JP2607777B2 - Mail processing system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

 [Object of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail processing system for automating processes such as mail delivery division and route assembly.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, mail processing is roughly divided into underwriting work, dispatch section, arrival section, delivery section and route assembly.

[0003] In other words, according to the flow of mail, mail collected at a post or a counter is sent to an underwriting office.
For example, items are sorted using a stamping machine that automatically sorts mail, and items that need to be stamped are stamped automatically. Thereafter, for example, a postal code is automatically sorted by a postal code sorting machine, that is, the postal code is sorted by delivery area. Then, of the postal matter classified by this area, the postal matter for its own station delivered at its own office is, for example, a delivery division by a mail address automatic reading sorter (division by delivery area) and a manual operation. All the directions are assembled (rearranged in accordance with the order of delivery) and delivered to the delivery staff in each delivery area.

[0004] Mail items delivered at the own station except for the own station are:
In accordance with the postal code, it is sent to the regional office (arrival office) by train or truck. Then, according to the postal code, an arrival section (secondary section) of 3 to 5 digits,
For example, sorting is performed for each post office (delivery office) of the delivery destination by a postal code automatic reading sorting machine. Of the post-divided mails, the mail of the own station is similarly subjected to the delivery division and assembling of the route, and delivered to the delivery person in each delivery area.

[0005] The postal matter excluding its own portion is transported to each delivery office according to the postal code, and firstly a delivery division is performed for each delivery area, and then the route is assembled for each delivery area. And it is handed over to the delivery member of each delivery area and distributed to each home (delivery destination).

As described above, in the processing of postal matter, the processing cost and time have been reduced by introducing an automatic postal sorting and stamping machine and a postal mail address reading / sorting machine.

[0007] However, in the conventional processing, each processing is performed by integrating the mail itself and information for processing the mail. For example,
An address (delivery destination information) is read from the mail, recognized, and the mail is classified according to the result. For this reason, if it takes time to recognize the address (or input by an operator if the address cannot be recognized), the processing of the entire system will be delayed if a certain processing takes time, for example, the subsequent sorting processing will be delayed. There were drawbacks.

[0008]

As described above, in the prior art, each process is performed by integrating the mail itself and information for processing the mail. However, there is a disadvantage that the processing efficiency is not good, for example, the delay in the processing affects the entire processing time.

Therefore, the present invention can efficiently process postal matter, further reduce the processing cost and improve the service, and before the postal matter is delivered to the second station. In addition, it is possible to allocate an optimal sorting port of the automatic sorting machine, to efficiently perform processing related to pre-delivery work such as delivery sorting and route assembly , and further to the second station.
And the best route information is given, and according to the route information
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mail processing system in which a delivery map is output and the subsequent delivery processing can be reduced .

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a mail processing system according to the present invention has a predetermined delivery range from a first office for mail to which mail information is attached. The mail is delivered to a second station, and the mail is sorted into a plurality of sorting ports corresponding to the delivery destination by an automatic sorting machine provided in the second station. Reading means for reading postal information attached to the mail, recognition means for recognizing the postal information read by the reading means, and a postal matter for which the postal information has been read by the reading means. Providing means for providing identification information for associating information with mail information , provided in the second station.
Indicating the basic route of delivery within the predetermined delivery range.
Map information storage means for storing map information;
The map provided and stored in the map information storage means
Information and the postal matter information recognized by the recognition means
From, the mail delivery route is determined based on the presence or absence of mail
Route assembling means for generating route assembling information for performing
It is provided in the second station and distributes mails based on the route assembly information.
An output device that outputs a delivery map showing destinations and delivery routes
Step, said route set provided in the automatic sorting machine of said second station
Before the mail is delivered to the second station, the assignment of the sorting port where the mail is to be sorted according to the sorting destination and the physical quantity of the mail based on the route assembly information generated by the standing means is made. Sorting port setting means for presetting, identification information reading means provided in the automatic sorting machine of the second station for reading identification information from the mail delivered to the second station, automatic sorting machine for the second station provided, the identification information reading based on the mail piece information corresponding to the identification information read by the unit, division means allowed to partition the postal matter to the classification port assignment is set by the segment opening setting means, the second In the bureau of the front
Paying out the postal matter sorted by the sorting means
Means, said postal matter paid out by said payout means
Conveying means for conveying, and conveyed by the conveying means
The mail is delivered according to the route assembly information
And an accumulating means for accumulating the information.

