EP2190596A1 - Procédé et dispositif de transport et de traitement de plusieurs objets - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de transport et de traitement de plusieurs objets

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EP2190596A1
EP2190596A1 EP08804339A EP08804339A EP2190596A1 EP 2190596 A1 EP2190596 A1 EP 2190596A1 EP 08804339 A EP08804339 A EP 08804339A EP 08804339 A EP08804339 A EP 08804339A EP 2190596 A1 EP2190596 A1 EP 2190596A1
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Gisbert Berger
Jörg-Andreas ILLMAIER
Ulrich Weissgerber
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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

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for transporting and processing a plurality of articles, in particular postal items.
  • a mail item typically passes at least twice through a sorting system and is then transported to the respective predetermined delivery address. During the first pass, the delivery address of the mailpiece is read. On the second pass, the read delivery address is determined again. The mailpiece is then transported to the determined delivery address.
  • a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and an apparatus having the features of the preamble of claim 10 is known from EP 1222037 Bl.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a device having the features of the preamble of claim 10, in which the second processing system can already carry out a treatment of a passing article before the determination of the Record for this item using the two feature values.
  • Each article passes through a first processing plant and then at least a second processing plant. It is possible for an object to pass through the same processing plant twice, thus functioning as the first and the second processing plant.
  • At least one measurable processing attribute and at least two measurable characteristics are specified.
  • the first processing unit carries out the following steps for each item:
  • This data set comprises the two measured characteristic values and an encoding of the measured processing attribute value.
  • At least one record is selected among the stored records.
  • Each selected data set has been generated for each such item to be subjected to a given treatment by the second processing unit.
  • the second processing unit carries out the following steps for each item:
  • the second processing system uses the two characteristic values measured during the renewed measurement.
  • the second processing plant can already start the predetermined treatment after it has measured the value of the first feature at the first time. It is not necessary to wait until the second time for the measurement of the other feature.
  • the invention can be z. B. for the processing and sorting of mail, baggage of travelers or containers or other items,
  • the processing attribute is, for example, an identification of a destination address to which the object is to be transported, an identification of the respective owner of the object or a dimension or the weight of the object.
  • the destination is z. B. a delivery address for a mail or a production line of a factory or a destination station or destination port or destination airport for a piece of luggage or freight.
  • the edit attribute may also be the result of an evaluation of a fare with which the item is provided.
  • Fig. 1 shows a network with three processing systems
  • FIG. 2 shows a diagram of the time sequence during the processing of mailpieces.
  • Fig. 1 shows a network with three processing systems AnI-I, Anl-2 and Anl-3. These three processing plants are designed as sorting plants.
  • Each sorting installation has a feeder in the form of a feeder, a reading device and a large number of output compartments, mailpieces being fed to the material input of such a sorting system isolated mail items then pass through the sorting system.
  • the reader generates an image of the mail piece.
  • the sorting system determines the delivery address and discharges the mail item into one of the output bins depending on the recognized delivery address.
  • Each of the three sorting systems AnI-I, Anl-2, Anl-3 is connected to a central database DB and has read and write access to this database DB.
  • first mailpieces of the material inlets ZE-I are fed to the sorting installation AnI-I.
  • the sorting system AnI-I generates a digital image of each mail item and determines the delivery address by evaluating the image. Initially, the AnI-I sorting system attempts to automatically determine the delivery address by "Optical Character Recognition" (OCR), but if unsuccessful, the image is sent to a video coding station and an operator manually enters the delivery address - or at least the postal code. Depending on the respectively determined delivery address, the sorting system AnI-I discharges the mail item into one of the output compartments.
  • OCR Optical Character Recognition
  • FIG. 1 three output compartments Af-I.1, Af-I.2 and Af-I.3 of the sorting installation AnI-I are shown.
  • the mail items which the sorting system AnI-I has discharged into the delivery compartment Af-I.1 are moved in the example of FIG. 1 into a container Beh-1.
