JPS63184897A - Distribution article processor - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention provides a method for clarifying the delivery and reception of distributed items in a series of processing operations from acceptance of distributed items such as parcels, parcels, and mail, through relay, delivery, and delivery. The present invention relates to a distribution processing device for managing and rationalizing its management.

Conventional technology Figure 4 shows a conventional delivery pressure creation device for registered mail.
The figure shows the flow of registered mail delivery operations using this delivery pressure creation device.

When delivering registered mail items, a delivery pressure is created to manage delivery operations. Delivery pressure is used to receive the recipient's stamp of receipt when delivering registered mail.
Two copies, an original and a duplicate, will be created.

One copy receives a receipt stamp from the recipient as delivery pressure, indicating that the mail has been received, and is taken back to the post office and stored.

The other copy is left in the office as a copy of the delivery stamp, and is used to check whether the delivery has been completed or not by comparing it with the delivery stamp that has been stamped and taken home after delivery. The contents required for this delivery pressure include the recipient's residence and name, underwriting code, underwriting number, special handling characters, date and time of creation, receipt stamp field, and delivery pressure characters. .

This conventional example will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 2 denotes a copying table on which the mail to be copied is placed, 3 a display means for displaying information such as numbers and characters necessary for processing the mail, and a the display means 3.
b is a copying means consisting of each process of charging, exposure, development, and fixing; C is a control unit that sets the display contents of the copying table 2 and the display section of the display means 3 necessary for copying. A light source emits brightness, and d is an imaging lens.

Next, the operation of the above conventional example will be explained. In FIG. 4, necessary information such as the date of creation and serial number is set on the display means 3 by operating the control section a.

Next, by placing the mail 4 on the copying table 2,
The surface of the mail piece 4 is irradiated by the light source C, and the copied image is formed on the image forming surface e of the copying means by the imaging lens d together with the display surface of the display means 3, and a hard copy is created through the process of development and fixing. Output. In this way, even with the above-mentioned conventional mail processing apparatus, it is possible to obtain a copy image of a mail piece to which necessary information such as creation date and serial number is added as a notebook.

Next, a conventional example of a registered mail delivery processing operation using a processing device having a copying function will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 5, 1 is a processing device with a copying function, and 2
It has two scale optical systems. A copying table 2 and a display section 3 are provided on the document surface of the copying apparatus 1. The display section 3 is located on the back side of the copying table 2, and the display contents can be changed. 4 is a registered mail item, and when it is placed on the copying table 2 with the front side facing up and copied, two scaled images of the front surface of the mail item and the contents of the display section 3 are created as delivery pressure 5 and delivery pressure original mark 6. be done. The delivery pressure 5 and original note 6 include the recipient's address and name, acceptance office code and acceptance number, and special handling characters as images on the surface of the mail, date and time of creation, receipt stamp column, and delivery pressure. characters, serial numbers, etc. are written as the display content image on the display unit 3.

Of these, the delivery pressure 5 is affixed to the mail and sent for delivery, and the original note 6 is kept in the office as it is. The delivery pressure 5 removes the mail from the mail 4 when handing it to the recipient 7, receives a receipt stamp 8, and takes it back to the office. The delivery pressure 5 brought back is checked against the original note 6 to confirm the completion of delivery, and is stored in a storage shelf 9 after being classified by date and time, time zone, and delivery area. When an inquiry is received from a user in the event of an accident, etc., the delivery office searches for the storage shelf 9, which is the above-mentioned classified storage, or the target delivery pressure 5, which is stamped with the receipt stamp 8, and answers.

In addition, for large users such as government offices and large business offices, we will send out the address and name of the recipient, the date and time of creation, and the recipient's name and residence, as well as the date and time of creation. etc., and then write the acceptance office code and acceptance number of multiple mail items to create the delivery pressure.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the address of the mail piece is copied to a reduced scale, the characters printed by a printer or the like become too small, making it difficult to read the delivery pressure. be. In order to solve this problem, if the reduction ratio is reduced, the delivery pressure becomes too large, resulting in problems such as an increase in cleaning costs and poor handling efficiency such as application of the delivery pressure and storage.

Furthermore, searching for inquiries about accidents from users and confirmation of delivery completion requires a huge amount of manpower, making it impossible to respond quickly to such inquiries. The present invention solves these conventional problems by making it possible to freely change the font size of the delivery pressure to a size that is easy to read.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a circulating item processing device that can automatically search the processing status of the mail item and also mechanically input information for this purpose.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a barcode reading means as a means for capturing an image of the surface of a circulating item on which a unique number is written in a barcode and printing it out as a digital image. and a barcode pattern generation means, the content of the parcode read from the surface image of the circulating object is expressed again in the barcode pattern, and the barcode pattern is printed on a hard copy of the surface image of the circulating object. be.

Function The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. That is, since the surface image of the object in circulation is captured as a digital image and the scale factor is set through digital processing, there is no need to move the optical system as in the conventional example, and the scale factor can be selected instantly. In addition, since the unique number of the circulating item is printed on the hard copy as a barcode pattern, this barcode pattern can be used to mechanically input information after business processing. This has the effect of making it easier to register, delete, and search in a series of processing operations, and to quickly and reliably process inquiries from customers and the like.

EXAMPLE Below, the configuration of an example of the present invention will be explained with reference to one drawing. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mechanical system of a mail processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electrical system of the same embodiment.

