JP6188906B1 - Enclosed sealing device, sealed letter creation system, postal matter acceptance system, sealed letter creation method, and postal matter acceptance method - Google Patents

Abstract

A system for completing a sealed letter by securely sealing an enclosed material in an appropriate envelope. An enclosure sealing device that encloses an inclusion in an envelope and creates a sealed letter, and reads a first code corresponding to the sender information of the letter printed in advance on the inclusion, and corresponds to the first code. A second code corresponding to the sender information is generated, the inclusion is enclosed in the envelope, the second code is printed on the envelope, and the first code and the second code are read from the envelope containing the inclusion. Then, it is determined whether or not the combination of the read first code and second code is appropriate. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an encapsulating sealing device, a sealed letter creation system, a postal matter acceptance system, a sealed letter creation method, and a postal matter acceptance method.

Notifications sent to customers by mail are as follows: Address information (address, name, etc.) 2. Sender information (sender address, company name, company logo, etc.) It is necessary to display guidance information (for example, “Billing”). There are the following methods for creating notifications.
(Method 1) The destination information and the sender information are printed on a sheet of paper, and the two sheets are enclosed in a window envelope. The destination information and the sender information are displayed from the two windows, respectively. Since the guidance information does not need to be switched for each destination, the guidance information is fixedly displayed.
(Method 2) The destination information is printed on a sheet of paper, and the sender information and the guide information are sealed in one pre-printed window envelope. The destination information is displayed from one window.

  As a related technique, Patent Document 1 discloses a sealing process after sealing an enclosure in an envelope in order to ensure the compatibility of the combination of the content printed on the enclosure and the destination information printed on the envelope. Before starting, a seal writing device that reads the mark printed on the inclusion and the mark printed on the envelope with a sensor and compares the two to confirm the compatibility between the contents and the envelope. There is a description.

JP-A-2006-7839

  In the case of the above method 1, since a two-window envelope is used, there is a problem that the visible area in the envelope from the outside is wide and is not suitable for a notification object such as a bill for security reasons. Moreover, in the case of the method 2, there are many work steps up to enclosing and sealing, and there is a problem that time and cost tend to increase.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an encapsulating sealing device, a sealed letter creating system, a postal matter commissioning system, a sealed letter creating method, and a postal matter commissioning method that solve the above-mentioned problems.

  A first aspect of the present invention is an enclosing sealing device that encloses an inclusion in an envelope and creates a sealed letter, and reads first code information corresponding to sender information of the sealed letter printed in advance on the inclusion. A first reading mechanism, a controller for identifying sender information of the envelope corresponding to the read first code information, generating second code information corresponding to the identified sender information, and the inclusion in the envelope An enclosing sealing mechanism for enclosing and sealing; a printing mechanism for printing the second code information on the envelope; and a second for reading the first code information and the second code information from a sealed letter in which the inclusion is sealed. A reading mechanism, wherein the controller collates the first code information and the second code information read by the second reading mechanism, and sets a pair of the first code information and the second code information. Relationship is determined whether it is appropriate, it is enclosing and sealing apparatus.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the above sealed sealing device, a receiving unit for receiving sealed letter creation request information for instructing creation and shipping of a sealed letter, a sender database for storing sender information, and the sealed letter creation request. A control unit that generates the first code information corresponding to the sender information included in the information, associates the first code information with the sender information, and registers the first code information in the sender database; and the control unit generates the first code information. A print instructing unit for instructing printing of the one-code information on the inclusion, and the controller refers to the sender database based on the first code information printed by the instruction of the print instructing unit. It is a sealed letter creation system for specifying the sender information.

  In the sealed letter creation system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the print instruction unit acquires a plurality of the sealed letter creation request information, and sends the plurality of sealed letter creation request information included in each sealed letter creation request information. The first code information is generated in the order of rearrangement based on the destination information and the sealed letter creation request information after the rearrangement, and a print instruction is issued.

  In the envelope creation system according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the envelope is a one-window envelope, and the print instruction unit includes the destination information and the first code included in the envelope creation request information. Instructing that information is printed in a range that can be read from one window provided in the envelope body in the printing range of the inclusion, and the printing mechanism reads the first code information read from the one window The second code information corresponding to is printed at a predetermined position of the envelope body.

  Moreover, the 5th aspect of this invention is equipped with the 1 or several client terminal device which receives the input of the said sealed letter preparation request information, and said sealed letter preparation system, The said client terminal device received the input The sealed letter creation request information is transmitted to the sealed letter creation system, and in the sealed letter creation system, the receiving unit receives the sealed letter creation request information.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first reading mechanism for reading first code information corresponding to sender information of a sealed letter pre-printed on an inclusion, and the sealed letter corresponding to the read first code information. A controller that identifies sender information and generates second code information corresponding to the identified sender information, an enclosure sealing mechanism that encapsulates and seals the inclusion in an envelope, and prints the second code information on the envelope A sealed letter making method using a printing mechanism and a second reading mechanism that reads the first code information and the second code information from a sealed letter in which the inclusion is sealed. a step of reading preprinted said first code information enclosure, by the controller, to identify the sender information of the enclosure corresponding to the read first code information, And generating the second code information corresponding to the boss was sender information, by the enclosing and sealing mechanism, a step of enclosing and sealing the enclosure to the envelope body, by the printing mechanism, the second code to said envelope body A step of printing information; a step of reading the first code information and the second code information from a sealed letter in which the inclusion is sealed by the second reading mechanism; and the first code read by the controller . Collating the code information with the second code information and determining whether or not the correspondence relationship between the first code information and the second code information is appropriate.