  • the container Beh-1 with these mail items is again transported to the material input ZE-I of the sorting system AnI-I.
  • the mail items from the container Beh-1 are separated from the material input ZE-I and go through again the sorting system AnI-I.
  • Each possible delivery address is assigned to a delivery area. All mail items to the same delivery area are ejected into the same output bin each time they pass. It is possible that mail items are sent to different delivery areas in the same output tray. It is possible for a mail item to pass through the same sorting system several times, for example because the number of output bins is different. ringer than the number of predefined delivery areas. In this case, an "n-pass sequencing" is preferably carried out Such a method is known from EP 948416 Bl After the first pass, the mail items which the sorting system has discharged into an output tray are brought into a container the feeding device of the second sorting system transported, and the mail items are fed to the sorting system for the second pass.
  • One reason for this may be that n-pass sequencing is being performed, as just described, and it is also possible that individual mailboxes pass through the Ani-I sorting system several times because off-line video coding is performed.
  • a digital image of the mailpiece is generated. It is not possible to automatically detect the address in this image, so that the image is transmitted to a video coding station. There, the address is entered manually. After this has been done, the mail item again passes through the sorting system and is discharged into an output tray depending on the entered address.
  • the mail items which the sorting system AnI-I has discharged into the output tray Af-I.2 are in the example of
  • Fig. 1 spent in a container Beh-2.
  • the container Beh-1 with these postal items is transported to the material input ZE-2 of the second sorting system Anl-2.
  • the mail items from container Beh-2 are cleared by the material input ZE-2 and pass through the sorting system Anl-2.
  • These are transported in container Beh-3 for substance input ZE-3 of the third sorting plant Anl-3.
  • the two remaining sorting systems Anl-2 and Anl-3 again use the reading result that the sorting system AnI-I has achieved. Therefore, the sorting system AnI-I generates a data record for each mail item that passes through the sorting system AnI-I and stores it in the central database DB.
  • This record includes
  • the first sorting installation AnI-I determines, for each mail item which the sorting installation AnI-I passes through, what value the predefined features assume in this mailpiece. As a result, the first sorting system AnI-I generates a feature vector, which consists of n feature values given n characteristics.
  • the data record for the mailing is supplemented by the first sorting system AnI-I by the feature vector, d. H. an identification of the n characteristic values.
  • the second sorting system Anl-2 also measures for each postal item that passes through the sorting system Anl-2, which value assumes each predetermined characteristic for this item of mail. As a result, the second sorting system Anl-2 also generates one Feature vector with N feature values. The second sorting system Anl-2 performs a read access to the central database DB. The feature vectors of stored data sets are compared with the currently measured feature vector. As a result, the data record which originates from the mail item currently to be examined is determined. This ascertained data record includes the delivery address of the mail item which the first sorting system AnI-1 has read.
  • Each mail item is provided with a delivery address.
  • the case may occur that the item of mail is not to be transported to the delivery address ZA-I that is specified on the item of mail but to another delivery address ZA-2.
  • the recipient of the mailing has submitted a request for forwarding and requested that all mail items that are provided with the delivery address ZA-I should actually be redirected to the new delivery address ZA-2 and transported to ZA-2.
  • the sender of the mail item that has attached the old delivery address ZA-1 to the mailpiece is not informed of the change of address.
  • these subsequent changes are not necessarily present at the time at which the postal item in question passes through the first sorting installation AnI-I, but only when it passes through the second sorting installation Anl-2.
  • This allows the operator of the sorting systems to react quickly to changes in address. Therefore, however, only the second sorting system Anl-2 can provide the mailpiece with corresponding notes. Only individual mail items from the stream of mail items that pass through the second sorting system Anl-2, each with a note to be provided, for. B. with a new delivery address ZA-2. the usual To be transported to the delivery address that is printed.
  • a selection unit 1 searches the central database DB for records of such mail items that
  • the note with notes is the default treatment of some objects in the embodiment.