In FIG. 1, 2 is a copying table on which the mail to be copied is placed, 30 is an operation unit for setting the information necessary for processing the mail and monitoring its contents, and C is the copying table 2 for copying. A light source 50 for illuminating with necessary brightness is an imaging unit located above the copying table 2. 60 is a control unit that controls the entire device, digitizes and temporarily stores video signals, and 70 outputs a hard copy of a copy image of the mail, necessary delivery management information, and the barcode pattern of the read barcode information. This is the printing section.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 30 denotes an operation unit consisting of a display, a keyboard, and switches. 50 is an imaging unit, C
CDC mechanism 121, scale control circuit 52, shading correction circuit 53. Density correction circuit 54, pseudo-halftone binarization reproduction circuit 55, and imaging unit control ePU 56 that controls these.
It consists of Reference numeral 60 denotes a control unit, which includes a master CPU 61, an image density measurement circuit 62, an imaging unit/output unit interface circuit 63, an image memory 64, and an operation unit interface circuit 65.
and a path line 66 connecting these. 70 is a printing section, which includes a laser scanner synchronous control circuit 71, a test printing circuit 72, a laser scanner 73 including a polygon motor drive circuit and a laser oscillation circuit, various position sensors 73, a printing section drive system control circuit 75, and a surface potential sensor 76. , a high-voltage system control circuit 77 used for charging, development, and transfer, and an output section control C1) U78 for controlling these. Reference numeral 80 denotes a barcode reading section, which includes a slave CPU 81 and a barcode position detection circuit 82.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. In the above embodiment, necessary information such as creation date and serial number is set on the display by operating the operation keyboard of the operation unit 30. The set necessary information is sent to l(AM) of the master CPU 61 via the operation unit interface circuit 65 and is stored therein.

Next, by placing the mail piece 4 on the copying table 2, the mail piece 4 is irradiated with light from the light source C, and the CCDC mechanism 1
21 reflection mirror 51a and then the image forming lens 51b connects the copied image onto the image sensor 51C.Next, the image sensor 51c receives control from the image sensor control CPU 56 and sequentially converts light energy into electrical energy. And further A-D
The conversion circuit converts analog quantities into digital quantities and sends the imaged data to subsequent circuits. The sent image data is processed by pipeline processing and sent to the scale control circuit 5.
2, shading correction circuit 53, density correction circuit 54,
The pseudo halftone binarization reproduction circuit 55 performs scale control shading correction, image density correction, and pseudo halftone binarization reproduction. Before performing density correction, the imaged data that has undergone shading correction is sent to the image density measurement circuit 62 of the control unit 60, the density level of the mail object to be imaged is determined, and the density of the imaged data is determined based on that. Make corrections. The binarized imaging data is sent to the control section 60 via the imaging section/output section interface circuit 63 and stored in the image memory 64. Control section pass line 6
A barcode reading unit 80 is connected to 6, and a barcode position detection circuit 82 cuts out a barcode label from the captured image data. Next, the content of the cut out barcode label is decoded, and the read content is reproduced as a barcode pattern again. The slave CPU 81 of the barcode reading section 8o is used exclusively for processing this barcode.

The reproduced barcode pattern is stored in the image memory 64 in accordance with a predetermined format along with the copy image of the mail and the above-mentioned delivery management information.

Next, the contents of the image memory 64 are sent to the printing unit 7o via the imaging unit/output unit interface 63, and outputted in the form of modulated laser light from the laser scanner 73 under the control of the laser scanner synchronization control circuit 71. be done. The printing unit 70 irradiates the photoreceptor with this laser light and outputs a hard copy through a so-called indirect electrophotographic process of charging, developing, transferring, separating, neutralizing, cleaning, and fixing.

As a result, it is possible to obtain a hard copy image of the surface of the mail piece to which necessary information such as creation date, time zone, classification, serial number, and unique information of the mail piece based on the barcode pattern is added. By using the barcode pattern of the delivery note, information processing such as completion of delivery, return, transfer, and erasure of registered data according to other processing conditions can be performed mechanically.

In addition, by adding an information processing function to this embodiment and having this embodiment read the barcode pattern of the returned delivery note, it is possible to register a series of registered mail items such as registering delivery information, erasing, and creating a delivery note. can perform all processing operations. In addition, searching becomes easier, and inquiries can be made quickly and reliably regarding reservations from customers and the like.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention captures an image of the surface of a circulating object, temporarily stores the surface image in a storage means as digital image data, and generates a barcode indicating unique information of the circulating object. In addition to reading the contents of the label, the contents are reproduced as a barcode pattern again to obtain a hard copy image of the surface of the distribution item with the necessary delivery management information and the unique information of the distribution item based on the barcode pattern. It has the effect of being able to

Furthermore, by having a machine read the barcode pattern of this certificate, it is possible to mechanically perform information processing such as erasing registered data according to the processing situation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1(a) and (b) are block diagrams of the mechanical system of a circulating material processing apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electrical system of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the electrical system of this embodiment. 4 is a configuration diagram of a conventional mail processing device, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of registered mail delivery operations using this mail processing device. 2... Copy table, 30... Operation unit, 5o...
Operation unit, 60... Control unit, 70... Copy image. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person
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Claims (1)

[Claims] An imaging means for taking an image of the surface of the distributed object, a signal conversion means for converting the video signal obtained by the imaging means into a digital signal, and a video signal digitized by the signal conversion means is temporarily stored. a memory means, a barcode reading means for searching for barcode information from the video signal and reading the contents thereof, a barcode pattern generating means for outputting the contents of the read barcode as a barcode pattern again; A circulating goods processing apparatus comprising a printing means for outputting the video signal stored in the memory means onto a hard copy with a barcode pattern attached thereto.