EP2197598B1 - Procede et dispositif de traitement et de transport d'objets dans une sequence - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif de traitement et de transport d'objets dans une sequence Download PDF

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EP2197598B1
EP2197598B1 EP08831727.6A EP08831727A EP2197598B1 EP 2197598 B1 EP2197598 B1 EP 2197598B1 EP 08831727 A EP08831727 A EP 08831727A EP 2197598 B1 EP2197598 B1 EP 2197598B1
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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for processing and transporting objects, in particular postal items.
  • a mail item typically passes through a sorting system at least twice and is then transported to the respectively predetermined destination address. On the first pass, the destination address of the mailpiece is read. On the second pass, the read target address is determined again.
  • a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and an apparatus having the features of the preamble of claim 4 are made EP 1222037 B1 known.
  • the items are also there mail that go through sorting machines. Such a sorting machine discharges mail items into sorting outlets, which act as temporary storage.
  • sorting machines discharges mail items into sorting outlets, which act as temporary storage.
  • a method known as "fingerprinting” is used, e.g. In DE 4000603 C2 is presented.
  • a data record is generated and stored in a central database.
  • This record includes the read delivery address.
  • it is stored which mail item is transported in which container. This approach requires that it is known exactly which mail item is being transported in which bin. Sometimes this can not be determined with sufficient certainty in reality.
  • a method for checking a bar pattern on a mailpiece In a first sorting pass, a unique identifier in the form of a bar pattern ("bar code") is printed on the mailpiece. In addition, a feature vector for the mailpiece is generated, for which purpose an image of the mailpiece is evaluated. In a database, a data record with the feature vector and the label is stored. The mail item goes through a sorting system a second time. If it is not possible in this case to read the bar pattern, a feature vector is generated again, and the mailpiece is identified on the basis of the feature vector.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a method having the features of the preamble of claim 1 and an apparatus having the features of the preamble of claim 4, wherein a search space restriction is performed, which does not require an identification of a container used for transport to read.
  • At least one measurable processing attribute and at least two measurable features are specified.
  • One of the given features is a label.
  • An article may or may not be provided with such a label. If an article is indeed marked, this designation distinguishes the article from all other processed articles.
  • a processing plant is used.
  • This measured item order is the order in which the items are placed in the cache.
  • the processing plant again misses every item. This remeasurement is performed in a measurement order among the objects.
  • the data record for an object with identification is determined by means of the read identification.
  • the search space is further restricted by taking advantage of deviations between the object order and the measurement order.
  • the edit attribute is, for example, a label of a destination address to which the item is to be transported or a dimension or weight of the item.
  • the edit attribute may also be the result of an evaluation of a fare with which the item is provided.
  • the article is provided with information to which each predetermined target point this object is to be transported.
  • the article is a mail item or a freight consignment.
  • the item is a luggage of a traveler and is provided with information about the owner. This piece of baggage is to be transported to a destination that depends on the identity of the traveler.
  • the items to be transported are mail items.
  • Each item of mail is provided with an identification of that delivery address to which this item of mail is to be transported.
  • the delivery address acts as the destination of the mailing.
  • the marking has generally been applied to the mail item before the beginning of transporting. But it is also possible that it is attached only during transport.
  • Each mail item goes through a sorting system at least twice. It is possible for a mail item to pass through the same sorting system several times or to pass through a sorting system three times.
  • the delivery address of each mailing item is read.
  • a reading device of the sorting system used in the first pass tries to automatically determine the delivery address automatically by "Optical Character Recognition” (OCR). If this fails, a person reads the delivery address and gives at least part of the read delivery address, eg. As the postcode, a.
  • OCR Optical Character Recognition
  • a container with mail items which have passed through a sorting system for the first time, is transported to another location and the mailpieces there are fed to a further sorting system. It is also possible that some mail items are transported from an output tray of the further sorting system in a container to a feeding device of another sorting system and these mail items are fed to the other sorting system.
  • the sorting system provides during the first pass a portion of the mail with a unique identifier, eg. B. in the form of a readable number, a bar pattern ("ID bar code”) or a matrix code.
