KR100381032B1 - Apparatus for conduct receipt automatic apply of postal matter - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic support reception processing apparatus for mass record management mail for quickly and accurately processing mass record management mail in the field of mail processing.

The present invention disclosed is a stopper for stopping the mail is carried on the pallet transported in the step; Mail position detection means for detecting the position of the mail conveyed on the pallet; A bar code printer means for receiving image information written on the surface of a postal item from an OCR reading means and issuing a bar code-shaped postal certificate according to the input image information and attaching it to the postal item; Bar code verification means for scanning a postal certificate attached to a mail item to determine read failure / success and for transmitting the read information to an input / output controller when the read is successful; An outbound stacker means for dropping and transporting the conveyed incoming mail at the current position according to the result read by the OCR reading means and the barcode verifying means and loading the same into different mail stacks; Monitoring / video coding means for manually inputting and processing mail information that fails to verify the letter recognition and the postal certificate of the mail;

Accordingly, in the field of mail processing, it is possible to automatically prepare and support the information of mails, and thus, there is an advantage that the mails can be quickly and accurately processed and delivered at the time of the large amount of record management mails.

Description

Automatic support receipt processing device for mass records management mail {APPARATUS FOR CONDUCT RECEIPT AUTOMATIC APPLY OF POSTAL MATTER}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mass management postal matter reception apparatus, and more particularly, in the case of the processing of mass record managing postal matters, an image image such as a destination address, a recipient name, etc. written on the surface of a postal mail is read out, and based on the result of the reading. Regarding the issuance / attachment of postal certificates and verification of information on postal items with the postal certificates, as well as the automatic support reception and processing device for a large amount of records management postal mails, which enables the user to quickly and accurately create and support a postal receipt, a delivery certificate or a delivery certificate. will be.

In general, in the field of mail processing, mails sent in large quantities every day must be processed quickly and accurately within a limited time. Therefore, the mechanization of the postal service is progressing to reduce the burden on the post office staff.

In particular, in the past, letter mail accounted for the majority, but now more than 80% is filled with direct mail, 90% of which is computer-generated. As of 1997, the average annual number is 11 million (4 billion) per year, and 100 cases per person are delivered. Among them, about 650,000 mails are recorded daily, and the post office staff inputs mailing information such as a destination address, a payee name, and a postal code by using a multi-function terminal according to handwriting or the mechanization. This record-keeping mail can be divided into a small amount (less than 20) mails or a large amount of mail (more than 20) in terms of the actual processing method of the receptionist. In other words, if the customer suddenly receives a large number of mails, the delivery from the mail to the addressee's address is considerably delayed because the counter cannot automatically fill out the mail receipt, the delivery slip or the delivery slip immediately. Has been generated, and inefficient business processing and manual work, which require a large number of manpower and a multi-function terminal for handling a large amount of records management mail, has been increased, and as a result, a mail delivery service has been deteriorated.

Therefore, it is possible to prevent the delay of handling the mail and increase the number of people and manual work, and to increase the amount of work and labor cost caused by manual work at the time of mass record management mail reception, while reducing labor costs and the same effect as the conventional one. It is preferable that the automatic support reception processing apparatus for mail can be obtained.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic support reception processing apparatus for mass record management mails, which enables the user to quickly and accurately create and support a receipt, a delivery certificate, or a delivery database by reading image images of mails received in large quantities in the mail processing field. This automatic support receipt processing device reads the address of the recipient indicated on the mail and the name of the payee, automatically issues and attaches the postal certificate, and verifies the information of the postal mail with the postal certificate to support the creation of a mailing database. It is characterized by that.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic support reception processing apparatus for a large amount of record management mail, which allows a customer to receive a mail by adding a receipt issuer to issue a receipt more quickly.

It is another object of the present invention to monitor a series of postal mail receiving processes and to manage a large amount of records to manually process related postal mail data when the image image reading and postal verification of postal mails fail. The present invention provides an automatic support reception processing device for mail.

