additional special compartment from which it is not re-entered in the reading and sorting process of the sorting machine. If the consignments to be fed have a position or orientation that is not suitable for reading, they are fed in again corrected for position and orientation. This avoids the uncontrolled multiple iterations of the reading and sorting process.
Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen der Erfindung sind in den Unteransprüchen dargestellt.Advantageous embodiments of the invention are shown in the subclaims.
So ist es vorteilhaft, Beginn und Ende eines Sendungsstapels aus einem Sonderfach zum Wiederzuführen durch vor- und nach- geordnete, von der Sortiermaschine erkennbare Trennkarte zu kennzeichnen, die vorteilhaft mit maschinenlesbaren Kennungen versehen werden können.It is therefore advantageous to mark the beginning and end of a batch of mail items from a special compartment for reuse by means of pre-arranged and post-arranged separating cards which can be recognized by the sorting machine and which can advantageously be provided with machine-readable identifiers.
Vorteilhaft ist es auch, Beginn und Ende eines Sendungsstapels aus einem Sonderfach zum Wiederzuführen durch Markieren der ersten und letzten Sendung mit leicht haftenden und rück- standsfrei ablösbaren Marken zu kennzeichnen, die ebenfalls zur besseren Identifizierung mit einer maschinenlesbaren Ken- nung versehen sein können.It is also advantageous to start and end a batch of items from a special compartment for reuse by marking the first and last item with slightly adhesive and to mark stand-free removable marks, which can also be provided with a machine-readable identification for better identification.
Um die Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung und die Bildauswerteeinheit zu entlasten und damit den Leseprozess zu verkürzen, ist es vorteilhaft, zum Erkennen des gekennzeichneten Beginns und Endes des jeweiligen Stapels einen speziellen Leser, der auch für andere Aufgaben nutzbar ist, zu verwenden.In order to relieve the load on the image recording device and the image evaluation unit and thus shorten the reading process, it is advantageous to use a special reader for recognizing the marked start and end of the respective stack, which can also be used for other tasks.
Nachfolgend wird die Erfindung in einem Ausführungsbeispiel anhand der Zeichnung näher dargestellt.The invention is illustrated in more detail in an exemplary embodiment with reference to the drawing.
Dabei zeigt FIG 1 eine schematische Darstellung des verfahrensmäßigen Ablaufs in einer Aufstellmaschine .1 shows a schematic representation of the procedural sequence in a set-up machine.
Bei der schematisch dargestellten, halbautomatischen, soge- nannten AufStellmaschine wird mit einer an sich bekannten, und deshalb nicht dargestellten, Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung nach dem Vereinzeln eine Sendungsoberfläche jeder Sendung aufgenommen, in einer ebenfalls an sich bekannten, Bildauswerteeinheit ausgewertet und entsprechend dem Auswerteergebnis verteilt. Die Vereinzelung, Bildaufnahme und Bildauswertung ist durch den Pfeil 7 angedeutet.In the schematically illustrated, semi-automatic, so-called stand-up machine, a mail item surface of each mail item is recorded with a known, and therefore not shown, image recording device after the separation, evaluated in a likewise known, image evaluation unit and distributed in accordance with the evaluation result. The separation, image recording and image evaluation is indicated by arrow 7.
Wurde bei der Bildauswertung festgestellt, dass die betreffende Sendung eine Lage hat, bei der die Adressen und Gebüh- renmarken oder -aufdrucke der Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung abgewandt sind, so wird sie in ein Sonderfach 4 für seitenverkehrte Sendungen über entsprechende Weicheneinrichtungen geleitet. Sendungen, deren Adressenseiten zwar der Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung zugewandt sind, die aber die falsche Orientie- rung haben (z.B. auf dem Kopf stehend), werden in ein Sonderfach 3 für Sendungen mit falscher Orientierung geleitet. Von Sendungen mit der richtigen Lage und Orientierung werden die Adressen gelesen (mindestens die Postleitzahlen) . Anschließend werden sie nach erfolgreichem Lesen in bestimmten Adressgebieten zugeordnete Sortierfächer 2 verteilt. Werden Adressen trotz richtiger Lage und Orientierung nicht automa- tisch gelesen, werden sie häufig in ein weiteres Sonderfach 5 sortiert. Der Verteilvorgang in die Fächer 2,3,4,5 mittels Weicheneinrichtung wird durch einen Pfeil 8 angedeutet.If it has been ascertained during the image evaluation that the item in question has a position in which the addresses and fee stamps or imprints of the image recording device are facing away, it is routed into a special compartment 4 for side-reversed items via corresponding switch devices. Programs whose address pages face the image recording device, but which have the wrong orientation (for example upside down) are routed into a special compartment 3 for programs with incorrect orientation. From programs with the right location and orientation Read addresses (at least the postcodes). Then, after successful reading, they are distributed in sorting compartments 2 assigned to specific address areas. If addresses are not read automatically despite their correct location and orientation, they are often sorted into another special compartment 5. The distribution process into the compartments 2, 3, 4, 5 by means of a switch device is indicated by an arrow 8.