Further, according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving unit that receives sealed letter creation request information for instructing creation and shipping of a sealed letter, a sender database that stores sender information, and sender information included in the sealed letter creation request information. A corresponding first code information is generated, a control unit that associates the first code information with the sender information and registers the first code information in the sender database, and the inclusion of the first code information generated by the control unit A print instructing unit for instructing printing, a first reading mechanism for reading the first code information corresponding to the sender information of the sealed letter printed on the enclosure, and the sealed letter corresponding to the read first code information. A controller for identifying sender information, generating second code information corresponding to the identified sender information, an enclosing sealing mechanism for enclosing and sealing the inclusion in the envelope, and an envelope in the envelope A mail receiving method using a printing mechanism for printing the second code information and a second reading mechanism for reading the first code information and the second code information from a sealed letter in which the inclusion is sealed. Te, by the receiving section, and receiving the enveloping request information for instructing the dispatch and creating sealed letter, by the controller, the first code information based on the sender information included in the enveloping request information and generating, by the control unit, and registering said sender database sender information included in the enveloping request information in association with said first code information by the printing instruction unit, to encapsulate into the envelope a step for instructing printing of the first code information to the enclosure, by the enclosing and sealing mechanism, the sealing of the first code information is printed Sender information comprising the steps of enclosing and sealing an object in an envelope body, the said controller, on the basis of the first code information read by said first reading mechanism, corresponding to the first code information by referring to the sender database identify, and generating the second code information corresponding to the identified sender information, by the printing mechanism, and printing the second code information to said envelope body, said controller, said enclosure collates the first code information and the second code information read by said second reading mechanism from envelopes enclosing and sealing, whether correspondence properly whether the first code information and the second code information And a step of determining the mail.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the erroneous enclosure of an enclosure can be prevented, solving the subject at the time of utilizing the conventional one window envelope or two window envelopes.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a mail receiving system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the input screen of the sealed letter preparation request information in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the sealed letter creation processing by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a 1st flowchart of the sealed letter preparation process by one Embodiment of this invention. It is a 2nd flowchart of the sealed letter preparation process by one Embodiment of this invention.

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Hereinafter, a mail receiving system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a mail receiving system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The postal matter acceptance system 1 is a system for creating and mailing a seal, which requires printing, enclosing seal, and mailing, such as an estimate, an invoice, an invoice, and various guide letters, without taking time and effort.
As shown in FIG. 1, the mail deposit system 1 includes client terminal devices 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> B, a server terminal device 20, a printer 30, and an encapsulating and sealing device 40.
The client terminal devices 10A and 10B and the server terminal device 20 are communicably connected via a network such as the Internet. The server terminal device 20 and the printer 30 are connected so as to be communicable. In addition, the server terminal device 20 and the encapsulating sealing device 40 (controller 100) are connected to be communicable. The client terminal devices 10A and 10B are collectively referred to as the client terminal device 10.
In addition, the sealed letter creating system of the present embodiment includes a server terminal device 20, a printer 30, and an encapsulating and sealing device 40.

  The client terminal device 10 is a device for inputting information (sealed letter creation request information) for requesting creation and shipping of a sealed letter by a user (sender) who requests mail. The client terminal device 10 is a mobile terminal device such as a PC (personal computer) or a tablet device. As shown in the figure, there may be a plurality (three or more) of client terminal devices 10 such as the client terminal devices 10A and 10B, or one client terminal device.

  The server terminal device 20 receives the sealed letter creation request information created by the client terminal device 10 and performs printing (printing instruction) on the inclusion 50 enclosed in the envelope 60 (envelope). In particular, in the present embodiment, a management code C1 (first code information) used for checking whether or not the inclusion 50 is sealed in an appropriate envelope 60 is generated in a later process, and the management code C1 or the like is generated. Is printed on the inclusion 50 using the printer 30.

More specifically, the server terminal device 20 includes a receiving unit 21, a control unit 22, a print instruction unit 23, and a sender database 24.
The receiving unit 21 receives the sealed letter creation request information transmitted by the client terminal device 10.
The control unit 22 controls the server terminal device 20. For example, the control unit 22 generates a management code C1 corresponding to the sender information included in the sealed letter creation request information, or registers the management code C1 and the sender information in the sender database 24 in association with each other.
The print instruction unit 23 instructs printing of the printing information (including the management code C1) on the inclusion 50. More specifically, the print instruction unit 23 issues a print information print instruction to the printer 30 prepared for printing the print information on the inclusion 50. The print information is, for example, destination information such as the postal code, address, and name of the destination, a message to the destination, a management code, and the like. In addition, the print instruction unit 23 rearranges the sealed letter creation request information by a sorting process described later.
The sender database 24 stores sender information included in the sealed letter creation request information.
The printer 30 prints the printing information on the printing paper (filled material 50) for the inclusion according to an instruction from the print instruction unit 23.

