EP2429723B2 - Procédé pour trier des envois postaux dans une machine de faible capacité - Google Patents

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EP2429723B2
EP2429723B2 EP10727096.9A EP10727096A EP2429723B2 EP 2429723 B2 EP2429723 B2 EP 2429723B2 EP 10727096 A EP10727096 A EP 10727096A EP 2429723 B2 EP2429723 B2 EP 2429723B2
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Bruno Cartal
Nicolas Basset
Didier Tresse
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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
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  • the invention relates to a method for sorting items in several sorting passes in a postal sorting machine provided with sorting outlets in order to order the items to be sent to the sorting outlets for distribution according to a postman's tour, in which distribution points defining the tour of the postman in disjoint subsets of distribution points and in which for the different sorting passes the distribution points of each subset are associated in each case with a common sorting output.
  • sorting is carried out according to the factor tour by considering these groups of distribution points each as a single "fictitious" distribution point. . In this way, the sorting capacity of a machine is increased without increasing the number of sorting outlets originally provided for the machine.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a method as defined above, in which no specific processing is carried out in the last sorting pass in order to reorder the items, but it is allowed to remain at the end of the last sorting pass. , a certain disorder of the items in each sorting outlet of the machine, this disorder being induced by the grouping of the distribution points.
  • another object of the invention is to provide a method for sorting items with which the disorder induced by the grouping of the distribution points is the least constraining possible for the factor in order to properly perform mail delivery.
  • the idea underlying the invention is to group the distribution points of the tour of the factor in a non-uniform manner taking into account the volume of mail that is distributed to each distribution point of the tour of the factor. More particularly, the idea underlying the invention is for example to observe over time the volume of mail distributed for each distribution point of the postman's tour to characterize a level of activity for each distribution point . The observation can be done cyclically and it can be expected to consolidate several cyclic observations to characterize an average level of activity for each distribution point.
  • the invention therefore relates to a method for sorting items in several sorting passes in a postal sorting machine according to claim 1.
  • the invention extends to a postal sorting machine.
  • the assignment configuration in two sorting planes P1 and P2 is illustrated for sorting in two passes on four sorting outlets S1 to S4 of 16 distribution points (indicated by the numerical values 1,2,3. .16).
  • the sorting plan P1 determines the assignment of the sorting outlets to the distribution points to make the first sorting pass.
  • the sorting plane P2 determines the assignment of the sorting outlets to the distribution points in order to carry out the second sorting pass.
  • the distribution points 1,2,3 and 4 are respectively assigned to the outputs S1, S2, S3 and S4.
  • the distribution points 5 to 8, 9 to 12 and 13 to 16 are likewise assigned respectively to the outputs S1 to S4.
  • the distribution points 1, 5, 9 and 13 are assigned to the output S1.
  • the distribution points 2, 6, 10 and 14 are assigned to the output S2.
  • the distribution points 3, 7, 11 and 15 are assigned to the output S3.
  • the distribution points 4, 8, 12 and 16 are assigned to the output S4. Consequently, two consecutive distribution points in the tour of the factor are not assigned here to the same sorting output. On the contrary, two consecutive distribution points are always assigned in the sorting plane of the first sorting pass to different sorting outlets so as to obtain an ordered sequence of mailings during the second sorting pass according to the sorting plan. P2.
  • the distribution points 1 to 4 are assigned to the sorting output S1.
  • the distribution points 5 to 8 are assigned to the output S2.
  • Distribution points 9 to 12 are assigned to output S3.
  • the distribution points 13 to 16 are assigned to the output S4.
  • the sorting method according to the invention will now be described with reference to the figure 2 still using four sorting outlets S1-S4, but with which 32 sorting points will be sorted into two sorting passes.
  • the sorting plan of the first sorting pass is referenced P11 on the figure 2 while the second sorting plan for the second sorting pass is referenced P12.
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  • the consecutive distribution points 1 and 2 of the factor turn are grouped together to form a first subset [1,2] which is assigned to the output S1.
  • the consecutive distribution points 3 and 4 are grouped together to form a second subset [3,4] which is assigned to the output S2, etc.
  • the subsets [1,2] , [9,10], [17,18] and [25,26] are assigned to the output S1.
  • the subsets [3,4], [11,12], [19,20] and [27,28] are assigned to the output S2.
  • the subsets [5,6], [13,14], [21,22] and [29,30] are assigned to the output S3.
  • the subsets [7,8], [15,16], [23,24] and [31,32] are assigned to the output S4.
  • the sorting plan P11 therefore associates subsets of two distribution points with the sorting outlets.
  • the subsets [1,2], [3,4], [5,6] and [7,8] are assigned to the sorting output S1.
  • the groups of subsets [9,10] - [11,12] - [13,14] - [15-16], [17,18] - [19,20] - [21, 22] - [23,24] and [25,26] - [27,28] - [29,30] - [31,32] are respectively assigned to the sorting outputs S2, S3 and S4.
  • the result is an increase in the sorting capacity but also a sorting uncertainty within a subset.