  • the selection unit 1 determines such data records and transmits the selected data records in the form of a message Aus to the second sorting installation Anl-2. To a fast
  • FIG. 2 shows a stream of mail items which passes through the second sorting system Anl-2 in a conveying direction F. These mail items are numbered consecutively for the purpose of illustration in FIG. 2, namely - as seen in the conveying direction F - descending.
  • the second sorting system Anl-2 has a reading device with a camera 2 and a printer 3.
  • the reading device with the camera 2 is designed to generate from each continuous mailpiece a digital image Abb of that surface of the mailpiece which contains the printed delivery address.
  • the printer 3 is designed to generate a print according to a set Dru of print commands on a mail item passed past the printer 3. It is possible that the printer 3 directly prints the mail piece. It is also possible that the printer 3 prints a self-adhesive label and attaches this label on the mailpiece.
  • the stream of mail passes through the second sorting system Anl-2 at an adjustable speed.
  • the reading device with the camera 2 generates a digital image from each continuous mail item.
  • the computing unit 4 is supplied with this digital image P 1 and determines for each given feature the feature value that the feature assumes for this mailpiece. For this purpose, it uses the digital image Abb and in one embodiment, further measured values, eg. B. the length measured in the conveying direction F or the height or the thickness or the weight of each mail item.
  • the arithmetic unit 4 initially calculates only a part of the feature values, namely the values for those N1 features contained in the first set. Only then does it calculate the values for the N2 features of the second set.
  • the computing unit 4 calculates for the mail item n those Nl values which assume the N1 characteristics of the first record for the mail item n. As soon as the
  • the arithmetic unit 4 searches in the selected data records Aus for a data record in which the N1 features of the first set assume the same values as the N1 values just measured. "The same value" of a feature means: The two values match up to a specified tolerance.
  • the printer 3 applies this note to the mail item n as soon as the mail item n has reached the position which in FIG. 2 has the mail item n-1.
  • the mail items continue to pass through the second sorting system Anl-2.
  • the arithmetic unit 4 has completed the measurement and calculation of the remaining N2 feature values.
  • a correction unit 5 of the second sorting system Anl-2 checks whether the selected data set which was found on the basis of the first Nl feature values actually originates from the mail item n or if an erroneous interpretation was present. If the Nl feature values led to a misinterpretation, then the mail item n was wrongly marked or given a false note. In this case, the correction unit 5 causes the mail item n to be discharged into a correction output tray Af-2.k. The mailpiece is then subjected to manual post-processing.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif de transport et de traitement de plusieurs objets, notamment d'envois postaux. Chaque objet traverse un premier dispositif de traitement (Anl-1), puis au moins un deuxième dispositif de traitement (Anl-, Anl-2). Le premier dispositif de traitement (Anl-1) mesure respectivement un attribut de traitement et deux valeurs que prennent deux caractéristiques prédéfinies pour l'objet, et produit un ensemble de données pour l'objet. Des ensembles de données pour des objets devant être soumis à un traitement prédéfini par le deuxième dispositif de traitement (Anl-, Anl-2), sont choisis. Le deuxième dispositif de traitement (Anl-, Anl-2) mesure à un premier instant, la valeur respective que la caractéristique prend pour un objet, puis la valeur de l'autre caractéristique. Le deuxième dispositif de traitement (Anl-, Anl-2) cherche un ensemble de données choisi et emploie la valeur de caractéristique mesurée en premier. Puis, lorsqu'il trouve un tel ensemble de données, le deuxième dispositif de traitement (Anl-, Anl-2) soumet l'objet concerné au traitement prédéfini. Le deuxième dispositif de traitement (Anl-, Anl-2) cherche, pour chaque objet, l'ensemble de données enregistré, avec les deux valeurs de caractéristiques, et traite l'objet en fonction de la valeur d'attribut de traitement dans cet ensemble de données.
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