  The encapsulating and sealing apparatus 40 encloses and seals the encapsulated material 50 on which printing information is printed by the printer 30 in a predetermined envelope 60 (for example, a general-purpose envelope having one window on a white background) to create a sealed letter 70. Hereinafter, the mechanism of the sealing device 40 will be described in more detail. In addition, about the arrangement | sequence and function of each mechanism demonstrated below, the mechanism required for description of this embodiment is shown roughly, Comprising: The enclosure sealing device 40 concerning this embodiment is shown in FIG. It is not limited only to the mode shown in the description. The enclosing / sealing device 40 includes an enclosing / sealing line L <b> 1, a mail transfer line L <b> 2, a discharge line Lo, and a controller 100. A bundle of inclusions 50 printed by the printer 30 is installed along the enclosure sealing line L1 in the enclosure sealing line L1, and a sheet feeding mechanism 41 that sends the inclusions 50 from the bundle one by one to the enclosure sealing line L1. (Position P1), a name collating mechanism 42 (position P2) for separating the inclusions 50 in units to be enclosed in one envelope 60, and a group of inclusions 50 after the name identification are folded into a size to be enclosed in the envelope 60 ( For example, the folding mechanism 43 (position P3), the sealed sealing mechanism 44 (position P4) for sealing and sealing the group 50 of folded articles in the envelope 60, and the envelope 60 (with the sealed group 50 enclosed) (position P4). A first reading mechanism 45 (position P5) having a function of reading the management code C1 printed on the sealed material 50 through a window provided in the sealed letter 70), and a thickness inspection machine for checking the thickness of the sealed letter 70 46 (position P6), a printing mechanism 47 (position P7) for printing a confirmation code (second code information) C2 on the outside (front surface) of the envelope 60, and a sealed letter 70 on which the confirmation code C2 is printed. A second reading mechanism 48 (position P8) having a function of reading the code C1 and the confirmation code C2 is provided.

  The enclosing and sealing line L1 is provided with a conveying mechanism (not shown) such as a belt conveyor, and the inclusion 50 is processed by each of the above mechanisms while being conveyed in the direction of the arrow LA, and is enclosed and sealed in the envelope 60. . In addition, the controller 100 controls each mechanism described above. For example, the controller 100 reads the management code C1 printed on each enclosure 50 read by the name identification mechanism 42 by the sensor H1, and identifies a group of enclosures 50 to be enclosed from the read contents. In addition, the controller 100 drives the name collating mechanism 42 to send the identified group of inclusions 50 to the next folding mechanism 43. Further, the controller 100 acquires the thickness information of the sealed letter 70 detected by the thickness inspection mechanism 46, and the thickness 50 is included in the group of the inclusions 50 identified by the name identification mechanism 42. It is determined whether it matches the number of sheets. Further, the controller 100 identifies the sender information of the sealed letter 70 corresponding to the read management code C1, generates the confirmation code C2 corresponding to the identified sender information, and uses the generated confirmation code C2 to the printing mechanism 47. Print on envelope 60. Further, the controller 100 collates the management code C1 read by the second reading mechanism 48 with the confirmation code C2, and determines whether or not the correspondence relationship is appropriate. If appropriate, the controller 100 controls the transport mechanism to deliver the sealed letter 70 to the postal transport line L2. On the other hand, if it is not appropriate, the controller 100 controls the transport mechanism to discharge the inappropriate letter 70 to the discharge line Lo, for example.

The mail transport line L2 is provided with a transport mechanism (not shown) such as a belt conveyor. After a plurality of sealed letters 70 (70-1, 70-2, 70-3, 70-4, 70-5) created in the encapsulated sealing line L1 are conveyed and sorted along the postal conveying line L2, It is loaded onto a delivery vehicle 80 and brought to a post office. The above-described management code C1 and confirmation code C2 are, for example, a one-dimensional code such as a barcode and a two-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark).
The above is the outline of the sealed letter creation processing by the mail order acceptance system of this embodiment. Hereinafter, a more detailed description will be given.

First, processing in the client terminal device 10 will be described.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an input screen for sealed letter creation request information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The client terminal device 10 is installed with application software (hereinafter, dedicated program α) for generating sealed letter creation request information and transmitting it to the server terminal device. When the dedicated program α is installed, a driver for the printer β corresponding to the dedicated program α is installed in the client terminal device 10. Further, the user registers sender information for the dedicated program α as an initial setting. The sender information includes a company name, address, postal code, e-mail address, company logo, and the like.
Next, the user edits the content to be printed on the inclusion 50 and the content to be printed on the envelope 60 using general document creation software installed in the client terminal device 10.
When the editing of the print content is completed, the user designates the printer β from the document creation software and issues a print instruction. Then, an input screen provided by the dedicated program α is displayed. FIG. 2 shows an example of an input screen provided by the dedicated program α. A preview image 12 of the inclusion 50 is displayed on the input screen 11. In addition, a frame 13 indicating the position and range of the window provided in the envelope 60 is displayed so as to overlap the preview image 12. The user confirms the positional relationship between the frame 13 and the destination information and the management code C1 with reference to the input screen 11. For example, when the destination information and the management code C1 are not displayed in the frame 13, the user presses the “Cancel” button to return to the original document creation software and adjust the positions of the destination information and the management code C1.

On the other hand, when the destination information and the management code C1 are properly contained in the frame 13, the user presses the “next page” button or the “previous page” button to print the print contents of all the pages of the enclosure 50. Check. If there is no problem with the contents, the user presses an “OK” button.
Then, an input screen (not shown) for confirming the contents to be printed on the envelope 60 is displayed. The user adjusts the content to be printed on the envelope 60 by the same operation as in the case of the inclusion 50. If there is no problem with the contents, the user presses an “OK” button.

