KR101255076B1 - Delivery sequence sorting system and method of parcel item - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mail ordering system and method.

When the sensor installed in the postal supply unit detects the supply of the tagged parcel post, the RFID reader reads the tag of the parcel post, extracts the tag ID, and generates a file in order using the extracted tag ID. Based on the generated order file information, the tray on which the parcel post is loaded is ordered, and the ordered tray is verified based on the order file. When the verification is complete, parcel posts loaded in the trays are loaded into the stack so that the posts are automatically ordered.

Parcel Post, Sort By, Quarter, Tag ID, Tray

Description

Delivery sequence sorting system and method of parcel item

The present invention relates to a mail ordering system and method for ordering parcel post prior to delivery.

In general, the procedure for processing a parcel postal mail collected in a postal concentration station is as shown in the exemplary diagram showing the general parcel postal processing procedure of FIG. When a postal staff visits a sender who wishes to send a parcel post and receives the parcel post or the sender receives the parcel post directly at the receiving station, the parcel post shall be sent to the originating postal office for sorting by region. The parcel posts separated by the exchange center are then exchanged by region, and the exchanged parcel posts are sent to the destination postal central office for arrival at the local post office.

Parcel posts separated by the unit of the relevant post office shall be transported to the country of delivery, and the items delivered to the country of delivery shall be separated by the area of charge of the courier. It is then sorted by hand by the delivery person in the order of delivery of the mail by hand, and delivered to the dispatch destination. At this time, there is a mail that is exchanged directly between the originating postal concentration station and the destination postal concentration station without going through an exchange center, which is an exceptional exchange to improve transportation efficiency.

In this case, the classification of dispatch performed by the centralized mail distribution center is to divide the parcel posts by 25 centralized countries in the country in order to send the mail to other regions. In addition, the arrival classification performed at the destination postal central office means the parcel mail is classified by the delivery country jurisdiction.

Parcel Sorting Machine (PSM) is used for shipment and arrival. The postal code barcode attached to the parcel post shall be recognized by the scanner in the parcel separator, or the operator may enter the postal code through the parcel separator, so that it can be classified into a central station or delivery station section corresponding to the parcel post. Mail classified by central or delivery country is carried in a pallet, which is a container for transportation.

The parcel post mailed to the delivery station is processed according to the procedure shown in the exemplary diagram illustrating the general delivery station parcel post processing procedure of FIG. 2. To deliver parcel posts to a dispatch destination, parcel posts are assigned by courier, and each courier sorts them in order according to their postal delivery order and starts delivery.

In this case, the sorting work performed by the delivery person depends solely on the manual work of the delivery person's experience, which leads to excessive work time, inaccurate work results, and reduced work efficiency. It can cause the deterioration of service quality.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a system and method for ordering delivery of a postal item such as a parcel using a parcel order separator based on RFID.

A system for ordering a parcel post which is one feature of the present invention for achieving the technical problem of the present invention,

A mail input unit which recognizes a plurality of parcel posts to which a tag is attached, and extracts a tag ID from the tag; An information storage unit for storing a tag ID extracted by the mail input unit and destination address information of the parcel post corresponding to the tag ID; An order generation unit generating order file information for the tag ID based on order information previously stored in the information storage unit; A control unit for controlling the system and ordering a tray in which the plurality of parcel posts are stacked; And a verification unit that verifies the order of trays ordered by the control unit.

A method for ordering a parcel post, which is another feature of the present invention for achieving the technical problem of the present invention,

Detecting a supply of a tagged parcel post, extracting a tag ID by reading a tag of the parcel post; Generating files in order using the extracted tag ID; Ordering the tray on which the parcel post is loaded, based on the generated file information in order; And verifying the ordered trays based on the ordered file, and loading the parcel posts loaded in the trays into the loading unit.

According to the present invention, the ordering time of mails can be reduced by ordering using the mail delivery ordering system, and the accuracy of the ordering work result is increased. In addition, it can reduce the cost of mail processing and improve the reliability of the work result.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as " comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Hereinafter, a mail delivery ordering system and a processing method using the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a structural diagram of a mail delivery ordering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mail delivery ordering system 100 includes a mail input unit 110, an information storage unit 120, a controller 130, a sequence file generation unit 140, a verification unit 150, and a loading unit. 160. In addition, the mail input unit 110 includes a mail supply unit 111 and the RFID reader unit 112. The information storage unit 120 includes an address ID storage unit 121 and a tag ID storage unit 122, and the information storage unit 120 may not be located inside the mail delivery ordering system 100. The controller 130 includes a diverter controller 131, a tray controller 132, and a system controller 133.

