JP3329653B2 - Mail sorting device and sorting method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sorting apparatus and a sorting method for sorting and collecting mails.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Currently known sorting apparatuses generally include a supply / removal section, a reading section, a transport section, a sorting section, a stacking section,
It comprises a recognition unit for recognizing information fetched by the reading unit, a printing unit for printing the recognition result on paper sheets or the like, and a control unit for controlling the entire sorting apparatus.

[0003] Postal items are taken out one by one from a supply / extraction unit and conveyed, and a reading unit reads section information. The information read by the reading unit is recognized by the recognition unit and encoded. If the information cannot be recognized by the recognition unit, the information is manually input again by video coding and coded. The encoded information is printed on the mail. The postal matter on which the coded information is printed is then sorted in the sorting section based on the information read by the reading section, and is stacked in the stacking section for each section.

[0004] The postal matter accumulated for each section in the accumulation section is then sent to a post office corresponding to the section, where the postal matter is further divided according to the address. If a sorting device is provided at this post office, the mail is sorted by the sorting device based on the coded information.

[0005]

In the conventional sorting apparatus, coding and printing of information are performed on all mails. However, printing of coded information is useful when a sorting device is installed at the post office in the relevant area of the postal address, but a sorting device is installed at the post office in the relevant area of the postal address. If not, it will be useless.

That is, in the past, unnecessary information was encoded and printed, and unnecessary information was manually input for information that could not be recognized.
It puts an extra burden.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to encode and print useless information, and eliminate the need to input useless information. And a division method.

[0008]

[0009]

[0010]

The mail sorting apparatus according to the present invention indicates whether or not a sorting apparatus is provided for each area.
A table storing information stored therein, address information including information indicating an area, and a supply unit for supplying mail items to be classified according to region , and conveying the mail items supplied by the supply unit. Conveying means, reading means for reading the address information from the mail conveyed by the conveying means, recognizing means for recognizing the address information read by the reading means, and at least information indicating an area by the recognizing means. If recognized , based on the information stored in the table
Whether the sorting device is deployed in the area
Means for judging whether or not the mail
The area recognized from the address information of the object
If the area is
And a bar code printing means for printing the bar code indicating the name information, barcode which is printed by the bar code printing means
Bar code reading means for reading the code, and the bar code reading means
To the area of the address information indicated by the barcode read by the means
First sorting / accumulating means for sorting / accumulating the mail based on the mail
And the area recognized from the mail by the determination means
Is determined to be an area where no sorting equipment is deployed
If the postal item is
Stop printing the code, and
A second method of sorting and collecting the mail based on the information indicating the area
And means for sorting and collecting .

[0011]

[0012] The sorting apparatus of the post of the present invention is, in zip code
Whether sorting devices are provided for each applicable post office
A table that stores information indicating, address information including the postal code and the address is given, postal corresponding postal code
Supply means for supplying mails to be sorted for each office, conveying means for conveying the mail supplied by the supply means, and reading means for reading the address information from the mail conveyed by the conveyance means Recognizing means for recognizing the address information read by the reading means; delaying means for delaying the postal matter if the recognizing means cannot recognize at least the postal code; delaying means for delaying the postal matter; While being conveyed, information input means for inputting information indicating the area of the postal matter, and the postal code input by the information input means, or at least the postal code by the recognition means,
If recognized, the information stored in the table
Based on the postal code, the post office corresponding to the postal code
Determining means for determining whether a minute device is provided,
The mail corresponding to the postal code of the mail is
If the post office is a post office with a sorting device,
Address information recognized by the recognizing means, or the above information
A bar code printing means for <br/> printed bar code indicating the address information input by the input means, the bar code printing hand
Barcode reading to read barcode printed by column
Means and a bar code read by the bar code reading means.
Based on the postal code of the address information indicated by the postal code.
First sorting / accumulating means for sorting / accumulating, and the determining means
The post office corresponding to the postal code of the mail
If it is determined that the post office is not deployed,
The barcode is marked on the stool by the barcode printing means.
Characters are stopped, and the postal code,
Or based on the postal code entered by the information input means.
And a second sorting means for sorting and stacking the mail .