  • a unique identifier eg. B. in the form of a readable number, a bar pattern ("ID bar code") or a matrix code.
  • This line pattern or this matrix code distinguishes the mail item from all other mail items which pass through one of the sorting systems within a predetermined period of time, that is to say a machine-readable identification of the mail item.
  • the other part of the mail items is not provided with such a unique identifier, but is identified in the second sorting by means of a fingerprint method.
  • Fig. 1 shows a network with three processing plants Anl-1, Anl-3 and Anl-4. These three processing plants are designed in the embodiment as sorting.
  • Each sorting system has a feeder in the form of a feeder, a reader and a plurality of output trays on. Mail items are fed to the material input of such a sorting system. The substance input separates the mailpieces. The separated mailings then pass through the sorting system. The reader generates an image of the mail piece. Using the image, 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 Anl-1, Anl-3 and Anl-4 is connected to a central database DB and has read and write access to this database DB. In the database DB transport information I are stored. This information includes the measured object orders and measurement orders.
  • Fig. 1 first mail items of the input material ZE-1 the sorting system Anl-1 are supplied.
  • the sorting system Anl-1 generates a digital image of each mail item and determines the delivery address.
  • the sorting system Anl-1 tries to determine the delivery address automatically by "Optical Character Recognition" (OCR). If this is not successful, the image is transmitted to a video coding station, and an editor manually enters the delivery address - or at least the postal code.
  • OCR Optical Character Recognition
  • the sorting system Anl-1 discharges the mail item into one of the output compartments.
  • FIG. 1 three output bins Af-A, Af-B and Af-E of the sorting system Anl-1 are shown.
  • these three output compartments act as temporary storage in which the articles are ejected and temporarily stored before they are transported onward.
  • the container Beh-3 with these mail items is again transported to the material input ZE-1 of the sorting system Anl-1.
  • the mail items from the container Beh-3 are separated from the material input ZE-1 and go through again the sorting system Anl-1.
  • Fig. 1 the mail items are fed from the output tray Af-E of the feeder ZE-1 and go through again the system Anl-1.
  • One reason for this may be that "n-pass sequencing" is performed, as just described. It is also possible that individual mail items repeatedly pass through the sorting system Anl-1, because an "offline video coding" is performed. During the first pass, 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. It is also possible that mail items are sent within a location or delivery area and the first sorting system Anl-1 therefore carries out both the incoming sorting and the subsequent outgoing sorting for these mail items.
  • containers are used to transport the mail items from the output tray Af-E to the feeder ZE-1.
  • the container is manually or z. B. transported by means of a transfer bridge. It is also possible, instead of containers z. B. to use a conveyor belt, are placed on which stacks of mail
  • the container Beh-1 with these postal items is transported to the material input ZE-3 of the sorting system Anl-3.
  • the mail items from the container Beh-3 are separated from the input material ZE-3 and go through the sorting system Anl-3.
  • These are transported in the container Beh-2 for material input ZE-4 of the third sorting system Anl-4.
  • the mail items that the sorting system Anl-1 discharges into the output tray Af-E become transported in the container Beh-3 to the feeder ZE-1 and run again the sorting Anl-1.
  • Each additional sorting system through which the mailpiece is running, recognizes this mail item again.
  • the m already mentioned m features are given, which are optically measurable.
  • the first sorting installation Anl-1 determines, for each mail item that passes through the sorting installation Anl-1, which value each predefined feature assumes in this mailpiece. As a result, the first sorting system Anl-1 generates a feature vector which consists of n feature values at n predetermined characteristics.
  • the data record for the mailing is supplemented by the first sorting system Anl-1 by the feature vector, d. H. to encode the n feature values.
  • the third sorting system Anl-3 also measures for each mail item that passes through the sorting system Anl-3, which value of each predetermined feature for this mailing adopts. As a result, the third sorting system Anl-3 also generates a feature vector with n feature values. The third sorting system Anl-3 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 record is determined, the comes from the mail item currently being investigated. This data record includes the delivery address of the mail item that the first sorting system Anl-1 has read.
