JPS60168575A - Automatic aligning and sealing apparatus of males - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an automatic stamping device for stamps and postcards (hereinafter referred to as postal items) that detects and stamps the face of stamps and postage stamps affixed to sealed letters and postcards (hereinafter referred to as postal items).

Conventionally, automatic sorting, aligning and stamping machines with automatic mail processing equipment, automatic sorting, aligning and stamping machines with a sorting table, etc., have been used to remove the stamps and postage stamps affixed to mail by adding luminescent agents or printing. It is detected by detecting the color of the color frame and its dimensions, and the direction of the mail is aligned based on this detection signal, and then it is stamped on the face of the stamp or postal stamp to separate it all at once or by type. were accumulating. However, in recent years, characters and designs for various campaigns have been increasingly included in the impressions affixed to the face of stamps and price stamps.

Some of the letters and designs for these various campaigns may not be suitable depending on the type of mail.

In particular, if a stamp with campaign characters or designs is affixed to a mail piece with a black frame printed on it for a funeral, the sender or recipient of the mail item will be disappointed. For this reason, at post offices, before automatically processing mail received at mailboxes and post office counters using the automatic sorting, sorting and stamping machine or the automatic weir, sorting and stamping machine with a sorting stand, the post offices had to manually process mail items with black borders printed on them. I have no choice but to divide my mail into 9 parts. This is because even though we have introduced machines that automatically sort, collect, and stamp mail received at postboxes and post office counters, it is still not possible to eliminate the work involved in obtaining the items. This is one of the factors that hinders the rationalization of work within the post office.

The object of the present invention was to solve such inconveniences, and it is possible to correctly detect stamps and stamps affixed to mail items, as well as correctly detect funeral mail items with black borders printed on them. To provide an automatic number stamping device for mail items, etc., which separates them from other mail items, and stacks or removes them without stamping them.

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings. First, to help understand the present invention, a conventional apparatus will be explained. As shown in FIG. A stamp or the like is detected by a pair of detectors, the first detection unit 2 and the second detection unit 3, and is stamped by two stamping devices 4 and 5, a tip stamping device and a terminal stamping device. Things are normally stored in the accumulation section 6.
, the express mail items are accumulated in the express mail accumulation section 7. Postal items whose predetermined stamps are not detected by the first detection section and the second detection section are accumulated in the rejection and accumulation section 8.

In the automatic number alignment and stamping device of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 for detecting black frames printed on mail items
A pair of black frame detection sections 9 are provided. Even though it is a funeral mail with a black border printed on it, the stamps are properly affixed, so the first detection unit 2. The stamp detection signal outputted from each of the second detection units 3 and the black frame detection signal outputted from the black frame detection unit 9 are used in combination, and the black frame detection signal is used to detect the two stamping devices. In addition to prohibiting the operations of 4 and 5, a dedicated accumulation section 10 or exclusion accumulation section 8 is provided.
It has become possible to accumulate in Here, we will explain the circuit techniques for prohibiting the operation of the stamping device and for integrating it into a dedicated integration section, as these are easily realized by engineers working in this field. Omitted.

FIG. 3 shows a postal item 11 with a black frame 12 printed on it indicating the half for a funeral. It is usually printed within about 15 inches of the inside of the four sides of black-framed 12Fi mail.

Therefore, it is sufficient to scan this range 13 photoelectrically and detect the presence of a black frame within the range 13 with a thickness equal to or greater than a predetermined thickness.

However, it is usually not necessary to scan the entire area 13, and a practically sufficient detection performance can be obtained by scanning only a very limited area 14, 14' as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of an example of a black frame detection section using this method. In the figure, the scanning section 15 photoelectrically scans a specific part of the mail as shown in Fig. 4, and sequentially outputs electrical signals according to the density of light from the scanned part. . The scanning range detection unit 16 detects the position of the mail piece by means such as a photoelectric switch, and detects the position of the mail item in the range 14 shown in FIG.
, 14' generates an output signal only while being scanned. The gate circuit 17 guides the electrical signal from the scanning section 15 to the black width detection section 18 only during the period when the output signal from the scanning range detection section exists.

The black width detection unit 18 determines a black part from the electric signal from the scanning unit 15 using a predetermined threshold,
A signal is output when the width of the black part is greater than a predetermined value. The width of the black part is determined here in order to avoid false detection of dirt, letters, etc. on the mail. The black frame determining section 19 is the black width detecting section 1.
The black detection signal from 8 is in the range 14 shown in FIG.
14', it is determined that this is a black frame printed on the funeral mail, and a black frame detection signal is output. By adding the black frame detection unit for funeral mail as shown in Figure 5 to the conventional automatic number alignment and stamping device,
This will lead to the realization of an automatic number alignment and stamping device that can further streamline work within the post office.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, black is detected using the threshold value of the black width detection section 18 from the electric signal corresponding to the density of light from the scanning section 15. Even if black is detected, there is no problem in the - direction. In addition, in an automatic sorting and stamping device that detects the color of stamps and stamps as means for detecting stamps and stamps, the scanning unit 1.5 shown in FIG. It is also possible to use the scanning section for detection.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional automatic pickup sheet alignment and stamping device, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the automatic pickup sheet alignment and stamping device of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the automatic pickup sheet alignment and stamping device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing scanning of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, especially an example of a black frame detection section. FIG. In the figure, 1... Supply section, 2... First detection section, 3... Second detection section, 4...
Tip stamper, 5... End stamper, 6...
・Ordinary bond department, 7... Express collection department, 8...
・Exclusion accumulation section, 9... Black frame detection section, 10...
... Dedicated collection section for funeral mail, 11 ... Mail, 12 ... Black frame, 13 ... Scanning range, 14 ... Other Scanning range, 15...
Scanning unit, 16...Scanning range detection unit, 17...
... Gate circuit, 18 ... Black width detection section Mi 19
・・・・・・Black frame judgment part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a supply unit that supplies mail pieces one by one; a stamp detection unit that detects stamps affixed to the mail pieces sent from the supply unit; and a black frame detection unit that detects black frames printed on the mail pieces; An automatic weir aligning and stamping device comprising: a stamp section that postmarks stamps and postage stamps of the postal items based on information obtained by the stamp detection section and the black frame detection section.