[0013]

[0014]

[0015]

[0016]

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. <First Embodiment> A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIG. Although defined in advance, the address information described below includes a postal code and an address.

As shown in FIG. 1, the sorting apparatus has a transporting means (not shown) for transporting the mail, and a supply section 12 to which the mail is supplied, a mail, and the like along the transport route. A reading unit 14 such as an OCR for reading address information of a product, a reading unit 14
After recognizing the address information read by the recognition unit described later, a bar code printing unit 20 for printing a bar code converted as the same information as the address information on a mail based on the recognition result, a bar code of the mail Bar code reading unit 2 for reading
2. It has a sorting unit 24 for sorting mails according to the address information read by the reading unit 14, a stacking unit 26 for stacking the sorted mails, and a control unit 30 for controlling these units. have. The control unit 30 includes the reading unit 14
A recognition unit 32 for recognizing the address information read by the
The determination unit 34 determines whether or not the post office corresponding to the postal code of the address information recognized in step 2 is a deployment station of the sorting apparatus. Note that the control unit 30 also performs a conversion process from the address information to the corresponding barcode. In addition, the sorting device
It has a reject unit 28 for accumulating mails whose address information could not be read by the reading unit 14. Here, the determination unit 34 will be described with reference to FIG.

The judging section 34 includes a table 35A in which the bureau of the sorting apparatus and the postal code are preliminarily associated and stored, and a collating section 35B. In the table 35A, for example, the flag of the deployment station is set in association with the information indicating that the postal code is "210" (the information indicating that the postal code is "210" and the information indicating that the postal code is "1"). Information is stored in association with the information). In other words, this indicates that a sorting apparatus is provided at a local post office handling postal items having a postal code of "210".

Similarly, since the information indicating that the postal code is “176” and the information indicating that the information of the deployment station is “0” are stored in association with each other, the postal code having the postal code “176” is stored. This indicates that there is no sorting device at the local post office that handles the goods.

When the recognition result (postal code information) of the recognizing unit 32 is input, the judging unit 34 searches and collates the flag of the deployment station in the table 35A by the collating unit 35B, and determines whether or not barcode printing is possible. Related to information (printability information)
Is output.

Next, the flow of sorting / accumulating mails by the sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The mails supplied to the supply unit 12 are sent one by one to the reading unit 14, where the address information is read (1S1). The control unit 30 recognizes the address information read by the reading unit 14 by the recognizing unit 32 and determines whether the post office corresponding to the postal code of the address information recognized by the recognizing unit 32 is a deployment station of the sorting apparatus. The determination is made by the unit 34 (1S2). When the postal code information is input to the determination unit 34, the collation unit 35B outputs the table 35
A is searched and collated, and printability information is output as a collation result. Based on this printability information, only when the post office is the station where the sorting device is deployed, the control unit 30 generates a corresponding barcode (the details of which are shown in FIG. 4) based on the recognition result of the address information. A command to generate and print this is issued to the barcode printing unit 20. Conversely, if the post office is not a station where the sorting device is deployed, the control unit 30 does not generate a barcode.

The barcode printing section 20 selectively prints a barcode on the mailed article in accordance with a command from the control section 30 (1S3). FIG. 3 shows an example of the postal matter 60 on which the barcode 64 is printed. As shown in FIG. 3, the bar code 64 is printed at a fixed position along the longitudinal direction of the mail 60. Also, FIG.
4 shows an example of the breakdown. As shown in FIG. 4, the barcode 64 includes a barcode indicating a postal code, a barcode indicating an address display number, and a check code.

The postal matter on which the barcode is printed is sent to a barcode reading section 22, where the barcode is read.
The contents are confirmed. Thereafter, the mail is sent to the sorting unit 24 and sorted based on the address information read by the reading unit 14. Thereafter, the sorted mail is sent to the stacking unit 26, where the mail is sorted and collected for each section. (1S4).

The mails whose address information could not be read by the reading unit 14 are separated by the sorting unit 24 and sent to the reject unit 28. The postal matter accumulated in the reject unit 28 is manually sorted.

Thereafter, the postal matter on which the barcode is printed is read / recognized by the sorting device of another post office, and the barcode is sorted and processed.
For postal items on which barcodes are not printed, address information is read at other post offices, and sorting is performed based on the recognition result (postal code or address) of the address information.