  • a coding of the delivery address to which the item of mail is to be transported is stored in the data record of a mail item.
  • This delivery address acts as the edit attribute of the item.
  • other processing attributes are additionally measured and stored in the first sorting run, for. B. a weight or a dimension or a surface finish of the mailpiece.
  • the editing attribute can also be a forwarding address or an endorsement stored in a database.
  • the processing attribute can also be the result of an evaluation of a franking mark with which the mailpiece is provided to be used, for. For example, the result of checking whether a letter is sufficiently franked.
  • the solution according to the method is used for each output tray of the first sorting system Anl-1. For each output tray, an item order is measured. The following procedure explains the example of the output tray Af-A.
  • Each sequence of mail items is placed in a container in that order after the first sorting pass. It is possible that several sequences are placed one after the other in the same container.
  • Each loading of a container with a sequence of mail acts as a loading operation of the container.
  • Fig. 3 shows the order in which the 29 items of mail from the output tray Af-A spent in the container Beh-1.
  • the first sequence is placed in the container Beh-1, then the second sequence and so on.
  • the 29 postal items are in the container Beh-1. They are transported together in the container Beh-1 to the feeder ZE-3 and then pass through the sorting system Anl-3.
  • the respective container used is unloaded so that the order among the mailpieces of a sequence is preserved, but the order among the sequences can be changed.
  • the sequences are indeed used in the embodiment in the loading operations, but not determined.
  • the 29 postal items pass through the sorting system, first the mailpieces of the first sequence, then the second sequence, then the third sequence and so on to the last sequence 28, 29.
  • This order acts as the measurement order, because In this order, the mail items are measured during the second sorting pass.
  • Fig. 4 shows the order in which the 29 postal items from Af-A of Fig. 3 go through the sorting system Anl-3.
  • This feature is a printed unique identifier in the embodiment. This unique identifier distinguishes a marked mail item from all other mail items that pass through one of the sorting systems within a predetermined period of time.
  • the tag may be printed on the front or the back of the mailing and may be in the form of a number, bar code, or encrypted information matrix code.
  • the label may also be printed on a label which adheres to the mailpiece.
  • the mail items 1, 2, 3, 5,... Can be uniquely identified in the second sorting pass.
  • the remaining mail items can not be identified on the second sorting run on the basis of a printed and globally unique identification, for. B. because they have no clear identification or because this is not error-free machine readable.
  • These postal items without clearly readable marking are in Fig. 2 and the following figures are marked in gray.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates which four subsequences in the example of Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 be determined.
  • n_la preceding mail items or at least one of the subsequent mail items succeeding n_lb is likewise not provided with a label which is uniquely readable.
  • the stored item order in which the mailpieces are ejected after the first sorting run is used to print the n_la following and the n_lb leading mail items to determine a subsequence.
  • n_vl + n_nf + 1) postal items is determined from the item order.
  • (n_la + n_lb) partial sequences are determined with in each case maximum (n_vl + n_nf + 1) postal items. Ps-x is included in each of these subsequences.
  • a search space restriction is made.
  • the data record for the mail item 8 is searched only among the data records for those mail items which occur in at least one of the ascertained (n_la + n_lb) subsequences.
  • the search space is therefore restricted to the data records of the subsequences. In this embodiment, the order of the mail items in these subsequences is not needed.
  • the second sorting run only two subsequences, namely the subsequence of the first leading mail piece with a unique readable label and the first subsequent mail item with a unique readable label.
  • the search space is restricted to the data records for those mail items that occur in at least one of these determined subsequences.
  • the search space is restricted to the data records for those mail items which occur in at least one of the four partial sequences T (6), T (7), T (9) and T (22) determined. These are the data records for the mail items 3, 4, ..., 12, 19, ..., 25.
  • a further development of this embodiment reduces the search space.
  • the respective order of the mail item in each subsequence is additionally used in order to limit the search space.
  • Fig. 6 shows this training using the example of Fig. 4 .
  • the partial sequence T (7) off Fig. 4 for the mail piece 7 consists of the mail items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
  • the mail item 10 is deleted from the partial sequence T (7) with the mail items 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 for the mail item 7, so that the partial sequence 5, 6 , 7, 8, 9 remains.
