EP2051212A1 - Procédé et dispositif de transport d'objets à l'aide d'un appareil d'affichage - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de transport d'objets à l'aide d'un appareil d'affichage Download PDF

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EP2051212A1
EP2051212A1 EP08166715A EP08166715A EP2051212A1 EP 2051212 A1 EP2051212 A1 EP 2051212A1 EP 08166715 A EP08166715 A EP 08166715A EP 08166715 A EP08166715 A EP 08166715A EP 2051212 A1 EP2051212 A1 EP 2051212A1
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • 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
    • G07B17/00467—Transporting mailpieces
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G07B2017/00443—Verification of mailpieces, e.g. by checking databases
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
    • G07B17/00—Franking apparatus
    • G07B17/00185—Details internally of apparatus in a franking system, e.g. franking machine at customer or apparatus at post office
    • G07B17/00435—Details specific to central, non-customer apparatus, e.g. servers at post office or vendor
    • G07B2017/00451—Address hygiene, i.e. checking and correcting addresses to be printed on mail pieces using address databases

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for transporting a plurality of objects, in particular mail, to destination points.
  • a mailing, z. As a letter or a package is provided with a destination and then transported to this destination.
  • the mail item generally passes through a sorting system at least twice. It is possible, however, that an addressee notifies a delivery request and thereby z. B. determines that he has a new delivery address. It is also possible that the consignor wishes delivery to another destination at short notice, after he has already provided the item of mail with a destination or even after he has handed it over to a transport service provider. In order to carry out this short-term change, it is necessary in the current state of the art to provide the mailpiece with a sticker which identifies the changed destination point. However, this is only possible until the mail item has passed through a sorting system for the last time.
  • US 2003/0065625 A1 describes how mail, in particular packages, are delivered to their addressees.
  • the deliverer is provided with a mobile display device. Before the deliverer visits an addressee, it is examined whether this is home. If not, a database is searched to determine alternative delivery conditions, e.g. For example, another delivery attempt on another day. If such a finding is found, then a corresponding further delivery attempt is carried out.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method and apparatus for transporting objects to predetermined destinations that allow short-term Changes in the specification of target points yet to be considered.
  • Each item to be transported is marked with a destination.
  • Each item to be transported is transported from a distribution point to a destination. It is possible that an object is actually transported to a different destination than the one with which the object is marked.
  • the method and the device provide the possibility that a target point change is predetermined for at least one destination marking.
  • Each predetermined target point change of a target point identification is a definition of a destination point which differs from the target point identification.
  • the destination point changes are stored in a database.
  • the transport is carried out using at least one display device.
  • the display device displays at least temporarily during transport every predetermined target point change. Before the items are removed from the distribution point, destination point changes stored in the database are selected. The selected destination point changes are sent to the display device.
  • the short-term changes are taken into account with the help of the specified target point changes. They are transmitted to the display device.
  • the display device displays these destination point changes. This makes it possible to take into account even those target point changes, which are given only when the transport of the object has already begun to this target point. If a target point change is present for a target point, the displayed target point change replaces the target point with which the object is marked.
  • the invention can be used to deliver mail or luggage to addressees, each item of mail or each piece of luggage being provided with an identification of the destination or being provided with it in the course of transport.
  • the destination can z.
  • a change of destination results from short-term rebooking or from the fact that a means of transport is not available at short notice.
  • the items are z.
  • the display device preferably accompanies the transport of the objects to their respective destination points. This makes it possible to display a change of destination point "in the last few meters". For example, a mailer delivery person carries the display device with him as he visits the destination points to deliver the respective mailpieces for those destination points. During delivery, the display device displays target point changes for its delivery route.
  • target point changes are displayed. This is accomplished by storing which target point tags were actually read. Only those target point changes that relate to actually read target point tags are displayed. The remaining destination markings are not needed to transport these items.
  • Each mail item goes through a sorting system at least twice on its way to the destination and is subsequently transported to a delivery post office.
  • Each delivery post office is responsible for a specific range of destinations. This range of target points is in turn divided into target areas.
