JP2017000954A - Delivery processing device, delivery processing support device, delivery processing system, delivery processing program, and delivery processing support program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivery processing device, a delivery processing support device, a delivery processing system, a delivery processing program, and a delivery processing support program capable of dividing delivery objects to be efficiently delivered without complicating a division mechanism.SOLUTION: A delivery processing device of an embodiment has: a first acquisition part; a second acquisition part; an accumulation unit; a conveyance part; and a conveyance control part. The first acquisition part acquires address information of a first kind of delivery object. The second acquisition part acquires address information of a second kind of delivery object. The accumulation unit has a plurality of accumulation parts, and an accumulation part for simultaneous delivery and an accumulation part for single delivery are defined in it. The conveyance part conveys the first kind of delivery object to the accumulation part. The conveyance control part determines whether or not the pieces of address information acquired by the first acquisition part and the second acquisition part match to each other, and controls the conveyance part so as to convey the first kind of delivery object to the accumulation part for the simultaneous delivery or the accumulation part for the single delivery based on a determination result.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a delivery processing apparatus, a delivery processing support apparatus, a delivery processing system, a delivery processing program, and a delivery processing support program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an article delivery system that acquires article information corresponding to an article and classification information corresponding to the article information and rearranges the article information in a delivery order based on the acquired classification information is known. According to this system, it is possible to efficiently deliver the delivery object by providing the article information having various modes and handling methods in one delivery order. However, in the conventional system, when different types of delivery objects are rearranged so as to be deliverable at the same time, the mechanism for sorting may be complicated.

JP 2000-262977 A

  The problems to be solved by the present invention include a delivery processing apparatus, a delivery processing support apparatus, a delivery processing system, and a delivery that can sort delivery objects efficiently without complicating the sorting mechanism. It is to provide a product processing program and a delivery processing support program.

  The delivery processing apparatus according to the embodiment includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, a stacking unit, a transport unit, and a transport control unit. The first acquisition unit acquires destination information of the first type of delivery object to be processed. The second acquisition unit acquires destination information of the second type of delivery object regarding the processing target date. The stacking unit is a stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units and stacking the first type of delivery object, wherein the first type of delivery object is the second destination for the same destination information. A stacking unit for simultaneous delivery that is stacked when delivered together with a delivery object of a type and a stacking unit for single delivery that is stacked when the first type of delivery target is delivered alone are defined. The The transport unit transports the first type of delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit. The conveyance control unit determines whether the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit matches the destination information acquired by the second acquisition unit, and based on the determination result, the first acquisition unit The transport unit is controlled to transport the first-type delivery object for which the destination information has been acquired by either of the simultaneous delivery stacking unit and the single delivery stacking unit.

The conceptual diagram which shows the structure of the delivery processing system 1 simply. The figure which shows the outline of a structure of the delivery processing apparatus 20. FIG. The figure which shows the outline of a structure of the division | segmentation pre-processing part 30. FIG. The figure which shows the structural example of the delivery processing apparatus 20 centering on the control part. The figure which shows an example of the delivery destination code master 82 stored in the memory | storage part 80. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a delivery destination list 84 stored in a storage unit 80. FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of stacker information 86 stored in a storage unit 80. The schematic diagram of the definition state defined with respect to the stacker 42. FIG. The flowchart which shows the flow of a process which acquires package destination information and adds package destination information to the delivery destination list | wrist 84. FIG. The flowchart which shows the flow of the process which the delivery processing apparatus 20 classifies the paper sheets S into a simultaneous delivery stacker or a single delivery stacker. The figure which shows typically the flow of a process until the delivery thing processing system 1 delivers the package P and the paper sheet S which are delivery objects to a delivery destination. The conceptual diagram of the delivery processing system 1 of 2nd Embodiment. The figure which shows the structural example of the delivery processing apparatus 20A centering on the control part 50A of 2nd Embodiment. The sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process which 1 A of delivery processing systems perform. The figure which shows the outline of a function structure of the delivery processing system 1B centering on the delivery processing apparatus 20B of the modification of 2nd Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a delivery processing system including a delivery processing device, a delivery processing support device, a delivery processing program, and a delivery processing support program according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram simply showing the configuration of the delivery processing system 1. The parcel P and the paper sheet S, which are delivery objects, are delivered to the delivery destination via the shipping office T1, the shipping terminal T2, the arrival terminal T3, and the arrival sales office T4. The parcel P is an example of a “second type delivery object”. On the other hand, the paper sheet S is, for example, a postcard, a sealed letter, a mail service, or the like, and is an example of a “first type delivery object”. For example, with respect to the paper sheet S, the thickness limit is set more severely than the thickness limit with respect to the parcel P. With respect to the parcel P, the thickness limit is limited with respect to the paper sheet S. It is set more gently. For the parcel P, for example, a thickness (height) of several hundred millimeters [mm] is allowed. The parcel P is placed on the belt conveyor and conveyed to the stacking unit corresponding to the destination information by the sorting device having the belt conveyor. On the other hand, the paper sheet S is conveyed to the stacking unit corresponding to the destination information while the paper sheet S is sandwiched between the sandwiching members by the sorting device having the sandwiching member that sandwiches the paper sheet S. Note that the parcel P is the delivery object and the paper sheet S is the delivery object, and is only an example. As the first type of delivery object and the second type of delivery object, there are other delivery objects. May be applied.