  • the recognized mail item 10 can not be the mail item 8 sought.
  • the partial sequence T (9) for the mail item 9 consists of the mail items 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Again, the fact is exploited that the mail item 10 does not follow the mail item 9 in the second sorting pass. Therefore, the mail items 10, 11, 12 are deleted from the subsequence 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.
  • the partial sequence T (22) for the mail piece 22 consists of the mail items 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25. Before the mail piece 22 comes in the second sorting run not the mail piece 21, but the mail piece 9. Therefore, from the Partial sequence 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, the mail items 19, 20, 21 deleted.
  • the search space is further restricted by those mail items which precede the mailpiece 8 and whose identifications have already been unambiguously recognized when the mail item 8 is to be identified.
  • Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are the mail items 5, 6, 7.
  • the mail item 27 In the second sorting run the mail item 27, the two mail items 25 and then 26 ahead and follow the two mail items 16 and 17 behind. These four postal items were also uniquely identified in the second sorting run on the basis of their identifications. Therefore again four partial sequences are determined, namely the partial sequences T (16), T (17), T (25) and T (26). In Fig. 7 these four determined subsequences are shown.
  • the partial sequence T (26) consists of only 6 mailpieces because the mailpiece 29 is the last of the item order.
  • the search space for the mailpiece 27 consists of the data records for the mailpieces 13, ..., 20, 23, ..., 29.
  • Fig. 8 become the reduced subsequences of Fig. 7 shown. This leads to a reduced search space, which only consists of the data records for the mailpieces 15,..., 20, 23, 27.
  • reference numeral importance 1,2, ..., 29 Mail that passes through the sorting system Anl-1 twice A Expulsion order, at the same time item order A1, A2, ... Sequences of mail items which are successively placed in the container Beh-1 AF-A, Af-B, Af-E Output compartments of the sorting system Anl-1 Af-3.1, Af-3.2, ...

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  1. Procédé de traitement de plusieurs objets ( 1, 2,..., 29 ), dans lequel
    on prescrit au moins un attribut de traitement mesurable et au moins deux caractéristiques mesurables et on utilise une installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement et
    on effectue pour chaque objet ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) les stades suivants lesquels
    - on mesure la valeur que prend l'attribut de traitement pour l'objet,
    - on mesure la valeur que prend chaque caractéristique prescrite respectivement pour l'objet,
    - on produit un jeu de données pour l'objet, qui comprend les valeurs de caractéristiques mesurées et la valeur d'attribut de traitement mesurée,
    - on met l'objet dans un accumulateur ( Af-A ) intermédiaire, on met ensuite l'objet de l'accumulateur ( Af-A ) intermédiaire dans un moyen ( Beh-1 ) de transport et on le transporte dans le moyen ( Beh-1 ) de transport à l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement,
    - après que l'objet a atteint l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement, on mesure à nouveau la valeur prise respectivement par chaque caractéristique prescrite pour cet objet,
    - on détermine le jeu de données produit par cet objet en utilisant les valeurs de caractéristiques obtenues lors du renouvellement de la mesure,
    - l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement traite l'objet en utilisant la valeur d'attribut de traitement du jeu de données déterminé,
    dans lequel
    - pour chaque accumulateur ( Beh-1 ) intermédiaire utilisé, on mesure respectivement une succession ( A ) d'objets, suivant laquelle les objets sont mis dans l'accumulateur ( Beh-1 ) intermédiaire,
    - le transport des objets à l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement comprend plusieurs opérations de chargement,
    - dans chaque opération de chargement, on met respectivement plusieurs objets d'un accumulateur ( Af-1 ) intermédiaire dans un moyen ( Beh-1 ) de transport, de manière à conserver parmi ces objets la succession ( A ) d'objets mesurée pour cet accumulateur ( Af-1 ) intermédiaire, et
