JPH0824795A - Postal matter classifying device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the time required for distribution of registered postal matter in particular by reading the classification information and discrete information of objects, classifying and gathering these objects to prescribed gathering parts in accordance with the read classification information and outputting the discrete information of the classified and gathered objects. CONSTITUTION:An information reading section 17 detects the positions of zip codes Z of the postal matter P, residence designations A and bar codes B respectively by a position detecting section 51 and detects and segments character information (zip codes and residence designations) and bar codes B by a detection segmenting section 52. The character information and the bar codes B are identified by an identifying section 54. The classifying and gathering sections where the postal matter is ought to be housed are instructed by a classification instructing section 55 in accordance with the identified zip codes and the residence designations. Further, a storage device 102 stores the identified bar codes B and the instructed classifying and gathering chamber data. A printer prints the postal matter with the stored bar codes B by each of the classifying and gathering chambers. As a result, the delay in distribution of the registered postal matter by non-mechanical classification, etc., are prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mail sorting device for reading address information such as a zip code or an address written on a mail and sorting the mail based on the zip code and the address.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Mail items collected from street posts or large customers and small post offices that do not handle delivery operations are delivered to large-scale post offices that handle delivery operations or to specific post offices (collection and delivery central offices). After being collected once, the mail items are sorted by the delivery post office or a predetermined delivery direction, and delivered by the delivery post office or a predetermined delivery direction. As such, sorting and collecting, mainly for the delivery of mail between post offices, is generally referred to as sending.

Today, with the automation and mechanization of sorting work for dispatching, mail items are sorted according to the postal code written on the mail item in the delivery direction of the mail item and the post office of the delivery destination. A mail sorting device has been put to practical use.

The mail sorting device for the postage reads a postal code of a handwritten or printed type written on a predetermined position of a standard mail and a postcard, and based on the read result, the corresponding mail and postcard. Are classified and accumulated in the accumulating unit which is assigned in advance.

The mail sorting device takes out the mails placed on the supply unit one by one, reads the information on the surface of the mail by the reading unit arranged on the conveying path, and converts the result into an electric signal. By converting and recognizing the postal code, and controlling the conveying system based on the command based on the reading result, the corresponding postal matter is sorted into a predetermined sorting box. It should be noted that postal items containing foreign matter that are not suitable for high-speed transportation are excluded from the transportation path when their shape and thickness are detected when they are taken out of the supply section, and are classified by non-machine classification (by the operator). To be done.

This type of mail sorting device has a large reading unit, a large-capacity dictionary, and a high-speed discriminating unit, and in addition to the zip code, the kanji such as the town name, chome, and district code written on the mail. There is also proposed a delivery mail item sorting device capable of sorting mail items into delivery district units by reading all information of addresses including address.

[0007]

By the way, registered mail
(Including simple registered mail), a unique control code (bar code) is assigned to control from the time when the sender presents it to the post office until it is delivered to the recipient.
This control code (bar code) is given by the post office staff when the registered mail is sent to the post office by the sender, read by a bar code reader, for example, a pen scanner, and sent by the sending post office. As a record, for example, it is recorded in a storage device such as a host computer and used for management and tracking until it is delivered to the recipient.

From this, although the registered mail (including simple registered mail) has a shape similar to that of the standard mail, it cannot be sorted by the mail sorting device, and moreover, it is possible to separate each mail. There is a problem that it takes a long time to deliver (delivery can be sent) due to the check by the staff for entering and checking the barcode.

Further, there is a problem that the delivery cost per mail increases due to an increase in the amount of processing work in the post office and labor costs. At the same time, this is one of the factors that cause the postage rate increase (increase). An object of the present invention is to provide a registered mail sorting device that can be used to reduce the time required for delivering a registered mail.

[0010]

The present invention has been made on the basis of the above problems, and is a reading means for reading the classification information and individual information of an object having the classification information and the individual information, and a plurality of accumulating sections. And the object for which both the classification information and the individual information are read by the reading means,
The sorting / collecting means for sorting and stacking in a predetermined stacking portion of the stacking portion based on the read sorting information, and the individual information of the objects sorted and stacked in each stacking portion of the sorting / stacking means. The present invention provides a mail sorting device having integrated information output means for outputting.