  • the mail items that have been transported to a delivery post office are split up to the destination areas. In each case at least one deliverer transports the mail items of a destination area to their respective delivery points.
  • Fig. 1 shows by way of example the route of three mailings Ps-1, Ps-2 and Ps-3 to a common delivery post office. Material flows are indicated by solid arrows, data flows by dashed lines.
  • Ps-1 is provided with an identifier Ke-1 of the destination x1, Ps-2 with an identifier Ke-2 of the target x2, and Ps-3 with an identifier Ke-3 of the target x3.
  • the two mail items Ps-1 and Ps-2 are transported to a sorting system Anl-1, the mail item Ps-3 to a sorting system Anl-2.
  • the sorting system Anl-1 reads the identifiers Ke-11 and Ke-2 of the two mail items Ps-1 and Ps-2, the sorting system Anl-2 the identifier Ke-3 of the mail item Ps-3. Subsequently, all three mail items are transported on to a sorting system Anl-3.
  • the mailings Ps-1, Ps-2 and Ps-3 pass through the sorting system Anl-3 and are forwarded to a common delivery post office ZPA. All three sorting equipment Anl-1, Anl-2, Anl-3 are connected to a reading result database 5 which will be explained later.
  • a target point change Z- ⁇ is specified.
  • This target point change Z- ⁇ specifies that mail items provided with an identification of the destination point x1 should actually be delivered to the destination point y.
  • the addressee transmits a destination change to a transport service provider by entering the destination change in a computer and that computer Destination change via the Internet to a central database. At least one computer of the transport service provider has read access to this central database. It is also possible that the addressee fills in a form and transmits it to the transport service provider. It is also possible that the addressee transmits a destination change to the transport service provider by telephone (eg via "call center").
  • an addressee may also submit transport specifications. These define a parameter that must be observed during transport. For example, the addressee may specify that mailings from particular senders or all mailpieces to him are to be handled with particular care because they are fragile.
  • the destination point changes and the transport specifications are stored in computer-evaluable form in a central database.
  • Each target point change and each transport specification relates to a target point and includes at least one determination of a target point.
  • a destination change includes a determination of the old destination with which a mailpiece may be identified and a determination of the new destination.
  • these definitions are stored in coded form. After the validity period of a destination point change or a transport specification has expired, it is removed again from the central database.
  • a mail carrier transports all mailpieces of a specific destination area from the delivery post office to their respective destination points.
  • several couriers of a delivery post office work in parallel in different destinations, for example in different streets of the same district.
  • the deliverer is handed over all mail items that are to be transported to destination points of his destination area before the beginning of the transport.
  • each deliverer is assigned a display device.
  • Each display device is connected to the central database before the deliverer transports the mail items of "his" destination area and delivers with them.
  • the display device is connected to the central database every morning before the deliverer starts the transport.
  • Fig. 2 shows the further path of the three mailings Ps-1, Ps-2 and Ps-3 Fig. 1 from the delivery post office ZPA to their respective destinations.
  • a delivery agent Z is responsible for the four delivery points x1, x2, x3 and y.
  • the deliverer Z uses a display device 2.
  • the display device has a data memory. In this data memory, an identifier of the display device is stored. In a database for display devices is stored for which target area this display device is currently used, as well as a definition of this target area.
  • the destination area determination identifies those possible destination points that belong to this destination area.
  • a selection and transmission unit is connected to the central database, the display device database and the display device.
  • the selection and transmission unit determines by read access to the display device, the identifier of the display device.
  • the selection and transmission unit determines the destination area for which this display device is used and the stored definition of the destination area.
  • the selection and transmission unit automatically selects in the central database all destination point changes which include the definition of a destination point of the destination area as the old destination point and which are either valid for an unlimited period or whose validity period comprises the transmission time point. Furthermore, the selection and transmission unit selects all transport specifications relating to transportation to a destination in the destination area and either are valid for an indefinite period or whose validity period includes the transmission date. For this selection, the selection and transmission unit evaluates the determined determination of the destination area.
  • the selection and transmission unit is additionally connected to a reading result database.