Sind die Sortierfächer 2 gefüllt, werden sie manuell entleert und zu den betreffenden Adressgebieten versandt. Der Sendungsstapel aus dem Sonderfach 4 für seitenverkehrte Sendungen wird ebenfalls manuell entnommen und lagekorrigiert auf die Stoffeingabe 6 der Sortiermaschine/AufStellmaschine 1 gestellt. Zur Kennzeichnung dieses Stapels werden vor der ers- ten Sendung und nach der letzten Sendung dieses StapelsIf the sorting bins 2 are filled, they are emptied manually and sent to the relevant address areas. The stack of mail items from the special compartment 4 for reversed mail items is likewise removed manually and placed in a corrected position on the material input 6 of the sorting machine / stand-up machine 1. To identify this batch, before the first shipment and after the last shipment of this batch
Trennkarten 9a, b eingefügt. Diese Trennkarten 9a, b müssen von der Sortiermaschine/Aufstellmaschine 1 identifizierbar sein, z.B. durch einen aufgedruckten maschinenlesbaren Kode.Separation cards 9a, b inserted. These separating cards 9a, b must be identifiable by the sorting machine / placement machine 1, e.g. with a printed machine-readable code.
Bisher kam es ohne die Kennzeichnung der Stapel vor, dass die Auswertesoftware zur Lageerkennung einer Sendung für einige Sendungen stets "rückwärtige Lage" (unabhängig von der tatsächlichen Lage) ermittelte, so dass diese Sendungen immer wieder diesem Sonderfach 4 zugeführt werden. Dies gilt insbe- sondere bei kontinuierlichem Abzug von neuen Sendungen, da etwa die Hälfte aller Sendungen in dieses Sonderfach 4 für seitenverkehrte Lage gelangen und somit die Anzahl der Sendungen in diesem Fach 4 nicht kleiner wird. Damit kann ein Bediener nicht erkennen, ob nur noch Sendungen in diesem Son- derfach 4 sind, die bereits als Sendungen mit seitenverkehrter Lage identifiziert wurden. Das gleiche gilt auch für die Sendungen mit falscher Orientierung oder falschem Leseergebnis. Dieses ungewollte mehrmalige Durchlaufen wird durch die Kennzeichnung der Stapel aus den Sonderfächern 3,4,5 vermie- den. Wird der Beginn eines solchen Stapels durch eine erstePreviously, without the stacks being identified, the evaluation software for identifying the position of a shipment always determined "rearward position" for some mail items (regardless of the actual position), so that these mail items are repeatedly fed into this special compartment 4. This applies in particular to the continuous deduction of new mail items, since approximately half of all mail items go to this special compartment 4 for the inverted position and thus the number of mail items in this compartment 4 does not decrease. In this way, an operator cannot recognize whether there are only mail items in this special compartment 4 that have already been identified as mail items with a reversed position. The same applies to programs with incorrect orientation or incorrect reading results. This unintentional repeated passage is avoided by labeling the stacks from the special subjects 3, 4, 5. If the beginning of such a stack is a first
Trennkarte 9a festgestellt, so wird die Maschinensteuerung in einen Zustand gebracht, bei dem Sendungen mit trotz Korrektur erkannter fehlerhafter Lage oder Orientierung oder zweimal erfolglos gelesener Adresse in ein zusätzliches Sonderfach 11 sortiert werden.Separation card 9a determined, the machine control is brought into a state in which shipments with despite correction recognized incorrect location or orientation or twice unsuccessfully read address are sorted into an additional special compartment 11.
In der Aufstellmaschine 1 gemäß FIG 1 ist das vorletzte Fach rechts als Sonderfach 4 für seitenverkehrte Sendungen konfiguriert. Beim Wiederzuführen werden diese Sendungen gewendet, was durch den dunklen Pfeil 10 angedeutet ist, und zwischen den Trennkarten 9a, b auf die Stoffeingabe 6 gestellt. Wie dargestellt können weitere dieser gekennzeichneten Sendungsstapel auf der Stoffeingabe 6 vorkommen. Bei einer erkannten Fehlorientierung oder -läge einer Sendung aus den gekennzeichneten Stapeln wird sie in das weitere Sonderfach 11 ganz links geleitet, aus dem die Sendungen nicht mehr der Stoff- eingäbe β zugeführt werden. Dieser Steuerungszustand wird wieder verlassen, sobald eine Trennkarte 9b erkannt wird, die das Ende dieses Sendungsstapels markiert und Sendungen mit seitenverkehrter Lage, die zum ersten Mal durch die Maschine laufen, gehen wie üblich in das dafür vorgesehene Sonder- fach 4.1, the penultimate compartment on the right is configured as a special compartment 4 for reversed items. When they are returned, these mail items are turned, which is indicated by the dark arrow 10, and placed on the material input 6 between the separating cards 9a, b. As shown, more of these marked batches of mail items can appear on the material input 6. If a misorientation or misalignment of a consignment is identified from the marked stacks, it is directed into the further special compartment 11 on the far left, from which the consignments are no longer fed to the material inputs β. This control status is exited again as soon as a separation card 9b is recognized, which marks the end of this stack of mail items, and mail items with the wrong way round that pass through the machine for the first time go, as usual, into the special compartment 4 provided for this purpose.