Further, according to the present invention, a reading means for reading the classification information and the individual information of the object having the classification information of the object and the individual information given to each of the objects,
A predetermined stacking unit of the stacking unit, which has a plurality of stacking units, and which sorts the object for which both the sorting information and the individual information are read by the reading unit, based on the read sorting information. And a storage unit for storing individual information of the objects accumulated in the stacking unit, and each of the stacking units of the sorting stacking unit. Printing means for printing the individual information of the accumulated objects, for each of the accumulating sections, and input means for inputting the individual information of the specific objects segmented and accumulated in each of the accumulating sections of the sorting and accumulating means, Print control means for deleting the individual information corresponding to the input from the individual information supplied from the storage means to the printing means when there is an input by the input means, and for instructing the printing means to perform new printing To Mail sorting apparatus is provided.

Further, according to the present invention, reading means for reading the character information of the postal matter and the assigned management code,
A predetermined stacking unit of the stacking unit which has a plurality of stacking units, and which sorts the mail matter in which both the character information and the management code are read by the reading unit, based on the read sorting information. And the number of the above-mentioned mail items sorted and collected in each of the collecting portions of the sorting and collecting means,
Counting means for counting each of the stacking parts, storage means for storing the number of the mail pieces counted by the counting means, and the management code of the mail pieces sorted and collected in the stacking part, and the storing means. Printing means for printing, for each of the stacking units, the management code of the mail items separately stored in each stacking unit of the stacking unit and the total number of the mail items in the corresponding stacking unit counted by the counting unit. , Inputting means for inputting the management code of the specific mails sorted and stacked in each of the stacking sections of the sorting stacking means, and the management code supplied to the printing means when there is an input by this inputting means While deleting the control code corresponding to the above input,
There is provided a mail sorting device having print control means for subtracting the number of deleted mail pieces from the total number of mail pieces stored in the counting means to instruct the printing means to perform new printing. .

[0013]

According to the present invention, the individual information given to the registered mail is read at the same time as the reading of the sorting information and the character information by the reading means and is sorted and collected by the sorting and accumulating means. Printed. Therefore, it is not necessary to input the individual information that has been individually input in the sorting and collection of registered mail.

The registered mail sorting device of the present invention is
A reading unit that reads the character information and the management code of the mail item, and a plurality of accumulating units, and the mail item in which both the character information and the management code have been read by the reading unit is the read category. A sorting / collecting means for sorting based on information and storing in a predetermined stacking portion of the stacking portion, and the number of the mail items sorted and stacked in each stacking portion of the sorting / stacking means are counted for each stacking portion. A counting means, a storage means for storing the management code of the mail items sorted and collected in the stacking unit corresponding to the number of the mail items counted by the counting unit, and each of the stacking units of the sorting stack unit. A printing means for printing, for each of the stacking units, the management code of the separately collected mail items and the total number of the mail items in the corresponding stacking unit counted by the counting unit, and the sorting and stacking unit described above. Each collection Input means for inputting a control code of a specific mail piece sorted and accumulated in a set, and when there is an input by this input means, the control code corresponding to the input is deleted from the control code supplied to the printing means. Along with
Since the number of deleted mail pieces is subtracted from the total number of the mail pieces stored in the counting means, the print control means for instructing the printing means to perform new printing is provided to the registered mail piece. The read barcode is read by the reading means at the same time as the reading of the classification information and the character information,
Even if the mail is printed in each stacking unit after being sorted and collected by the sorting / collecting means, and the mail stored in each stacking chamber is misclassified, the misclassified mail is removed. At the same time, by instructing reprinting, the total number of new stacking unit units in which the corresponding bar code data is deleted and the bar code of the mail items stored in each stacking unit are printed. Therefore, it is possible to easily track the classification and accumulation state of registered mail.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a mail sorting device incorporating an embodiment of the present invention. According to FIG. 1, the mail sorting apparatus receives a mail (a mail and a postcard having a size within a limit range) P to be sorted and receives the mail P and performs various processing on the mail P and a receiving unit 10. Part 10
It comprises a sorting section 20 (sorting and accumulating means) for storing the postal matter P set in (1) for each predetermined delivery destination or delivery direction. The receiving section 10 and the sorting section 20 are
They are connected via a transport mechanism 30 (31, 32 and a sorting transport unit 33 described later) that transports the postal matter P from the receiving unit 10 toward the sorting unit 20.

The receiving unit 10 stores the mail pieces P to be sorted, and supplies the mail pieces P placed on the supply section 11 and the supply section 11.
The take-out unit 1 that takes out the sheets one by one and sequentially supplies them to the transport mechanism 30.
2. To operate the mail sorting device (not shown)
An operation panel (input means, print control) that is composed of many switches and a keyboard (not shown) used for inputting various classification conditions, etc., and is connected to a main control unit (not shown) via an interface. Means) 13, and delivery certificate (list of contents) L described later
Certificate of delivery printing device (printer, printing means)
14 and so on.

