JPS6019081A - Paper leaf treating apparatus - 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] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a method for processing paper sheets, etc., which is suitable for determining the direction of air mail arriving from overseas and arranging them, for example, in a mail processing device. Regarding equipment.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

Recently, domestic mail has been automatically processed by mail processing equipment. This system selects only standard-sized mail items from mail items collected from various locations, then detects stamps and postage stamps and postmarks.

The direction is sorted by row, and then the postal code is read and sorted by destination. Such automatic processing allows for significant labor savings and speedy processing of mail. However, mail from overseas is still processed manually, which is causing problems in the processing of mail that will continue to increase in the future. In particular, when sorting mail by region within Japan, mail from overseas does not have the same orientation (front and back, top and bottom), so it is necessary to turn the mail over, which is extremely laborious. It's making sex worse.

[Purpose of the invention]

This invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is, for example, to be able to arrange air mail from overseas by front and back, top and bottom directions, and to add a reception stamp and barcode to the surface of the air mail. It is an object of the present invention to provide a processing device for paper sheets, etc., which can easily carry out post-processing such as automatically reading the post-processing information and automatically reading the post-processing information.

[Summary of the invention]

The origin is determined by determining the front and back, top and bottom directions of paper sheets, etc.
Depending on the result of this determination, processing operations such as stamping or stacking the paper in separate stacking sections are performed.

[Implementation sequence of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 and >82. FA indicates a mail (airmail) P from overseas according to the present invention, and on the front side 1 there are stamps ``If1'' and stamps 2. The stamp 2 with the postmark 3゜address information 4 and the airmail mark 5 is affixed to the upper right side of the front side 1, and the airmail mark 5 is written in blue or red on the lower left side of the front side 1. It has become. Further, there is almost no printed information on the back side 6, and only a seal (flap) 7 is present. In this way, the above-mentioned postal item P has the front side 1 where the address information is written and the back side 6.
It is characterized by having more information needles compared to .

FIG. 3 schematically shows the mail sorting device of the present invention. That is, first, a large number of mail items P are sent to the supply section 1.
Set to 1. Next, to start taking out, the mail P is taken out one by one by the suction chamber type take-out device fi't 12 and conveyed through the conveyance path 13.

The conveyed mail P is detected by the front and back/top and bottom detection units 14.15, which are arranged opposite to each other with the conveyance path 13 interposed therebetween, to detect the information recorded on the front and back, and to detect the air mail mark 5. It is now possible to detect whether it is written on the left or right side of the center. The mail P is then subjected to a flap detection section 16.17 provided on the transport path 13 to detect a fluff'' (t4 needle) y.Furthermore, the mail P is transported A receipt stamp is stamped on the back surface 6 by stamp parts 18 or 19, which are arranged opposite to each other with a channel 13 interposed therebetween, to confirm receipt.

Then, the stamp part z 8 , J 9 ”it:A j4
% mail P is sent to the gate 20 provided at the end of the conveyance path 13, and if the direction determination result is obtained, it is sent to the sorted conveyance path 21, and if the direction determination result is not obtained, it is sent to the gate 20. are guided to a reversing conveyance path 22, respectively.

After the mail P guided to the reversing conveyance rA path 22 is reversed, it joins the conveyance path 13 before the front/back/top/bottom detection section 14.15 at the end thereof. Also,
The mail P guided to the sorting conveyance path 21 is transported to the dirt 23.2.
4, 25.26, the accumulation unit 27 according to the determination result.
2B, 29, 30.31 are asked respectively. The above-mentioned stacking sections 27, 28, 29, 30 are stacked with mail P with the front side facing upward, the front side facing downward, and the narrow side facing downward, respectively. Even if the mail is reversed on the path 22 and sent along the conveyance path 13, the direction cannot be determined or the eject mail P is accumulated.

FIG. 4 shows the main parts of the electric circuit.

That is, 41 is a comparison part, which is the front and back sides.

The amounts of written information from the upper and lower detection sections 14 and 15 are compared, and if the amount of written information from the detection section 14 is greater, a front side determination signal is output, and when the amount of written information from the detection section 15 is greater, the back side is determined. It outputs a signal. The surface of the comparison section 41
The back side determination signal is supplied to the control section 42. This control section 4
2 is conveyed in response to the front/back side determination No. 16 from the comparison section 4, the front/back/top/bottom detection 14B114, the air mail position detection signal from I5, and the flag detection signal from the flap detection sections 16-17. The direction of the mail P is determined. Further, the control unit 42 uses the direction determination result and the conveyance detector 4 provided on each conveyance path.
By driving the dart drive section 44 in accordance with the detection signals from the darts 20, 23, 24°2...
5.26. Furthermore, the control section 4
2 stamps a receipt stamp on the back side of the mail P by driving the stamp parts 18 and 19 in accordance with the above-mentioned determination result.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the front/back/up/down detection section 14. That is, one side of the mail P being transported is exposed to the light source 51.
The reflected light is transmitted through an imaging lens 52 to a line sensor 53 for photoelectric conversion.