[0011]

[0012]

[0013]

According to the present invention, a mail with mail information is delivered from a first station to a second station having a predetermined delivery range .
An automatic sorting machine provided in the second station sorts the mail into a plurality of sorting ports corresponding to delivery destinations. The reading means provided in the first station attaches the mail to the mail. The postal information is read, the read postal information is recognized by the recognizing means, and the postal information whose postal information is read by the reading means is associated with the postal matter and the postal information. The information is provided by the providing means, and the map information storage means provided in the second station,
Map information showing the basic delivery route within the specified delivery range
And a route assembling means provided in the second station.
In the map information stored in the map information storage means,
The mail information recognized by the recognition means
The mail delivery route based on the presence or absence of mail
For generating route assembling information for the second station.
Output means, based on the above-mentioned route assembly information,
And a delivery map showing the delivery route and the second station.
The sorting port setting means provided in the automatic sorting machine of
Based on the route assembling information generated by the assembling means, the assignment of the sorting port where the mail is to be sorted according to the sorting destination and quantity of the mail is determined before the mail is delivered to the second station. The identification information is read from the mail delivered to the second station by the identification information reading means provided in the automatic sorting machine of the second station, and is provided in the automatic sorting machine of the second station. in dividing means, based on the mail piece information corresponding to the identification information read by the identification information reading means, the postal matter brought partitioned into partition port assignment is set by the sorting opening setting means, said second station Payout means provided in
And pay out the mail sorted by the sorting means
Then, the delivered postal matter is transported by transport means,
According to the route assembly information,
Are collected in the order of delivery .

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the concept of a mail system according to the mail processing system of the present invention.

That is, reference numeral 1 denotes an underwriting station (first station) for collecting mails posted to a post or a window. In the underwriting station 1, mainly, the collected underwriting mails are collected for each delivery area. Dispatch classification to be classified and collection of postal matter information (to be described later) of the underwriting postal matter are performed.

Reference numeral 2 denotes an area division station.
In this case, a secondary sorting (arrival sorting) is mainly performed in which mails for each area transported (delivered) from the underwriting station 1 are classified according to each delivery station in the area. The classification here is performed in accordance with, for example, an identification number (described later) given to the mail, so that a higher accuracy than the classification based on the recognition result is ensured. In addition, this area division station 2 is not always necessary,
In some cases, it can be omitted.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a delivery office (second office). The delivery office 3 mainly handles delivery mails sorted by the delivery offices transported by the regional office 2. Delivery segmentation for each of several delivery areas and route assembly information for delivery mails segmented for each delivery area (described later)
And the route is rearranged according to the order. Then, the delivery mail having the route assembled is delivered to each delivery destination by each delivery person in order.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an underwriting station-side area center for organizing mail information transmitted from the underwriting station 1 for each delivery station according to the postal code. The underwriting station-side area center 4 is not always necessary, and may be omitted in some cases.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a delivery center-side area center (computer system), which is connected to the underwriting station-side area center 4 by, for example, network communication. The delivery center-side area center 5 recognizes the address image information included in the postal matter information from the underwriting station-side center 4 (key input is performed for an unrecognizable one), and the delivery center to which the mail is transported. 3 is preliminarily transmitted to address information (including recipient information). FIG.
3 and FIG. 3 schematically show an underwriting / dispatching sorter used for the above-mentioned undertaking work at the underwriting station 1.

The underwriting / dispensing sorting machine 10 automatically performs a setting work for small postal items (regular mails) among the underwriting mails.
The image information reading unit 13, the stamp detection and stamping unit 14, the zip code recognition unit 15, the identification number printing unit 16, the transport sorting unit 17, the stack unit 18, the operator input unit 19, the mail information transmission unit 20, and the control unit 21 It is configured. The supply unit 11 takes in the received small postal matter inside.

The arranging section 12 arranges the direction and direction of the small postal matter supplied from the supply section 11 and, for example, a certain thickness or weight which cannot be processed by the underwriting / dispensing sorting machine 10. And special mail having a size and the like. Image information reading unit 1
Numeral 3 is for reading the entire image of a small postal matter in which the positions of stamps are arranged in the procurement section 12.