1 to 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment provided in the description of the automatic support reception processing apparatus for mass record management mail according to the present invention,

1 is a perspective view showing a mechanism of the automatic support reception processing apparatus for the mass record management mail,

2 is a cross-sectional view showing in more detail the automatic support receiving processing apparatus of the mail of FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing in hardware the automatic support acceptance processing apparatus of the mail.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100: inbound stacker 101: mail position detection unit

102: OCR reader 103: delay module

104: barcode printer unit 105: barcode verification unit

106: outbound stacker 107: input / output controller

108: monitoring / video coding unit 109: receipt machine

According to the automatic support reception processing apparatus of a mass record management postal matter according to the present invention for achieving the above objects, the apparatus for receiving and processing the postal matter by reading the image information on the surface of the postal matter by the OCR reading means. In:

(1) an inbound stacker means installed at an upper side of the main board having a rectangular shape and stacking the mail to a predetermined height for each standard bag to discharge the mail at least one by one in a first-in-first-out manner; (2) a conveying means installed at an upper portion of the main board so as to be horizontal in the longitudinal direction and conveying the mail discharged from the inbound stacker means at each step; (3) postal matter position detecting means for detecting a current position of the postal matter which is located in place of the main board and conveyed by the conveying means; (4) a stopper for stopping the conveyed mail based on the detected value for a predetermined time in the step; (5) bar code printer means installed at a predetermined interval on the main board to issue a bar code-shaped postal certificate according to the image information read by the OCR reading means, and attaching the issued postal certificate to the postal item; (6) Installed at the upper part of the main board at a predetermined interval, and scans the postal certificate attached to the postal matter to determine whether the read failed or successful, and transmits the readout information to the input / output controller when the postal certificate is successfully read. Bar code verification means; (7) outbound stacker means for dropping and continuously transporting the conveyed incoming mail at the current position according to the result read by the OCR reading means and the barcode verifying means and loading the same into different mail stacks; And (8) monitoring / controlling the entire operation of the automatic support reception processing apparatus for the postal mail according to the information input from the input / output controller and manually processing the postal mail and the information of the postal mail which failed to read the image image. Video coding means.

Preferably, the transfer means is a motor coupled to the place of the main board; A pair of chain belts moving horizontally about the main board by rotation of the motor; A plurality of pallets hinged at both ends of the pair of chain belts so as to be rotatable, the posts being placed one by one and horizontally moving; And a pair of guide rails that are horizontally installed between the pair of chain belts so that the plurality of pallets are transported while maintaining the level, and are supported by contacting the bottom surfaces of the plurality of pallets. The rail extends to the place where the outbound stacker means is located. Preferably, the outbound stacker means is installed at the same height as the pair of guide rails and verified by the barcode verification means. According to the lifting and lowering operation, the pallet is horizontally maintained and rotated in place, characterized in that it consists of a pair of pallet support stopper for transporting and dropping the mail on the pallet to different stackers.

Preferably, the OCR reading means comprises a character recognizer;

The character recognizer is characterized in that it supports an OCR engine for converting an image image such as a payee address, a payee name, etc. described on the surface of the mail item into a corresponding binarization code, and a database for the address information.

Preferably, the barcode printer means is characterized by issuing the postal certificate in a thermal manner and attaching the issued postal certificate to a postal matter in an air spray method.

Optionally, when the customer requests issuance of the receipt of the postal item, it further comprises a receipt issuer for issuing the receipt of the postal item under the control of the monitoring / video coding means.

In this way, by reading the address of the recipient and the name of the recipient of the mail received in large quantities in the field of mail processing, automatically issued a postal stamp in the form of a two-dimensional bar code, attached to the post through an air spray method, and the postal stamp It can be seen that the information of the postal mail is re-verified to support the receipt of mail, the delivery certificate or the creation of the mailing database, and when manual reading of the postal mail information and the verification of the postal proof fails, the manual processing is performed.

As a result, by automatically supporting the postal database in the field of mail processing, the increase in the amount of work generated by manual work at the time of receiving large amounts of records managed mail is reduced, resulting in the rapid and accurate handling of the mail. There is an advantage to service.

And, there may be a plurality of embodiments of the present invention, the following will be described in detail for the most preferred embodiment.

Through this preferred embodiment, the objects, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description with an embodiment according to the present invention in connection with the accompanying drawings shown for illustrative purposes.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings it will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the automatic support receiving processing apparatus of a mass record management mail according to the present invention.

In addition, in each drawing used for description, the same component is attached | subjected, and may show the same number, and the overlapping description may be abbreviate | omitted.

1 to 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment provided for the description of the automatic support reception processing apparatus of the mass record management mail according to the present invention.