Then, a destination information input screen (not shown) is displayed next. The user registers destination information (such as a zip code, name, and address) on the destination information input screen. When there are a plurality of destinations, the user registers a plurality of destination information.
Next, the user registers printing conditions. The printing conditions include color, black and white, single-sided printing, designation of double-sided printing, and the like. The user also specifies whether there are any other inclusions. For example, when an advertisement or the like is enclosed as an inclusion, an electronic file of the advertisement is designated and read from the dedicated program α. When the confirmation of the printing conditions and the enclosed items is completed, the user performs an instruction operation to that effect (such as pressing the “OK” button). Then, the dedicated program α displays options for the payment method of charges necessary for the creation and shipping of the sealed letter, and displays the charges. When the user selects the payment method or confirms the charge, the user instructs the creation and shipping of the sealed letter 70 by pressing a “send” button (not shown).

  Through the above operation by the user, the dedicated program α generates sealed letter creation request information. The envelope creation request information includes delivery destination information (when there are a plurality of delivery destinations), sender information, print information (the contents to be printed on the envelope 50 and envelope 60 created by the document creation software, and other enclosures to be enclosed) Electronic file) and fee information (payment method and fee). The client terminal device 10 transmits the sealed letter creation request information generated by the dedicated program α to the server terminal device 20.

The following modes are also possible. For example, the user activates the installed dedicated program α. Then, on the activated dedicated program α, an electronic file in which the contents to be printed on the enclosure 50 and the envelope 60 created by the document creation file is read. Then, the input screen 11 illustrated in FIG. 2 is displayed. Subsequent operations are the same as described above.
According to the client terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, a user can create a sealed letter and issue a shipping instruction without performing a complicated operation such as starting various software.

Next, the management code C1 printed on the enclosure 50 and the confirmation code C2 printed on the envelope 60 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a sealed letter creation process according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In the server terminal device 20, the reception unit 21 receives the sealed letter creation request information created by the operation described with reference to FIG. Further, the control unit 22 generates a management code C1. The print instruction unit 23 generates new print information obtained by adding the management code C1 to the print information included in the sealed letter creation request information for each page of the inclusion. The print instruction unit 23 outputs new print information to the printer 30 to instruct printing. The printer 30 prints new print information on the inclusion sheet.

The upper left diagram in FIG. 3 shows an example of the inclusion 50 after printing by the printer 30. In the upper left diagram of FIG. 3, among the group of enclosures 50 enclosed in one envelope 60, the first sheet is shown as an enclosure 50-1, and the nth sheet is an enclosure 50-n. A code printed on the first sheet is indicated by a management code C1-1, and a code printed on the nth sheet is indicated by a management code C1-n. Here, an example of information constituting the management code C1-1 and the management code C1-n will be described. For example, the management code C1-1 includes values of processing date and time, content classification, sealed letter serial number, total number of pages in the sealed letter, and number of pages. The processing date and time is the date and time when the printing process was performed. The content classification is code information regarding the payment method used by the user included in the fee information. The sealed letter sequence number is information indicating how many sealed letters the currently created sealed letter is. The total number of pages in the sealed letter is information indicating how many pages (N pages) are included in the sealed letter currently being created. The number of pages indicates how many pages (nth page) the enclosure 50-n (1 ≦ n ≦ N) corresponds to. For example, the print instruction unit 23 arranges these pieces of information to generate a two-dimensional QR code (registered trademark). That is, the management code C1-1 includes the number of pages = 1 as part of the information, and the management code C1-n includes the number of pages = n as the part of information. Yes.
The print instructing unit 23 instructs to print the destination information and the management code C <b> 1-1 in a range that can be read from one window provided in the envelope 60 in the print range of the enclosure 50. As a result, the management code C1-1 for the first page is printed at a position that is visible from the window of the envelope 60. For the second and subsequent pages, the management code C1-n is printed at a predetermined position on each page.

  When the control unit 22 generates the management code C1-1, the sender information (company name, address, company logo), management code C1-1, guidance information (for example, “invoice invoice” included in the sealed letter creation request information ]) And the like are registered in the sender database 24 in association with each other.

The upper right diagram in FIG. 3 shows an example of the envelope 60. The envelope 60 is preferably a one-window white general-purpose envelope. The envelope 60 used for the envelope 70 generally has “two windows” and “one window”. It is necessary to display “send address information” and “sender information” on the sealed letter 70. Among these, the “destination information” can be printed on the enclosure 50 and viewed from the window of the envelope 60 regardless of whether the type of the envelope 60 is “one window” or “two windows”. Enclose as follows. When the “sender information” is “two windows”, the contents printed on the sheet are displayed from the second window, and the “one window” is printed in advance on the envelope 60. Therefore, in the case of “two windows”, the envelope 60 can be shared, but in the case of “one window”, it is necessary to prepare a separate envelope 60 for each sender. That is, in the case of “one window”, the sender information can be displayed freely, but the cost increases due to the envelope replacement work for each sender, and the inventory management burden of the dedicated envelope 60 occurs. On the other hand, in the case of “two windows”, the envelope 60 is not replaced, but the sender information display is limited within the window frame and does not look good, and the range in which the contents can be visually recognized from the outside increases, so the safety is low. There is a problem.
On the other hand, if the mail acceptance system 1 of this embodiment and the one window envelope are used, the replacement work of the envelope 60 for each sender and the appearance and security problems of the two window envelopes can be solved.

  The lower right diagram in FIG. 3 shows an example of a sealed letter 70 (an envelope 60 in which an enclosed material 50 is enclosed). From one window of the envelope 70 (envelope 60), the management code C1-1 can be visually recognized together with the address of the destination. In this state, no information is displayed on the exterior of the envelope 60.

