EP1736250B1 - Procédé pour fusionner des lettres et des objets postaux de grand format et/ou non mécanisables dans une tournée unique du facteur - Google Patents

Procédé pour fusionner des lettres et des objets postaux de grand format et/ou non mécanisables dans une tournée unique du facteur Download PDF

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EP1736250B1
EP1736250B1 EP06115378A EP06115378A EP1736250B1 EP 1736250 B1 EP1736250 B1 EP 1736250B1 EP 06115378 A EP06115378 A EP 06115378A EP 06115378 A EP06115378 A EP 06115378A EP 1736250 B1 EP1736250 B1 EP 1736250B1
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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 invention relates to a method for preparing a tour of the postman with postal objects called "large format” and / or postal objects called “non-machinable” which are merged with letters, in which one constitutes first in a machine sorting the postman's letter with the letters and then inserting large format objects and / or non-machinable objects between the letters of the postman's tour.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to propose another simple solution to facilitate the preparation of a postman's tour with letters and objects. large format and / or non-machinable objects merged with the letters.
  • the subject of the invention is a method for preparing a postman's tour with postal objects known as "large format” and / or “non-machinable” postal objects merged with letters, as defined by the characteristics of claim 1.
  • the idea underlying the invention is therefore to use tabs that serve as visual cues and separators to fragment the tour of the postman in packets or small groups of letters at locations corresponding to a change of distribution point in the tour of the postman.
  • the letters of the postman's tour are first ordered according to the succession of consecutive distribution points of the tour.
  • the operator can use the tabs to visually identify where this object is to be inserted into the tour.
  • the programming of the sorting machine consists for example in introducing into the machine a value "n" identifying the dimension in number of distribution points of the interval between two consecutive dividers and to be inserted in a list of distribution points resulting from a sorting plane stored in the machine of the fictitious distribution points which correspond to the sorting information affixed to the dividers, these fictitious distribution points being spaced from each other by "n" distribution points in said list of distribution points.
  • the programming of the sorting machine may also consist in introducing into the machine a value "v" of letters to be separated by two consecutive dividers, to be assigned to each distribution point an assumed number of letters and to be inserted in a list of points. distribution resulting from a sorting plane stored in the machine of the fictitious distribution points which correspond to the sorting information affixed to the dividers, these fictitious distribution points being spaced two by two in said list of distribution points of a number of Distribution points calculated from the assumed numbers of letters for each distribution point and the value of "v" letters to be separated by two dividers.
  • the insertion of the large format objects and non-machinable objects between the letters can be performed directly in the sorting outlets of the machine at the end of the preparation of the Letter Factor tour but the method according to the invention also applies to a manual insertion in letter trays grouping the letters taken from the sorting outlets of the machine.
  • the method is advantageously applied when the preparation of the tour of the factor is carried out for example in three sorting passes on a sorting machine having a small number of sorting outlets.
  • This type of machine is today very widely used in postal distribution centers.
  • the invention thus consists in preparing one or more rounds of the factor containing both letters and objects to be inserted manually.
  • Objects to be inserted by hand are large objects as well as non-machinable objects to which the invention can be applied jointly or separately.
  • tabs in the postal sorting is known per se, for example to separate in a sorting outlet tray or in a receptacle the shipments of two rounds of factor.
  • the spacers used to implement the method according to the invention are of course designed to differentiate visually from other conventional spacers used in postal sorting.
  • This differentiation can be done by choosing a particular color or a particular format so as to make them easily identifiable by an operator.
  • each interlayer has a visual code and in particular an alphanumeric code, more particularly a numerical code easily visible by the operator when the insert is inserted between letters for example in a sorting outlet tray.
  • An interlayer according to the invention also carries a sorting code readable by the sorting machine, for example a bar code. This sort code is used by the machine to insert the tab into the stream of sorted letters.
  • a tour of factor a set of about fifty tabs each carrying a numerical code ranging for example from 1 to 50.
  • the numerical code may be affixed to the four corners of the interlayer to be always identifiable by an operator regardless of the orientation of the separator between the sorted letters.
  • the figure 1 shows a sorting machine 1 in which the preparation of a postman tour is performed in three letter sorting passes.
  • the machine comprises a letter destacker 2, a device 3 for reading code (bar code for example) or OCR address recognition and sorting outputs 4 to packer for example.
  • the letters coming out of the unstacker 2 are sent serially on edge in the device 3 to recognize their address and are then directed according to the automatically recognized address to a sorting outlet 4.
  • This classic sorting process itself is therefore repeated three times according to a sorting plan in three passes.
  • the figure 2 illustrates by a simplified flowchart the process of preparing a sorting plan also incorporating a preparation phase (programming) of the sorting machine for taking into account the spacers indicated above.