Between the take-out section 12 and the sorting section 20, the thickness of the postal matter P or the hardness of the contents of the postal matter P guided by the take-out section 12 to the receiving side conveying path 31 of the conveying mechanism 30. And a posture detecting section 16 for detecting a shape and a state (damaged or closed state of envelope) of the postal matter P conveyed through the receiving side conveying path 31 and an oblique conveyance, and a mail. Zip code (category information) Z, address label (address) A, and unique identification code attached to the mail, such as the bar code (individual information, control code) displayed on the registered mail. ) Information reading unit for reading B, etc. (reading means, counting means, storage means) 17
Etc. are arranged along the receiving side transport path 31.

Between the take-out section 12 and the sorting section 20, there is also a foreign matter-containing postal matter collecting section 1 for accommodating a postal matter P determined by the foreign matter / hardness detecting section 15 to be unsuitable for machine sorting.
8 and the attitude detection unit 16 arrange the defective postal matter collection unit 19 that stores the postal matter P determined to be unsuitable for conveyance in the sorting unit 20 along the receiving-side conveyance path 31.

The partitioning section 20 is, for example, a section accumulating chamber 21 (A ...
G × 0 to n), and the compartment conveyance paths 22A to 22 arranged at positions above the respective stages of the accumulation chamber 21.
G (each subscript indicates a corresponding column). It should be noted that each of the compartment indoor transport paths 22A to 22
The postal matter P in the conveying path is detected at G (not shown)
A transport detector is located.

At one end of the sorting section 20, the mail P conveyed from the receiving section 10 by the conveying path 31 is arranged.
Sorting / conveying unit 3 for guiding each of the sorting chambers 21 of
3 are arranged. In the sorting / transporting unit 33, the postal matter P is sorted based on a control signal from a sorting control unit 23, which will be described later, with respect to the sorting room transporting paths 22A to 22G arranged corresponding to the respective stages of the sorting and stacking chamber 21. Partition gates 33A to 33G are arranged for this purpose. The sorting transport unit 33 and the transport path 31 are connected via a transport path 32, as is apparent from FIG. In addition, the sorting gates 33A to 33G and the transport paths 31 and 3
In FIG. 2, the postal matter P in the conveyance path is detected (not shown).
The transport detectors are arranged at predetermined intervals.

FIG. 2 shows a sectional accumulation chamber 21 (A to G × 0).
n) one collection chamber is shown in detail. According to FIG. 2, each of the sorting and accumulating chambers 21 (A to G × 0 to n) accommodates therein a storage part 41 in which the sent mail P is stored and a delivery of the mail P guided to the storage part 41. A section display section 42 indicating the direction or the delivery destination, detecting that the storage section 41 is full of the postal matter P (not shown), an end detector, indicating that the storage section 41 is full of the postal matter P Full article indicator 43, postal matter P guided to accommodation section 41
When there is a misclassification or an excess or deficiency in quantity, a cancel switch 44 for clearing the data of the corresponding storage unit 41, a list of individual information of the mail P stored in the storage unit 41, that is, a delivery certificate L Print (output)
A delivery certificate printing switch 45 (for activating the printing device 14), a counter (not shown) for counting and displaying the total number of the postal items P accommodated in the accommodating section 41, and the like are arranged.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the construction of the mail sorting device shown in FIG. Note that FIG.
In the figure, the white arrow indicates the flow of the mail P and the solid arrow indicates the flow of the signal. FIG.
According to the above, the take-out unit 12, the operation panel 13, the foreign matter, the hardness detection unit 15, the posture detection unit 16, the information reading unit 17, and the classification control unit 23 are based on the work routines stored in the storage device 102. And is controlled by the main control unit 101.

The information reading section 17 is a photoelectric conversion section 17a for reading each information of the mail P conveyed by the conveying path 31.
Based on the information output from the photoelectric conversion unit 17a, the address, that is, the postal code (sort information) Z and the residence display (address)
A and a bar code (individual information, management code) B are used to determine the determination unit 17b, and a dictionary used for determination by the determination unit 17b or each mail P to be assigned to each sorting chamber 21. It has a data reader (data reading unit) 17c that enables external supply of data and the like.

