EP2094403A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour identifier des envois - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour identifier des envois

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EP2094403A1
EP2094403A1 EP07822128A EP07822128A EP2094403A1 EP 2094403 A1 EP2094403 A1 EP 2094403A1 EP 07822128 A EP07822128 A EP 07822128A EP 07822128 A EP07822128 A EP 07822128A EP 2094403 A1 EP2094403 A1 EP 2094403A1
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identification code
control unit
image features
identification
program
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Georg Kinnemann
Gisbert Berger
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Siemens AG
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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
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a device for identifying transmissions with a memory for storing a transmission information of a transmission and of characteristic image features of the transmission, a means for applying an identification code to the transmission and with a control unit for assigning the transmission information to re-recorded image features using of the identification code.
  • the invention relates to a method for identifying broadcasts, in which characteristic image features of a program are recorded and assigned to the program by comparison with stored characteristic image features of several programs of program information, this association taking place with the aid of an identification code applied to the program.
  • Barcodes are automatically recognized and linked to the stored in a memory address and can be sorted accordingly.
  • the development is to realize a recognition of the programs by image processing.
  • a so-called signature to be sorted broadcasts which includes characteristic image features of the program, such as location, size and color of imprints, orientations of such image features to each other, and so on.
  • shipment information such as address, franking and the like, are stored together with the signature in a memory.
  • the characteristic image features of the program are recorded again and compared with the stored signatures. If there is sufficient agreement between the image features and a stored signature, the item can be assigned to the item information associated with the signature in the store. In this way, the shipment can be identified from a set of previously detected shipments, and the shipment information associated with it need not be retrieved again.
  • the object directed to the device is achieved by a device of the type mentioned above, in which the control unit according to the invention is provided for selecting the identification code to be applied as a function of a distinctive character of the image features.
  • the newly recorded identification code can be compared with the stored identification code.
  • the distinctive character is, for example, a distinctive character between broadcasts, as described below, or between signatures.
  • distinctive signatures can be assigned a small value store with frequent repetition of the identification code, and less distinctive signatures are assigned such identification codes that are seldom awarded.
  • a distinctive feature between signatures may be a vectorial distance between the signatures represented by feature vectors. The invention is based on the consideration that an identification only or predominantly on the basis of the signature, ie the characteristic image features of the shipment, is made more difficult by impressions or stickers applied on the shipment in the meantime, such as a cancellation mark or a forwarding sticker.
  • the items can be postal items, such as letters, parcels, parcels or large letters such as catalogs or the like.
  • items to be sorted - ie, for example, to be sent to a destination container - can be flat items such as receipts or forms.
  • the characteristic image features may be data obtained from brightness patterns or color patterns of the broadcast, geometric parameters of imprints such as length or shape or mutual arrangement, or the like, with which the broadcast is charac- terizable. These data can be obtained from a captured image according to predetermined parameters.
  • the shipment information may be an address of the shipment and indicate a shipment destination or sort destination. Also possible are weight, franking, stiffness or other parameters of the shipment.
  • the identification code is a mark applied for the purpose of distinguishing the mail item on its surface and may be imprinted, affixed or otherwise attached.
  • the identification code may be a printed character in the form of a matrix, a dot field, numbers or a bar code. It would also be possible to have a printed sticker a magnetic element or an RFID (radio frequency identifier).
  • the connection of the identification code with the item is of a natural nature and can be such that it can be scanned by the item, for example optically, mechanically magnetically or by radiation.
  • the identification code is so coarse that its possible variations are less than possible variations of the message information.
  • the identification code is not intended here as a substitute for the signature or a known bar code for the sole identification of the shipment, but as a supplement, so that its possible variations, so the size of a stock of values from which the identification code can be selected, is small in relation to all, for example possible addresses or postal codes or other sorting criteria.
  • the identification code can thereby be easily printable and / or easily readable. In addition, it can be compact so that it does not significantly affect the appearance of the broadcast. It is expediently designed so that it alone is not sufficient for shipment identification.
  • the device is provided not only for reading the identification code but also for applying the identification code.
  • the device expediently comprises a means for applying the identification code to the item.
  • the means may be a printer or a means for adhering an object.
  • An additional printing device can be saved if the means for applying a mailing mark is provided on the shipment.
  • a mailing mark may be a debossed imprint or an imprint on a sticker, for example a resend label.
  • the identification code and the shipping mark are applied with the same print head. So can the validated a stamp or when printing the sticker an identification code can be printed next to the stamp or on the sticker, which then supports the signature system when recognizing.
  • the control unit is for controlling the application of the identification code and the
  • the control unit may comprise one or more arithmetic units, for example one for controlling the application of the identification code and another for associating the item information with the signature using the identification code.