    - on effectue la mesure à nouveau dans une succession ( M ) de mesure parmi les objets ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) ,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'une des caractéristiques prescrite est une caractérisation,
    dont l'objet ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) peut être muni et qui distingue un objet caractérisé réellement de tous les autres objets traités,
    puis, lors du renouvellement de la mesure pour un objet ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) dont la caractérisation a été lue, on détermine le jeu de données pour cet objet au moyen de la caractérisation qui a été lue et
    ensuite, lorsque l'on constate lors du renouvellement de la mesure, que l'objet ( 8 ) n'a pas de caractérisation ou n'a pas de caractérisation pouvant être lue d'une manière claire, on effectue les stades, dans lesquels
    - on détermine au moins un objet ( 6, 7 ) précédent dans la succession ( M ) de mesure ayant une caractérisation pouvant être lue d'une manière claire et au moins un objet ( 9, 22 ) suivant dans la succession ( M ) de mesure ayant une caractérisation pouvant être lue d'une manière claire,
    - pour chaque objet ainsi déterminé, on détermine respectivement une sous-séquence T( 6 ), T( 7 ),... ) ) d'une succession ( A ) d'objets mesurée, de manière à ce que la sous-séquence comprenne l'objet déterminé ainsi que respectivement au moins un objet, qui dans la succession d'objets précède ou suit l'objet caractérisé déterminé,
    - on recherche le jeu de données pour l'objet ( 8 ) sans caractérisation pouvant être lue parmi les jeux de données des objets qui sont contenus dans au moins une sous-séquence ( T ( 6 ), T ( 7 ),... ) ) déterminée,
    - dans lequel, pour la recherche du jeu de données, on utilise au moins une autre valeur de caractéristique de l'objet ( 8 ) mesurée lors du renouvellement de la mesure.
  2. Procédé suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    pour au moins une sous-séquence ( T( ( 7 ), T( ( 9 ) ), qui a été déterminée pour un objet ( 7, 9 ) déterminé ayant une caractérisation lue de manière claire,
    on contrôle si la succession ( M ) de mesure s'écarte de la succession fixée par la sous-séquence ( T( 7 ), T( 9 ) ),
    en utilisant pour cela des caractérisations d'objet, qui ont été lus d'une manière claire lors du renouvellement de la mesure, et
    s'il y a un écart, on supprime de la sous séquence déterminée les objets ( 10, 11, 12 ) ayant des caractérisations, qui apparaissent dans la succession ( M ) de mesure en un emplacement autre que dans la succession ( A ) d'objets.
  3. Procédé suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que
    - on munit chaque objet ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) à traiter d'une caractérisation d'une adresse de destination à laquelle l'objet doit être transporté,
    - on utilise comme valeur d'attribut de traitement l'adresse de destination dont l'objet est muni, et
    - le traitement de l'objet par l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement comprend le stade, suivant lequel l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement déclenche un transport de l'objet vers l'adresse de destination, qui est comprise par le jeu de données déterminé.
  4. Dispositif de traitement de plusieurs objets ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) ,
    dans lequel le dispositif comprend
    - une première installation ( Anl-1 ) de traitement,
    - une deuxième installations ( Anl-3 ) de traitement,
    - une mémoire ( DB ) de données reliée aux deux installations ( Anl-1, Anl-3 ) de traitement,
    - au moins un moyen ( Beh-1 ) de transport et
    - au moins un accumulateur ( Af-A ) intermédiaire,
    au moins un attribut de traitement mesurable et au moins deux caractéristiques mesurables étant prescrites,
    la première installation ( Anl-1 ) de traitement est conformée pour, pour chaque objet,
    - mesurer la valeur prise par l'attribut de traitement pour l'objet,
    - mesurer la valeur prise par chaque caractéristique prescrite respectivement pour l'objet,
    - produire un jeu de données pour l'objet et le mémoriser dans la mémoire ( DB ) de données, qui comprend les valeurs de caractéristiques mesurées et la valeur d'attribut de traitement mesurée,
    - mettre l'objet dans un accumulateur ( Af-A ) intermédiaire,