The photoelectric conversion unit 17a is, for example, a postal matter P.
The surface of the postal matter P is illuminated with light, and the reflected light from the surface of the postal matter P is photoelectrically converted to obtain a pattern signal corresponding to the image on the surface of the postal matter P. The postal matter P is irradiated with light. It is composed of a light source (not shown) and a CCD image sensor (not shown) that converts the reflected light from the mail P into an image signal.

As shown in FIG. 4, the discriminating unit 17b detects the position of the postal code Z of the postal matter P, the position of the house display A and the position of the bar code B, and the position detected through the position detecting unit 51. The character information (the zip code Z and the house display A) corresponding to the above and the individual information, that is, the detection cutout portion 52 that cuts out and cuts out the management code (bar code B), and the character information cut out by the detection cutout portion 52 are displayed. The preprocessing unit 53 that normalizes and determines the direction of the barcode B, the identification information 54 that identifies the character information and the barcode B that has been preprocessed by the preprocessing unit 53, and the postal code Z (identified by the identification unit 54 And a bar code B identified by the identification unit 54, which indicates the division stacking chamber 21 (A to G × 0 to n) in which the mail P is to be stored based on the house display A). (Division finger Storage device 102 for storing the sorted and stacked chambers data indicated by Part 55) (storage device 1
02 may be a memory connected to the main control unit 101 or an external memory (not shown).

The data reader 17c is, for example, a Proppy disk device, and a dictionary 111 in which reference patterns of numbers and characters used for identification by the identification unit 54 are stored, and division designation of each division accumulation chamber 21. The sorting specification table 112 and the like in which the conditions are stored can be easily changed from outside the mail sorting device.

As shown in FIG. 4, the sorting control unit 23 drives the gate control unit 61, which drives the sorting gates 33A to 33G of the sorting and transporting unit 33, the transporting paths 32 and 33, and the sorting chambers 22A to 22G. An interface 63 for connecting the transport mechanism control unit 62, the sorting display unit 42 (A to G × 0 to n) arranged in each sorting stacking chamber 21 (A to G × 0 to n) and the main control unit 101. Etc.

Next, the operation of the registered mail sorting apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. The postal matter P set in the supply unit 11 is
Based on the processing mode input through the operation panel 13, the take-out section 12 guides the transfer section 31 of the transfer mechanism 30 one by one (STP1).

The postal matter P guided to the conveying section 31 is checked by the foreign matter / hardness detecting section 15 whether the thickness and the hardness of the contents are suitable for the machine classification, and it is determined that the mail P is not suitable for the machine classification. The determined postal matter P is stored in the foreign matter-containing postal matter collection unit 18 via a switching gate (not shown) (S
TP2).

The postal matter P that has passed through the foreign matter / hardness detection unit 15 is checked by the posture detection unit 16 whether it can be conveyed in the sorting unit 20 and whether it is erroneously detected. The postal matter P determined to be unsuitable for conveyance in the sorting section 20 is accommodated in the postal matter inferior posture postal matter collecting section 19 via a switching gate (not shown) (STP3).

Foreign matter, hardness detector 15 and posture detector 1
The postal matter P passing through 6 is guided to the sorting section 20 through the conveying path 32 after passing through the information reading section 17, and under the control of the sorting control section 23, a predetermined sorting stacking chamber 21 ( A to G × 0 to n).

Specifically, the photoelectric conversion unit 1 of the information reading unit 17
The character information described in the postal matter P, that is, the postal code Z, the house display A and the bar code B is converted into pattern data by 7a (STP4).

The pattern data output from the photoelectric conversion unit 17a is position-detected by the position detection unit 51 of the discriminating unit 17b, cut out through the detection cutout unit 52, and preprocessed by the preprocessing unit 53. It is output to the identification unit 54 (STP5).

The pattern data output to the identification unit 54, that is, the zip code Z and the house display A, are compared with the reference pattern of numbers and characters stored in the dictionary 111, and the zip code Z by a known pattern matching method or the like.
And identified as Residential Indication A. In addition, the identification unit 54
The bar code B supplied to the device is compared with the bar code pattern stored in the dictionary 111, and the bar code data
It is converted into (a character string of a predetermined digit) and is temporarily stored in the storage device 102. It should be noted that the storage device 102 is previously stored in
It goes without saying that memory areas corresponding to the respective accumulation chambers of the divided accumulation chambers 21 (A to G × 0 to n) and the counters incorporated therein are secured (STP6).