  The handy terminal 2 incorporates a camera and captures an image including a slip attached to the parcel P and delivery object information described in the parcel P by an operation of the operator. The handy terminal 2 includes a wireless communication unit (not shown), for example, and transmits an image to the server device 10 by accessing the network NW through wireless communication. The delivery object information includes an identification number for identifying the delivery object, destination information of the delivery object, a delivery designation date and time that is a designated date and time for delivering the delivery object to the delivery destination, and the like. The destination information includes the postal code of the delivery object, the address, information on the recipient of the parcel P, and the like. The parcel P from which the delivery object information has been acquired is subjected to predetermined processing at the shipping office T1 and is carried to the shipping terminal T2. The network NW includes, for example, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), and the Internet.

  The parcel processing device 4 is a sorting device that sorts the parcel P, for example, installed at the shipping terminal T2. The parcel processing apparatus 4 has a belt conveyor, and conveys parcels such as a parcel P placed on the belt conveyor to a stacking unit according to destination information. The parcel processing apparatus 4 includes an imaging unit 6. The imaging unit 6 includes, for example, a plurality of line scan type scanners that can capture a moving parcel P with high resolution, and an illumination device. An illuminating device irradiates light toward the parcel P conveyed by the conveyance mechanism containing a belt conveyor. The imaging unit 6 images each surface of the parcel P by arranging a plurality of scanners at positions where the parcel P can be photographed from different angles, for example. The parcel processing apparatus 4 transmits an image including delivery object information captured by the imaging unit 6 to the server apparatus 10 via the network NW.

  The server device 10 includes a server communication unit 12 and an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing unit 14. The server communication unit 12 communicates with the handy terminal 2, the parcel processing device 4, the delivery processing device 20, and the terminal device (not shown) at the arrival sales office T4 via the network NW. The OCR processing unit 14 performs OCR processing on the image acquired from the handy terminal 2 and / or the image acquired from the delivery processing apparatus 20 and reads the delivery target information of the paper sheet S. The server communication unit 12 transmits the result of the OCR processing performed by the OCR processing unit 14 to the delivery processing apparatus 20 via the network NW.

  The delivery processing apparatus 20 sorts the paper sheet S into one of a plurality of stackers (stacking units) 42 according to the destination information. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the delivery processing apparatus 20. The delivery processing apparatus 20 includes a pre-sorting processing unit 30 and a sorting unit 40. The sorting unit 40 is provided with a plurality of stackers (stacking units) 42 (1) to 42 (10). Hereinafter, the numbers in parentheses attached to the reference numerals are identification information of the stacker 42. Note that the number of stackers 42 may be plural, and may be an arbitrary number of 2 or more.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the sorting preprocessing unit 30. The pre-classification processing unit 30 includes, for example, a supply unit 31, an extraction unit 32, an exclusion stack unit 33, an OCR request unit 35, and a parcel information acquisition unit 37. The OCR request unit 35 is an example of a first acquisition unit in claim 1, and the parcel information acquisition unit 37 is an example of a second acquisition unit in claim 1.

  In the supply unit 31, for example, a plurality of paper sheets S are set manually by an operator. The take-out unit 32 takes out the sheets S set in the supply unit 31 one by one and supplies them to the transport path. In this conveyance path, the paper sheets S mixed with foreign matters and the non-standard-size paper sheets S are excluded and accumulated in the exclusion stacking unit 33.

  The OCR request unit 35 includes a camera (line sensor) that images the paper sheet S. The OCR request unit 35 transmits an image captured by the camera to the server apparatus 10 via the network NW, and requests the server apparatus 10 for OCR processing. The OCR request unit 35 acquires the processing result obtained by the OCR processing by the OCR processing unit 14 of the server device 10 via the network NW. The OCR request unit 35 outputs the result of the OCR process to an address specifying unit 53 (described later) of the control unit 50.

  The parcel information acquisition unit 37 acquires the processing result of the OCR process on the image acquired by the handy terminal 2 or the imaging unit 6 from the server device 10. The parcel information acquisition unit 37 outputs the acquired processing result of the OCR processing to the control unit 50.

  Each unit of the delivery processing apparatus 20 having the above configuration is controlled by the control unit 50. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery processing apparatus 20 with the control unit 50 at the center. The control unit 50 includes, for example, a take-out control unit 51, an exclusion control unit 52, an address specifying unit 53, and a transport control unit 54. These functional units are software functional units that function when, for example, a processor (not shown) such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executes a program stored in the storage unit 80. Also, some or all of these functional units may include hardware such as LSI (Large Scale Integration), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), and various interfaces. The control unit 50 may be realized by two or more processors. The control unit 50 includes a communication interface for communicating with the operation terminal 70 and the like via a LAN or the like. The control unit 50 and the operation terminal 70 may be a single computer device. That is, the processor of the operation terminal 70 may function as the control unit 50.

  The control unit 50 is connected to a transport mechanism 60, an input unit 71, a display unit 72, a storage unit 80, and the like. The transport mechanism 60 includes a belt that transports the paper sheet S in the sorting unit 40, a motor that drives the belt, and the like. The input unit 71 is an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel. The display unit 72 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display device.

  The storage unit 80 is realized by a storage device such as a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), a hard disk drive (HDD), or a flash memory, for example. In addition to the program executed by the processor of the control unit 50, the storage unit 80 stores a delivery destination code master 82, a delivery destination list 84, stacker information 86, and the like.

