EP1484117B2 - Procédé de tri de lettres - Google Patents

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EP1484117B2
EP1484117B2 EP04011618A EP04011618A EP1484117B2 EP 1484117 B2 EP1484117 B2 EP 1484117B2 EP 04011618 A EP04011618 A EP 04011618A EP 04011618 A EP04011618 A EP 04011618A EP 1484117 B2 EP1484117 B2 EP 1484117B2
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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
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  • the present invention relates to a method for automatically sorting mailings to be forwarded by means of a sorting machine, which processes the mailpieces in a continuous main stream, wherein the sorting machine has a feeder over which the sorting machine a plurality of unsorted addressed mailings are supplied.
  • the individual items are subsequently marked by a marking device with an individualizing identifier, wherein the identifier is in each case assigned a data record in a file.
  • the addresses located on the broadcasts are recorded, wherein a recorded address is decoded by a recognition module and written to the associated record.
  • the program is assigned a corresponding error information if the address is not decipherable. This program with associated error information is then sorted out as a broadcast from the main stream.
  • sorting machines of this type include methods for identifying items of mail US-A-5,703,783 known whose addresses are not recognized by the automatic optical character recognition (OCR).
  • OCR automatic optical character recognition
  • either "online” methods are provided in which a long delay line is used to delay the arrival of the items in the sorting bin.
  • Off-line methods are also known in which a separate pass is used to have the rejects, the addresses of which have been manually verified by the operator, sorted repeatedly by the method.
  • the letters to be processed are first provided with an identity number, which is assigned to a record in a database.
  • the database contains the important information for the respective letter, in particular the address. This is determined by a video recording with subsequent OCR and automatically written to the record. Shipments whose address is not automatically readable are registered as such and sorted out.
  • the addresses of the rejected letters are then usually deciphered by operators and manually entered into the record. The sorting of the rejects is done in a separate run of the sorting machine.
  • the disadvantage is that the sorting machine must be specially set for this separate run, which is associated with a high work and time and thus leads to increased costs. These special runs also interrupt the continuity of the machine's work process. Overall, processing the reject shipments puts a heavy burden on the efficiency of the machine.
  • the object of the present invention is now to provide a method which can be easily implemented, which allows a continuous operation of such a sorting machine and which leads to increased processing speed while reducing costs.
  • the core idea of the invention is to set up the method so that the "corrected" rejects can be fed together with the previously unsorted programs on the same indentation and processed together in succession.
  • another important aspect is to recognize and register the committee programs as such.
  • the detection can be done by hardware or software.
  • the method according to the invention makes it possible to guide the verified rejects, that is to say with respect to the address, back into the feeder of the machine at any time during the first pass without providing a special special run.
  • a particularly advantageous form of the method with regard to an optimized organization avoids the repeated marking of the reject mailings which have already been marked at least once. Since these are excluded from the marking with a further identifier, the record already created for the mailing remains and only needs to be supplemented with the missing address data. By keeping this one Record can be traced at a later date, the history of processing the shipment. In addition, the omission of a further mark avoids that several markings are placed one above the other. This eliminates difficulties in subsequent reading processes.
  • the program detects the existing error message when the shipment passes a detector.
  • the error message controls a turnout with which the consignment is diverted.
  • the mission provided with error information is detected by its downstream identifier of a downstream detector and automatically sorted out of the main stream by means of a switch controlled by the detector.
  • the program itself is provided with a sign indicating the error. This can be done by the transmission being provided by a writing device arranged in the main stream behind the reading device with the mark, which is realized in particular by a barcode.
  • the information obtained by means of the reading device, in particular the error information, is coded in the character. In this way, the shipment is independent of the connection to the database and could be processed on any system.
  • the message associated with the shipment is recognized by a downstream detector based on the character.
  • the output signal of the detector can be used to control a switch so that the shipment in question is automatically sorted out of the main stream by means of a switch controlled by the detector.
  • the reject program is automatically returned to the process after the special treatment.
  • it is fed via a branched off from the main flow side stream to a buffer in which it remains until the address is verified. After verification, the broadcast is automatically mixed under the programs in the feeder.
  • the first marked as a broadcast program broadcast is freed from the error message as soon as the correct address was written to the record.
  • This exemption can again be done either by software, whereby the now revised data set is recognized as correct.
  • the shipment then goes through the process without being sorted out again.
  • the corresponding character can be overwritten so that the subsequent detector recognizes the program as unproblematic.
  • each shipment processed by the sorter is scanned and the recorded image is stored together with the unique identification mark.
  • the identification mark is also printed on the mailpiece and used for identification in subsequent passes. If a shipment already has an identification mark, it is read and compared with the markers present in the database. Shipments that have already been read by the OCR and assigned to a destination are automatically sorted into the correct feeder, depending on which sorting scheme has been selected. Mail pieces that can not be recognized by the OCR will be forwarded to a dedicated tray to wait for the result of the verification before returning to the process.