  • control unit is provided to control the application of an identification code to all individual shipments of a shipment stream.
  • control unit is provided to control the application of an identification code to all individual shipments of a shipment stream.
  • the image features that have been taken again are compared with stored image features or signatures.
  • newly recorded with stored characteristics are compared with each other according to a predetermined scheme.
  • the identification code can be used as an additional feature to be compared.
  • the control unit is expediently provided to use the identification code in the assignment as an additional feature to the characteristic image features.
  • the identification code expediently comes with a relatively small stock of values, so that the same identification code could be allocated several times in the course of a sorting operation.
  • the control unit is therefore provided for selecting the identification code as a function of a parameter of the image features. For example, an identical identification code is assigned to two such broadcasts that are otherwise as different as possible.
  • control unit can be provided for selecting the identification code as a function of a similarity of the parameters of the image characteristics of a plurality of transmissions.
  • the control unit can be provided for selecting the identification code as a function of a similarity of the parameters of the image characteristics of a plurality of transmissions.
  • control unit can determine how different the signature of the shipments with the same identification code and the same identification code only again when the difference is above a predetermined value, such as a probability value. If the difference is smaller, a new identification code is taken and the comparison procedure is restarted until an identification code for only different transmissions has been found.
  • a predetermined value such as a probability value
  • the identification code is advantageously small and inconspicuous in the appearance of the program. To get along with a printer as low as possible resolution, therefore, a coarse identification code is expediently chosen, which - with a limited size - has only a small stock of values. A small stock of inventories may not be sufficient for a reliable distinction if a large number of very similar bulk mailings are to be sorted. This disadvantage can be counteracted if the control unit is provided for selecting a data volume of the identification code as a function of a parameter of the image features. Are, for example, the image features of a plurality of sen- fertilize the same or similar, the control unit can control the allocation of larger identification codes, which are indeed more eye-catching, but form a larger stock of value.
  • the object directed to the method is achieved by a method of the type mentioned at the beginning, in which, according to the invention, the assignment of the image features to a mailing information of the mail item takes place with the aid of an identification code associated with the mailing.
  • the recorded identification code can be compared with the stored identification code and very secure identification can be achieved.
  • FIG. 1 shows a shipment with an identification code next to a cancellation mark
  • FIG. 2 shows another shipment with an identification code on a forwarding sticker
  • FIG. 1 shows a mailing 2 in the form of a mail item with a window envelope, through whose window 4 an address 6 and a sender address 8 are visible.
  • a stamp 10 is glued, which is canceled by a devaluation print 12.
  • an identification code 14 is applied consisting of a field of 5x5 square dots, some of which are printed and others are omitted.
  • FIG. 2 shows a further mail item 16, which is identical to the mail item 2 except for a forwarding label 18, on which a forwarding address 20 and an identification code 22 in the form of a bar code are printed, which replaces the identification code 14.
  • Both the identification code 14 and the identification code 22 are kept very compact in the embodiment and comprise only relatively few individual elements, so that the value store of all possible identification codes 14, 22 is so small that it does not lead to a sole identification of the transmissions 2, 16 sufficient.
  • the address 6 can not be expressed in the form of the identification codes 14, 22.
  • both identification codes 14, 22 are made quite coarse, so that they can be readily printed by a printer together with the validation imprint 12 and the forwarding address 20, respectively.
  • FIG. 3 shows a device 24 for identifying broadcasts 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 with a camera 36, a control unit. unit 38, a memory 40 and a high-speed printer means 42 for applying identification codes 48, 62, 64, 66, 68 to the mailings 26-34.
  • the mailings 26-34 are guided past the camera 36 and optically scanned by them.
  • the camera 36 sends the sampled data 44 to the control unit 38, which captures image features characteristic of a resultant image of each broadcast 26-34, such as the size and location of the window 4, address 6 and sender address 8 and color and Shape of the stamp 10, as well as the relative position of these elements to each other.
  • a characteristic vector 46 also called a signature, is obtained by the control unit 38 by means of suitable image processing for each program 26-34, which is characteristic of the respective program 26-34.
  • control unit 38 determines the addresses 6 of the individual transmissions 26-34 which are obtained from the image processing. In addition, the control unit 38 determines the nature of the stamps 10 and is given further data, such as weight, stiffness and dimensions of the mailings 26-34. The address 6 and this data are transmitted with the feature vector 46 from the control unit 38 to the memory 40, which is executed in the form of a database.