  The takeout control unit 51 controls the takeout unit 32. The exclusion control unit 52 controls a motor or the like that drives a gate unit (not shown) that is directed to the exclusion stacking unit 33.

  The address specifying unit 53 acquires the processing results from the OCR request unit 35, and acquires the destination information of the delivery object information included in these processing results. Then, the address specifying unit 53 specifies destination information for each processing unit from the acquired destination information. For example, if the destination information of the processing unit is an address in Japan, the addresses that match “○ chome” in the destination information are determined collectively. For example, the address specifying unit 53 refers to correspondence information in which destination information and processing unit destination information are associated with each other, and specifies processing unit destination information. The correspondence information may be table data or information embedded in a function or program. Further, the address specifying unit 53 specifies the delivery designation date and time designated for the paper sheet S.

  The conveyance control unit 54 conveys the paper sheet S to a desired stacker 42 by controlling the conveyance mechanism 60. The transport control unit 54 receives the destination information of the processing unit of the paper sheet S acquired by the address specifying unit 53 (hereinafter, “paper sheet destination information”) and the destination information of the parcel P acquired by the parcel information acquisition unit 37 ( Hereinafter, based on the comparison with the parcel destination information), the transport destination stacker 42 to which the paper sheet S is transported is determined. This will be described below.

  The transport control unit 54 stores the parcel destination information acquired from the parcel information acquisition unit 37 in the delivery destination list 84 of the storage unit 80 with reference to the delivery destination code master 82 of the storage unit 80.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the delivery destination code master 82 stored in the storage unit 80. The delivery destination code master 82 is information in which delivery destination code branch numbers and addresses are associated with delivery destination codes. The delivery destination code and delivery destination code branch number are assigned to the grouped addresses. A group of addresses specified by the delivery destination code and delivery destination code branch number is assigned to the stacker 42 by the stacker information 86. That is, the delivery destination code master 82 is information that defines a group of addresses (paper sheet destination information) that is a reference for association with the stacker 42.

  In the delivery destination code master 82, the delivery destination code is, for example, a code similar to a postal code in mail. Further, the delivery destination code may be a section that is finer than the postal code or may be a larger section. The delivery destination code branch number is a code system in which all destinations existing in the area indicated by the delivery destination code are defined by branch numbers. The delivery destination code branch number may be a street address unit or a street address unit. The address is detailed data of the address indicating the location of the delivery destination branch number. The delivery destination code and delivery destination code branch number may be grouped into units convenient for collection and delivery operations, or all destinations may be individually defined.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the delivery destination list 84 stored in the storage unit 80. The delivery destination list 84 is a list of package destination information scheduled for delivery, for example, for each scheduled delivery date or scheduled delivery time. The parcel destination information is also specified by, for example, a delivery destination code and a delivery destination code branch number.

  In the delivery destination list 84, delivery destination code branch numbers and addresses are associated with delivery destination codes. The delivery destination code, delivery destination code branch number, and address in the delivery destination list 84 are converted into data by the transport control unit 54 based on the parcel destination information acquired by the parcel information acquisition unit 37 and stored in the storage unit 80. . Instead of this, the delivery destination list 84 generated in the format illustrated in FIG. 6 may be acquired from another apparatus via the network NW and stored in the storage unit 80, or the delivery destination list The storage medium storing 84 may be attached to the drive device of the delivery processing apparatus 20 and the delivery destination list 84 may be read from the storage medium.

  The plurality of stackers 42 are defined to be associated with the paper sheet destination information by the stacker information 86 in the storage unit 80. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of stacker information 86 stored in the storage unit 80. In the stacker information 86, both the identification information of the stacker 42 indicating the single delivery stacker and the identification information of the stacker 42 indicating the simultaneous delivery stacker are associated with the same paper sheet destination information. The single delivery stacker is a stacker in which paper sheets S to be delivered separately from the parcel P are stacked. The simultaneous delivery stacker is a stacker on which paper sheets S delivered together with the parcel P are stacked. FIGS. 2 and 8 show the stackers 42 (1) to 42 (10) because of space limitations, but FIG. 7 shows an example in which the stackers 42 (1) to 42 (36) are defined.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a definition state defined for the stacker 42. In the example of FIG. 8, the same delivery destination to the stackers 42 (1) and 42 (2), the stackers 42 (3) and 42 (4), the stackers 42 (5) and 42 (6),. Branch numbers are associated with each other. The stacker 42 with an odd identification number attached after the stacker 42 is defined as a single delivery stacker 42, and the stacker 42 with an even identification number attached after the stacker 42 is defined as a simultaneous delivery stacker 42. Yes.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for acquiring the parcel destination information and adding the parcel destination information to the delivery destination list 84. First, the handy terminal 2 transmits the image of the parcel P captured by the camera of its own device to the server communication unit 12 of the server device 10 by the operation of the operator (step S100-1). Or the imaging part 6 of the parcel processing apparatus 4 of the shipping terminal T2 transmits the image which imaged the parcel P to the server communication part 12 of the server apparatus 10 (step S100-2).