The stamp detecting and stamping section 14 detects stamps from the image information read by the image information reading section 13, checks the amount of the stamps, and stamps those which need to be stamped. . Postal code recognition unit 1
Numeral 5 is for recognizing a postal code from the image information read by the image information reading section 13.

The identification number printing unit 16 gives a unique identification number (identification information) by, for example, a bar code to the small postal matter whose postal code has been recognized by the postal code recognition unit 15. .

The transport section 17 is provided with the identification number printing section 1
The small postal item to which the identification number is given in 6 is composed of a plurality of sorting ports for sorting the mail based on the recognition result of the postal code recognition unit 15.

The operator input unit 19 is used to input various instructions to the underwriting / dispatching sorting machine 10 and key input of postal code information that could not be recognized by the postal code recognizing unit 15. The postal matter information transmitting section 20 generates postal matter information for each postal matter except for its own station, and transmits this to the underwriting station side regional center 4 described above.

Here, the mail information is, for example, address image information (delivery address) obtained by cutting out the address, name, and company name of the recipient in units of characters from the entire image of the small mail read by the image information reading unit 13. Information), an identification number assigned to the postal matter from which the address image information has been read, and a postal code recognized by the postal code recognition unit 15 from the postal matter. In this case, for the above-mentioned destination image information, for example, an image density histogram of the image information is obtained, a binarization threshold candidate is determined based on the histogram, the character line is cut out, and a print density histogram is similarly obtained, and the binarization is performed. This is obtained by determining a threshold candidate and cutting it out in character units.

The postal matter checked by the procurement unit 12 as not mechanically processed is dropped on a chute immediately below the procurement unit 12. The postal matter whose postal code cannot be recognized by the postal code recognition unit 15 is stored in the stack unit 18.
The postal code information is input by the operator input unit 19 after the stacking is performed by the operator.
6 is given an identification number.

Large mails (for example, direct mails and receipts) among the mails to be accepted are not assigned to the underwriting / dispatch sorting machine 10 but are assigned to the regional division office 2.
To be sent to Then, at the time of accepting a large mail, the sender receives, for example, recipient information for each mail (in this case, the mail is associated with a sender code or a receiver code provided in each mail).
As magnetic information, this magnetic information is transmitted from the mail information transmitting unit 20 to the regional center 4 on the underwriting station side.

Also, small postal items checked as having insufficient charges are returned to the sender, and each special postal item checked as impossible to be processed by a machine is manually processed.

Further, with respect to the postal matter classified as its own station, the address and name of the recipient on the entire image read by the image information reading section 13 are recognized, and based on the result of this recognition. Delivery division and route assembly are performed. FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 schematically show a delivery section and route assembling machine used in the delivery office 3 described above before delivery.

The delivery section and route assembling machine 30 automatically performs a pre-delivery operation of delivery mails sorted and delivered by the delivery section from the regional sorting station 2 described above. It comprises an identification number reading unit 32, a transport sorting unit 33, an accumulation unit 34, and a control unit 35. The take-out section 31 takes in the delivery mail (small and large mail) from the regional division office 2 one by one. The identification number reading section 32 reads the identification number from the delivery mail taken in by the take-out section 31.

The transport sorting section 33 is, for example, a small stacker group 3 for sorting delivery mails for one delivery area by delivery destination.
3a, a large stacker group 33b for sorting mail items to be delivered to a major delivery destination, and a cartridge type stacker group 33c for sorting mail items other than the one delivery zone by delivery zone.

The stacking unit 34 is provided with the above-mentioned fore edge stacker group 3
Delivery mails classified into 3a are sequentially collected, and the delivery mails are assembled in a route by being collected here.

The control unit 35 controls the entire delivery section / routing assembly machine 30.
A computer terminal (not shown in FIG. 4) 36 is connected.

The computer terminal 36 includes a control device,
In addition to display devices, printers, keyboards, etc.,
For example, a destination information receiving unit that receives destination information from the delivery center-side regional center 5 and a map information storage unit that stores map information indicating a basic delivery route in each delivery area (both are not shown). ).

In the computer terminal 36, the destination information receiving unit receives the destination information from the delivery center side regional center 5, and the optimum route is determined from the destination information and the map information stored in the map information storage unit. This is for generating assembly information. In addition, the computer terminal 36 prints and outputs a delivery map according to the route assembly information, that is, a map indicating a delivery destination of the delivery mail and a delivery route capable of efficient delivery by the printer. It has become.

