EP2170532A2 - Method for processing postal items using virtual identification of the items with re-addressing - Google Patents
Method for processing postal items using virtual identification of the items with re-addressingInfo
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- EP2170532A2 EP2170532A2 EP08806011A EP08806011A EP2170532A2 EP 2170532 A2 EP2170532 A2 EP 2170532A2 EP 08806011 A EP08806011 A EP 08806011A EP 08806011 A EP08806011 A EP 08806011A EP 2170532 A2 EP2170532 A2 EP 2170532A2
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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
- B07C3/18—Devices or arrangements for indicating destination, e.g. by code marks
Definitions
- a postal mail processing method in which a digital image of a surface of a current mail is formed to recognize by OCR a recipient's mailing address for that mailing and if it is determined that said recipient's address recognized corresponds to an incorrect recipient address is affixed on said surface of the current shipment a redirection address.
- Such a method of processing postal items taking into account the items to be redirected is for example known from patent documents WO2005 / 049232, EP0949014 and EP0500180. Taking into account the items to redirect is better known as "relocation". On a lot of items to be processed in a sorting machine, the redirection of items generally concerns a fraction of this lot, of the order of a few percent of items.
- a shipment may be in "relocation" following a change of address of the recipient of the shipment. The relocation process is initiated for a recipient when he requests it from the postal operator responsible for tri-distribution.
- a typical sorting process takes place as follows. A batch of shipments is first scanned in order to recognize the addresses of the recipients by OCR and each shipment is sent to a sorting outlet of the machine. At the same time, each consignment is assigned a unique identification number which is affixed to the surface of the consignment in the form of a barcode. During the second sorting pass of each shipment on the same sorting machine or on another sorting machine, this barcode is read again to retrieve the recipient address for sending so as to direct the sending to the corresponding sorting output of the machine.
- the shipment has an incorrect recipient address, for example because of a change of address of the recipient that has been reported to the Postal Operator, is applied during the first sorting pass processing which consists of first detect in the first sorting pass that the recipient address recognized by OCR is an incorrect address (by scanning a list of predetermined incorrect addresses maintained by the Operator Postal and machine stored) and to affix on the surface of the consignment (for example using a label print) a redirection address (which is retrieved from the list of addresses above or from of it).
- the barcode is read again on the surface of the sending to retrieve the identification number of the sending, which number serves as an index to retrieve the address of redirecting to a database so as to direct the sending to the proper sorting outlet.
- a digital signature is derived (a kind of a graphic imprint) which comprises a first component called "image component” representative of physical characteristics of the digital image of the transmission and a second component called “postal component” indicative at least of the spatial position of the address block of recipient in the image of the shipment.
- the image component is formed by so-called “global” attributes that are representative of global physical characteristics taken on all the points of the digital image of the shipment.
- the image component is formed of second so-called “local” attributes that are representative of local physical characteristics taken on distinct parts of a grid of the image of the shipment (or several different grids).
- This digital signature is used as an index for the recovery in a database of address information recognized by OCR.
- the object of the invention is therefore to propose a method of processing postal items in which the items to be redirected are taken into account but also in which a virtual identification technology of the items is exploited.
- the subject of the invention is a method for processing postal items in which a digital image of a surface of a current item is formed to recognize by OCR a recipient's postal address for this item and if it is determined that said recognized recipient address corresponds to an incorrect recipient address is affixed on said surface of the current shipment a redirection address, characterized in that it affixes to the surface of the current shipment, in addition to said address of redirection, a mark detectable by OCR, this mark being indicative that the current shipment carries a redirection address and this mark also constituting an index for the recovery of said redirection address in a database.
- said mark can be affixed in the form of an OCR recognizable symbol which is juxtaposed with an identification number which can also be recognized by OCR.
- This identification number can be affixed as a hexadecimal number.
- a consignment 1 comprising a destination address block with an incorrect destination address Ad has been illustrated, for example because of a change of address.
- AdR address of redirection AdR
- this AdR redirection address is juxtaposed with an M mark which is both indicative of the fact that this sending is the subject of a redirection but also an index for retrieving this redirection address. in a database.