The postal matter P for which the postal code Z and the house display A are identified by the identifying unit 54 is urged by the control of the transport mechanism unit control unit 62 of the sorting control unit 23, and the transporting units 32 and 33 and the sorting control unit. The sorting instruction unit 5 passes through the sorting gates 33A to 33G and the sorting room conveyance paths 22A to 22G designated by the control of the gate control unit 61 of 23.
The sheet is conveyed toward the sorting / collecting chamber 21 (A to G × 0 to n) designated in accordance with the sorting data of the sorting designation table 112 by S5 (STP7).

The postal matter P for which all of the postal code Z and the residence display A or the bar code B cannot be identified by the identification section 54 is a predetermined division collection room or reject room in the division section 20, for example, a reject room. , 21 (G0) will be guided (STP8). Further, only the postal code Z and the residence display A are identified by the identifying unit 54 (that is, the barcode B is unidentifiable or the barcode B does not exist). A predetermined compartment or auxiliary compartment within, for example,
It is accommodated in 21 (A0) to 21 (F0) (STP9)
.

By each step STP7 ~ 9, character information
(Residential display) A, postal code (delivery direction) Z and bar code (individual data) Postal matter P with all B read
Is assigned to one of the division accumulation chambers 21 (A to G × 0 to n) designated by the division designation table 112.
It is accommodated under the control of 3 (STP10).

The above-described series of sorting operations are repeated, and the sorting / collecting room where the mail P is currently sorted and collected is the mail P.
(STP11-YES) and the sorting / collecting chamber is not filled with the postal matter P, and all the sorting of the postal matter P to be sorted is completed (STP
11-NO to STP12-YES), the quantity displayed on the counter 42 of the corresponding sorting chamber (for example, 21 (An)) and the mail P actually stored in the sorting chamber 21 (An). Is compared (by staff) with the quantity of (STP13).

In step STP13, when it is confirmed that the quantities match (STP14-YES), the delivery certificate printing switch 45 (An) of the corresponding sorting chamber is turned on to turn the sorting chamber 21 (An). A delivery certificate L (see FIG. 5) showing the contents of the postal matter P stored in () is printed (STP15). In the delivery certificate L, the delivery direction of the postal matter P stored in the corresponding sorting / collecting chamber 21 (An), the total number of the postal matter P, and the bar code data stored in the storage device 102, that is, individual information (management Code)
Are printed in a predetermined order.

Next, whether or not there is a misclassification of the bar code information printed on the delivery certificate and the separately collected mail items P, that is, each of the separately collected mail items P and the classification display unit 4
Whether the division direction displayed in 2 matches
Checked (by staff) (STP16).

Prior to this step STP16, for example, at the time of checking the quantity in step STP13, the presence / absence of a misclassification may be simultaneously checked. That is, when a mail item misclassified by the quantity check in step STP13 is found, the time required for the check can be shortened by turning the mail item over, for example.

In step STP16, if there is no erroneous classification (STP17-YES), it is judged whether the classification of all the postal matter P set in the supply unit 11 is completed (STP18), and the processing is ended. In case of (STP
18-YES), the operation ends. The supply unit 11
Needless to say, the above steps are repeated when the postal matter P set in (1) remains or the additional postal matter P is set (STP18-NO).

On the other hand, in step STP16, if there is an erroneous classification, that is, if the postal matter P corresponding to a different classification is mixed (STP17-N).
By inputting the bar code B of the postal matter P which is erroneously classified by the operation panel 13 into (O) (STP19).
The bar code data of the corresponding postal matter P stored in the storage device 102 is deleted, and the delivery certificate L is updated and printed by the operation of the operation panel 13 (for example, a delivery certificate reissue button (not shown)) (STP20).

Incidentally, in step STP13, the quantity and the classification accumulation chamber 21 (A
n) does not match the number of actually stored mail items P (STP14-NO), the cancel switch 44 of the corresponding sorting chamber 21 (An) is turned on, and the sorting is performed. All data relating to the postal matter P stored in the room 21 (An) is deleted (STP2
1). In this case, the postal matter P stored in the sorting / collecting chamber 21 (An) is returned to the supply unit 11 and is sorted again.

[0045]

As described above, according to the registered mail sorting apparatus of the present invention, the bar code attached to the registered mail is read simultaneously with the reading of the zip code and the address by the reading means, and the sorting and accumulating means. Then, the sheets are separately collected by, and printed by the stacking unit of the sorting stacking means. Therefore,
In sorting and collecting registered mail, it is not necessary to input the barcodes that have been input individually. As a result, it is possible to easily track the status of the sorted collection of registered mail, that is, the movement between post offices.