The line sensor 53 is driven and operated by a drive signal from the line sensor control unit 54, optically scans the surface of the mail P in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, and performs photoelectric conversion.

The output of the line sensor 53 is sent to an amplification/sample hold circuit 55, where it is amplified to an appropriate value and then sampled and held in accordance with a sampling signal from the line sensor control section 54. The output of the amplification/sample hold circuit 55 is sent to a binarization circuit 56. The binarization circuit 56 binarizes the output signal of the amplification/sample hold circuit 55 according to the slice signal from the slice level generation circuit 57, and outputs the binarized signal as a description information signal. The output of the binarization circuit 56 is sent to the counter 58.
data terminal. This counter 58 performs a sicrant operation based on the black and ) pulses from the line sensor control section 54 when the input signal at the data terminal is at the @1# level. Accordingly, the amount of information written on one side of the mail P is counted. The contents of the counter 58 and information h1 written on one side of the tab are supplied to the comparator 41.

The output of the line sensor 53 is sent to an air mail mark detection circuit 59, which detects the air mail mark 5 depending on whether or not the blue signal is present over a predetermined width. 5 is present in the left half or the right half of the mail P. A signal output from the air mail detection circuit 59 is supplied to the control section 42.

Further, the front/back/top/bottom detection section 15 also has the same configuration as the front/back/top/bottom detection section 14 described above.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the optical system of the flap detection section 16. That is, the light ii;i 67 that irradiates one side of the mail P being transported from a direction substantially horizontal to the mail Q'a P and the reflected light from the mail P are imaged on the line sensor 62. From the imaging lens 63 to
has been completed. As a result, the shift flap detection section 16 detects the shadow created by the flap 7 when the postal item P is on the upper side by the output from the line sensor 62, and sends the flag detection signal to the control section 1 42. This is what is output.

FIG. 7 shows the configuration of the optical system of the flap detection section 17. That is, a photoelectric device 71 irradiates one side of the mail P being transported with light from a direction that is almost horizontal to the mail P, and a line sensor 72 detects the reflected light from the mail P.
and an imaging lens 73 that forms an image. Accordingly, the flap detection section 17 detects the shadow formed by the flap 7 when the mail P is on the lower side based on the output from the line sensor 72, and detects the flap (
No. 8 is output to the control section 42.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be explained. For example, now, the operation of the take-out device 12 is started, and the respective conveyance paths 13, 21, 22 are driven. Then, the mail items P are taken out one by one from the mail supply section 21 by the take-out device 12 and conveyed through the conveyance path 13. The amount of written information on each side of the transported mail P is detected by front and back and top and bottom detection sections 14 and 15, respectively, and is supplied to a comparator 41. Accordingly, the comparator 41 determines that the front and back sides are the front and back sides, and if the information g- written in the top and bottom detection unit 14 is the front and back, and the amount of written information in the top and bottom detection unit 15 is large, it is determined as the front side 1, and in the opposite case, it is determined that the back side is 6, The judgment result ii
++ Output to 111 section 42. The front/back and top/bottom detection sections 14 and 15 detect whether the air mail detection circuit 59 is on the left side or the right side, and output the detection result to the control section 42.

Subsequently, the mail P conveyed through the conveyance path 13 detects the flap 7 by the flap detection section 16.17, and outputs the detection result to the control section 42.