Here, the destination information from the delivery center-side area center 5 is an identification number constituting mail information, and address code information for recognizing a delivery address, name and company name from address image information. It is. If the postal matter is a large postal matter, it is the recipient information itself prepared by the sender (recognition processing is not performed). The destination information is transmitted in advance before the delivery mail arrives at the delivery office 3.

The route assembling information is information for determining the delivery route, which is changed according to the presence or absence of mail to be delivered to each delivery destination existing in the delivery area based on the destination information.

That is, the pre-delivery work here is to classify the delivery mail according to the route assembly information by its identification number, and the position of the sorting port for sorting and storing the delivery mail at that time is as follows. It is determined by a control signal from the control unit 35. This control signal is a signal based on the optimum sorting port assignment (for example, taking into account sorting destinations, physical quantities, etc.) determined according to the route assembly information generated by the computer terminal 36 described above.

The signal based on the optimal assignment of the sorting port is usually a delivery mail delivered in the order of a, b, and c, for example, if there is no mail delivered to b today, If no sorting port is set, and conversely, if the quantity of mail to be delivered to b is too large to be sorted by one sorting port, two sorting ports are set.

As described above, before the delivery mail is transported to the delivery office 3, it is possible to optimally assign the sorting port based on the destination information from the delivery office-side regional center 5, so that the delivery section and the assembly of the route can be performed. It is possible to efficiently perform the processing related to the pre-delivery business.

The delivery mails of the major delivery destinations classified into the large stacker group 33b are forwarded to the delivery as they are, and the delivery mails of each delivery area classified into the cartridge type stacker group 33c are as follows. By being re-supplied for each stacker, divided by the fore-edge stacker group 33a, and further accumulated by the accumulation unit 34, the route assembly is performed similarly. FIG. 6 shows the flow of processing in the delivery section / route assembly machine 30 described above. Next, the operation in the above configuration will be described. FIG. 7 shows a basic processing flow according to the present system.

First, postal items posted to the post by the sender are collected at the underwriting station 1. The collected mail and the mail delivered to the window of the underwriting station 1 are divided into ordinary small mail and large mail such as direct mail. However, large mail items for which the sender did not receive the recipient information (magnetic information) for each mail item are treated as ordinary mail (small mail items).

Each sender information associated with a large postal item is associated in advance with a sender by an identification number that uses a sender code, a recipient code, or the like described in each mailing item as identification information.

Of these underwriting mails, only small postal mails are processed by the underwriting / dispensing sorting machine 10. That is, they are sequentially taken into the underwriting / dispensing sorting machine 10 by the supply unit 11 and sent to the procuring unit 12. Then, based on the thickness, weight, size, and the like of each mail, it is checked whether or not processing by a machine is possible.

The direction and direction of mails that pass this check, that is, mails within the standard, are automatically aligned. As a result, the position of each postal item is set. It should be noted that the special postal matter repelled by the above check will be subjected to the subsequent processing manually. The image information reading unit 13 optically reads the image information on the entire surface of the assorted postal mails.

Then, stamps are detected from the image information by the stamp detection and stamping section 14, and the fee amount is further checked. As a result, the postal items with insufficient charges are repelled, and the repelled postal items are returned to the sender. In addition, at this time, for a postal matter that needs to be stamped, the stamp is stamped at the position of the stamp.

Thereafter, the postal code recognition section 15 recognizes the postal code from the image information. At this time, the postal matter for which the postal code could not be recognized is stacked on the stacking unit 18, and the postal code information is key-input from the operator input unit 19 using means such as working at home. The postal matter for which the postal code is recognized or the postal matter which is keyed in is given a unique identification number by the identification number printing unit 16. When the identification number is given to the mail, the mail information for the mail is generated by the control unit 21.

That is, a character line unit is cut out by a binarization threshold value candidate corresponding to the image density histogram obtained from the image information corresponding to the mail, and a binarization is performed according to the print density histogram similarly obtained from the image information. By extracting the characters in units of characters based on the binarization threshold candidates, each character such as the address of the delivery destination on the mail and the name or company name is extracted in units of characters. Thus, address image information as delivery destination information is obtained. Then, the postal matter information is generated by associating the identification image information and the postal code of the postal matter for which the address image information has been obtained with the identification number assigned to the postal matter.