<Second Embodiment> A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the sorting apparatus has a transport unit (not shown) for transporting the mail, and a supply unit 12 to which the mail is supplied, an address of the mail, along the transport route. OCR to read information
After the address information read by the reading unit 14 and the reading unit 14 is recognized by the recognition unit described later, the address information is converted as the same information as the address information based on the recognition result or the input result by the information input device 50 described later. A barcode printing unit 20 for printing the barcode on a mail, a barcode reading unit 22 for reading a barcode of the mail, a sorting unit 24 for sorting mail according to the address information read by the reading unit 14, It has a stacking unit 26 for stacking mails, and further has a control unit 30 for controlling these units.
The control unit 30 includes a recognizing unit 32 for recognizing the address information read by the reading unit 14, and a determining unit 34 for determining whether or not the post office corresponding to the postal code is a deployment station of the sorting apparatus. Note that the control unit 30 also performs a conversion process from the address information to the corresponding barcode. Further, the sorting apparatus has a reject unit 28 for accumulating postal items whose address information could not be read by the reading unit 14. The determining unit 34 is as described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG.

The above configuration is the same as that of the sorting device described in the first embodiment.
In addition to the above configuration, the information input device 50 for the operator to input the address information based on the address information read by the reading unit 14 is provided for the postal matter whose address information cannot be recognized by the recognition unit 32. Have. This information input device 50
Consists of a monitor and a keyboard. Although not shown in the figure, the reading unit 14 and the barcode printing unit 20
In between, a post-delivery path is provided for bypassing the postal matter for which the address information has not been recognized by the recognizing unit 32 and delaying the postal matter by a predetermined time and then supplying the postal matter to the bar code printing unit 20. The device 50 has time to enter information. The operation of inputting information via the information input device 50 while the postal item passes through the delay transport path is called an online operation.

Next, the flow of sorting / accumulating mails by the sorting apparatus of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to FIG. The mails supplied to the supply unit 12 are sent one by one to the reading unit 14, where the address information is read (2S1). The address information read by the reading unit 14 is sent to the recognizing unit 32 in the control unit 30 to determine whether the address information has been recognized (2).
S2).

The address information read by the reading unit 14 is recognized by the recognizing unit 3.
2 can be recognized, the determination unit 34 determines whether or not the post office corresponding to the postal code of the address information is a deployment station of the sorting apparatus.
(2S3). When the zip code information is input to the determination unit 34, the collation unit 35B uses the table 35A.
Search and collate the flag of the deployment station, and output printability information as a collation result. Based on this printability information, if the post office is a station where the sorting device is deployed, the control unit 3
0 generates a barcode based on the recognition result of the address information and issues a command to print the barcode to the barcode printing unit 20. Conversely, if the post office is not a station where the sorting device is deployed, the control unit 30 does not generate a barcode.

On the other hand, if the recognizing unit 32 cannot recognize the address information read by the reading unit 14, the mail is sent to a delay transport path (not shown). While the mail is passing through the delay transport path, in the information input device 50, the address information read by the reading unit 14 is displayed on a monitor such as a CRT. Is entered.

For inputting the address information, a required postal code is firstly input, it is determined whether or not the post office of the postal code is a deployment station, and the input of the remaining information is continued or stopped according to the result. Is determined by the operator.

That is, when the necessary postal code is input (2S5), the judgment section 34 judges whether or not the post office corresponding to the input postal code is a deployment station of the sorting apparatus (2S6). ). The determination method in the determination unit 34 is as described above. If the post office is not a deployment station of the sorting device, the control unit 30 displays the information on the monitor of the information input device 50 or generates a specific sound,
The fact is notified to the operator visually or audibly. In this case, inputting further information is useless,
Normally, the input is stopped at the discretion of the operator (2S
7). Conversely, if the post office is a deployment station of the sorting device, the control unit 30 puts the information input device 50 in a state of waiting for input. In this case, the remaining information is input by the operator (2S8). At this time, the fact may be displayed on the monitor of the information input device 50 or a specific sound may be generated to notify the operator.