The postal mail supply unit 111 detects the parcel postal mails to which the tags are sequentially supplied and transmits the state conversion request information to the system control unit 133 so that the RFID reader 112 can be converted into an active state.

When the RFID reader 112 receives the state change instruction information from the system controller 133, the RFID reader 112 recognizes a tag attached to the parcel post items to be sequentially supplied and extracts the tag ID. The tag ID extracted by the RFID reader 112 is transferred to the tag ID storage 122.

The tag ID storage unit 122 receives and stores the tag ID extracted from the RFID reader unit 112. The tag ID storage unit 122 interworks with the address ID storage unit 121 to receive and store destination address information of the parcel post corresponding to the tag ID. In addition, when the tray sensed by the system control unit 133 is branched into the order circle in the corresponding section, information indicating that the tray on which the parcel post is loaded is sensed to indicate that the branching of the parcel post is completed.

The address ID storage unit 121 stores the destination address of the parcel post corresponding to the tag ID and the tag ID in a one-to-one correspondence, and the address ID storage unit 121 and the tag ID storage unit 122 interoperate with each other. By simply extracting the ID, the destination address information corresponding to the tag ID can be confirmed.

The order file generation unit 140 generates and stores a order file for determining and ordering the delivery order of the parcel posts based on the order information previously stored when the parcel post items are supplied.

The diverter control unit 131 flows in a tray in a horizontal state branched from an outer circle (hereinafter, referred to as a first circle for convenience of description) to an inner circle (hereinafter, referred to as a second circle). Control the diverter as much as possible. In addition, the tray located in the second circle controls the plurality of diverters located in the second circle so that the tray flows into the corresponding position of the first circle.

The tray control unit 132 changes the state of the tray in which the parcel posts are loaded from the horizontal state to the vertical state, and controls the parcel posts loaded in the ordered tray to be discharged to the outside.

The system controller 133 controls the mail input unit 110, the information storage unit 120, the diverter control unit 131, the tray control unit 132, the inspection unit 150, and the stacking unit 160. Then, the trays carrying the parcel posts to be delivered first are found among the trays moving along the tray circle of the sorter so that the trays can be ordered afterwards. This checks the parcel post information loaded in the tray from the sensor mounted on the order sorter and compares it with the order file stored in the order file generator 140.

When the parcel posts are arranged and ordered by moving the parcel posts along the path placed on the tray, the verification unit 150 detects the sorted order and verifies whether the parcel posts are sorted according to the order of the files stored in the file generating unit 140. The tray will continue to move until verification is complete.

The loading unit 160 stacks the parcel post placed in the tray when the verification unit 150 completes the verification. At this time, under the control of the tray control unit 132, the state of the tray is inclined from the horizontal state to the vertical state so that the parcel post loaded on the tray is loaded on a loading equipment such as a pallet.

A method of processing parcel posts using such a mail delivery sequencing system will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a mail delivery processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a mail delivery ordering method according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an exemplary view illustrating a process of ordering a tray according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, the postal mail supply unit 111 detects that the parcel postal mail with a tag is input (S100). Then, the RFID reader unit 112 converted to an active state reads the tag attached to the parcel post, extracts the tag ID (S110), and then transfers the extracted tag ID to the tag ID storage unit 122 to be stored. (S120). At the same time, the tag ID storage unit 122 stores the destination address information of the parcel post corresponding to the tag ID with reference to the address ID storage unit 121 (S120).

Here, the address ID stored in the address ID storage unit 121 is the only one corresponding to the address up to the destination address to which parcel posts are delivered. The address ID storage unit 121 may be located in a server inside the divider in order or may be built in an external server. Therefore, when the RFID reader unit 112 recognizes a tag attached to a specific parcel post and extracts a tag ID, the address corresponding to the extracted tag ID can be automatically known, and the file generator 140 sequentially delivers the tag ID. A file is also generated in order of the parcel post to be made (S140).

The RFID reader unit 112 determines whether supply of the parcel post is completed (S130). If the parcel post supply continues, the RFID reader 112 extracts the tag ID while continuing to detect the parcel post. However, when supply of the parcel post is completed, the order file generation unit 140 generates the order file to determine the delivery order of the detected parcel post, based on the tag ID and the destination address information stored in the tag ID storage unit 122. (S140).