  Next, the OCR processing unit 14 of the server device 10 performs OCR processing on the image acquired via the server communication unit 12 and recognizes delivery object information (for example, destination information and slip number delivery designation date and time). (Step S102). Next, the transport control unit 54 of the delivery processing apparatus 20 refers to the delivery destination code master 82 and searches for the delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number corresponding to the delivery object information acquired from the server communication unit 12. (Step S104), the search result is specified as the parcel destination information. Next, the transport control unit 54 stores the delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number, which are the parcel destination information, and the address included in the parcel destination information in the delivery destination list 84 (step S106). At this time, the transport control unit 54 stores the parcel destination information in the portion corresponding to the delivery designation date and time of the parcel P in the delivery destination list 84. The conveyance control unit 54 may further store a slip number, a delivery designation date and time, etc. in the delivery destination list 84. Thereby, the process of this flowchart is complete | finished.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which the delivery processing apparatus 20 classifies the paper sheet S into a simultaneous delivery stacker or a single delivery stacker. First, the OCR request unit 35 acquires destination information as a processing result from the OCR processing unit 14 of the server device 10 (step S150). Next, the transport control unit 54 refers to the delivery destination code master 82, searches for the delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number corresponding to the destination information acquired in step S150 (step S152), and sets the search result to the paper sheet. It is specified as class destination information. Next, the delivery control unit 54 searches for the delivery destination code searched in step S152, the delivery destination code that matches the delivery destination branch number (paper sheet destination information), and the delivery destination branch number. It is determined whether or not it exists in the destination information list (step S154). Here, the delivery destination list 84 referred to by the transport control unit 54 is the delivery object information of the parcel P related to the delivery schedule corresponding to the delivery schedule date and time and the delivery designated date and time of the paper sheet S. Further, “matching” may include not only complete matching but also matching to some extent.

  If the matching delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number exist in the delivery destination list 84, the transport control unit 54 controls the transport mechanism 60 to transport the paper sheet S to the simultaneous delivery stacker (step S156). If the matching delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number do not exist in the delivery destination list 84, the transport control unit 54 controls the transport mechanism 60 to transport the paper sheet S to the single delivery stacker (step S158). Thereby, the process of this flowchart is complete | finished.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing a processing flow until the delivery processing system 1 delivers the parcel P and the paper sheet S to the delivery destination. The shipping source T0 is, for example, a convenience store or a customer residence. At the shipping office T1, the parcel P collected from the shipping source T0 or the parcel P brought in by the customer is collected. The parcels P collected at the shipping office T1 are shipped to the shipping terminal T2. The parcel destination information is captured by the camera of the handy terminal 2 at the shipping source T0 or by the imaging unit 6 of the parcel processing apparatus 4 at the shipping terminal T2. The parcel P is sent from the shipping terminal T2 to the arrival terminal T3.

  At the arrival terminal T3, the paper sheets S that have passed through various routes are sorted by the delivery processing apparatus 20. The delivery processing apparatus 20 acquires the paper sheet destination information, and conveys the paper sheet S to the stacker 42 in its own apparatus. The delivery processing apparatus 20 is a paper sheet S that delivers the paper sheet S together with the parcel P based on the parcel destination information acquired in advance, or the paper sheet S that is delivered separately from the parcel P. Are classified into stackers 42 for each address.

  The parcel P and the paper sheet S are packed in a container according to the classification, and sent to the arrival sales office T4 according to the address of the delivery destination. Here, when the relationship with the parcel P is not considered in the delivery processing apparatus 20, delivery may be performed many times to the same area on the same day. This is because a delivery person in charge of delivery of a parcel P belonging to a certain arrival sales office and a delivery person in charge of delivery of a paper sheet S deliver to the area in charge of the delivery object in charge.

  On the other hand, in the delivery processing apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment, the relationship with the parcel P is considered, and the paper sheets S are classified into the stackers 42. In this case, for example, the parcel P, the paper sheet S delivered together with the parcel P, and the paper sheet S delivered separately from the parcel P are each divided into containers and sent to the arrival sales office T4. The arrival sales office T4 arrives in a state where it is classified whether the paper sheet S is a paper sheet delivered together with the parcel P. Therefore, the paper sheet S delivered together with the parcel P is delivered to the delivery destination T5 together with the parcel P, and the paper sheet S delivered separately from the parcel P is delivered alone to the delivery destination T5. can do. As a result, the delivery member can efficiently deliver the delivery object to the delivery destination.

  Further, since the delivery processing apparatus 20 does not accept and sort both the parcel P and the paper sheet S, the delivery processing apparatus 20 can perform processing without complicating the sorting mechanism. If it is attempted to classify these different thicknesses at the same time, the sorting mechanism becomes complicated, and the cost and size increase.

  In the delivery processing system 1 of the first embodiment described above, the delivery control unit 54 of the delivery processing device 20 has a delivery destination corresponding to the delivery destination code corresponding to the paper sheet destination information and the delivery destination branch number. It is determined whether or not the code and the delivery destination branch number exist in the delivery destination list 84, and based on the determination result, the transport mechanism 60 is controlled to transport the paper sheet S to the simultaneous delivery stacker or the single delivery stacker. . As a result, the paper sheet S delivered together with the parcel P is accumulated in the simultaneous delivery stacker, and the paper sheet S delivered separately from the parcel P is accumulated in the single delivery stacker. As a result, the delivery object processing system 1 can sort the delivery object so that the delivery object can be delivered efficiently without complicating the sorting mechanism.