Therefore, the operator immediately knows whether or not the post office corresponding to the zip code is the deployment station of the sorting device immediately after inputting the postal code necessary for determining the presence or absence of the sorting device. If the post office is a station where the sorting device is deployed, the input of the remaining address information is continued. On the other hand, if the post office is not a station where the sorting device is deployed, no further information input is required, and the information input can be stopped here.

If the post office of the input zip code is the deployment station of the sorting device, the control unit 30 determines based on the address input information (the input zip code and the remaining information input subsequently). To generate a bar code, and issues a command to print the bar code to the bar code printing unit 20. Conversely, if the post office of the input postal code is not the station where the sorting apparatus is deployed, the bar code is not generated.

Among the mails sent directly from the reading unit 14 or via the delay transport path to the bar code printing unit 20, those having the postal code of the post office whose sorting station is the deployment station of the sorter are recognized by the recognition unit. The barcode is printed by the barcode printing unit 20 on both the one determined based on the postal code of the address information recognized at 32 and the one determined based on the postal code input to the information input device 50. (2
S4).

The postal matter on which the barcode is printed is sent to a barcode reading section 22, where the barcode is read.
The contents are confirmed. Thereafter, the mail is sent to the sorting unit 24 and sorted based on the address information read by the reading unit 14. Thereafter, the sorted mail is sent to the stacking unit 26, where the mail is sorted and collected for each section. (2S9).

Thereafter, the postal matter on which the barcode is printed is read / recognized by the sorting device of another post office, and the sorting process based on the barcode is performed.
For postal items on which barcodes are not printed, address information is read at other post offices, and sorting is performed based on the recognition result (postal code or address) of the address information.

<Third Embodiment> A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 5, the sorting apparatus has a transport unit (not shown) for transporting the mail, and a supply unit 12 to which the mail is supplied, an address of the mail, along the transport route. OCR to read information
Reading section 14, an ID code printing section 16 for printing an ID code as a management number on a mail, an ID code reading section 18 for reading an ID code of a mail, and a bar code corresponding to address information on a mail. A barcode printing unit 20, a barcode reading unit 22 for reading a barcode of a mail, a sorting unit 24 for sorting mail according to the address information read by the reading unit 14, and a stacking unit 26 for stacking the sorted mail.
And a control unit 30 for controlling these units. The control unit 30 includes a recognizing unit 32 for recognizing the address information read by the reading unit 14, and a determining unit 34 for determining whether or not the post office corresponding to the postal code is a deployment station of the sorting apparatus. Note that the control unit 30 also performs a conversion process from the address information to the corresponding barcode.

Further, the sorting device is provided for the operator to input the address information based on the address information read by the reading unit 14 for mail items whose address information could not be recognized by the recognition unit 32. And an information input device 50 comprising a keyboard and a reject unit 28 for temporarily accumulating postal items whose address information could not be recognized by the recognition unit 32. Note that the determination unit 34 is as described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG. In the apparatus of the present embodiment, postal items for which the address information has not been recognized by the recognizing unit 32 are temporarily accumulated in the reject unit 28, and after the address information has been input in the information input device 50, the supply unit 1
2 again. Such an operation is called an offline operation.

Next, referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, FIG.
The flow of sorting / accumulating mails by the sorting device of the first embodiment will be described. The mails supplied to the supply unit 12 are sent one by one to the reading unit 14, where the address information is read (3S).
1). The address information read by the reading unit 14 is sent to a recognition unit 32 in the control unit 30. The recognizing unit determines whether the address information read by the reading unit 14 has been recognized (3S).
2).

Recognition unit 3 recognizes the address information read by reading unit 14
If 2 is recognized, the determination unit 34 determines whether or not the post office corresponding to the postal code of the address information is a deployment station of the sorting device (3S3). When the postal code information is input to the determination unit 34, the collation unit 35B searches and collates the flag of the deployment station in the table 35A, and outputs printability information as a collation result. On the basis of this printability information, if the post office of the postal code of the address information is not the deployment station of the sorting device, the postal matter is sent to the sorting unit 24 as it is.

If the post office of the postal code of the address information is the station where the sorting apparatus is located, the control unit 30 generates a bar code based on the recognition result of the address information, and issues a command to print the bar code. It is output to the code printing unit 20. The postal matter is printed with a barcode in the barcode printing unit 20 (3S).
4) After the contents of the barcode are confirmed by the barcode reading unit 22, the mail is sent to the sorting unit 24.

On the other hand, if the recognizing unit 32 cannot recognize the address information read by the reading unit 14, the mail is printed with an ID code in the ID code printing unit 16 (3S5), and then sent to the reject unit 28. It is temporarily accumulated there (3S6).

FIG. 10 shows an example of the postal matter 60 on which the bar code 64 and the ID code 62 are printed. As shown in FIG. 10, the ID code 62 is printed at a fixed position (near the name) along the longitudinal direction of the mail 60. FIG. 11 shows an example of the breakdown of the ID code 62. As shown in FIG. 11, the ID code 62 includes date and time information indicating the date and time at which the ID code was printed, the station name at which the ID code was printed, the machine No. of the sorting device that performed the processing, and the serial number (mail No. ) And information.

While the mail is temporarily accumulated in the reject unit 28, the reading unit 1 is read by the information input device 50.
The address information read by 4 is displayed on a monitor such as a CRT, and based on the display screen, the operator looks at the monitor and inputs the address information from the keyboard (3S).
7).

As shown in FIG. 9, the input of the address information is performed by first inputting the postal code required for the judgment (3S7A). When the postal code is input, the judgment unit 34
In (3S7B), it is determined whether or not the post office corresponding to the input zip code is a station where the sorting apparatus is deployed.
The determination method in the determination unit 34 is as described above.

If the post office of the input postal code is not the station where the sorting device is located, the control unit 30 displays the fact on the monitor of the information input device 50 or generates a specific sound, and Notify the operator visually or audibly of the fact. In response, the operator notices that no further information input is necessary, and usually stops inputting information here (3S7C).

If the post office of the input postal code is the station where the sorting device is located, the control unit 30 puts the information input device 50 in a state of waiting for input. At this time, the fact may be displayed on the monitor of the information input device 50 or a specific sound may be generated to notify the operator. In response, the operator inputs the remaining information (3S7).
D).

Therefore, immediately after inputting the postal code necessary for the judgment, the operator can know whether or not the post office corresponding to the postal code is the deployment station of the sorting apparatus. Continues to enter the remaining address information,
If the station is not the deployment station, no further information input is required, and the information input can be stopped here.

After the input of the information is completed in the information input device 50, the input address information and the determination result information as to whether or not it is the deployment station of the sorting device based on the determination result in the determination unit 34 are used as IDs. The postal matter temporarily stored in the storage unit (not shown) in the control unit 30 in association with the code and temporarily accumulated in the reject unit 28 is supplied again to the supply unit 12 (3S8). . The mails resupplied to the supply unit 12 are taken out and conveyed one by one,
The ID code is read by the D code reading unit 18 (3
S9) The corresponding determination result information is read based on the ID code, and it is determined whether or not the post office of the postal code of the postal matter is the deployment station of the sorting device (3S10). At this time, it is not necessary to check the postal code, since whether or not the post office of the postal code of the postal matter is the deployment station of the sorting device has already been determined at the time of inputting the above-mentioned information.
It is only necessary to read the determination result information based on the D code.

If the post office is not a station where the sorting apparatus is deployed, the mail is sent to the sorting section 24 as it is. If the post office is a station where the sorting apparatus is deployed, address information corresponding to the ID code is read from the control unit 30, and the control unit 30 generates a bar code based on the address information and prints the bar code. To the bar code printing unit 20. The postal matter is sent to the sorting unit 24 after the barcode is printed by the barcode printing unit 20 and the barcode reading unit 22 confirms the contents of the barcode. FIG. 10 shows an example of the postal matter 60 on which the ID code 62 and the barcode 64 are printed.

The mail sent to the sorting unit 24 is sent to the recognizing unit 3
2 that can recognize the address information are classified based on the address information, and those in which the recognition unit 32 cannot recognize the address information are classified based on the address input information input to the information input device 50. . Thereafter, the sorted mails are sent to the stacking unit 26, where they are stacked and sorted for each section (3S11).

