JPH028594B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention captures an image of the address of a postal item using a video camera or the like, monitors it at a remote location, and inputs a code according to the addressee at the remote location. The present invention relates to a video coding device that prints barcodes and the like on objects.

Generally, a video coding device uses a scanner, for example, a video camera, to scan the addresses written on mail items such as letters that are sequentially sent from a supply unit, and displays the image of the address on a display unit such as a cathode ray tube. In this system, an operator reads this information, enters a code based on the address information on a keyboard, etc., and prints a code based on the input information on the mail piece.

In this video coding device, coding according to address information is generally performed by inputting the postal code as is, or in the case of overseas mail, by inputting the abbreviation of the country name. .

However, this method is generally problematic in countries where a postal code system is in place and postal codes are written on most mail items, or in cases where the number of abbreviations that the key-typing operator must memorize, that is, the number of classifications, is up to 100 or more. However, in countries that do not have a postal code system, or in cases where using an abbreviation that corresponds to the addressee would result in the number of classifications and numbers that need to be memorized to be several hundred or more. The problem arises that the coding work itself is difficult, or the coding work cannot be done unless the operator memorizes a huge amount of information, making it virtually difficult to use the video coding system.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem by displaying an address list and to provide a video coding device that can be used even in countries without a postal code system.

The coding means according to the present invention is to store all address tables of addresses to be classified in advance in an address table storage section. A simple code using a part of the address to be sorted is entered as the first code by the key entry operator, and an address table corresponding to this address is output from the address table storage section, and this address table is used for mailing. are displayed all at once on the screen, and the key-typing operator searches the address table for the address to be classified,
This is a means of inputting the code of the displayed address table as a second code.

Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen created according to the present invention. In Figure 1, a supply unit 2 into which paper sheets such as mail are input.
picks up the mail pieces one by one in the direction of arrow 1 and supplies them to conveyance path 17 . The scanning unit 3 is a part that reads the characters on the mail, and is composed of a video camera, etc., and optically scans the paper surface of the mail being conveyed, performs photoelectric conversion, and outputs the video signal 4. . This video signal 4 is input to the storage control section 5,
Memorized temporarily. This storage control unit 5 is composed of a memory capable of storing a plurality of video signals 4 and address book symbols 12 to be described later. are stored and distributed to a plurality of display units 6 while being selected one after another and output. The display section 6 is composed of, for example, a cathode ray tube, and displays the letters of the mail.

Here, the coding means will be explained using FIG. 2. As mentioned above, when the mail passes in front of the scanning section 3, only the mail on the upper side of the screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the display section 6. The key entry operator reads this address display and enters the first three characters of "Pearl Street", which is the address to be classified as "PEA" in the example of FIG. 2, into the key entry section 7 as the first code input. This keystroke signal 8 is transmitted to the code converter 9
Since this is the first code input, it is converted into an address table code signal 10 and output to the address table storage section 11. Address table storage section 11 stores in advance an address table as shown in the lower part of FIG. 2 for all address table code signals 10. In the example of FIG. 2, in response to the input of the code "PEA", a table of addresses starting with "PEA" is selected, and the address table symbol 12 is additionally input to the memory control unit 5, and the lower part of FIG. All added videos will be displayed. What's more, the key-typing operator finds "(D)PEARL ST" in the address book that corresponds to "Pearl Street" on the mail, and uses the serial number "D" in the address book as the second code. do. This completes the key typing operation for this mail item, and the next mail item to be processed is automatically displayed on the display section 6.

The code conversion unit 9 converts the keystroke signals 8 resulting from the first and second code inputs into a predetermined print code signal 13 and outputs it to the printing unit 14 . And printing part 1
4 prints a mail code according to this print code signal 13. The code reading section 15 reads the code printed on the mail, and the mail is sorted into each stacking section 16 according to the reading result.

The conveyance path 17 between the scanning section 3 and the printing section 14 is made up of a belt for carrying the mail, and is used to obtain processing time for the mail that has passed through the scanning section 3 until it is displayed and pressed.

As explained above, by having the address table storage unit according to the present invention, the video coding system can be used even in countries without a postal code system. In addition, as shown in the example in Figure 2, rather than typing the abbreviation of the address, the key is used to type the first few digits of the address to be classified, so the keystroke process memorizes the code to be classified. There will be no need for it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen created according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1...transportation direction, 2...supply section, 3...scanning section, 4...video signal, 5...storage control section, 6...display section, 7...keying section, 8...
Keystroke signal, 9...Code conversion section, 10...Address table code signal, 11...Address table storage section, 12...Address table signal, 13...Print code signal, 14...Printing section, 15...Reading Section, 16... Accumulation section, 17...
...Conveyance route. In FIG. 2, the upper part of the display screen is an example of displaying letters on mail items, and the lower part is an example of displaying an address table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A supply unit that supplies postal items one by one to a conveyance path, a scanning unit that optically scans the character face of the mail item on the conveyance path, and a scanning unit that optically scans the character face of the mail item obtained from the scanning unit. a storage control section that temporarily stores a video signal; a display section that receives an output signal from the storage control section and displays the character surface on a screen; and a keypad section that inputs predetermined code information in accordance with the character image on the display section. and an address table storage section in which an address table is stored which is displayed in addition to the display section according to a first code corresponding to the address of the postal item inputted first among the predetermined code information from the key input section. , comprising a second code that is later entered as a substitute key based on the correspondence between the addressee and the address table, a printing unit that prints a predetermined code on the postal item in accordance with the first code and the predetermined code information. A video coding device characterized by: