JPH0559794B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a coding device that assigns a bar code corresponding to the postal code or postal address displayed on a postal item by key-inputting the postal code.

[Technical Background of the Invention] Conventionally, destination information written on a postal item, such as postal code, address, name, etc., is optically scanned, and the result of this optical scanning is displayed on a scanned image display. Coding systems are available in which a bar code is placed on a mail piece by an operator entering a postal code on a keyboard. The postal items to which this barcode has been assigned are sorted by a subsequent sorting machine using the barcode.

[Problems with the Background Art] However, in the above-mentioned apparatus, when two pieces of mail are taken, the barcode corresponding to the recipient address written on the front surface of one piece of mail _P1 is There was a problem that the paper was printed on the back side of ₂ , causing a sorting error in the later sorting machine.

[Object of the invention] This invention was made in view of the above circumstances,
The purpose is to provide a coating device that can reliably add barcodes to mail items according to destination information and prevent misclassification due to the addition of barcodes.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reads the information on the front side of the mail piece with a reading means, displays the reading result, inputs destination information according to this display,
A coding device that adds machine-recognizable information to the mail piece according to the input address information adds machine-recognizable information to the back side of the mail piece, and also adds the machine-recognizable information to the front side of the mail piece. A mark is added to indicate that possible information has been added.

[Embodiment of the Invention] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a coding device of the present invention,
The structure is as follows. That is, this coding device includes an image reading unit 11 that obtains image information by photoelectrically converting the information on the postal item P, such as the postal code, address information, destination, etc.; After this delay, a bar code (first mark) as a specific code corresponding to the postal code keyed in at one of the video coding desks 12, . . . is printed on the postal item P. It is composed of a printing section 13.

As shown in FIG. 2, the postal code, address and name of the recipient, address and name of the recipient, etc. are written on the surface of the mail P. The above postal code is written in a red entry frame (red frame) A.

The image reading section 11 and the delay/print section 13 are constructed as shown in FIG. That is, the mail P supplied from the supply unit 21 or the mail P supplied from a sorting, sorting, stamping machine (not shown) is conveyed on the conveyance path 22. An image reader 23 is provided on the transport path 22 to optically scan information on the mail P to be transported. Mail P that passed through this image reader 23...
is supplied to a downstream sorting machine (not shown) via the conveyance path 24 and the delay conveyance path 25. In the vicinity of the conveyance path 25, a barcode B corresponding to the postal code or address information is printed on the back side 2 of the mail P being conveyed through the conveyance path 25, and also indicates that the barcode is printed on the front surface. Printer 26 that prints mark (second mark) a
and stackers 27, 28 are provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the video coding disk 12 includes CRT display devices 31 and 32 that display image information supplied from a distributor 41, which will be described later, in monotone.
It is comprised of a keyboard 33 such as a numeric keypad for inputting the postal code corresponding to the image information displayed on the CRT display device 32, and a control section 34 that controls the entire video coding desk 12.

Next, referring to FIG.
The main parts of the electric circuit of the delay/print section 13 will be explained. That is, the control section 40 reads the image information for each piece of mail P from the image reader 23 and outputs it to the distributor 41. In addition, the control unit 4
0 converts the postal code supplied from the distributor 41 into corresponding barcode information, and supplies the barcode information to the printer 26 to print the barcode on the corresponding postal item P. The distributor 41 distributes image information supplied from the control section 40 to the video coding desks 12, . . . . Further, the distributor 41 outputs the postal code supplied from the video coding desk 12, . . . to the control section 40.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be explained. First, the mail P... is supplied to the supply section 21.
Then, the postal items P... supplied to the supply section 21 are 1
They are taken out one by one and conveyed on the conveyance path 22. As a result, the information on the surface of the mail P being conveyed along the conveyance path 22 is optically read by the image reader 23, and the reading result is supplied to the control section 40.

Next, the control section 40 transmits the image information to the distributor 4.
Output to 1. As a result, the distributor 41 outputs the signal to one of the video coding desks 12, . . . . Therefore, at the video coding desk 12 to which the image information is supplied, the image information is displayed on the CRT display device 32, and the operator inputs the postal code using the keyboard 33 in response to this display. The postal code input using the keyboard 33 is supplied to the control section 40 via the distributor 41. As a result, the control unit 40 converts the supplied postal code into corresponding barcode information, and outputs this barcode information to the printer 26, so that the postal item P that has read the postal code faces the printer 26. At that time, as shown in FIG. 5, a barcode B is printed on the back side 2 of the mail P, and
As shown in FIG. 6, a mark a is printed on the surface 1. The mail P on which the barcode B and mark a are printed is supplied to the subsequent sorting machine. As a result, if the mark A is printed on the front side 1 of the mail P and the barcode B is printed on the back side 2, the sorting machine determines that correct coding has been performed.
This barcode is used as a classification code to perform classification processing. In addition, the above sorting machine determines that if there is no mark a on the front side 1 of the mail P and barcode B is printed on the back side 2, the correct coding has not been performed (the mail P has been picked up twice). We are learning to judge and reject.

As mentioned above, since the mark A is printed on the front side 1 of the postal item P and the barcode B is printed on the back side 2, the barcode is not printed overlapping the recipient address, etc. The code can be reliably assigned, and it is possible to prevent incorrect sorting due to the inability of the subsequent sorting machine to read the barcode or the attachment of an incorrect barcode.

Note that the mark printed on the front side of the mail item may have another shape or may be a bar code printed on the back side.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, machine-recognizable information corresponding to address information can be reliably added to mail items, and misclassification due to the addition of machine-recognizable information can be avoided. It is possible to provide a coding device that can prevent this.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the invention.
The figure is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration.
The figure is a diagram for explaining an example of mail, FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing the configuration of an image reading section and a delay/print section, FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a video coding desk, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an example of printing a barcode, and FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of printing a mark. P... Mail, A... Red frame, B... Barcode (first mark), a... Mark (second mark),
11...Image reading unit, 12...Video coding desk, 13...Delay/print unit, 23
...Image reader, 26...Printer, 31, 32
... CRT display device, 33 ... keyboard, 34, 40 ... control section, 41 ... distributor.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1 Coding consisting of a reading means for reading information on the front side of a mail piece, a display means for displaying the reading result by the reading means, and a keyboard that can input destination information according to the display on the display means. A coding device comprising a desk and an attaching means for attaching machine-recognizable information on the mail piece according to destination information inputted from the keyboard, wherein the attaching means adds machine-recognizable information to the back side of the mail piece. 1. A coding device comprising means for adding a mark indicating that the machine-recognizable information has been added to the front side of the mail piece. 2. The coding device according to claim 1, wherein the machine-recognizable information is a barcode.