Thereafter, the postal matter on which the barcode is printed is read / recognized by the sorting device of another post office, and the barcode is sorted and processed. In addition, for postal items on which a barcode is not printed, address information is read at another post office, and sorting processing or the like is performed based on the recognition result (postal code or address) of the address information.

In the embodiments described above, the printing operation of the barcode and the ID code may be performed by directly printing the code on the postal matter. However, since the postal matter corresponds to a material which is not suitable for printing. Alternatively, the code may be printed once on a sticker, and this may be affixed to a postal matter.

[0058]

According to the present invention, the coded information is printed on the postal matter only when the sorting apparatus is provided at the post office corresponding to the postal code of the mailing address of the postal matter. This eliminates the steps of coding and printing, thereby realizing high-speed processing and low cost. Further, there is no need to input unnecessary information manually, and the burden on the information input person is reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a sorting device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a work flow in the sorting apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a postal matter on which a barcode is printed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a breakdown of a barcode.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a sorting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a work flow in the sorting apparatus of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a sorting device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a work flow in the sorting apparatus of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine for inputting information in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a postal matter on which an ID code and a barcode are printed.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a breakdown of an ID code.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a configuration of a determination unit 34.

[Explanation of symbols]

12 supply unit, 14 reading unit, 20 barcode printing unit, 24 sorting unit, 26 stacking unit, 30 control unit, 32
... Recognition unit, 34. Judgment unit.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. Whether a sorting device is provided for each area
A table that stores information indicating whether, address information including information indicating an area is given for each region
Supply means for supplying the mail to be sorted; conveying means for conveying the mail supplied by the supply means; reading means for reading the address information from the mail conveyed by the conveyance means; A recognizing means for recognizing the address information read by the reading means, and if at least the information indicating the area can be recognized by the recognizing means, based on the information stored in the table,
Determines whether a sorting device is deployed in the recognized area
Determining means for determining, and the addressing information of the mail is recognized by the determining means.
If the area where the sorting equipment is deployed is
Bar code printing means for printing a bar code indicating the address information recognized by the recognizing means; and a bar code printed by the bar code printing means.
And a bar code reading means for reading a bar code read by the bar code reading means shown
Sorts and collects the mail based on the address information area
An area recognized from the postal matter by the first sorting / accumulating means and the judging means is a ward.
If it is determined that the region is not equipped with
A bar code is printed on the mail by the bar code printing means.
The printing of the code and stop the area recognized by the recognition means.
The second ward that sorts and collects the mail based on the information shown
Sorting apparatus of mail, characterized in that it comprises a partial integration means. 2. Sorting for each post office corresponding to the postal code
That stores information indicating whether the device is deployed.
And postal code and postal code and postal address information .
Supply means for supplying the postal matter to be sorted for each post office, transport means for transporting the postal matter supplied by the supply means, and the address information from the postal matter transported by the transport means. Reading means for reading the address information; a recognizing means for recognizing the address information read by the reading means; a delay transporting means for delaying and transporting the postal matter if at least the postal code cannot be recognized by the recognizing means; Information input means for inputting information indicating the area of the postal matter during delayed conveyance by the conveyance means, and a postal code input by the information input means, or at least a postal code can be recognized by the recognition means. And said
Before recognition based on the information stored in the table
A sorting device is installed at the post office corresponding to the postal code.
Means for judging whether or not the mail item corresponds to the postal code of the postal matter.
If the post office is a post office with a sorting device,
Address information recognized by the recognizing means, or the above information
A bar code printing means for <br/> printed bar code indicating the address information input by the input means, the bar code printed by the bar code printing means
And a bar code reading means for reading a bar code read by the bar code reading means shown
The mail is sorted and collected based on the postal code of the address information
The first sorting / accumulating means, and the mail corresponding to the postal code of the postal matter by the judgment means.
Judge that the post office is a post office with no sorting equipment
The bar code printing means.
Stop printing the bar code, and
Zip code or the information entered by the information input means.
The second method of sorting and collecting the mail based on the postal code
And mail collecting means . 3. A postal code is first input in the address information input by the information input means, and the postal code corresponding to the postal code is input by the determination means when the postal code is input by the information input means. Station is a sorting device
3. The mail sorting apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when it is determined that the address is not a deployment station, it is notified that address input is unnecessary in the address information.