The automatic support reception processing apparatus for mass record management mail according to the present embodiment includes a rectangular main board 200 having a predetermined height, width and length, and the main board 200 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. Inbound stacker 100 and the main board 200, which is installed on one side of the upper side and loads the mailings 111 to a certain height for each standard bag so that the mails are drawn in and out at least one by one in a first-in, first-out manner. A conveying unit 110 installed horizontally in the longitudinal direction and conveying the postal matter 111 discharged one by one from the inbound stacker 100 in each step, and installed in each of the steps and conveyed by the conveying unit 110. A stopper as a delay module 103 for stopping the postal matter 111 for a predetermined time in a corresponding step, and a postal mail which is transported by the transfer unit 110 in a position of the main board 200. Mailing address detection unit 101 for detecting the current position of the 111, the address of the recipient described on the surface of the mail 111, which is installed and transported at a predetermined interval from the upper portion of the main board 200, the payee name OCR reader 102 having a character recognizer that collects the image information of the image and reads the image information, and is spaced apart by a predetermined interval by a support 104c perpendicular to the upper center of the main board 200. A barcode printer unit 104 is issued according to the image information read by the reading unit 102 through a thermosensitive method and sprays air on the issued postal certificate and attaches it to the postal material 111. And scanning the postal certificate attached to the postal matter 111 at a predetermined interval apart from the postal code printer unit 104 and spaced apart from the postal matter 111 by the support 104c, thereby failing to read and read the postal stamp. The barcode verification unit 105 determines success and transmits the read information to the input / output controller 107 upon successful reading of the postal proof, and the barcode verification unit 105 is installed on the other side of the main board 200. According to the results verified in the outbound stacker 106 for transporting and loading the mail 111 in different directions, and the computer 108b and the monitor 108a on one side wall and one upper side of the main board 200, respectively. Is installed to control the overall operation of the automatic support acceptance processing device for mails according to the information input from the input / output controller 107 and to display the status of each step, and to verify the postal proof and the OCR reading unit 102. The monitoring / video coding unit 108 for manually inputting and processing the information of the mail 111 that failed to read the mail image image of the mail, and when the customer requests the receipt of the mail, the monitoring / video coding unit 108 of the My It consists of a receipt issuer 109 for issuing a receipt of the mail.

1 and 2, the inbound stacker 100 is fixed to the storage box 100b coupled to one side of the main board 200 and perpendicularly to the quadrangular surface of the storage box 100b. A plurality of posters (100a) for preventing the separation of the mail 111 is to be installed, installed vertically on the lower side of the main board 200, the cylinder 100f to reciprocate linearly, and installed in the storage box (100b) And a suction member (100c) having a funnel shape for discharging the sucked mail while being lifted and lowered by a linear reciprocating motion of the cylinder (100f) by sucking the loaded mail at the lowermost level, and by the suction member (100c). It is composed of a guide plate (100d) for dropping and guide the discharged mail to the conveying unit (110).

In addition, the transfer unit 110 is the motor 112 coupled to the appropriate place of the main board 200, and receives the rotation of the motor 112 through the V-belt and chain gear to the main board 200 A pair of chain belts 110b pivoting horizontally, and a pair of chain belts (110b) is hinged to one side edges of the pair to be rotatable, a plurality of pallets (110a) are horizontally moved by placing the mail 111 one by one And a pair of guide rails which are horizontally installed between the pair of chain belts 110b so that the plurality of pallets 110a are transported while being horizontal, and abut against and supported by the bottom surfaces of the plurality of pallets 110a. This pair of guide rails extends to the place where the outbound stacker 106 is located. In addition, the outbound stacker 106 is collinear with the pair of guide rails. Barcode verification installed at the same height In accordance with the result verified in 105, the pallet 110a is horizontally maintained and rotated in a falling position by a lifting and lowering operation so that the mail 111 on the pallet 110a is transferred and dropped to different loading boxes. It consists of a pair of pallet-supported stoppers.

In addition, the bar code printer 104 in the above, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the moving rod (104b) vertically moved around the support (104c) coupled to the upper portion of the main board 200, and It is installed at the end of the moving rod (104b) and the thermal plate (104a) for issuing a postal stamp in a thermosensitive manner according to the information read by the OCR reader 102, and the air is sprayed on the issued postal stamp ( 111) which is attached to the air injector.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention made as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

First, the mass record management mail 111 is loaded up to at least 250 mm in the storage box 100b of the inbound stacker 100. The stacked mail items 111 are not separated by the plurality of posters 100a.

As such, when a large amount of postal matter is loaded and the automatic support acceptance processing apparatus for postal matter according to the present invention is started, the motor 112 of the transfer unit 110 is driven to drive the chain belt 110b coupled to the chain gear. The main board 200 is rotated to be horizontal.