  The lower left diagram of FIG. 3 shows an example of a sealed letter 70 on which the sender information and the confirmation code C2 are printed. The envelope 60 is printed with a company logo 61, sender information 62, guidance information 63, and a confirmation code C2. In the present embodiment, the first reading mechanism 45 reads the management code C1-1 through the window provided on the sealed letter 70, and the controller 100 corresponds to the management code C1-1 read from the sender database 24. Obtain sender information. Then, the controller 100 prints the sender information and the confirmation code C <b> 2 on the surface of the envelope 60 using the printing mechanism 47. Thereby, the sender information corresponding to the print contents of the inclusion 50 can be printed on the envelope 60. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare the envelope 60 for each sender in advance, which is a problem with one window envelope. In addition, it is not necessary to perform the replacement operation of the envelope 60 every time the sender information is switched.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the management code C1-1 read from the sealed letter 70 after the sealed seal is compared with the confirmation code C2, and the correspondence between the management code C1-1 and the confirmation code C2 is appropriate ( For example, it is checked whether the two match. That is, it is confirmed whether the relationship between the inclusion 50 and the envelope 60 in the envelope 70 is appropriate. Thereby, for example, when creating a sealed letter addressed to Mr. A from Company B, it is possible to prevent the inclusion 50 addressed to Mr. A from being accidentally enclosed in the envelope 60 used by Company C.

Next, the flow of sealed letter creation processing of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 4 is a first flowchart of sealed letter creation processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
First, the user inputs sealed letter creation request information using the dedicated program α at the client terminal device 10A (step S11). The sealed letter creation request information includes sender information, destination information, and printing information related to one or more sealed letters (mail). Next, the client terminal device 10A transmits the sealed letter creation request information to the server terminal device 20 (step S12). In the server terminal device 20, the receiving unit 21 receives the sealed letter creation request information (step S13). The receiving unit 21 outputs the received sealed letter creation request information to the control unit 22 and the print instruction unit 23. The receiving unit 21 also receives sealed letter creation request information transmitted by another client terminal device 10B or the like.

  Next, the control unit 22 generates a management code C1 (step S14). The generation of the management code C1 is as described with reference to FIG. That is, the control unit 22 processes the date and time, information about the payment method included in the sealed letter creation request information (classification information), the total number of sealed letters included in the bundled sealed letter creation request information to be processed this time, the currently created sealed letter 70. The management code C1 is generated using information such as the total number of the inclusions 50 to be enclosed in and the number of the inclusions 50 being processed. The control unit 22 outputs the generated management code C1 to the print instruction unit 23.

  Next, the print instruction unit 23 sorts the sealed letter creation request information (step S15). Specifically, the print instructing unit 23 sorts (sorts) the postal codes of the destinations included in the letter creation request information as keys. In the present embodiment, after the inclusion 50 is sealed in the envelope 60, the sender information or the like corresponding to the contents of the inclusion 50 is printed on the envelope 60. Therefore, no matter what the order of the sealed letter creation request information is, there will be no influence on the subsequent processing. By the way, in order to receive the application of a reduction in postage, it is necessary to arrange them in the order of postal codes designated by the post office, and sort and bind them under predetermined conditions. In the conventional envelope sealing process for single-window envelopes, it is necessary to replace envelopes for each sender. It was necessary to rearrange in order. For this reason, work efficiency has been reduced, and work time for rearrangement work has been required. According to the present embodiment, after the sealed letter creation request information is arranged in advance in the order specified by the post office, it is possible to print the appropriate sender information each time. Sorting for reducing postage can be done in the same order. Thereby, the working efficiency can be improved and the working time can be shortened. In order to obtain the effect of the sorting process, it is preferable to perform the sorting process and subsequent processes in a unit of a certain amount or more. Accordingly, in the server terminal device 20, the reception unit 21 receives sealed letter creation request information from a plurality of client terminal devices 10 (10A, 10B, etc.) related to different senders, for example, and the creation target included in the received sealed letter creation request information You may be comprised so that the process after this step S15 may be performed in the stage (or every predetermined time) when the number of sealed letters became more than a predetermined quantity.

  In addition, according to the mail order acceptance system 1 of the present embodiment, the sorting process is performed by the postal code of the destination before the sealed letter 70 is created (printed on the sealed matter 50), so that, for example, the local customers can make a local minimum. Collecting sealed letter creation requests for each lot (for example, one), creating those sealed letters, and delivering them, perform the sealed letter creation process efficiently and send it out while applying postal reduction. be able to.

  Next, the print instruction unit 23 generates print information including the management code C1 (step S16). Specifically, the print instruction unit 23 displays print information indicating a print image for each page of the inclusion 50 in which the management code C1 acquired from the control unit 22 is embedded in a predetermined print position, for all the sealed letters. Produced for inclusion 50.

  Next, the control unit 22 associates the management code C1 generated in step S14 with information to be printed on the envelope 60 such as sender information (company name, address, company logo, etc.), guidance information, and the like to the sender database 24. Register (step S17).