  • two postal items each having a distribution point belonging to the same subset may be sorted in the wrong order at the end of the second sorting pass as illustrated below in relation to the figure 2 .
  • the sorting machine is initialized to execute the sorting plan P11.
  • the postal items are unstacked in a certain order and sent to the sorting outlet which corresponds to the recognized distribution point for each item.
  • 17 postal items are sorted whose respective distribution points in the unstacking order are as follows: 31, 25, 25, 4, 3, 10, 14, 18, 29, 10, 15, 9, 16, 6, 9, 22 and 19.
  • the first shipment is unstacked, its distribution point 31 is read and, in application of the sorting plan P11, this shipment is directed to the sorting outlet S4.
  • the following postal items are sorted in sequence in the same way.
  • the second item having the distribution point 25 is directed to the sorting output S1 ...
  • the sorting result in the first pass according to the sorting plane P11 is given by the table R11.
  • the shipments are then recycled in conventional manner at the input of the sorting machine according to the order of the sorting outlets S4 to S1 to undergo a second sorting pass according to the sorting plane P12.
  • the order of the distribution points corresponding to the recycled postal items is therefore the following: 31, 15, 16, 14, 29, 6, 22, 4, 3, 19, 25, 25, 10, 18, 10, 9 and 9
  • the sending having the distribution point 31 is directed to the sorting outlet S4, and so on for other shipments ...
  • the inversions of distribution points are indicated either on the sorting outlet of the machine, or on the label of the storage bin at the sorting outlet containing the inverted shipments, or again on a listing that is given to the postman delivering the mail.
  • the sorting machine is arranged to detect during the last sorting pass a relative disorder of the items sent to a sorting outlet and then indicate the detected disorders in the form of paper printing. The detection can easily be done by a machine program that follows, for the successive shipments that arrive in each sorting outlet, the progression of the distribution points identified for these shipments in the ordered list of distribution points that corresponds to the postman's trip. .
  • the factor retrieves shipments from his tour with an appendix indicating that the distribution points 15 and 16 are reversed. The factor can then correct this error by inverting shipments with distribution points 15 and 16 at the time of the recovery of his tour or take account of it when distributing.
  • the regrouping of the distribution points of a tour is therefore not done in a uniform manner as illustrated in FIG. figure 2 but dynamically based on statistical data (which can be regularly updated) representative of a certain activity of the distribution points of the tour.
  • the first sorting campaign is carried out on the sorting machine (the machine of the distribution sorting center on which the postman's rounds are prepared) consisting in recording the volume of mail distributed over a given period of time. relationship with each distribution point of a postman's tour. These readings are done for all tours prepared on the machine.
  • the sorting machine 10 shown figure 3 for the preparation of the tours of the factor.
  • the machine 11 can therefore be programmed so that these statistical data 11 are data consolidated automatically (and thus updated) over time including the operating period of the sorting machine according to the method of the invention.
  • the consolidation can for example be done according to a weekly cycle so that the statistical data represent average values of mail volume in relation to each distribution point of a postman's tour.
  • Table 12 illustrates statistical data obtained after a campaign carried out over several weeks, for example.
  • the statistical data are indicated on the line with the reference "Weight" while the corresponding distribution points are indicated on the line bearing the reference "PDI". It can be seen that for the distribution point 11, the weight is equal to 0.2 for Monday, the weight is equal to 0.5 for Tuesday, and the weight is equal to 0.0 for Wednesday. There is therefore a variable volume of mail in relation to this distribution point according to the days of the week, which is exploited by the invention in the grouping of distribution points.
  • Table 13 on the figure 3 illustrates several groupings of distribution points made with the statistical data in Table 12 for different days of the week.
  • the machine 10 sequentially scans at 40 the ordered list of distribution points PDI i (i ranging from 1 to n) of a tour starting with the first point distribution of the list to build a first group such that G j (j ranging from 1 to m).
  • the statistical data (Weight PDIi ) associated with this distribution point for the day of the week in question is retrieved from the database 11 and is compared with a threshold value S at 41 which is an input parameter for the processing process. grouping.
  • the threshold is set at 1 and the weight of the distribution point 11 is 0.2 on Monday.
  • the grouping into 42 in a current group G j continues as long as the cumulative P in 43 of the weights associated with the successive distribution points added in the group does not exceed the threshold S. If the threshold is crossed at 41, then the process continues on a new group of distribution points (block 44 on the figure 4 ). And so on for every tour of the factor recorded in the machine 10.
  • the groups of distribution points G1, G2, G3, G4 and G5 are different from one day to the other of the week. For example on Monday, the group G1 has three consecutive distribution points, on Tuesday it has two consecutive distribution points and on Wednesday it has four consecutive distribution points. From Table 13, we see that overall for the same tour of the factor, the machine 10 will sort on five groups of distribution points on Monday, six groups on Tuesday and four groups on Wednesday. These variations allow the operator to sort more or less turns of the factor at the same time on the machine by exploiting all sorting outlets.

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