  In the first embodiment, the take-out control unit 51, the exclusion control unit 52, the address specifying unit 53, the transport control unit 54, and the storage unit 80 are described as functioning as the delivery processing apparatus 20. However, the above-described functional units may be distributed among a plurality of devices. In this case, functions similar to those of the delivery processing apparatus 20 are realized by a plurality of apparatuses including the above-described functional units functioning as one system. In addition, a plurality of apparatuses including the above-described functional units may realize the same function as the delivery processing apparatus 20 by communicating via the network NW, for example.

(Second Embodiment)
Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described. In the delivery processing system 1A of the second embodiment, the list generation determination device (delivery processing support device) 100 generates the support device delivery destination list 114 instead of the transport control unit 54, and generates the support device side. This is different from the first embodiment in that it is determined whether or not there is package destination information that matches the paper sheet destination information in the delivery destination list 114. Hereinafter, this difference will be mainly described.

  FIG. 12 is a conceptual diagram of the delivery processing system 1 according to the second embodiment. The delivery processing system 1A further includes a list generation determination device 100. The delivery processing system 1A includes a delivery processing device 20A in place of the delivery processing device 20. The list generation determination apparatus 100 includes a list generation communication unit 102, a list generation unit 104, a determination unit 106, and a storage unit 110. The list generation communication unit 102 is an example of a first acquisition unit and a second acquisition unit according to claim 4.

  The list generation communication unit 102 communicates with the server device 10 via the network NW. The list generation unit 104 acquires the parcel destination information from the server communication unit 12 of the server device 10. The list generation unit 104 searches the delivery destination code corresponding to the parcel destination information acquired from the server communication unit 12 and the delivery destination branch number with reference to the support device delivery destination code master 112. The list generating unit 104 stores the searched delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number and the address included in the parcel destination information in the support device side delivery destination list 114 of the storage unit 110. Further, the determination unit 106 refers to the support apparatus side delivery destination code master 112 in response to the request from the delivery processing apparatus 20A, and delivers the delivery destination code of the paper sheet destination information and the delivery destination code that matches the delivery destination branch number. , And whether the delivery destination branch number exists in the support device side delivery destination list 114. The determination unit 106 transmits the determination result to the requested delivery processing apparatus 20A.

  The storage unit 110 includes a support device delivery destination code master 112 and a support device delivery destination list 114. The support device side delivery destination code master 112 is information (see FIG. 5) in which the delivery destination code described above is associated with a delivery destination code branch number and an address. The support device delivery destination list 114 is a list of package destination information scheduled for delivery for each scheduled delivery date and each scheduled delivery time (see FIG. 6). The delivery destination code, delivery destination code branch number, and address of the support device side delivery destination list 114 are converted into data by the list generation unit 104 based on the parcel destination information acquired by the list generation communication unit 102 and stored in the storage unit 110. Stored.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the delivery processing apparatus 20A centering on the control unit 50A according to the second embodiment. The delivery product processing device 20A includes a determination request unit 39 and a transport control unit 54A in place of the parcel information acquisition unit 37 and the transport control unit 54 in the functional configuration of the delivery product processing device 20 of the first embodiment. The delivery processing apparatus 20A includes a storage unit 80A instead of the storage unit 80 of the first embodiment. The storage unit 80A stores stacker information 86. In the stacker information 86, the identification information of the stacker 42 indicating the single delivery stacker and the identification information of the stacker 42 indicating the simultaneous delivery stacker are associated with the paper sheet destination information (see FIG. 7). ).

  The determination request unit 39 transmits the paper sheet destination information to the list generation determination device 100 in order to determine whether the parcel destination information that matches the paper sheet destination information exists in the support device delivery destination list 114. The determination request unit 39 acquires a determination result corresponding to the transmitted paper sheet destination information from the list generation determination device 100. The transport control unit 54A determines the stacker 42 to transport the paper sheet S based on the determination result acquired by the determination request unit 39 and the paper sheet destination information acquired by the address specifying unit 53. To do. The conveyance control unit 54A controls the conveyance mechanism 60 so as to convey the paper sheet S to the determined stacker 42.

  FIG. 14 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the delivery processing system 1A. First, the camera of the handy terminal 2 or the imaging unit 6 of the parcel processing apparatus 4 acquires an image of the parcel P (step S200). Next, the camera or the imaging unit 6 of the handy terminal 2 transmits the image of the parcel P acquired using wireless communication to the server device 10 (step S202). Next, the OCR processing unit 14 of the server device 10 executes the OCR processing (step S204), and transmits the delivery object information including the parcel destination information as the processing result to the list generation determination device 100 (step S206).

  The list generation unit 104 of the list generation determination device 100 refers to the support device side delivery destination code master 112 and searches for a delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number corresponding to the parcel destination information (step S208). Specify as parcel destination information. The list generation unit 104 stores the delivery destination code and delivery destination branch number, which are parcel information, and the address included in the parcel destination information in the support device side delivery destination list 114 of the storage unit 110, and the support device side delivery destination list. 114 is generated (step S210).

  Next, the OCR request unit 35 of the delivery processing apparatus 20A transmits an image captured by the camera to the server apparatus 10 (step S212), and requests an OCR process (step S214). Next, the OCR processing unit 14 of the server device 10 executes the OCR processing (Step S216), and transmits the processing result to the delivery processing device 20A (Step S218).