Next, the print instructing unit 23 outputs the print information for the group of sealed letter creation request information to be processed this time generated in step S16 to the printer 30 and instructs printing (step S18).
The printer 30 prints the print information sorted in the order of the postal code of the destination on the inclusion sheet (step S19). The worker of the mail receiving system 1 sets the inclusion 50 produced by printing by the printer 30 at the position P1 (the paper feeding mechanism 41) of the enclosure sealing device 40. Next, the encapsulation sealing process will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 is a second flowchart of sealed letter creation processing according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 shows the flow of processing when the sealed letter creating system according to the present embodiment is used to create a sealed letter and send it out.
First, the worker inputs an instruction to start sealed letter creation processing to the sealed sealing device 40 (step S21). The controller 100 drives the paper feed mechanism 41 and sends the printed inclusions 50 one by one to the enclosure sealing line L1. Next, the name identification mechanism 42 performs a name identification process (step S22). Specifically, when the enclosure 50 reaches the position P <b> 2, the name identification mechanism 42 reads the management code C <b> 1 printed on the enclosure 50 and outputs the read information to the controller 100. As described above, the management code C1 includes the total number of the inclusions 50 and the number of pages to be enclosed in one sealed letter 70. The controller 100 instructs the name identification mechanism 42 to buffer the inclusion 50 until the total number and the page number are equal. The name collation mechanism 42 accumulates the inclusions 50 that are sent out one after another at the position P2 as the inclusions 50 to be enclosed. When the total number contained in the management code C1 is equal to the number of pages, the controller 100 collects a plurality of the inclusions 50 after the name identification and sends them to the enclosure sealing line L1.

When the encapsulated material 50 after name identification reaches the position P3, the folding mechanism 43 folds the encapsulated material 50 into a size that can be enclosed in the envelope 60 under the control of the controller 100 (step S23). The folding mechanism 43 sends the encapsulated material 50 after weaving to the encapsulating line L1.
When the enclosure 50 reaches the position P4, the enclosure sealing mechanism 44 encapsulates the enclosure 50 in the envelope 60 under the control of the controller 100 (step S24). Here, the desired envelope 60 (one-window general-purpose envelope) is sent one by one to the sealed sealing position (position P4) by the sealed sealing mechanism 44. The enclosing sealing mechanism 44 sends the sealed letter 70 (envelope 60 and the grouped inclusion 50 after the name identification) after the enclosing sealing to the enclosing sealing line L1.

  When the sealed letter 70 reaches the position P5, the first reading mechanism 45 reads the management code C1 printed on the first sheet of the enclosed material 50 through one window provided in the envelope 60 (step S25). . The first reading mechanism 45 outputs the read value of the management code C1 to the controller 100. The controller 100 refers to the sender database 24 using the acquired value of the management code C1 as a key. Then, the controller 100 reads out and acquires a record having the same value as the management code C1 printed on the first sheet of the inclusion 50 from the sender database 24. The record read by the controller 100 includes, in addition to the management code C1, the sender's company name, address, company logo, guidance information, and information indicating a print image when printing the information on the envelope 60. .

While the controller 100 performs the process of reading the sender information from the sender database 24 based on the value of the management code C1, the sealed letter 70 moves in the direction of the arrow LA and reaches the position P6.
When the sealed letter 70 reaches the position P6, the thickness inspection mechanism 46 measures the thickness of the sealed letter 70 and transmits the measurement result to the controller 100. The controller 100 performs a thickness inspection of the sealed letter 70 (step S26). Specifically, the controller 100 measures the thickness measured by the thickness inspection mechanism 46, the thickness when the number of inclusions 50 identified by the name identification mechanism 42 is folded by the folding mechanism 43 by a predetermined method, and the envelope 60. The total thickness is compared to check whether the difference between the two is within a predetermined range. When the difference between the two does not fall within the predetermined range (step S27; No), it is considered that the sealed letter 70 does not contain an appropriate number of the enclosed objects 50. In this case, the controller 100 performs error processing such as notification of an error. On the other hand, when the thickness of the sealed letter 70 is within the predetermined range (step S27; Yes), the sealed letter 70 moves as it is in the direction of the arrow LA and reaches the position P7.

  When the sealed letter 70 reaches position P7, the printing mechanism 47 prints on the surface of the envelope 60 (step S28). Specifically, the controller 100 converts the confirmation code C2, corresponding to the management code C1 previously read and acquired from the sender database 24, sender information, guidance information, and the like into a print image confirmed by the user on the client device 10. The printing mechanism 47 is instructed to perform printing based on this. Based on the printing instruction, the printing mechanism 47 prints the confirmation code C2, sender information such as a company logo and company name, and guidance information at a predetermined printing position on the surface of the envelope 60. The controller 100 may generate the same code as the management code C1 read and acquired from the sender database 24 as the confirmation code C2, or generate a new code by other methods, or other information. Or a new code may be generated. However, information that can be confirmed as the inclusion 50 and the envelope 60 that constitute the same sealed letter 70 when the management code C1 and the verification code C2 are verified in the subsequent verification process (step S29). It needs to be code.

After printing, the sealed letter 70 moves in the direction of arrow LA and reaches position P8. When the envelope 70 reaches the position P8, the second reading mechanism 48 reads the management code C1 printed on the enclosure 50 and the confirmation code C2 printed on the envelope 60, and the two values thus read are controlled by the controller. Output to 100. The controller 100 acquires the values of the two codes and collates them (step S29).
If the two values do not match (step S30; No), the controller 100 performs an error process such as notifying an error or discharging the sealed letter 70 to the discharge line Lo (step S34). Note that the case where they do not match indicates that there is no correspondence between the values of the two codes indicating the inclusion 50 and envelope 60 associated with one sealed letter 70.