The mail information is sent to the mail information transmitting section 20.
Is transmitted sequentially from the underwriting station 1 to the underwriting station side regional center 4. Similarly, for example, as mail information relating to a large mail, each recipient information and an identification number associated therewith are transmitted.

Further, with the transmission of the mail information, the mail is sorted by the identification number in the transport sorting section 17, that is, the mail is sorted for each delivery area according to the postal code of the mail. Done.

In the same manner, the transmission of mail information and the dispatch classification are performed for all mails to be accepted. In this case, the dispatch classification is performed in a consistent mail flow during transmission of the mail information.

In this way, the mail items sorted and dispatched are transported (distributed) by truck or the like to the regional division offices 2 of the respective delivery regions together with the large-scale mail items accepted for each delivery region. Note that the postal matter for the own station is not transported, and the delivery division and the route assembly are performed, for example, by recognizing the delivery destination based on the address image information. Then, it is delivered to each delivery destination by each delivery member.

The mail arriving at the regional division station 2 is subjected to a secondary division (arrival division) according to the postal code based on the identification number. As a result, each postal matter is classified by each delivery office according to the delivery destination.

Each of the secondary mail items is transported by truck or the like to each delivery station 3 in the delivery area.
Please note that your own mail will not be transported.
For example, by recognizing the delivery destination based on the address image information,
Delivery division and route assembly are performed. Then, it is delivered to each delivery destination by each delivery member.

The mail arrived at the delivery office 3 is subjected to delivery division and route assembly. In this case, the delivery section and the route assembly are automatically performed by the delivery section / routine assembling machine 30 which operates based on the route assembly information which has already been determined, that is, before the arrival of the mail.

That is, the postal matter information transmitted to the underwriting station-side regional center 4 is arranged for each delivery station according to the respective postal code, and the delivery office-side regional center 5 is kept as it is.
Sent to As for the mail information sent to the delivery center-side area center 5, the address image information for each small mail is recognized while the mail is being transported. Then, the address code information, that is, the recognized address of the delivery destination, the name and the company name are transmitted together with the identification number to the delivery station 3 to which the mail is transported as the destination information.
Further, the address and the name and the company name of the delivery destination that could not be recognized are entered by a key by the operator, and then the delivery office 3
Transmitted to Note that, of the mail information, the recipient information for the large mail is transmitted to the delivery station 3 together with the identification number without being recognized. The destination information transmitted to the delivery office 3 is transmitted by the computer terminal 36
It is used to generate route assembly information by referring to the map information of the delivery area.

Here, for example, A, B,
It is assumed that delivery destinations of C, D, and E are shown, and destination information on delivery destinations A, B, D, and E is transmitted from the delivery center-side regional center 5. Then, the delivery destinations A, B, D, and E are obtained as the route assembly information from these pieces of information. That is, the delivery destinations to which the mail is delivered in the current delivery and the effective delivery order (delivery route) ) Is determined. The route assembling information obtained as described above is supplied to the delivery section / route assembling machine 30, and the assignment of each sorting port of the transport sorting section 33 is performed.

Thereafter, the mail arriving at the delivery office 3 is taken in by the take-out unit 31 and transported according to the address and the name and the company name of the delivery destination by the identification number read by the identification number reading unit 32 as described above. The stacker 33 is divided into stacker groups 33a, 33b, and 33c. Then, the mails in the sorting ports of the small stacker group 33a are sequentially stacked in the stacking unit 34, so that the route of the mails in the delivery area is assembled. That is, one delivery
Each postal item in the section is converted to a corresponding small stacker group 33a,.
After storing all mail items to be stored,
Automatically pays out mail from the mouth stacker group 33a, ...
The postal items paid out from the small stacker group 33a ...
Is transported to the stacking unit 34, and is stacked at the stacking unit 34 according to the route
I do.

As described above, before the arrival of the mail, that is, the recognition of the delivery destination and the assignment of the optimum sorting port are completed using the time of transportation, the time is not restricted. In addition, efficient delivery sorting and route assembly can be performed, and sorting ports can be allocated and personnel can be secured according to the quantity of goods. The postal matter assembled in this way is delivered to a delivery member together with a delivery map relating to the current delivery, and is delivered to each delivery destination based on the delivery map. As described above, the time until the mail arrives at the delivery office is used to identify the delivery destination of the mail,
This delivery destination is transmitted in advance.