At this time, the cylinder 100f of the inbound stacker 100 performs a vertical linear reciprocation motion, and the funnel-shaped suction member 100c coupled with the cylinder 100f is received by the linear reciprocation motion of the cylinder 100f (100b). In addition to sucking the lowermost mail each loaded in the vertically centered around the storage box (100b), the mail 111 is discharged from the storage box (100d) in a first-in first-out (First-In First-Out) method. The discharged mail 111 is coupled to the chain belt 110b of the transfer unit 110 by a guide plate (100d) one end of the corner is coupled to the hinge and the bottom surface is in contact with the pair of guide rails to rotate horizontally ( 110a) falls on. Here, the plurality of pallets 110a are transported while their bottom faces contact a pair of guide rails horizontally installed between the pair of chain belts 110b, so that the plurality of pallets 110a on which the mail 111 is placed is chained. The belt 110b is conveyed in each step while being horizontal without being inclined about the center.

In this way, when the mail 111 is placed on the pallet 110a and conveyed, the mail position detecting unit 101 such as a sensor detects the current position of the mail 111 and provides it to the input / output controller 107. do. Then, the input / output controller 107 controls the delay module 103 according to the signal detected by the mail position detecting unit 101, and the delay module 103 transfers the control according to the control of the input / output controller 107. A stopper (not shown in the figure) is controlled for a predetermined time so that the mail item 111 to be temporarily paused by the OCR reader 102.

When the postal matter 111 is paused in the OCR reader 102, the OCR reader 102 uses an optical device such as a camera, such as a payee address, a recipient name, or the like, printed on the surface of the mail 111. An image image (300 dpi) is captured. The picked-up image image is converted into a binary code by a character recognizer embedded in the OCR reader 102 and provided to the monitoring / video coding unit 108 through the input / output controller 107.

Here, the OCR reader 102 includes a character recognizer, and the character recognizer converts an image image such as a payee address, a payee name, etc. written on the surface of the mail 111 into a corresponding binarization code, and the address information. It has its own support for dragon databases.

Subsequently, the monitoring / video coding unit 108 includes a computer 108b that inputs and bases mail information and a monitor 108a that displays image information. Accordingly, the monitoring / video coding unit 108 controls the barcode printer unit 104 through the input / output controller 107 according to the image information of the postal matter 111 read by the OCR reader 102 to control the two-dimensional barcode. A postal certificate of the shape shall be issued.

In other words, the bar code printer unit 104 includes a moving rod 104b, a thermal plate 104a, and an air injector, as shown in Figs.

Accordingly, the moving rod 104b of the barcode printer unit 104 vertically moves to automatically issue and attach the postal stamp according to a control signal through the input / output controller 107, and the vertical movement of the moving rod 104b. The thermal plate 104a issues a postal certificate through a thermal method, and the air injector injects air to the issued postal certificate and attaches it to the conveyed mail.

The postal item 111 to which the postal certificate is attached is continuously unloaded on the pallet 110a and transferred to the position of the barcode verification unit 105 which is the next step, and paused by the delay module 103 and the stopper.

The barcode verification unit 105 is composed of a reader and a camera, scans and reads the postal certificate having a two-dimensional barcode shape attached to the postal matter 11, and reads the resulting information through an input / output controller 107. The monitoring / video coding unit 108 is provided.

The computer 108b of the monitoring / video coding unit 108 compares the read information of the provided postal certificate with information previously stored in itself, for example, a postal code, to confirm a match. If there is a match, i.e., if the reading is successful, it is databased with postal information, such as a postal receipt, delivery or delivery note.

After that, the mail 111 passing through the barcode verification unit 105 is transferred to the outbound stacker 106 installed on the other side of the main board 200.

Here, the outbound stacker 106 is a mail stacking separator, which transfers and drops the mail in each mail stacker according to the read result of the mail 111. That is, the outbound stacker 106 is installed at the same height on the same line as the pair of guide rails configured in the transfer unit 110, and the input / output controller 107 of the input / output controller 107 according to the result verified by the barcode verification unit 105 is provided. It consists of a pair of pallet support stoppers which move up and down by the control to horizontally convey the plurality of pallets 110a, or rotate them in place to drop the mail 111 placed on the pallets 110a.

Therefore, when the barcode verification unit 105 and the OCR reader 102 have successfully read the character recognition and the postal proof, respectively, the pair of pallet support stoppers are lifted by the input / output controller 107 and the transfer unit ( Since the same height is maintained with the pair of guide rails of the 110, the pallet 110a is continuously transported in a horizontal state by the pair of pallet support stoppers. After the pair of pallet support stoppers have passed, the postal material 111 that has been successfully read is dropped from the pallet 110b as shown in FIG. 2 by tilting it in place about the chain belt 110b. If the character recognition and the postal proof reading have failed, the pair of pallet support stoppers are lowered by the input / output controller 107. The pallet 110a supported by the pallet support stopper is tilted in place about the pair of chain belts 110b, so that the post 111 which fails to read is the pair of pallet support stoppers. Where it is located, it is instantaneously dropped from the inclined pallet 110a and loaded into another post box.