  • an operator edits one or more rounds of the postman on a screen by entering, using software tools, the distribution points of each round according to the order of movement of the postman during the tour.
  • step 11 factor rounds are already stored in memory and in this case the operator has only to load the factor rounds that are the subject of the sorting plan.
  • the number of sorting passes can also be entered by the operator.
  • the operator activates an optional machine function for melting large format objects and / or non-machinable objects in the letters and introduces an "n" value indicative of the size of the interval separating two dividers. in the list of distribution points "Pdi" of a tour.
  • step 12 the distribution points of several selected factor runs may be concatenated by the data processing system to generate a unique list of distribution points.
  • step 13 the data processing system inserts in this list an intermediate sorting code (a fictitious distribution point) at regular intervals as a function of the value "n" introduced previously. Interleaving codes corresponding to interlayer numbers 1,2,3 .... are therefore inserted in the list.
  • step 14 the system generates and stores a sorting plan from this list of distribution points and intermediate sort code.
  • the sorting plan there is an association between the sorting sort codes and the sorting outlets so that an interlayer will be sorted in the same way as a letter, according to its sorting code.
  • step 15 the system can also associate in memory a correspondence between each distribution point of the tour (s) constituting the sorting plane and a piece of information indicative of the visual code of the tab that is associated with the distribution point. It should be understood here that the functionality of this last step will be used for a speech recognition system for inserting the tabs into the letters.
  • FIG. 3 there is shown in the form of a flow chart different stages of a sorting in multiple passes including steps of the method according to the invention after the phase of generation of a sorting plan as indicated above.
  • step 20 The letters to be sorted in the sorting machine 1 are first introduced in step 20, then a set of dividers according to the invention is introduced in step 21.
  • step 22 a first sorting pass is made in the sorting machine 11 according to the sorting plane indicated by the reference 7.
  • step 23 the letters in the sorting outlets with the dividers are grouped in an orderly manner and reintroduced (step 24) with the input tabs of the sorting machine for a second sorting pass (step 25) in a machine.
  • step 26 again, the letters in the sorting outlets with the tabs are grouped in an orderly manner to be reintroduced (step 27) to the input of the machine for a third and last sorting pass (step 28).
  • the dividers separate groups of letters between two consecutive distribution points of a factor tour.
  • the letters can be left in the sorting outlets if for example they are sorting sorting outlets. They can also be stored with the dividers (step 29) in storage bins B (see figure 5 ) respectively associated with the sorting outlets of the machine or in a device designed specifically to facilitate the insertion operation.
  • each tray there is in each tray one or more dividers separating groups of letters that are for example equi-distributed all "n" distribution points.
  • the large format objects can be inserted (step 30) into a sorting machine adapted to be pre-sorted (step 31) in a single pass for example (pre-sorting) which can facilitate their subsequent insertion between the stored letters. in the storage bins B.
  • the sorting machine 5 can operate the sorting plane 7 and the large format objects can be transferred from the sorting outlets of the machine at the end of the pre-sorting operation. 5 to R receptacles.
  • the non-machinable objects are pre-sorted manually in step 38 in containers R by an operator respecting the same sorting plan as for the pre-sorting of large format objects.
  • the operator now performs the semi-manual melting of large format flat objects and non-machinable objects between the letters stored in the B trays.
  • system 6 voice recognition address mailing.
  • a system 6 voice recognition address mailing is for example known from the patent application US 2002/0036160 .
  • this system 6 will be adequately programmed to associate a postal address with information indicative of a visual code of spacer and reproduce this information in sound or visual form in response to a request. address.
  • the operator's working environment can be designed ergonomically, for example with the B trays aligned on a display rack and R receptacles placed within reach of the operator on a carriage.
  • step 33 the operator seizes an object to manually insert into a receptacle R, read aloud in a microphone of the system 6 address of the recipient registered on this object.
  • the system 6 associates the voice address information with information indicative of a visual code tab (step 35) and returns this information (step 36) for example in sound form in headphones to the operator.
  • the operator immediately locates in the bins B the interlayer in question using the visual code of the latter and begins scanning the group of letters delimited by this insert and inserts the object of large format or the non-machinable object at the proper location (step 37).
  • This insert operation is repeated by the operator for all manually inserted objects stored in the R-bins until all the objects to be manually inserted are merged with the letters.
  • Performing in steps 31 and 38 a pre-sorting of large format objects and non-machinable objects before insertion into the bins B reduces the movements of the operator to achieve the merger.
  • FIG. 4 very schematically there is shown a system 6 for manual sorting with voice recognition of address.
  • This System 6 comprises a headset 40, equipped with a microphone 41, headphones 42 and a transmitting / receiving antenna 43, which operates with a data processing system 44 provided with a transmitting / receiving antenna 45.