That is, separate from the mail itself,
Information for assembling the postal matter for delivery division and route is obtained. As a result, since the quantity and delivery destination can be known in advance, it is possible to allocate the sorting ports optimally and to secure personnel, and the delay in the recognition processing does not affect the overall processing time. Therefore,
Mail that has a limited time for delivery can be processed without any time constraints, and the center can centrally perform high-speed delivery (shortening of delivery time) and recognition processing related to pre-delivery work. By doing so, it is possible to reduce processing costs and improve services, such as hardware reduction and labor saving. Further, the transfer of the recipient to a business trip destination or a stay destination (tracking delivery management) can also be realized, which can be expected from the viewpoint of expanding the possibility of service. In addition, the efficiency of the processing of large postal items can be greatly improved by efficiently using the address database. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

[0062]

As described above, according to the present invention, mail can be efficiently processed, the processing cost can be further reduced, the service can be further improved, and the mail can be further processed. before being delivered to the second station, it is optimal classification port assignment automatic sorters, the process according to the delivery before operations such as delivery segment and route sequencing efficiently can be carried out further second station Will give you the best directions,
A delivery map is output along with the route information, and
It is possible to provide a mail processing system that can reduce the amount of mail processing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing the concept of a postal system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an underwriting / dispensing sorting machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing an underwriting / dispensing sorting machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the delivery section / routing assembly machine.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an outline of a delivery section and route assembling machine.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the delivery section / route assembly machine.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart shown to explain the basic processing flow of the system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Underwriting office, 2 ... Regional division office, 3 ... Delivery office, 4 ... Underwriting office side regional center, 5 ... Delivery office side regional center, 10 ... Underwriting / dispensing sorting machine, 11 ... Supply unit, 12 ... Procurement Unit, 13: image information reading unit, 14: stamp detection and sealing unit, 15: postal code recognition unit, 16: identification number printing unit, 17: transport division unit, 1
8 Stack Unit, 19 Operator Input Unit, 20 Mail Information Transmission Unit, 21 Control Unit, 30 Delivery Division / Route Assembly Machine, 31 Extraction Unit, 32 Identification Number Reading Unit, 33 Transport Division Unit 33a: small stacker group, 33b: large stacker group, 33c: cartridge type stacker group, 34: stacking unit, 35: control unit, 36: computer terminal.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Hideto Yuzui 70, Yanagicho, Saiwai-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Toshiba Yanagicho Plant (56) References JP-A-3-137975 (JP, A) JP-A Sho 55-134678 (JP, A) JP-A-55-134679 (JP, A) JP-A-59-92083 (JP, A) JP-A-63-287582 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mail to which postal information is attached is delivered from a first station to a second station having a predetermined delivery range, and the mail is provided by an automatic sorting machine provided in the second station. A mail processing system for sorting mail into a plurality of sorting ports according to the delivery destination, wherein the reading means is provided in the first station and reads mail information attached to the mail, and the mail is read by the reading means. recognition means for recognizing the mail piece information, and providing means for providing the identification information to associate the mailpiece and the mailpiece information to mailpieces mail piece information has been read by said reading means, said first 2 stations, and within the predetermined delivery range
Information storage that stores map information indicating the route of typical delivery
Means , provided in the second station, stored in the map information storage means
Is recognized by the map information and the recognizing means.
From the mail information, the mail
Directions for generating route assembly information to determine delivery routes
Assembling means, and a mail item provided at the second station, based on the route assembling information.
Output a delivery map showing the delivery destinations and delivery routes
Force means , provided on the automatic sorting machine of said second station, said route assembling means.
Sorting port setting for presetting the assignment of sorting ports to be sorted according to the sorting destination and quantity of mail based on the route assembly information generated by the stage before the mail is delivered to the second station Means, provided in the automatic sorting machine of the second station, identification information reading means for reading identification information from the mail delivered to the second station; provided in the automatic sorting machine of the second station; based on the mail piece information corresponding to the identification information read by the identification information reading means, a division means allowed to partition the postal matter to the classification port assignment is set by the segment opening setting means, to said second station Provided and separated by the sorting means
Dispensing means for dispensing the postal matter, and transporting the postal matter dispensed by the dispensing means.
Transport means, and the postal matter transported by the transport means
And a stacking means for stacking in the order of delivery in accordance with the assembly information .