  • Shown schematically in the figure is the method for automatically sorting letters 1 to be forwarded by means of a sorting machine, the letters being processed in a continuous main flow along the arrow A.
  • the machine has a feeder 2, via which a stack 8 of addressed letters is fed.
  • the stack is separated and the individual letters marked by a subsequent marking device 4 with an individualizing identifier.
  • the identifier is in each case assigned a data record of a file.
  • the letters are photographed below, with a translation program is trying to determine from the image of a letter 1 automatically the existing address thereon. If the address could be deciphered by a recognition module, it is written to a record associated with the letter 1. If the translation was unsuccessful, the letter 1 is assigned a corresponding error information.
  • a letter 1 with associated error information is sorted out as a broadcast program 6 from the main stream and stored in a buffer 7.
  • a committee program 6 is placed together with the unsorted letters on the stack 8 and fed again to the feeder.
  • the retransmitted reject program is automatically recognized as such and excluded from the marker with another identifier.
  • the re-supplied reject broadcast is recognized as such by a simple detector 9 located in front of the marking device on the basis of the existing marking.
  • the letters are provided by a writing device 10 arranged in the main stream behind the reading device 5 with a bar code symbol which codes the information obtained by means of the reading device 5, in particular the error information.
  • the error message associated with the letter is recognized by a downstream reading detector 11 on the basis of the bar code and is automatically sorted out of the main stream A by means of a switch 12 controlled by the detector 11 and stored in the buffer 7. There it remains until the address is verified, the committee program 6 is automatically mixed after verification by way (arrow B) under the letters stacked in the feeder 2.

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  1. Procédé de tri automatique d'envois (1) à transmettre au moyen d'une trieuse qui traite les envois (1) dans un flux principal continu (A), la trieuse étant munie d'un introducteur (2) par lequel des envois (1) sont adressés et introduits, les envois (1) séparés étant marqués avec une identification qui les individualise au moyen d'une installation de marquage (4) placée en aval, un jeu de données étant affecté à chaque identification dans un fichier, les adresses inscrites sur les envois (1) étant relevées au moyen d'une installation de lecture (5) placée en aval, une adresse relevée étant déchiffrée par un module de reconnaissance et écrite dans le jeu de données affecté, une information d'erreur correspondante étant affectée à l'envoi (1) lorsque l'adresse n'est pas déchiffrable, un envoi auquel une information d'erreur est affectée étant extrait du flux principal, en tant qu'envoi rejeté (6), l'envoi rejeté (6) étant réintroduit dans l'introducteur (2), avec les envois (1) non triés, après la vérification de l'adresse et l'écriture de celle-ci dans le jeu de données correspondant et l'envoi rejeté (6) réintroduit étant automatiquement reconnu en tant que tel.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    les envois sont des lettres livrées en piles (8) et séparées par un séparateur (3) disposé avant l'introducteur (2).
  3. Procédé selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'envoi rejeté (6) réintroduit est exclu du marquage avec un nouvel identifiant.
  4. Procédé selon la revendication 3,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'envoi rejeté (6) réintroduit est reconnu, par le marquage présent, par un détecteur (9) placé avant l'installation de marquage (4).
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'information d'erreur est codée dans le jeu de données, le codage résidant notamment dans la description explicite du jeu de données ou dans le fait que certains champs nécessairement à remplir restent non remplis.
  6. Procédé selon la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'envoi rejeté (6) muni d'une information d'erreur est reconnu sur la base de l'identifiant qui lui a été affecté et de la base de données affectée à l'identifiant, et est extrait automatiquement du flux principal (A) par un aiguillage (12) commandé par le détecteur (11).
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'un envoi (1) est muni, au moyen d'une installation d'écriture (10) disposée dans le flux principal derrière l'installation de lecture (5), d'un signe, notamment d'un code à barres, qui code l'information acquise au moyen de l'installation de lecture (5), notamment l'information d'erreur.
  8. Procédé selon la revendication 7,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le message d'erreur affecté à l'envoi rejeté (6) est reconnu, sur la base du signe, par un détecteur (11) placé en aval et est extrait automatiquement du flux principal (A) au moyen d'un aiguillage (12) commandé par le détecteur (11).
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce
    qu'un envoi rejeté (6) est dirigé, au moyen d'un flux secondaire (B) dérivé du flux principal (A), vers un tampon (7), où il reste jusqu'à ce que l'adresse soit vérifiée, l'envoi rejeté (6) étant automatiquement mélangé, après la vérification, parmi les envois (1) présents dans l'introducteur (2).
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