EP3546075A1 - Ensemble de dispositif de marquage, procédé de classement d'objets et ensemble d'objets avec des dispositifs de marquage - Google Patents

Ensemble de dispositif de marquage, procédé de classement d'objets et ensemble d'objets avec des dispositifs de marquage Download PDF

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EP3546075A1
EP3546075A1 EP18164520.1A EP18164520A EP3546075A1 EP 3546075 A1 EP3546075 A1 EP 3546075A1 EP 18164520 A EP18164520 A EP 18164520A EP 3546075 A1 EP3546075 A1 EP 3546075A1
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Christof Peter LENHARD
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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
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
    • B07C5/3412—Sorting according to other particular properties according to a code applied to the object which indicates a property of the object, e.g. quality class, contents or incorrect indication
    • 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
    • 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
    • B07C7/00—Sorting by hand only e.g. of mail

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  • the present invention relates to a set of marking arrangements according to the preamble of claim 1. Furthermore, it relates to a method for ordering objects according to the preamble of the first method claim. Furthermore, it also relates to a set of objects available in this way.
  • a package means one or more items wrapped in packaging material to be transported by a sender to a recipient.
  • Most European state and private parcel services ship packages with a weight of up to 31.5 kg and a maximum size of 120 x 60 x 60 cm.
  • the depots have predominantly numbers, but it is also conceivable sorting by name. These names depend on the location of the depot (that is, place names) or the area served by the depot (that is, names of regions or cardinal points). The numbers or names of a depot can be found on the respective package However, they can also exist only virtually by assigning the addresses to a package in an automatic reading of the address.
  • the tours are mostly numbers, but also the sorting by name is conceivable.
  • the names then depend on the area served on each tour.
  • the numbers or names of a depot can be printed on the respective package, but they can also exist only virtually by the assignment of addresses to a package in an automatic reading of the address.
  • 3rd stage sorting according to driving sequence
  • the sequence (order of delivery on a tour) can be translated into numbers, package no. 1 is then delivered first, package no. 2 as second, etc.
  • the numbers today are mostly not often printed on the packages, such numbers are not even virtually stored, but exist only in that a driver delivers the package in a standard order and previously sorted accordingly by the address.
  • a parcel is picked up by a person and placed in a place, for example in a roll container, which is destined for a depot. This process can be supported by conveyor belts.
  • parcels are often sorted by sorting systems, where either the number of a destination is read in or a barcode from which the number of the destination is determined directly or indirectly via the ident number of the parcel, which is stored in the barcode is linked to the address of the recipient, from which in turn the address of the destination is derived.
  • Reasons for using the sorting systems are the avoidance of personnel costs, the physical strain, in particular by lifting, carrying and placing heavy packages, higher hourly rates and avoiding errors in sorting by human labor.
  • parcels are sorted manually, ie by human labor, or placed on containers (pallets or roll containers) in the order of delivery or loaded directly into vehicles.
  • a key point of the present invention is to use markers that are well distinguishable in terms of brightness.
  • markings offer, in particular, the advantage that they can be recognized independently of the position of the marked object, in contrast to e.g. Labels or number codes.
  • these markers are applied to labels which are then glued to the objects.
  • One way of creating the markers are thermal printers that offer high speed. Color-printable thermal printers have been available for a shorter period of time.
  • markers that differ in brightness impression can be seen as corresponding to everyday experience.
  • a closed room e.g.
  • the load structure of a box delivery van the objects that are farther back, that is further away from the door, are darker than those that are near the door.
  • gradations of brightness are relatively clear to allow for unambiguous association with the naked eye.
  • the number of levels is significantly reduced, according to experience to no more than 10 or even less than 5 or 4.
  • This limit can be remedied by additionally accessing colors.
  • different colors already present a brightness difference, for example, yellow generally makes a very bright impression, while blue appears comparatively dark.
  • a two-dimensional brightness matrix can be achieved, which still yields with the naked eye surely distinguishable sorting features with clear order.
  • the ratio is decisive for the distinctness of brightnesses.
  • a larger ratio is needed.
  • a difference, ie ratio, of at least 15-20% was found.
  • the intensity ratio lies between one darker and a lighter sample at not more than 0.85.
  • Sorting in the third stage involves arranging the packages in the order in which the individual tour operator delivers the packages to the recipients. Depending on the size and weight of the packages and size of the delivery area, the loading capacity of the vehicle and the available time window, between 30 and 300 parcels are typically delivered for parcel delivery.
  • colors are assigned to numbers can be used for all variants.
  • low numbers are assigned a light color and high numbers a dark color.
  • Prerequisite for the solution is that at the time of determining the driving sequence the addresses of all packages are known for the respective tour and the packages are physically present in the depot. This is ensured by scanning the identity code of the respective packets.
  • An advantage of the solution is that the sorting force intuitively detects whether a package is at the end or the beginning of the tour. Although this can also be expressed by numbers, by referring to the packet e.g. printed: "Package No. 101 of 127". This package is therefore part of the beginning of the last fifth of the tour. Cognitizing this by numbers, however, is a much more demanding and time consuming task than the fact that the package carries a green label, knowing that it belongs to the last fifth of the tour, and by virtue of the fact that it has a bright green label, knowing that it will be delivered at the beginning of this last fifth.
  • the labels have only one colored surface.
  • the human eye can only distinguish a limited number of printable colors.
  • the solution assumes that up to 25 printable colors can be used.
  • a division into five color groups is made (s. Fig. 4 ), namely yellow, red, magenta, blue and green.
  • a gradation from light to dark is made, eg from light blue to dark blue.
  • FIG. 5 Another possibility is in Fig. 5 shown.
  • a smaller number of brightness gradations 40 are used in each color, namely 4, which results in a clearer distinguishability within the colors.
  • a total of seven colors 45 are used, resulting in 28 gradations.
  • magenta, cyan and green however, an agreement must be made.
  • a transition from red to blue is taken as a guideline, resulting in the order of red, magenta, cyan, green, blue.
  • the selected colors are selected according to the maximum distance in the color model.
  • the basic colors of the RGB system red, green, blue
  • their mixed colors namely yellow (red + green), cyan (green + blue) and magenta (red + blue).
  • red + green yellow
  • red + blue yellow
  • magenta red + blue
  • red + green yellow
  • orange yellow
  • orange red + green with about half intensity
  • the brightness levels are generated by RGB increments of about 50 to 80 in a range of 512 levels (256 "pure" levels and 256 lighter levels by blending, see below) per color, ie about 1/10 to 1/8 of the range , the brighter steps being preferred for better visibility.
  • the average brightness corresponds to the combination in which at least one of the primary colors that composes the respective color reaches the maximum intensity. Darker tones are produced by evenly increasing the strength of the primary colors that compose the color, lighter ones by evenly blending the primary colors, which have no intensity at medium brightness.
  • the brightest value that is white
  • maintains a distance of about one level since this brightness level already gives a clearly discernible color impression.
  • the darkest tone used is only just below the average brightness, as the color impression quickly loses itself in black, whereby a safety margin for unfavorable lighting conditions must also be taken into account.
  • the described markings or the corresponding marking method make it possible to arrange objects manually, rationally and safely in the sequence of a delivery sequence which enables the shortest or least time-consuming operation of a delivery vehicle.