  Next, in order for the determination request unit 39 of the delivery processing apparatus 20A to determine whether or not the parcel destination information that matches the paper sheet destination information of the processing result exists in the support apparatus-side delivery destination list 114, The paper sheet destination information is transmitted to the list generation determination apparatus 100 (step S220). Next, the determination unit 106 of the list generation determination apparatus 100 refers to the support apparatus side delivery destination code master 112, and the delivery destination code of the delivery destination information sent by the delivery processing apparatus 20A and the delivery destination branch number. It is determined whether or not a delivery destination code that matches the above and a delivery destination branch number exist in the delivery destination list 114 on the support device side (step S222). Next, the determination unit 106 transmits the determination result to the delivery processing apparatus 20A as the transmission source (step S224).

  Next, the transport control unit 54A determines the stacker 42 that transports the paper sheet S based on the determination result acquired by the determination request unit 39 and the paper sheet destination information acquired by the address specifying unit 53. Then, the transport mechanism 60 is controlled to transport the paper sheet S to the determined stacker 42 (step S226). When the delivery destination code of the paper sheet destination information, the delivery destination code that matches the delivery destination branch number, and the determination result that the delivery destination branch number exists in the support device side delivery destination list 114 are acquired, The control unit 54A controls the transport mechanism 60 so as to transport the paper sheet S to the simultaneous delivery stacker. On the other hand, when the delivery destination code of the paper sheet destination information, the delivery destination code matching the delivery destination branch number, and the determination result that the delivery destination branch number does not exist in the support device side delivery destination list 114 are acquired. The transport control unit 54A controls the transport mechanism 60 so as to transport the paper sheet S to the single delivery stacker. Thereby, the process of one routine is completed.

  In the delivery processing system 1A of the second embodiment, the determination unit 106 of the list generation determination apparatus 100 performs the delivery destination code of the paper sheet destination information, the delivery destination code that matches the delivery destination branch number, and the delivery destination. It is determined whether or not the branch number exists in the support apparatus delivery destination list 114, and the determination result is transmitted to the delivery processing apparatus 20A. Instead, the determination unit 106 of the list generation determination device 100 determines that the delivery destination code of the paper sheet destination information, the delivery destination code that matches the delivery destination branch number, and the delivery destination branch number are the support device side delivery destination list. 114, and generates information indicating to which of the simultaneous delivery stacker and the single delivery stacker the paper sheet S is to be transported, and transmits it to the delivery processing apparatus 20A. Also good. In this case, the conveyance control unit 54A of the delivery processing apparatus 20A controls the conveyance mechanism 60 based on the determination result of the determination unit 106 to cause the stacker 42 to convey the paper sheet destination information.

  In the delivery processing system 1A of the second embodiment described above, the determination unit 106 of the list generation determination apparatus 100 has the delivery destination code of the paper sheet destination information, the delivery destination code that matches the delivery destination branch number, and It is determined whether or not the delivery destination branch number exists in the support apparatus side delivery destination list 114, and based on the determination result, the transport mechanism 60 is controlled to transport the paper sheet S to the simultaneous delivery stacker or the single delivery stacker. Let As a result, the paper sheet S delivered together with the parcel P is accumulated in the simultaneous delivery stacker, and the paper sheet S delivered separately from the parcel P is accumulated in the single delivery stacker. As a result, the delivery object processing system 1A can sort the delivery object so that the delivery object can be efficiently delivered without complicating the sorting mechanism.

  In the second embodiment, the take-out control unit 51, the exclusion control unit 52, the address specifying unit 53, the transport control unit 54A, and the storage unit 80A are described as functioning as the delivery processing apparatus 20A. However, the above-described functional units may be distributed among a plurality of devices. In this case, the same function as the delivery processing apparatus 20A is realized by a plurality of apparatuses including the above-described functional units functioning as one system. In addition, a plurality of devices including the above-described functional units may realize the same function as the delivery processing apparatus 20A by communicating via, for example, the network NW.

  In the delivery processing system 1 of the first embodiment and the delivery processing system 1A of the second embodiment, the server apparatus 10 has been described as including the OCR processing unit 14 that executes the OCR processing. The delivery processing apparatus 20 according to the embodiment or the delivery processing apparatus 20A according to the second embodiment may include the OCR processing unit 14.

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In the above embodiment, the paper sheet destination information is acquired by the OCR process, but the delivery processing apparatus 20 (20A) visually confirms the destination when the character cannot be recognized by the OCR process. In addition, a mechanism (VC: Video Coding) for acquiring paper sheet destination information by an operator inputting a confirmation result may be adopted. In this case, the terminal used by the operator may be connected to the network NW and installed at a location different from the delivery processing apparatus 20 (20A). In addition, the paper sheet destination information obtained by the VC is printed on the paper sheet S in the form of a stealth bar code or the like, and the stealth bar code is read automatically by applying it to the delivery processing apparatus 20 (20A). A mechanism for performing proper sorting may be employed.

  For example, a configuration when the above-described mechanism is adopted in the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an outline of a functional configuration of a delivery processing system 1B centering on a delivery processing apparatus 20B according to a modification of the second embodiment. A delivery processing system 1B according to a modification of the second embodiment includes a VC terminal 90 in addition to the functional configuration of the delivery processing system 1A of the second embodiment. The VC terminal 90 communicates with the delivery processing apparatus 20B via the network NW. The VC terminal 90 displays the image received from the delivery processing apparatus 20B to the operator, and returns the delivery target information that is visually confirmed by the operator and manually input to the delivery processing apparatus 20B. Processing for displaying an image and receiving input is called VC processing. The VC terminal 90 may be attached to the delivery processing apparatus 20B.