  When the two values match (when each of the two code values is in a correspondence relationship indicating that the sealed object 50 and the envelope 60 are associated with one sealed letter 70) (step S30; Yes), the sealed letter 70 is The correct inclusion 50 and the envelope 60 on which the correct sender information and the like are printed. The completed sealed letter 70 is sent as it is to the postal transport line L2 (step S31). The sealed letter 70 sent to the postal transport line L2 is sorted and bound so that it can be applied for postage reduction (step S32).

For example, a worker of the mail receiving system 1 performs sorting and binding work according to the following rules.
(A) Out of the seven postal codes of the shipping address, the sealed letters 70 having the same first five digits and 10 or more mails are sorted as a group of postal items and bound into one bundle.
(B) Among the items that do not satisfy the conditions of (a), the sealed letter 70 in which the first two digits of the postal code of the shipping address are the same and 10 or more are sorted as a group of postal items and put into one bundle Band together.
(C) Put together those that do not satisfy the conditions of (a) and (b).
Note that a unit (number of bindings) of the number of sealed letters to be bound in (a) and (b) is determined in advance, and is sorted according to the number of bindings. For example, if there are 99 sealed letters 70 satisfying the condition (a), if the number of bindings is 100, the number is 99. If the number of bundles is 50, 50 bundles are sorted into one and 49 bundles.
In addition, since the sealed letter 70 sent out to the mail conveyance line L2 is arranged in order of a zip code in step S14, the worker can perform sorting and binding work more efficiently than before. The worker sends out the postal items after sorting and binding (step S33).

  According to the mail deposit system 1 of the present embodiment, the user creates an image of the sealed letter 70 (print information on the enclosed matter 50 and the envelope 60) by a simple operation using familiar document creation software. A series of operations from printing, sealing, and shipping can be entrusted to the operating company of the mail order acceptance system 1. As a result, the convenience for the user to create and send a letter is improved. The user can easily use this service from one sealed letter.

Further, according to the mail order acceptance system 1 of the present embodiment, appropriate sender information and the like can be printed on the envelope 60 based on the management code C2 printed on the inclusion 50, so that “one window envelope” The envelope replacement work for each sender of “ Thereby, working efficiency can be improved.
Further, since the sender information can be printed on the envelope 60, it is not necessary to use a “two-window envelope” which has problems in security and appearance (although there is no need for an envelope replacement operation). As a result, even when a bill or the like is sent out, the risk of confirming the contents information from the outside can be reduced, and the appearance of the sealed letter 70 can be improved.
In addition, a single-window dedicated envelope printed with a two-window envelope or a company logo is relatively expensive to manufacture, whereas the postal mail acceptance system 1 of the present embodiment is a type of envelope 60. Can be unified into a white envelope with a single window. Thereby, an envelope manufacturing cost (acquisition cost) can be reduced. Further, unifying the envelope 60 reduces the burden of inventory management.

  Further, since the sender information or the like is directly printed on one window envelope, the degree of layout freedom is improved. For example, user satisfaction can be improved by printing a company logo, guidance information, etc. with a design that reflects the sender's wishes.

Further, since the sender information is printed according to the inclusion 50, the arrangement order of the envelopes 60 can be arbitrarily set. Accordingly, in order to receive the application of the postal reduction, the postal codes can be arranged in the order designated by the post office, and the burden of rearranging work by workers can be reduced.
Also, regardless of the sender, they are sorted and sealed in the order of the postal code of the shipping address. By collectively processing the requests, it is possible to efficiently print, encapsulate and ship, and receive postage reduction.

  In addition, a confirmation code C2 corresponding to the management code C1 previously printed on the encapsulated material 50 is printed on the envelope 60, and the two codes are read from the sealed letter 70 after the encapsulated seal, and collated, thereby It is possible to verify whether the contents and envelopes are correctly combined after boxing, thereby preventing erroneous sealing. For example, while the sealed letter 70 is transported from the position P4 to the position P8, the order of the other sealed letters 70 flowing back and forth is changed, or due to some problem, an abnormality occurs in the reading of the management code C1 at the position P5. It is possible that sender information that does not match the inclusion 50 is printed on the envelope 60. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to immediately detect even when such an abnormality occurs and prevent sending out the sealed letter 70 in which the erroneous sealing has occurred, by collation after sealing (step S29 to step S30). .

In addition, it is possible to appropriately replace the components in the above-described embodiments with known components without departing from the spirit of the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
For example, when there is a mixture of mails that require the use of a two-window envelope or a single-window envelope with a company logo printed in advance on the envelope as requested by the customer (sender), the dedicated software α In the input screen to be provided, an item for selecting the use of two-window envelope or one-window envelope is provided, and the user is allowed to select, and when the user selects the use of two-window envelope or one-window envelope, You may comprise so that the printing to the envelope 60 of this embodiment may not be performed. In addition, the sender information and the confirmation code C2 are printed on the envelope 60 before sealing, and after the sealing, the management code C1 (first code information) and the verification code C2 (second code information) are collated. You may comprise so that it may perform. Note that the first code information and the second code information are not limited to barcodes and QR codes (registered trademark), and may be codes of other formats.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Postal acceptance system 10, 10A, 10B ... Client terminal device 20 ... Server terminal device 21 ... Reception part 22 ... Control part 23 ... Print instruction | indication part 24 ... From Database 30 ... Printer 40 ... Encapsulated sealing device L1 ... Encapsulated sealing line L2 ... Mailing and conveying line Lo ... Discharge line 100 ... Controller 41 ... Feeding mechanism 42 ... Name identification Mechanism 43 ... Folding mechanism 44 ... Sealing and sealing mechanism 45 ... First reading mechanism 46 ... Thickness inspection mechanism 47 ... Printing mechanism 48 ... Second reading mechanism
50 ... Inclusion material 60 ... Envelope 70 ... Seal letter 80 ... Delivery vehicles P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8 ... Position