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US16/970,978 US20200398313A1 (en) 2018-03-28 2019-03-27 Set of marking arrays, method for sorting objects, and set of objects thus obtained
EP19714410.8A EP3774088B1 (fr) 2018-03-28 2019-03-27 Procédé de classement d'objets
PCT/EP2019/057770 WO2019185741A1 (fr) 2018-03-28 2019-03-27 Ensemble de matrices de repères, procédé de tri d'objets et ensemble d'objets ainsi obtenu

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DE4330815A1 (de) * 1993-09-12 1995-03-16 Robert Prof Dr Ing Massen Sortierfreundliche Markierung von Verpackungen
US20070250326A1 (en) * 2006-04-19 2007-10-25 United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. System and method for shipping a mail piece having post office box recognition
WO2010112669A1 (fr) * 2009-04-03 2010-10-07 Maricap Oy Procédé et moyen pour traiter des déchets
DE102015116741A1 (de) * 2015-10-02 2017-04-06 Deutsche Post Ag Sendungsverfolgung für durch Sortieranlagen nicht verarbeitbare Sendungen
WO2018182437A1 (fr) * 2017-03-27 2018-10-04 Ergis S.A. Matériau de revêtement pour le marquage des matières plastiques, procédé de marquage des matières plastiques, procédé d'identification des matières plastiques marquées et leur application dans le tri des déchets plastiques

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DE4330815A1 (de) * 1993-09-12 1995-03-16 Robert Prof Dr Ing Massen Sortierfreundliche Markierung von Verpackungen
US20070250326A1 (en) * 2006-04-19 2007-10-25 United Parcel Service Of America, Inc. System and method for shipping a mail piece having post office box recognition
WO2010112669A1 (fr) * 2009-04-03 2010-10-07 Maricap Oy Procédé et moyen pour traiter des déchets
DE102015116741A1 (de) * 2015-10-02 2017-04-06 Deutsche Post Ag Sendungsverfolgung für durch Sortieranlagen nicht verarbeitbare Sendungen
WO2018182437A1 (fr) * 2017-03-27 2018-10-04 Ergis S.A. Matériau de revêtement pour le marquage des matières plastiques, procédé de marquage des matières plastiques, procédé d'identification des matières plastiques marquées et leur application dans le tri des déchets plastiques

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