Therefore, when the '1tjil+ wholesaler 42 is supplied with the surface determination signal from the comparator 41 and also supplied with a signal from the airmail detection circuit 59 indicating that the airmail mark 5 is on the left side, the '1tjil+ wholesale section 42 determines that the airmail mark 5 is facing upward on the front surface. According to the result of this determination, the dart driving section 44 is driven to switch each dart. Accordingly, after the corresponding mail P is stamped with a receipt stamp in the stamping section 19, it is stacked in the stacking section 27. The control unit 41 is still the comparator 4)
When a surface determination signal is supplied from the airmail detection circuit 59 and a signal indicating that the airmail mark 5 is present on the right side is supplied from the airmail detection circuit 59, it is determined that the airmail mark 5 is facing downward on the surface, and the dirt By driving the drive unit 44, each dart is switched. In this case, after the corresponding postal item P is stamped with a receipt stamp in the stamp section 19,
It is accumulated in the accumulation section 28. Further, the control unit 42 determines whether the comparator 41 is supplied with a back side determination signal and a signal indicating that the air mail mark 5 is present on the left side is supplied from the air mail detector 59 of the front/back/up/down detection unit 15. Alternatively, when a flap detection signal is supplied from the flap detection circuit 16, it is determined that the back side is facing upward, and the dart drive unit 44 is driven once according to this determination result.
Switch each dart. Accordingly, after the corresponding mailbox P is stamped with a receipt stamp in the stamp section 18, it is placed in the stacking section 29.
It can be accumulated in In addition, the back side determination signal is supplied to the goya 41 from the comparator 41, and the front/back and top/bottom detection section 1
When a signal indicating that the air mail mark 5 is present on the right side is supplied from the air mail detection circuit 59 of No. 5, or when a flap detection signal is supplied from the flap detection section 17, it is determined that the air mail mark 5 is facing downward on the back side, Each dart is switched by driving the dart driving section 44 according to the result of this determination. After this, the corresponding mail P is stamped with a receipt stamp in the stamping section 18 and then stacked in the stacking section 30.

Note that the direction is determined by the above determination process. The mail P whose direction has not been determined in this second determination process is sorted and conveyed to the reject stacking section 31 and stacked.

Furthermore, the above implementation sequence is Jirōki no Tori J+! Although the explanation is given using the ff device as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can provide a processing device for processing envelopes other than mail, parcels, packaging goods for manufacturing conduits, distribution industries, etc. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to Office Patent No. 1 and Claim 1 of the invention, it is possible to easily know the direction of the antacidized paper leaf I, and the later J! y:liI! Processing such as J-e is easy. The seal and Makoto detection is done by irradiating light from an almost horizontal direction to the paper sheet, etc., and the difference in tl, f due to the difference in the height of the paper sheet, etc. in the seal 1 area is different. Since the color is visible, the orientation of the paper sheet, etc. can be easily determined.

Furthermore, according to the descriptions in the fourth and subsequent claims of the present invention, it is possible to easily distinguish between the top, bottom, front and back of a paper sheet, etc., and process it. Therefore, for example, postal processing equipment can handle air mail from overseas, and also post-processing such as automatically reading postal codes and receiving stamps and barcodes on the surface of the air mail. It also has the characteristics of being easily possible.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention; FIGS. 1 and 2 are views showing the front and back sides of paper sheets, etc., FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall configuration, and FIG. Mail (paper leaves, etc.),
1...Front surface, 2...Stamp 4...Destination information, 5...
・Air mail mark, 6... Back side, 7... Flap, 13... Conveyance path, 14.15... Front/back/up/down detection unit (first detection means), 16° 17... Flap Detection section (second degree detection means), 18.19... Stamp section, 2
0, 23, 24, 25° 26... dirt, 21...
1. Items to be delivered in batches, 22... Reversing conveyance path, 27-3...
・Integration)) 1, 41... Comparator, 542... Portrait 1 part, 59... Air mail detection circuit.

Claims (8)

[Claims] (1) A processing device for paper sheets, etc., characterized in that it is equipped with a detection means for detecting the sealing of paper sheets, etc. (2) The apparatus for processing paper sheets, etc., according to claim 1, wherein the detection means is configured such that the light source irradiates light onto the paper sheets, etc. from a substantially horizontal direction. (3) The apparatus for processing paper sheets, etc. according to claim 1, wherein the paper sheets, etc. are mail items. (4) A conveyance path for conveying paper sheets, etc., a first detection means provided on this conveyance path to detect the directionality of the conveyed filter paper sheets, etc., and the directionality cannot be detected by this first detection means A processing device for paper leaves, etc., characterized in that it is equipped with a second detection means for detecting directionality of paper leaves, etc. using a method different from the first detection means. (5) The apparatus for processing paper sheets, etc., according to claim 4, wherein the first detection means detects the direction based on the presence or absence of friend information written on the paper sheets, etc. (6) The paper sheet processing apparatus according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the first detection means detects a stamp or an air mail mark. (7) The first detection means determines the directionality of the surface spring based on the amount of information written on both sides of the paper M, etc. Processing equipment. (8) The apparatus for processing paper sheets, etc. according to claim 4, wherein the second detection means detects whether the paper sheets, etc. are sealed.