In addition, the monitor 108a of the monitoring / video coding unit 108 displays the steps and the system operation status to the operator, and in particular, a letter such as a payee address and a payee name from the OCR reader 102. When recognition fails or in the case of a postal item 111 which fails to verify a postal certificate from the barcode verification unit 105, it is input to the computer 108b manually by an on-line or off-line mode. Mark it for processing. And when the customer needs a receipt of the mail, the monitoring / video coding unit 108 drives a receipt issuer 109, such as a thermal printer miniature printer to issue a receipt.

On the other hand, as a comparative example, unlike the prior art, that is, an increase in the amount of work that occurs as a result of the manual work performed on a case-by-case basis during the receipt processing of a large amount of recorded mail, and the delay of the delivery service, the present invention provides a large amount of mail received. Reads letters such as recipient's address, recipient's name, etc., and automatically prints and attaches mail stamps in 2-D bar code format according to the reading result and attaches them to the mail. You can see that the database is created and supported automatically.

As a result, according to the present invention, in the field of mail processing, the information of the mail is automatically created and supported, thereby eliminating an increase in the amount of work and waste of labor caused by manual work at the time of a large amount of records management mail. In addition, there is an advantage that can quickly and accurately handle mail delivery service.

In addition, while specific embodiments of the present invention have been described and illustrated above, it is obvious that the present invention may be variously modified and implemented by those skilled in the art.

Such modified embodiments should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present invention, and such modified embodiments should fall within the appended claims of the present invention.

According to the automatic support reception processing apparatus for mass record management postal matters of the present invention, which is apparent from the above description, it is possible to read and attach image images on postal matters received in large quantities in the field of mail processing, automatically issue and attach postal stamps, and attach the postal stamps. By verifying the information of the mail and supporting the mail receipt, the delivery certificate or the creation of the mailing database, the mail can be processed quickly and accurately and delivery service with a small number of people.

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An apparatus for receiving and processing a postal image by reading image information on an image image written on a surface of a postal piece by an OCR reading means: (1) inbound stacker means for stacking the postal matter to a predetermined height for each standard bag and discharging the postal matter at least one by one in a first-in first-out manner; (2) transfer means for transferring the mail discharged from the inbound stacker means for each step; (3) postal matter position detecting means for sensing the current position of the postal matter being conveyed by the conveying means; (4) a stopper for stopping the conveyed mail based on the detected value for a predetermined time in the step; (5) barcode printer means for issuing a bar code-shaped postal certificate in accordance with the image information read by the OCR reading means and attaching the issued postal certificate to the postal item; (6) bar code verification means for scanning a postal certificate attached to the postal matter to determine whether reading fails or succeeding, and transmitting the readout information to an input / output controller when the postal proof is read successfully; (7) outbound stacker means for dropping and continuously transporting the conveyed incoming mail at the current position according to the result read by the OCR reading means and the barcode verifying means and loading the same into different mail stacks; And (8) monitoring / video for controlling the overall operation of the automatic support receipt processing apparatus for mails in accordance with the information input from the input / output controller and for manually inputting and processing the information of the mails failing to read the postal proof and the image image; An automatic support reception processing apparatus for a mass record management mail, comprising a coding means. The method according to claim 1, The transfer means, the motor coupled to the place of the rectangular main board; A pair of chain belts moving horizontally about the main board by rotation of the motor; A plurality of pallets hinged to one side edges of the pair of chain belts so as to be rotatable, and the posts being placed one by one; And Massive record management postal mail, characterized in that consisting of a pair of guide rails that are horizontally installed between the pair of chain belts so that the plurality of pallets are transported while maintaining the horizontal to support the bottom of the plurality of pallets Automatic support reception processing unit. delete The method according to claim 1, And the bar code printer means issuing the postal certificate in a thermal manner and attaching the issued postal certificate to the postal matter in an air spray method. The method according to claim 1, And a receipt issuer for issuing a receipt of the corresponding mail by the control of the monitoring / video coding means when a customer requests issuance of the receipt of the mail. The method according to claim 5, The receipt issuing machine automatic support reception processing device for mass records management mail, characterized in that for issuing a receipt in a thermal manner. The method according to claim 1, The outbound stacker means is installed at the same height as the pair of guide rails, and according to the result verified by the bar code verification means, the pallet is horizontally moved and the seat is rotated and dropped by the lifting and lowering operation. And a pair of pallet support stoppers for transporting and dropping the mail on pallets into the different stackers.