JPS61254275A - Video coding system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] "Industrial Application Field" This invention monitors the address of mail with a video camera,
This invention relates to a video coding system that prints a code on mail according to its addressee.

"Prior Art" Generally, a video coding system converts addresses written on letters and other mail items sequentially sent from a supply unit.
For example, the address is scanned by a scanner such as a video camera, and the image of the address is displayed on a cathode ray tube display, which is then read by the operator.

This system inputs the address information into the keyboard and prints a code according to the address information on the mail piece.

``Problems to be Solved by the Invention'' In conventional video coding systems, the conveyance section that conveys mail and the key-pressing section where the key-pressing operator works are installed separately in order to improve the environment for key-pressing work. Since there are many signals transmitted between the transport section and the key-pressing section, and the signal speed is high, the transport section and the key-pressing section have to be installed at a distance of about 100 mJ2, which is a drawback. This means that key-typing work is only done in a special key-typing room inside the post office building.

The purpose of this invention is to enable key-pressing work not to be limited to the post office building, but also for example at each worker's home.
Our goal is to provide a video coding system that allows you to work from home.

"Means for Solving the Problems" The video coding system according to the present invention includes conventional components such as a supply section, a scanning section, a control section, a display section, and a printing section, and further controls video signals from the scanning section. a first communication section that transmits the print code signal from the control section to the printing section; and a first communication section that transmits the display signal from the control section to the display section and receives the keystroke code signal from the keyboard provided on the display section. A second communication section for transmitting data to the control section is provided.

"Fu Example" Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In the transport section 11 , a supply section 12 that manually handles paper sheets such as mail picks up the mail one by one in the direction of an arrow 13 and supplies it to a transport path 14 .

A scanning unit 15 is provided in the middle (at the beginning) of the conveyance path 14, and this scanning unit 15 is a part that reads the address of the mail, and is composed of a video camera and optically scans the paper surface of the mail being conveyed. It scans the image, performs photoelectric conversion, and outputs the video signal obtained by the scanning. This video signal 16 is sent to a communication section 17, a transmission path 18, a communication section 1
9 is sent to the control section 21. Communication department 17.19 is counting.

It is composed of, for example, a modem that can communicate over several 101 hours.

The control unit 21 is mainly composed of a memory, and can sequentially store images of several ten pieces of mail sent by the video signal 16. Further, the control unit 21 performs distribution control to display and output these stored images to a plurality of display units 22 while selecting them one after another.

The display signal 23 from the control section 21 is sent to the display section 22 through the communication section 24, the transmission path 25, and the communication section 26. The communication units 24.26, like the communication units 17.19, are composed of, for example, a modem.

The display section 22 includes, for example, a plaque tube, and displays an image of the address area of the mail piece. The keystroke operator punches a code in accordance with this address on the keyboard 27. The keystroke code signal 28 pressed on the keyboard 27 is sent to the communication unit 26
, the transmission path 25, and the communication section 24 to the control section 21. The control unit 21 converts the received keystroke code signal 28 into a print code signal 29 to be printed on the mail.

The print code signal 29 is sent through the communication section 19, the transmission line 18, and the communication section 17 to the printing section 31 provided near the end of the conveyance path 14.

The printing unit 31 prints a code on the corresponding mail piece passing through the transport path 14 in accordance with the input print code signal 29. The code reading section 32 reads the printed code printed on the mail, and sorts the mail at each stacking section 33 according to this code. Scanning section 15 and printing section 31
The conveyance path 14 between the
The display unit 22 displays the address of the mail that has passed through the scanning unit 15.
This is to obtain the processing time from displaying the code to typing the code.

``Effects of the Invention'' As explained above, according to the present invention, communication sections and transmission paths are provided between the three major components of the video coding system, namely the transport section, the control section, and the display section. There are no restrictions on the installation conditions of the system, and there is no need to install the display section in the post office building. This eliminates the need for key entry work to be performed at the post office building, and allows the display unit to be placed in the home of each key entry worker, thereby providing a video coding system that allows teleworking.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a video coding system according to the present invention. 11: Conveyance section, 12: Supply section, 13: Mail conveyance direction, 14: Conveyance path, 15: Scanning section, 16: Video signal, 17
, 19, 24, 26: Communication Department. 18.25: Transmission path, 21: Control section, 22: Display section, 2
3: Display signal, 27: Keyboard, 28 Two-key key code signal, 29: Print code signal, 31: Print section, 32: Code reading section, 33: Accumulating section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) a supply unit for supplying mail pieces one by one to a conveyance path; a scanning unit for optically scanning at least the address portion of the surface of the mail piece conveyed through the conveyance path; a display section that receives a display signal and displays the address part of the mail; a keyboard that is arranged at the position of the display section and that sends out a keystroke code signal corresponding to the keyed addressee; and a keyboard that receives a print code signal and displays the A printing unit that prints the code of the printing code signal on the mail piece and a video signal obtained from the scanning unit are sequentially stored, and the video signals are sequentially and selectively read out and sent as the display signal, and the keystroke code signal is a control unit that converts the video signal into the print code signal and sends it; and a control unit that is provided between the scanning unit, the printing unit, and the control unit, and transmits the video signal to the control unit and converts the print code signal from the control unit. a first communication section that transmits a signal to the printing section; and a first communication section that is provided between the control section and the display section, and that transmits the display signal from the control section to the display section and receives the keystroke code from the keyboard. a second communication unit that transmits a signal to the control unit.