- the mark M is constituted in the case of example of a number 123456Ab in alphanumeric characters, here more precisely a hexadecimal number (hexadecimal base 0123456789AbCdEF in which the characters "b" and “d” are used in place of the characters "B” And “D” to facilitate recognition by OCR), and a predetermined symbol recognizable by OCR (here the symbol " ** ”) which is arranged on both sides of the hexadecimal number.
- This same " ** " symbol may also frame the redirection address indicated by "Red Address” as visible in the figure, which facilitates OCR recognition of the M mark.
- step 10 when the consignment 1 is presented at the input of a postal sorting machine (not shown) during a first sorting pass, an image of the surface of the product is formed in step 10.
- the shipment containing the AD address address block and OCR processing is applied to automatically recognize the recipient address.
- This OCR processing is also arranged to search in step 11 the presence in the image of a mark such as M recognizable by the presence of the symbol " ** " for example.
- step 12 If the presence of the mark M is not detected in step 12, the process continues in step 13. If the presence of the mark M is detected, the identification number Id of the fold is extracted by OCR. as described later.
- step 13 the recipient address recognized in step 11 is compared with incorrect recipient addresses maintained in a list of incorrect addresses 2.
- This list 2 is previously loaded into memory in the sorting machine.
- This list 2 has been represented in a simplified manner with records comprising two fields, one, AdI, in which is stored an incorrect recipient address and the other, AdR, in which is stored a redirection address associated with this address. incorrect.
- a unique identification number for sending is generated in step 14, for example a 32-bit number, and is affixed on the surface of the sending AdR redirection address that corresponds to this address in the list 2 with the mark M as indicated above in connection with the sending 1.
- the mark M is therefore constituted by the symbol " ** "and the 32-bit unique identification number encoded in hexadecimal.
- the redirection address AdR and the identification mark redirection M are printed at the bottom of the shipment. The exact position of this information may depend on the type of machine used. According to the characteristics of the sorting machine, it is also possible to affix in advance a label receiving the address AdR and the mark M.
- step 15 is derived from the image of the sending a digital signature as indicated more high.
- a database BD is then scanned in which are stored candidate signatures V-id (signatures of shipments formed during a first sort pass). If a match is detected with a candidate signature of the list, the recipient address data D recorded in correspondence with the matching signature V-id is retrieved from the database BD to direct the sending to the appropriate sorting output. T.
- step 12 If in step 12, the presence of the mark M and read by OCR the identification number of the fold has been detected in the image of the consignment, in step 16, the association in the base BD is recovered by recipient's address data D and the shipment is directed to the appropriate sorting outlet T.
- the current signature of the consignment is also stored in the database with the identification number Id readable so that it can be used when the next sorting pass in case the reading of the identification number of the mark M fails in step 12 for the next sorting pass.
- the reply mail is characterized by envelopes generally all identical provided by issuing companies to potential customers during a bulk mailing for interested users to return a response, typically a form, a purchase order, participation in a competition , etc., in the envelope provided.
- the reply mail is recognizable by the presence of the symbol "T" in the stamp area in France.
- the reply mail is unpaid and the postage is billed by the Postal Operator (after the postal distribution) to the company issuing the reply mail, based on the number of recorded reply letters actually distributed. To carry out this billing, the Postal Operator must therefore be able to accurately count the number of reply mails belonging to each issuing company without, however, counting several times the same reply mail during several sorting passes.
- the handling of the reply mail is very similar to that of the mail in relocation.
- a symbol other than that of relocating mail may be used, for example the " *** " symbol.
- the processing continues by searching for the symbol "T" representative of the mail reply. If the presence of this symbol is detected, a unique identification number is generated for the sending and this number is affixed on the consignment with the indicative mark of reply mail. If we do not detect the presence of the symbol "T", the processing continues with the generation of a digital signature that is associated with the sending in an index database.
- the sending identification number is recorded in the M mark and transmits to a central information system of the Postal Operator a message containing the number of the sending, the recipient address read by OCR and the time of passage in the sorting machine. This information will allow the Postal Operator to count the number of reply letters processed over a certain period of time for each company sending reply mail.
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