Die Sendungen, deren Adressen trotz richtiger Lage und Orientierung nicht automatisch gelesen werden, werden ohne Korrektur nochmals auf die Stoffeingabe 6 gestellt, in der Hoff- nung, dass der zweite Leseversuch erfolgreich ist, was dann auch vorkommen kann.The mail items whose addresses are not automatically read despite the correct location and orientation are placed on the input 6 again without correction, in the hope that the second reading attempt will be successful, which can then also occur.
Um auch in diesem Fall ein wiederholtes Durchlaufen zu vermeiden, werden die Sendungsstapel aus diesem Sonderfach eben- falls gekennzeichnet. In order to avoid having to go through it again in this case, the batches of mail from this special compartment are also marked.

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1. Verfahren zum Sortieren von Sendungen nach ihren Verteiladressen in einer Sortiermaschine (1) mit einer Bildauf- nahmeeinrichtung zum Aufnehmen einer Sendungsoberfläche und einer Bildauswerteeinheit zum Ermitteln und Lesen der Adressen und Gebührenmarken und -aufdrucken, wobei nicht lesbare Sendungen in Sonderfächer (3,4,5) entsprechend verschiedener Ursachen für das Nichtlesen sortiert werden und in der auswertbaren Lage und Orientierung dem Eingang der Sortiermaschine (1) wieder zugeführt werden, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , dass Beginn und Ende des Sendungsstapels des jeweiligen Sonderfaches (3,4,5) zum Wiederzuführen für die Sortiermaschi- ne (1) lesbar gekennzeichnet wird und der gekennzeichnete Sendungsstapel in der auswertbaren Lage und Orientierung der Stoffeingabe (6) der Sortiermaschine (1) wieder zugeführt wird und dass bei nochmaligem Lesefehlversuch bei einer Sendung eines gekennzeichneten Sendungsstapels aus einem der Sonderfacher (3,4,5) zum Wiederzuführen diese Sendung in ein zusätzliches Sonderfach (11) sortiert wird, aus dem sie der Sortiermaschine (1) nicht mehr zugeführt wird.1. Method for sorting mail items according to their distribution addresses in a sorting machine (1) with an image recording device for taking up a mail item surface and an image evaluation unit for determining and reading the addresses and fee stamps and imprints, with non-readable mail items in special subjects (3,4 , 5) are sorted according to various causes for the non-reading and are returned to the input of the sorting machine (1) in the position and orientation that can be evaluated, characterized in that the beginning and end of the stack of mail items of the respective special compartment (3, 4, 5) are to be re-inserted for the sorting machine (1) is labeled in a legible manner and the labeled batch of mail is returned to the sorting machine (1) in the evaluable position and orientation of the material input (6) and that if a misread attempt is made again when sending a labeled batch of mail from one of the special subjects (3 , 4,5) how which is then sorted into an additional special compartment (11) from which it is no longer fed to the sorting machine (1).
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , dass Beginn und Ende eines Sendungsstapels aus einem der Sonderfächer (3,4,5) zum Wiederzuführen durch eine vor- und nachgeordnete, von der Sortiermaschine (1) erkennbare, Trennkarte (9a, b) gekennzeichnet wird.2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the beginning and end of a stack of mail items from one of the special subjects (3, 4, 5) for reuse by an upstream and downstream, from the sorting machine (1) recognizable, separation card (9a, b) becomes.
3. Verfahren nach Anspruch 2, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , dass die Trennkarten (9a, b) mit maschinenlesbaren Kennungen versehen werden.3. The method as claimed in claim 2, that the separating cards (9a, b) are provided with machine-readable identifiers.
4. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h e t , dass zur Kennzeichnung von Beginn und Ende eines Sendungsstapels aus einem der Sonderfächer (3,4,5) zum Wiederzuführen die erste und die letzte Sendung des Sendungsstapels mit einem leicht haftenden und rückstandslos ablösbaren, erkennbaren Marker markiert wird.4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that for the identification of the beginning and At the end of a batch of mail items from one of the special compartments (3, 4, 5), the first and the last mail item of the batch of mail items are marked with a recognizable marker that is easy to stick and can be removed without leaving any residue.
Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , dass die Marker mit maschinenlesbaren Kodes versehen sind.Method according to Claim 4, that the markers are provided with machine-readable codes.
Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t , dass zur Erkennung eines gekennzeichneten Stapels in der Sortiermaschine (1) eine zusätzliche Leseeinrichtung verwendet wird. Method according to Claim 1, that also an additional reading device is used to recognize a marked stack in the sorting machine (1).
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