  The pre-sorting processing unit 30B includes a barcode reading unit 34, a VC requesting unit 36, and an IPJ (Ink Jet Printer) 38 in addition to the functional configuration of the delivery processing apparatus 30A of the second embodiment. The VC request unit 36 is an example of a first acquisition unit in claim 1.

  The bar code reading unit 34 reads a bar code from the paper sheet S on which the bar code or the stealth bar code is printed, decodes the information encoded in the bar code or the stealth bar code, and controls the delivery unit 20B. Output to 50B. The paper sheet S on which the bar code or the stealth bar code is printed is, for example, the paper sheet S whose identification information is read by the VC process but is not transported to the stacker 42 according to the delivery destination. It is. Further, the bar code or the stealth bar code may already be printed or pasted when the paper sheet S is delivered to the arrival terminal where the delivery processing apparatus 20B is installed.

  The VC request unit 36 transmits an image of the paper sheet S that cannot be partially or entirely read by the OCR processing unit 14 to the VC terminal 90 via the network NW, and the VC terminal 90 transmits the image of the paper sheet S. Receive delivery object information (for example, zip code or destination).

  The IJP 38 prints the object encoded with the information of the delivery object S acquired by the OCR request unit 35 or the VC request unit 36 on the paper sheet S as a barcode or a stealth barcode. This bar code or stealth bar code is read by a bar code reading unit 34 attached to the IJP 38, and a verification process is performed.

  For example, the control unit 50B includes an IJP control unit 55 in addition to the functional configuration of the control unit 50A of the second embodiment. The IJP control unit 55 controls the IJP 38. Further, the address specifying unit 53 acquires the processing result by the barcode reading unit 34 or the VC requesting unit 36 in addition to the processing result by the OCR requesting unit 35, and the destination of the delivery object information included in these processing results. Get information.

  The delivery processing system 1B according to the modified example of the second embodiment described above includes the VC terminal 90, the barcode reading unit 34, the VC requesting unit 36, and the IPJ (Ink Jet Printer) 38, and specifies the address. The unit 53 acquires the processing result by the barcode reading unit 34 or the VC request unit 36, and acquires the destination information of the delivery target information included in the acquired processing result. As a result, the delivery processing system 1 can acquire the destination information of the paper sheet S by various methods, so that the convenience for the user can be improved.

  According to at least one embodiment described above, the first acquisition unit that acquires the destination information of the first type of delivery target to be processed, and the destination information of the second type of delivery target related to the processing target date. A stacking unit having a second acquiring unit to be acquired and a plurality of stacking units, in which the first type of delivery object is stacked, and for the same destination information, the first type of delivery object Are stacked together when delivered together with the second type of delivery object, and are collected for single delivery when the first type of delivery object is delivered alone. A stack unit in which a section is defined, a transport section that transports the first type of delivery object to any stack section of the stack unit, destination information acquired by the first acquisition section, and the second acquisition Destination information acquired by And determining whether or not the first-type delivery object whose destination information has been acquired by the first acquisition unit is used for the simultaneous delivery stacking unit and the single delivery stacking based on the determination result. By having a transport control unit that controls the transport unit so that it is transported to any one of the units, it is possible to sort the delivery object so that it can be delivered efficiently without complicating the sorting mechanism.

The delivery processing apparatus of the embodiment can be expressed as follows.
A first acquisition unit that acquires destination information of a first type of delivery object to be processed from another device connected to the network by communication;
A second acquisition unit that acquires destination information of the second type of delivery object related to the processing target date by communication from another device connected to the network;
A stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units in which the first type of delivery object is stacked, wherein the first type of delivery object is the second type of delivery target for the same destination information. A stacking unit that defines a stacking unit for simultaneous delivery that is stacked when delivered together with a product, and a stacking unit for single delivery that is stacked when the first type of delivery object is delivered alone; ,
A transport unit for transporting the first-type delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit;
It is determined whether the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit matches the destination information acquired by the second acquisition unit, and the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit and the second acquisition When the destination information acquired by the first unit matches the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit, the first type delivery object acquired by the first acquisition unit is transported to the simultaneous delivery stacking unit. The destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit when the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit does not match the destination information acquired by the second acquisition unit. A transport control unit that controls the transport unit so as to transport a type of delivery object to the single delivery stacking unit;
A delivery processing apparatus comprising:

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1A ... Delivery object processing system, 6 ... Imaging part, 10 ... Server apparatus, 12 ... Server communication part, 14 ... OCR processing part, 20, 20A ... Delivery object processing apparatus, 35 ... OCR request part, 37 ... Parcel information Acquisition unit, 42 ... stacker, 50 ... control unit, 53 ... address specifying unit, 54 ... transport control unit, 60 ... transport mechanism, 80 ... storage unit

Claims (9)