Further, since the bar code corresponding to each mail item stored in each stacking unit is stored in the storage unit for each stacking unit, each mail item stored in each stacking unit is erroneously classified. Even if it occurs, you can easily issue (print) a new delivery certificate by removing the mis-classified mail and entering the corresponding bar code. Therefore, it is possible to accurately track the movement of the registered mail between the post offices. This can reduce delivery delays or increased labor costs due to non-machine segmentation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing the configuration of a mail sorting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of a partition section of the partition device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mail sorting device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing in detail the configurations of a discrimination unit and a classification control unit shown in FIG.

5 is a schematic plan view showing an example of a delivery certificate printed (output) by the mail sorting device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the flow of classification accumulation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of division accumulation subsequent to the flowchart shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Receiving part, 11 ... Supplying part, 12 ... Ejecting part, 13 ... Operation panel, 14 ... Delivery certificate printing device, 15 ... Foreign matter, hardness detecting part, 16 ... Posture detecting part, 17 ... Information reading part, 17a ...
Photoelectric conversion unit, 17b ... discrimination unit, 17c ... data reader,
18 ... Foreign matter-containing postal matter collecting section, 19 ... Poor posture postal matter collecting section, 20 ... Sorting section, 21 (A to G × 0 to n) ... Sorting accumulation chamber, 22A to 22G ... Sorting room conveyance path, 23 ... Sorting control unit, 30 ... Transport mechanism, 31 ... Receiving side transport path, 32 ...
Transport path, 33 ... Sorting transport section, 33A to 33G ... Sorting gate, 34 ..., 41 ... Storage section, 42 ... Sorting display section, 43
... full indicator, 44 ... cancel switch, 45 ... delivery certificate print switch, 51 ... position detecting section, 52 ... detection cutout section, 53 ... preprocessing section, 54 ... identification section, 55 ... sorting instruction section, 61 ... gate Control unit, 62 ... Transport mechanism control unit, 63
... interface, 101 ... main control unit, 102 ... storage device, 111 ... dictionary, 112 ... classification designation table.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A reading means for reading the classification information and the individual information of an object having the classification information and the individual information, and a plurality of accumulating sections, wherein both the classification information and the individual information are read by the reading means. Sorted stacking means for sorting the read objects based on the read sorting information and stacking them in a predetermined stacking part of the stacking part, and partitioning stacking in each stacking part of the stacking stacking means. Integrated information output means for outputting the individual information of the object,
A mail sorting device having a. 2. A reading unit for reading the classification information and the individual information of the object having the classification information of the object and the individual information given to each of the objects, and a reading unit having a plurality of accumulating units. A sorting / collecting means for sorting the object from which both the sorting information and the individual information have been read by the sorting means based on the read sorting information and stacking the sorted objects in a predetermined stacking portion of the stacking portion, For each of the stacking units of the stacking unit, a storage unit for storing individual information of the objects stacked in the stacking unit, and the individual information of the objects sorted and stacked in each stacking unit of the sorting stacking unit, , Printing means for each of the stacking units, input means for inputting individual information of the specific objects sorted and stacked in each stacking portion of the sorting stacking means, and when there is an input by this input means , From the storage means And print control means for the individual information supplied to the serial printing unit deletes the individual information corresponding to the input indicating the new printing on the print unit, a mail sorting apparatus having. 3. A reading means for reading character information of a postal matter and an assigned management code, and a plurality of accumulating sections, wherein both the character information and the management code are read by the reading means. A sorting / collecting means for sorting the mail pieces based on the read sorting information and stacking them in a predetermined stacking portion of the stacking portion, and a number of the above-mentioned mail pieces sorted and stacked in each stacking portion of the sorting stacking means. Counting means for counting each of the stacking units, and storage means for storing the number of the mail items counted by the counting unit and the management code of the mail items sorted and accumulated in the stacking unit. Printing means for printing, for each of the stacking units, the management code of the mail items sorted and stacked in each of the stacking units of the sorting stacking unit and the total number of the mail items in the corresponding stacking unit counted by the counting unit When, The input means for inputting the management code of the specific mails sorted and collected in each of the stacking sections of the sorting stacking means, and the management code supplied to the printing means when there is an input by this input means, Print control means for deleting the management code corresponding to the input, and subtracting the number of the deleted mail pieces from the total number of the mail pieces stored in the counting means, and instructing the printing means to perform new printing. A mail sorting device having ,.