  • control unit 38 determines for each of the transmissions 26-34 an identification code 48, 62-68 which it transmits both to the memory 40 and to the means 42 for applying the identification code 48, 62-68 to which the control unit 38 also sends an invalidation command 50.
  • the mail items 26-34 are now guided past the means 42, which with its print head applies both the cancellation print 12 and the identification code 48, 62-68 to a mail item 26-34 in one printing operation. In this way you can do without an additional printer become.
  • the programs 26-34 are presorted to a sorting command 52 of the control unit 38.
  • the programs 26-34 In order to enable a further sorting without a renewed determination of the address 6 and all data 44, the programs 26-34 must again be identified, ie the data stored in the memory 40 and the addresses 6 are to be reassigned. For this purpose, they are guided in an identification run in another part of the device 24 or in another device or in the same part of the device 24 on another camera 54 or again the same camera 36. In FIG. 3 it is another camera 54 in another part of the device 24.
  • the data 56 formed by the camera 54 are fed to a further arithmetic unit 58 of the control unit 38 and processed there.
  • the arithmetic unit 58 may also be a separate control unit.
  • the control unit 38 determines from the data 56 the feature vector 46 and the identification code 48, 62-68 and compares both with the data stored in the memory 40.
  • the identification code 48, 62-68 is treated by the control unit 38 as a further feature of the feature vector 46.
  • the address 6 and the other data can be reliably assigned to the respective program 26-34, even if the stationery in the window envelope and thus the address 6 in the window 4 has slipped and thus the features somewhat different from the originally recorded features and despite the additional validation imprint 12. It is also possible that the identification is done by a routine in the database, which then outputs the address and can be considered part of the control unit 38.
  • control unit 38 determines the further course of action and outputs, for example, a new sorting command 60.
  • the control unit 38 is programmed in such a way that an identification code 48, 62-68 is applied to all individual items 26-34 in the registration run. In this way, a double-peeled broadcast from which no image was taken by the camera 36 can be immediately recognized as such, because it lacks the identification code, or is applied incompletely, for example, when an identification code applied to two overlapping, overlapping broadcasts is.
  • the identification codes 48, 62-68 for the transmissions 26-34 are intelligently assigned by the control unit 38.
  • the mailer 30 receives an identification code 62 as a matrix of 4x4 printed or non-printed dots.
  • This mail item 30 has two stamps and has thereby a relatively distinctive signature.
  • the program 26, however, has a little distinctive signature of a mass mailing. It is assigned a spatially larger identification code 64 of 5x5 points in order to be able to reliably distinguish a large number of such letters.
  • the program 28 is slightly shorter than usual and comes with an identification code 66 from a 4x4 matrix.
  • the program 34 is very conspicuous and has a very distinctive signature, so that this program 34 is assigned only a very small and inconspicuous identification code 68 of 2x2 points.
  • FIG. 4 shows a stack of very similar bulk mailings which, in an isolated form, passes through the camera 36 and passes through the mail sorting system as the mail stream.
  • Each of the programs 70, 72, 74 receives an identification code 76, 78.
  • the program 74 should also be provided with an identification code, but all available codes have already been allocated from the available stock of values.
  • the control unit 38 intelligently assigns a code to the transmission 74. For this purpose, it selects an already assigned identification code 78 and additionally searches out all the feature vectors 46 of those transmissions 72 which just carry this identification code 78. If there is a program 72 that has a feature vector 46 that is very similar to the feature vector 46 of the program 74 to be labeled, the assignment of this identification code 78 could be
  • the identification code 78 is discarded and a new identification code 76 is selected. Again, the feature vectors 46 of all transmissions 70 carrying this identification code 76 are compared to the feature vector 46 of the transmission 74. If there is no great similarity, the identification code 76 is assigned again and this time to the transmission 74. If no matching identification code 76, 78 is found, then a critical identification code 78 is assigned and all data records of the corresponding programs 72, 74 are provided with a warning marker. This leads to the fact that high identification values for the programs 72, 74 are required in a later identification.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif (24) pour identifier des envois (16, 26-34, 70-74), avec une mémoire (40) pour mémoriser une information d'envoi d'un envoi (16, 26-34, 70-74) et des caractéristiques d'image spécifiques de l'envoi (16, 26-34, 70-74), et avec une unité de commande (38) pour associer l'information d'envoi à des caractéristiques d'image de nouveau enregistrées. Selon l'invention, afin de pouvoir encore identifier de manière fiable les envois après l'apposition d'une oblitération ou d'une étiquette de réexpédition, l'unité de commande (38) est prévue pour effectuer l'association à l'aide d'un code d'identification (14, 22, 48, 62-68, 76, 78) lié à l'envoi (16, 26-34, 70-74).
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