A first acquisition unit that acquires destination information of a first type of delivery object to be processed;
A second acquisition unit that acquires destination information of a second type of delivery object related to the processing date;
A stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units in which the first type of delivery object is stacked, wherein the first type of delivery object is the second type of delivery target for the same destination information. A stacking unit that defines a stacking unit for simultaneous delivery that is stacked when delivered together with a product, and a stacking unit for single delivery that is stacked when the first type of delivery object is delivered alone; ,
A transport unit for transporting the first-type delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit;
It is determined whether or not the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit matches the destination information acquired by the second acquisition unit, and the destination information is acquired by the first acquisition unit based on the determination result A transport control unit that controls the transport unit so as to transport the first type of delivery object that has been delivered to either the stacking unit for simultaneous delivery or the stacking unit for single delivery;
A delivery processing apparatus comprising: An acquisition unit for acquiring destination information of the first type of delivery object to be processed;
A stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units and stacking the first type of delivery object, wherein the first type of delivery object is the second type of delivery object for the same destination information. A stacking unit that defines a stacking unit for simultaneous delivery that is stacked when delivered together, and a stacking unit for single delivery that is stacked when the first-type delivery object is delivered alone;
A transport unit for transporting the first-type delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit;
Information including the destination information of the first type of delivery object acquired by the acquisition unit is transmitted to another device, and the first type of delivery object corresponding to the transmitted destination information is collected for the simultaneous delivery. A determination requesting unit that obtains information from the other device to determine which of the unit and the single delivery stacking unit to convey,
Based on the determination result acquired by the determination requesting unit, the first-type delivery object whose destination information has been acquired by the acquiring unit, the simultaneous delivery stacking unit and the single delivery stacking unit, A transport control unit that controls the transport unit to transport to any one of
A delivery processing apparatus comprising: The delivery object of the second type is a delivery object in which the restriction in the thickness direction is set more gently than the restriction in the thickness direction set for the delivery object of the first type. ,
The delivery processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2. A first acquisition unit that acquires destination information of a first type of delivery object to be processed;
A second acquisition unit that acquires destination information of a second type of delivery object related to the processing date;
It is determined whether the destination information acquired by the first acquisition unit matches the destination information acquired by the second acquisition unit, and based on the determination result, a plurality of stacking units are provided, An accumulation unit in which one type of delivery object is accumulated, and is accumulated when the first type of delivery object is delivered together with the second type of delivery object for the same destination information. A stacking unit for simultaneous delivery, a stacking unit in which a stacking unit for single delivery to be stacked when the first type of delivery object is delivered alone, and a first type of delivery object are defined. For a delivery processing apparatus having a transport unit for transporting to any stacking unit of the stacking unit, the first type of delivery object whose destination information has been acquired by the first acquiring unit is used for the simultaneous delivery. And a single delivery unit A determination unit that transmits information for transporting the or Chiizure,
A delivery processing support device comprising: The delivery object of the second type is a delivery object in which the restriction in the thickness direction is set more gently than the restriction in the thickness direction set for the delivery object of the first type. ,
The delivery processing support apparatus according to claim 4. A delivery processing apparatus according to claim 2;
A delivery processing support device according to claim 4;
Having a delivery processing system. A stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units in which the first type of delivery object is stacked, wherein the first type of delivery object is the second type of delivery target for the same destination information. A stacking unit that defines a stacking unit for simultaneous delivery that is stacked when delivered together with a product, and a stacking unit for single delivery that is stacked when the first type of delivery object is delivered alone; , A computer of a delivery processing apparatus having a transport unit that transports the first-type delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit;
The destination information of the first type of delivery object to be processed is acquired,
The destination information of the second type of delivery object regarding the processing date is acquired,
It is determined whether the acquired destination information of the first type of delivery object matches the acquired destination information of the second type of delivery object, and based on the determination result, the destination information is Controlling the transport unit to transport the acquired first-type delivery object to either the simultaneous delivery stacking unit or the single delivery stacking unit;
Delivery processing program. A stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units in which the first type of delivery object is stacked, wherein the first type of delivery object is the second type of delivery target for the same destination information. A stacking unit that defines a stacking unit for simultaneous delivery that is stacked when delivered together with a product, and a stacking unit for single delivery that is stacked when the first type of delivery object is delivered alone; , A computer of a delivery processing apparatus having a transport unit that transports the first-type delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit;
The destination information of the first type of delivery object to be processed is acquired,
Information including destination information of the acquired first type delivery object is transmitted to another device, and the first type delivery object corresponding to the transmitted destination information is sent to the simultaneous delivery stacking unit and the Information for determining which one of the collection units for single delivery is to be conveyed is acquired from the other device,
Based on the acquired determination result, the first-type delivery object for which the destination information has been acquired is conveyed to either the simultaneous delivery stacking unit or the single delivery stacking unit. So as to control the transport unit,
Delivery processing program. In the computer of the delivery processing support device,
The destination information of the first type of delivery object to be processed is acquired,
The destination information of the second type of delivery object regarding the processing date is acquired,
Determining whether or not the acquired destination information and the acquired destination information match;
Based on the determination result, a stacking unit having a plurality of stacking units and stacking the first type of delivery object, wherein the first type of delivery object has the same destination information. A simultaneous delivery stacking unit that is stacked when delivered together with the second type delivery object, and a single delivery stacking unit that is stacked when the first type delivery target is delivered alone. The delivery information processing apparatus has a stacking unit in which the address information is defined, and a transport unit that transports the first type delivery object to any stacking unit of the stacking unit. Transmitting information for determining whether one type of delivery object is to be conveyed to the simultaneous delivery stacking unit or the single delivery stacking unit;
Delivery processing support program.

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