    - conformer l'agencement pour que l'objet soit mis de l'accumulateur ( Af-A ) intermédiaire dans un moyen ( BEH-1 ) de transport et soit transporté dans le moyen ( Beh-1 ) de transport à l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement,
    la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement est conformée pour, pour chaque objet,
    - après que l'objet a atteint l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement, mesurer à nouveau la valeur prise respectivement par chaque caractéristique prescrite pour cet objet,
    - déterminer le jeu de données produit pour cet objet et mémorisé, en utilisant les valeurs de caractéristiques obtenues lors du renouvellement de la mesure et
    - traiter l'objet en utilisant la valeur d'attribut de traitement du jeu de données déterminé,
    dans lequel
    - la première installation ( Anl-1 ) de traitement est conformée en outre pour mesurer pour chaque accumulateur ( Beh-1 ) intermédiaire utilisé respectivement une succession ( A ) d'objet, dans laquelle elle met les objets dans l'accumulateur ( Beh-1 ) intermédiaire,
    - le transport des objets à l'installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement comprend plusieurs opérations de chargement,
    - dans chaque opération de chargement, on met respectivement plusieurs objets d'un accumulateur ( Af-1 ) intermédiaire dans un moyen ( Beh-1 ) de transport, de manière à conserver parmi ces objets la succession ( A ) d'objets mesurée pour cet accumulateur ( Af-1 ) intermédiaire, et
    - la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement est conformée en outre pour effectuer le renouvellement de la mesure dans une succession ( M ) de mesure parmi les objets ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) ,
    caractérisé en ce que
    l'une des caractéristiques prescrite est une caractérisation,
    dont l'objet ( 1, 2,..., 29 ) peut être muni et qui distingue un objet caractérisé réellement de tous les autres objets traités,
    la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement est conformée pour, lorsque, lors du renouvellement de la mesure, on a lu pour un objet ( 1, 2 , ..., 29 ) sa caractérisation, déterminer le jeu de données pour cet objet au moyen de la caractérisation qui a été lue et
    la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement est conformée pour, lorsque l'on a constaté lors du renouvellement de la mesure, que l'objet ( 8 ) n'a pas de caractérisation ou n'a pas de caractérisation pouvant être lue d'une manière claire,
    - déterminer au moins un objet ( 6, 7 ) précédent dans la succession ( M ) de mesure et ayant une caractérisation pouvant être lue d'une manière claire et au moins un objet ( 9, 22 ) suivant dans la succession ( M ) de mesure et ayant une caractérisation pouvant être lue d'une manière claire,
    - pour chaque objet ainsi déterminé, déterminer respectivement une sous-séquence ( T( ( 6 ), T( ( 7 ),... ) d'une succession ( A ) d'objets mesurée, de manière à ce que la sous-séquence comprenne l'objet déterminé, ainsi que respectivement au moins un objet, qui dans la succession d'objets précède ou suit l'objet caractérisé et déterminé,
    - rechercher le jeu de données pour l'objet ( 8 ) sans caractérisation pouvant être lue parmi les jeux de données des objets qui sont contenus dans au moins une sous-séquence ( T ( 6 ), T ( 7 ),... ) ) déterminée,
    - dans lequel la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement utilise pour la recherche du jeu de données au moins une autre valeur de caractérisation, mesurée lors du renouvellement de la mesure, de l'objet ( 8 ).
  5. Dispositif suivant la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement est conformée pour contrôler, pour au moins une sous-séquence ( T( 7 ), T( 9 ) ), qui a été déterminée pour un objet ( 7, 9 ) déterminé ayant une caractérisation qui a été lue d'une manière claire,
    si la succession ( M ) de mesure s'écarte de la succession fixée par la sous-séquence ( T( 7 ), T( 9 ) ),
    la deuxième installation ( Anl-3 ) de traitement utilisant pour cela des caractérisations d'objet, qui ont été lues d'une manière claire lors du renouvellement de la mesure, et
    s'il y a un écart, supprimer de la sous-séquence déterminée les objets ( 10, 11, 12 ) ayant des caractérisations, qui apparaissent dans la succession ( M ) de mesure en un emplacement autre que dans la succession ( A ) d'objet.
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