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An enclosure sealing device that encloses an inclusion in an envelope and creates a sealed letter,
A first reading mechanism for reading first code information corresponding to sender information of the sealed letter pre-printed on the inclusion;
A controller for identifying sender information of the sealed letter corresponding to the read first code information, and generating second code information corresponding to the identified sender information;
An enclosure sealing mechanism for enclosing and sealing the inclusion in the envelope;
A printing mechanism for printing the second code information on the envelope;
A second reading mechanism for reading the first code information and the second code information from a sealed letter in which the inclusion is sealed;
With
The controller collates the first code information read by the second reading mechanism with the second code information and determines whether or not the correspondence relationship between the first code information and the second code information is appropriate. To
Enclosed sealing device. An enclosure sealing device according to claim 1;
A receiving unit that receives sealed letter creation request information instructing creation and shipping of a sealed letter;
A sender database that stores sender information;
A controller that generates the first code information corresponding to the sender information included in the sealed letter creation request information, associates the first code information with the sender information, and registers the first code information in the sender database;
A print instruction unit for instructing printing of the first code information generated by the control unit on the inclusion;
With
The controller refers to the sender database based on the first code information printed in accordance with an instruction from the print instruction unit, and identifies the sender information;
Seal letter creation system. The print instruction unit obtains a plurality of the sealed letter creation request information,
Sorting the plurality of sealed letter creation request information based on the destination information included in each sealed letter creation request information, generating the first code information in the order of the sorted letter creation request information, and issuing a print instruction.
The sealed letter creating system according to claim 2. The envelope is a single window envelope,
The print instructing unit prints the destination information and the first code information included in the sealed letter creation request information in a range that can be read from one window provided in the envelope body, out of the printed range of the inclusion. Instruct
The printing mechanism prints the second code information corresponding to the first code information read from the one window at a predetermined position of the envelope;
The sealed letter creation system according to claim 2 or claim 3. One or more client terminal devices that accept input of the sealed letter creation request information;
A sealed letter making system according to claim 2 or claim 3,
With
The client terminal device transmits the sealed letter creation request information received to the sealed letter creating system,
In the sealed letter creation system, the receiving unit receives the sealed letter creation request information.
Mail ordering system. A first reading mechanism that reads first code information corresponding to the sender information of a sealed letter preprinted on an inclusion, and the sender information of the sealed letter that corresponds to the read first code information are identified, and the identified sender information A controller that generates corresponding second code information; an enclosing sealing mechanism that encapsulates and seals the inclusion in an envelope; a printing mechanism that prints the second code information on the envelope; and the inclusion is enclosed and sealed And a second reading mechanism for reading the first code information and the second code information from the sealed letter,
By the first reading mechanism, and the step of reading the pre-printed first code information enclosure,
By the controller, the steps of the identify sender information inclusions, to generate the second code information corresponding to the identified sender information corresponding to said first code information read,
Enclosing and sealing the inclusion in an envelope by the enclosure sealing mechanism ;
Printing the second code information on the envelope by the printing mechanism ;
Reading the first code information and the second code information from a sealed letter in which the inclusion is sealed by the second reading mechanism ;
Collating the read first code information with the second code information by the controller and determining whether or not the correspondence between the first code information and the second code information is appropriate;
A sealed letter creation method. A receiving unit that receives sealed letter creation request information for instructing creation and shipping of a sealed letter; a sender database that stores sender information; and first code information corresponding to the sender information included in the sealed letter creation request information, A control unit that associates first code information with the sender information and registers the first code information in the sender database; a print instruction unit that instructs printing of the first code information generated by the control unit on an inclusion; and the enclosure A first reading mechanism that reads the first code information corresponding to the sender information of the sealed letter printed on the article, and the sender information of the sealed letter that corresponds to the read first code information, and the identified sender information A controller for generating corresponding second code information, an enclosing sealing mechanism for enclosing and sealing the inclusion in the envelope, and printing the second code information on the envelope And printing mechanism, wherein the enclosure is a mailpiece accession method using a second reading mechanism for reading a second code information and the first code information from the letter enclosed sealing,
By the receiving section, and receiving the enveloping request information for instructing the dispatch and creating sealed letter,
By the control unit, and generating the first code information based on the sender information included in the enveloping request information,
By the control unit, and a step of registering the sender database sender information included in the enveloping request information in association with said first code information,
By the printing instruction unit, and a step for instructing printing of the first code information to fill the enclosed to the sealed document,
By the enclosing and sealing mechanism, a step of enclosing and sealing said enclosure to said first code information is printed on the envelope body,
The controller specifies sender information corresponding to the first code information with reference to the sender database based on the first code information read by the first reading mechanism, and corresponds to the specified sender information. and generating the second code information,
Printing the second code information on the envelope by the printing mechanism ;
Said controller, said enclosure a collating the first code information and the second code information read from envelope enclosing sealed by the second reading mechanism, and the first code information and the second code information Determining whether the correspondence of
A mail ordering method comprising:

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