At this time, in the embodiment of the present invention will be described with an example that the RFID reader 112 confirms whether or not the parcel post is supplied. In addition, when the RFID reader unit 112 does not read the RFID tag until a predetermined time period is exceeded, it is determined that supply of the parcel post is completed, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

When the order file generation unit 140 generates the order file, the system control unit 133 performs the order of the parcel post introduced into the order separator (S150). Here, the system control unit 133 performs the ordering of the parcel posts based on the order files stored in the order file generation unit 140. Since the trays of the order separators are loading mails, the order of the trays is soon. Same as ordering a parcel post. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present invention, a procedure for ordering the tray will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

As shown in FIG. 5, first, the system controller 133 receives information sensed from a sensor mounted in a sequence separator and loads a parcel post to be delivered first based on a sequence file (hereinafter referred to as a first tray). (S151). Here, the positions of the sensors are sequentially installed in various places of the separator, but for convenience of description, it will be described on the assumption that the positions of the sensors sensing the trays are near the point A of FIG. 6. However, it is not necessarily limited in this way.

The system controller 133 determines whether the tray sensed by the sensor is the first tray (S152). If it is the first tray, under the control of the diverter controller 131, the diverter at the point A branches so that the tray moves forward along the first circle (S153). At the same time, the tag ID storage unit 122 indicates that the first tray is sensed through a separate display on the tag ID storage position of the parcel post loaded on the first tray. However, if it is determined in step S152 that the sensed tray is not the first tray, the trays are continuously sensed until the first tray is sensed.

When the first tray branches to the first circle according to the following steps S152 and S153, the system controller 133 determines whether the tray moving in the forward direction behind the first tray is the second tray (S154). The second tray may or may not be a tray containing parcel posts to be delivered in a second order. According to the procedure S153, the tag ID storage unit 122 does not display any other marking other than the notation indicating that the first tray has been sensed, so that the second tray determined in step S154 includes parcel posts to be delivered in a second order. It becomes a tray.

That is, when the first tray is sensed in step S153, the system controller 133 inputs information indicating that the first tray is sensed to the tag ID storage unit 122 at the position where the tag ID of the parcel post loaded in the first tray is stored. Instruct them to Sensing and classifying trays through step S152 is assumed to be a branch of a tray containing parcel posts to be delivered first, and thus, the first tray may be displayed in the sensing information input area of the tag ID storage unit 122. Only the sensing completion information is stored.

If it is determined in step S154 that the second tray is not a parcel post to be delivered in the second order, the diverter control unit 131 controls the diverter at the point A in order to move the tray to the second circle, and senses the tray. Is located in a tray sequencing section (S156). At the same time, the tag ID storage unit 122 displays a separate mark indicating that the tray has been sensed in the tag ID of the tray moved to the second circle.

However, if the second tray is a tray containing parcel posts to be delivered in a second order, the diverter control unit 131 controls the diverter so that the tray can be branched to the first circle after the first tray and moved forward. (S155). While repeating the above procedure, the system controller 133 completes the branching operation of the tray into the first circle or the second circle.

Next, in order to perform the operation of sandwiching the trays in the second circle between the first circles in accordance with the order file generated by the order file generator 140, the system controller 133 is the last time the sensed tray It is determined whether or not the tray containing the parcel post to be delivered (hereinafter referred to as N tray) (S157). If the sensed tray is not the N tray, the diverter control unit 131 controls the diverter so that the tray can branch to the first circle or the second circle. However, if the tray is the N tray, the system control unit 133 determines whether the tray moving after the N tray is the first tray in the mail delivery order (S158).

That is, if the N tray, the diverter control unit 131 finds whether the next tray is a tray in which the first mail to be delivered (S158), and if not the N tray, continues to branch to the first circle or the second circle. Will be performed.

In other words, the operation described in steps S157 to S159 is repeated until there is no tray between the N tray and the first tray. Along with this, trays to be excluded from the first circle, that is, excluded from the first circle, are branched to the second circle and collected.

After branching to the N tray where the parcel post to be delivered last is loaded, the system control unit 133 performs an ordering operation of inserting the tray in the second circle into the first circle. It is determined whether the specific tray branched to the second circle is a tray to be located between the n tray and the n + 1 tray sensed thereafter (S160). If it is determined that the tray to be located between, the diverter control unit 131 controls the diverter in the ordering section so that the tray is inserted between the n tray and n + 1 tray (S161).

The system controller 133 then determines whether there is no tray in the ordering section (S162), and repeats steps S160 and S161 until there is no tray in the ordering section.

For example, the procedure illustrated in FIG. 5 will be described. The trays after the first tray determined by sensing in step S152 are determined by 1-6-11-2-7-3-5-4-10-9-8. Assume that they are continuous in order. Then, the trays 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 branch in the outer first circle direction, and the trays 6, 11, 7, 5, 10, and 9 all branch in the second circle direction.