  • each sorting system stores which destination points it has ascertained on mailpieces when it has read the destination point markings of the throughgoing mailpieces.
  • the reading results (read target points) are stored in coded form.
  • Each reading result (read destination markings) is stored at the reading time and remains in the reading result database for a predetermined period of time and is then deleted. The period is such that the mail item is transported from the reading sorting system to the respective destination point within this period.
  • the selection and transmission unit 3 has read access to the central database 1, to the read result database 5 and to the display device database 4.
  • the selection and transmission unit 3 determines that the destination change Z- ⁇ relates to the destination area for which the display device 2 is to be used.
  • the marker is provided as currently relevant with the time at which the respective destination marker was read on any mail item.
  • a later read time overwrites an older read time for the same destination tag. If the above-mentioned transport period has elapsed since the most recent read time, the tag is deleted as currently relevant.
  • the selection and transmission unit checks for each selected destination change and each transport specification whether it relates to a destination point encoded in Form is stored in the reading result database. Only when the destination point has been stored in the read result database is an item of mail being transported, which is provided with an identification of this destination item. Only then it is necessary that the destination point change or transport specification is displayed. If the selection and transmission unit has selected a destination point change or transport specification of a destination whose identification is stored in the read result database, the selection and transmission unit marks this destination point change or transport specification as currently relevant. The selection and transmission unit transmits all selected destination point changes and transport specifications to the display device. In the just described embodiment with the read result database, the selection and transmission unit transmits only the selected and currently relevant marked transport changes and transport specifications.
  • All of these selected target point changes and transport specifications relate to target points in the target area of the display device. All destination changes and transport specifications marked as currently relevant refer to postal items that are currently being transported. Because only the destination point changes and transport specifications marked as relevant are transmitted, the deliverer is only supplied with information that is currently required.
  • the selection and transmission unit 3 selects in the central database 1 the target point change Z- ⁇ (y instead of x1) and transmits it to the display device 2.
  • connection between the display device and the selection and transmission unit is preferably disconnected again.
  • the delivery agent for the destination area activates the display device before transporting the mailpieces to the destination points of their destination area.
  • the display device displays all those destination point changes and transport specifications that are currently valid and that relate to a destination point of the destination area of the delivery service.
  • the display device displays only those destination point changes and transport specifications that are currently relevant because they relate to destination points with which present mail items are identified.
  • the display device preferably has a screen on which it displays the currently valid destination point changes and transport specifications. It is also possible that the display device prints out the currently valid destination point changes and transport specifications and that the delivery person carries the printout with him.
  • an order is specified below the destination points of the destination area.
  • This order determines the order in which the deliverer visits the destination points, and is referred to as a sequence of routes in some embodiments.
  • the display device preferably sorts the destination point changes and transport specifications sorted by the order of the destination points to which the destination point changes and transport specifications relate. This makes it easier for the deliverer to apply the destination changes and transportation specifications to existing mail.
  • the mailer provides each mailpiece with a corresponding delivery comment to a destination to which a destination change or transport specification relates.
  • the display device indicates that each mail item is to be delivered to the destination point X at the neighbor C.
  • the deliverer provides each item of mail to the destination point X with a note that this item of mail is to be delivered to the neighbor C.
  • the display device is designed as a mobile device.
  • Fig. 2 This embodiment is shown.
  • the deliverer carries this mobile display device 2 with him while he transports the mail items to their respective destination points.
  • This embodiment eliminates the need for the mailer to manually provide the mailpieces with delivery notices.
  • the deliverer activates the display device at any desired time and reads the information displayed by the display device.
  • the mobile display device 2 indicates to the mailer Z that mail items to be marked with the destination point x1 are to be delivered to the destination point y.
  • the deliverer therefore sets the mail item Ps-1 to the destination point y and not to the destination point x1 as indicated on the mail item Ps-1. He sends the mailings Ps-2 and Ps-3 to x2 and x3, respectively, as indicated on these two items of mail.
  • the deliverer marks a displayed destination point change and transport specification when it has delivered all the mailpieces to which this destination point change or transport specification relates.
  • the display device no longer displays marked destination point changes and transport specifications on that day.
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