JPS6249983A - Coding device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

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

[Technical Background of the Invention] Conventionally, destination information written on mail items, that is, postal code,
A coder that optically scans the address, name, etc., displays the result of this optical scanning, that is, the scanned image, on a display, and uses this display to allow the operator to input the postal code using the keyboard, thereby adding a bar code to the mail piece. A monitoring system is available. 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 device, the red entry frame (
If you try to input the corresponding postal code manually using the postal code within the red frame, the red frame will be displayed in black and white (monochrome) along with the postal code. For this reason,
As shown in Figure 7, if the postal code in the red frame A overlaps with the red frame A, there is a possibility that the correct number is rl 27J, but it may be mistakenly read as rl 71J and entered manually. There was a big problem.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its object is to provide a coding device that can perform accurate manual input.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention reads information on a mail piece with a reading means, displays the reading result, inputs destination information according to this display, and reads the input destination information. In the coding device for applying a specific code to the mail according to the information, the reading means is provided with means for removing red frame information on the mail.

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

FIG. 2 shows a coding device according to the present invention, which has the following configuration. That is, this coding device uses an image reading unit 11 that photoelectrically converts information on the postal item P, ie, postal code, address information, destination, etc., to obtain image information.
, delaying the mail P from this image reading unit 11,
After this delay the video coding desk12. ...
It is comprised of a delay/print unit 13 that prints a bar code (specific code) on the postal item P according to the postal code entered manually using one of the keys.

As shown in FIG. 3, the postal code, address information, destination, 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
It is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, the mails P supplied from the supply section 21 or the mails P supplied from a sorting, sorting, stamping machine (not shown) are 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 being transported. The mail P that has passed through the image reader 23 is transferred to the conveyance path 24 and the delay conveyance path 25.
It is supplied to a downstream sorting machine (not shown) via the . In the vicinity of the transport path 25, there is a printer 26 and a stacker 27, which print a barcode corresponding to the postal code or address information on the mail P being transported through the transport path 25.
28 are provided.

The image reader 23 is configured as shown in FIG. That is, the light emitting diode 51 as a light emitting element
．． The light from 51 is irradiated onto the mail P, and the reflected light from the mail P is guided to a CCD 54 as a light receiving element via a lens 52 and a red filter 53. As a result, the CCD 54
The image drawn on the D54 is converted into an electric signal corresponding to the image, and is output to the control section 40. Further, the filter 53 transmits signals other than red.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the video coding desk 12 includes CRT display devices 31 and 32 that display image information supplied from a distributor 41, which will be described later, in monotone. A keyboard 33 such as a numeric keypad for inputting the postal code corresponding to the image information, and a video coding
It is composed of a control section 34 that controls the entire desk 12.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the image reading section 11 and the delay/delay
The main parts of the electric circuit of the 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. Further, the control unit 40 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. It is something. The distributor 41 transfers the image information supplied from the control section 40 to the video coding desk 12. It is to be distributed to... The distributor 41 also connects the video coding desk 12 . The postal code supplied from . . . is output to the control unit 40.

Next, the operation in such a configuration will be explained.

First, the mail P... is supplied to the supply section 21. Then, the mail items P supplied to the supply section 21 are taken out one by one and conveyed on the conveyance path 22. As a result, information on the surface of the postal item P conveyed through the conveyance path 22 is optically read by the image reader 23, and the reading result is transmitted to the control unit 40.
supplied to That is, the light from the light emitting diodes 51,51 is irradiated onto the mail P, and the reflected light from the mail P is guided to the CCD 54 as a light receiving element via the lens 52 and the red filter 53. Thereby, the CCD 54 converts the image drawn on the CCD 54 into an electrical signal and outputs it to the control section 40 .

As a result, if the information on the surface of the mail P is as shown in Figure 3, the reading result will be as shown in Figure 6 with red frame A removed. It has become.

Then, the control section 40 outputs the image information to the distributor 41. As a result, the distributor 41 connects the video coding desk 12 . Output to either... Therefore, the video coding system supplied with the above image information
At the desk 12, 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. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, since the red frame A in which the postal code is written is erased and displayed, the operator can reliably determine the correct postal code. The postal code input using the keyboard 33 is supplied to the control section 4o via the distributor 41. As a result, the control unit 40 converts the supplied postal code into corresponding surbar code information, and outputs this bar: ] -F information to the printer 26, so that the postal item P whose postal code has been read is sent to the printer 26. When facing the mail P, a bar code is printed on the mail P. The mail P on which this barcode is printed is supplied to a subsequent sorting machine.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a coding device that can perform accurate manual input.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 show an embodiment of this invention.
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the image reader, Fig. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration, Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of mail, and Fig. 4 is the image reading unit. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the video coding desk, FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a display example of a CRT display device, and FIG. is a diagram for explaining the relationship between postal codes and red frames. P... Mail, A... Red frame, 11... Image reading unit, 12... Video coding desk, 13...
・Delay/Print section, 23... Image reader, 26...
・Printer, 31.32... CRT display device, 33... Keyboard, 34.40... Control unit, 4
1...Distributor, 51.51...Light emitting diode, 5
2...Lens, 53...Red filter, 54...
CCD0 Applicant Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2. Figure 3 v/! Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] A reading means for reading the information on the mail, a display means for displaying the reading result by the reading means, a keyboard capable of inputting destination information according to the display on the display means, and an identification device according to the destination information using the keyboard. A coding device comprising means for applying a code to the mail piece, wherein the reading means is provided with means for removing frame information on the mail piece.