  • the processing unit of data 44 is in particular that which was used to generate the sorting plan.
  • the figure 5 illustrates in perspective view a tray B in which are stored letters 51 fragmented into several groups by tabs 52. We see that these spacers, larger than the letters, have a visual code 53 easily visible by the operator . Also shown on the tray B is a visual code 54 indicative of a bin number or a sort output number.
  • the bins B are not filled completely with the letters, so as to leave room for the future insertion of the objects to insert manually between the letters. To prevent sagging letters, they are maintained in the bins by means of tampers for example spring.
  • N a number chosen by the operator during the generation of the sorting plan.
  • the data processing system calculates as a function of N and the number of distribution points of the factor turn, the interval (the number of distribution points) to separate two consecutive dividers in a storage bin B so that this interval is constant for the tour of the factor.
  • the sorting machine can be programmed so that the distribution of the dividers in the factor's turn takes into account the volume of the objects to be sorted for each distribution point, which volumes can be statistically known.
  • each distribution point receives a different number of letters.
  • the dividers all "n" distribution points, it is possible that two consecutive dividers surround 300 letters while two other consecutive dividers surround only ten letters.
  • the insertion of large format objects will be difficult if the number of letters between two spacers is too large.
  • some spacers are placed unnecessarily if the number of letters between two spacers is very low.
  • This variant of the invention consists in taking into account the number of letters intended for the different distribution points, these data being able to be determined statistically or in real time.
  • the figure 6 Illustrates with a simplified flowchart the process of preparing the sorting plan for distribution of the dividers according to the volume of letters in the different distribution points.
  • step 10 ' the operator edits on screen one or more rounds of the factor.
  • the operator loads the edited tours, for example in step 10', subject to sorting, and between the number of passes required to perform the sorting.
  • the operator also activates the optional machine functions of melting large format objects and / or non-machinable objects into letters and dividing tabs according to the volume of letters in the different distribution points.
  • An approximate number "v" of letters to be separated by tabs is selected by default. This number "v” by default is for example 50 letters but the operator can change this number if he wishes.
  • the distribution points of the different factor rounds are then concatenated in step 12 'so as to generate a unique list of distribution points.
  • the data processing system retrieves in memory a given number of letters for each distribution point.
  • These numbers of letters in correspondence of the different distribution points can be obtained in different ways. They come for example from statistical data, ie for example the average number of letters intended for the different distribution points for each distribution point, which has been determined from the storage and analysis of the distribution of letters in different distribution points during a large number of sorting processes already carried out. This data was previously recorded in the mail sorting machine. Sophisticated statistical data can still be obtained by also taking into account the day of the week before averaging, with some distribution points receiving more letters on certain days of the week. These numbers of letters corresponding to the different distribution points can also be known from data stored during pre-sorting passes (for example sorting routing) and loaded into the machine, for example during the programming of the machine. step 11 '.
  • step 13 " the data processing system inserts in the single list of distribution points obtained in step 12 'intermediate sort codes (or imaginary distribution points) by distributing them so that the mail volume, ie the number of letters between two consecutive dividers is almost constant.
  • the data processing system scans the list of distribution points and is programmed to add the numbers of letters determined in step 13 'for consecutive distribution points and when this sum exceeds the number "v" of letters to be separated, 50 by default, to insert a sorting code in said list and to repeat the same operation until having scanned the entire list of distribution points, it will of course be understood that each intermediate code is inserted between two consecutive distribution points and that consequently the interca will be placed between letters destined for different distribution points.
  • step 14 ' the system generates and stores a sorting plan from the distribution point list and the intermediate sort codes.
  • step 15 ' the system associates in memory a correspondence between each distribution point of the tour (s) and a piece of information indicative of the visual code of an interlayer.
  • the volume of letters between two consecutive dividers is approximately always the same.
  • the sorting of the letters can be done in less than three passes or in more than three passes and the objects to be inserted manually can be inserted between the sorted letters without pre-sorting. be realized.
  • the merging of the objects to be manually inserted into the letters can be carried out directly in the sorting outlets of the sorting machine 1.
  • the voice recognition assistance system 6 can restore information indicative of a visual code tab also in a visual form, for example on a display screen.
  • the indicative information provided to the operator may comprise the visual codes of the two dividers which delimit the group into which the object to be manually inserted must be inserted.
  • the numbering (alphanumeric visual code) of the dividers can be incremental for a whole tour of the factor, for the contents of a bin or for several rounds of the concatenated factor.
  • the assistance system 6 may indicate the classification of the distribution point of the object to be manually inserted among the distribution points assigned to the group targeted by the insert.
  • the method according to the invention has the advantage of being easily put in place on existing sorting machines.

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