Then, the tray branched inward waits in the ordering section, and is interrupted in the position of the forward tray. That is, since tray 6 has to be interrupted between trays 4 and 8 of the trays moving in the first circle, by the control of the diverter controller 131 when tray 4 passes in front of tray 6, 6 Tray # 4 intervenes between Tray # 4 and Tray # 8.

After the tray performs the ordering operation by rotating the first circle, as shown in FIG. 4, the inspection unit 150 determines whether the trays are well ordered in the file order (S170). If the trays are ordered correctly in order, the parcel mail is sent out from the ordering separator to loading section 160. However, if the ordering is not properly done, go through the ordering step of S150. This process may vary depending on the number of parcels injected, which may end with one wheel or may be repeated over several wheels.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

1 is an exemplary view showing a general parcel post processing procedure.

2 is an exemplary view showing a parcel post processing procedure of a general delivery station.

3 is a structural diagram of a mail delivery ordering system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a mail delivery processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of a mail delivery ordering method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is an exemplary view illustrating a process of ordering trays according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (10)

A system for ordering parcel posts, A mail input unit which recognizes a plurality of parcel posts to which a tag is attached, and extracts a tag ID from the tag; An information storage unit for storing a tag ID extracted by the mail input unit and destination address information of the parcel post corresponding to the tag ID; An order generation unit generating file information in order of the tag ID based on the order information previously stored in the information storage unit, and storing the generated order file information; A control unit for controlling the system and ordering a tray in which the plurality of parcel posts are stacked; And When the plurality of parcel posts are placed in a tray and ordered by the control unit while moving along a path, verifying that the order of the ordered trays is sensed and verifying that they are sorted according to the order file information stored in the order generation unit. part To include, the control unit, In order for the tray to be ordered based on the ordering file information, the diverter is controlled so that the tray in a horizontal state branches into a first circle which is an outer circle of the ordering separator and a second circle which is an inner circle of the ordering separator. Diverter control unit; A tray control unit which controls the parcel posts loaded by the tray which has been verified by the verification unit to branch to the loading unit; And A system control for controlling the ordering of the trays in which the parcel posts are loaded Mail ordering system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The mail input unit, A postal mail supply unit for recognizing supply of the plurality of parcel posts; And The RFID reader unit reads the tag, extracts the tag ID stored in the tag while recognizing the supply of the parcel post items, and delivers the extracted tag ID to the information storage unit. Mail ordering system comprising a. 3. The method of claim 2, The information storage unit, An address ID storage unit for storing destination address information corresponding to the tag ID; And The tag ID storage unit stores the tag ID extracted by the RFID reader unit, receives the destination address information corresponding to the tag ID from the address ID storage unit, and stores the tag ID corresponding to the tag ID. Mail ordering system comprising a. delete A method for ordering a parcel post by the mail ordering system, Detecting a supply of a tagged parcel post, extracting a tag ID by reading a tag of the parcel post; Generating and storing files in order using the extracted tag ID; Ordering the tray on which the parcel post is loaded, based on the generated file information in order; And Detecting an order from the ordered tray based on the ordered file, verifying that the detected order is aligned with the stored ordered file, and loading the parcel post loaded on the tray to the loading unit Including, Ordering the trays, Sensing a tray flowing into the sorter in order; Determining whether the sensed tray is a first tray; Branching to a first circle, which is an outer circle of a divider, in the case of the first tray, and sensing a tray introduced after the first tray; Determining whether a tray introduced after the first tray is a second tray; If not a second tray, branching to a second circle which is an inner circle of the ordering separator; Determining whether the tray introduced after the second tray is the last tray in the order; If the tray is in the last path, determining whether a tray introduced after the last tray in the path is the first tray; If the first tray, branching the last tray in the order into a first circle; And Inserting the tray separated into the second circle into the first circle; Mail ordering method comprising a. The method of claim 5, Generating the files in the order, Confirming delivery address information corresponding to the extracted tag ID; And Generating a file in the order of the tag ID for the confirmed shipping address information using the pre-stored order information Mail ordering method comprising a. delete The method of claim 5, Inserting into the first circle, Determining whether the tray in the second circle is a tray to be inserted between the first tray and the second tray; Controlling the diverter of the second circle so that the tray is inserted between the first tray and the second tray; And Checking whether a tray exists in the second circle Mail ordering method comprising a. The method of claim 5, And if the sensed tray is not the first tray, sensing the tray until the first tray is sensed, and not branching the sensed tray to the second circle until the first tray is sensed. 10. The method of claim 9, And the first tray is a tray containing parcel posts delivered first based on the order file.

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