KR20080012678A - Sequence sorting system and method for sequencing of parcel using rfid tag - Google Patents

Abstract

A system and a method for sequencing a route of postal matters by using an RFID(Radio Frequency IDentification) tag are provided to load the postal matters with reduced manpower/cost based on a destination address of the postal matters by attaching the RFID tag corresponding to the destination address to each postal matter, setting a delivery route based on information read from the RFID tags, and loading the postal matter based on the delivery route information. An RFID tag stores the RFID information matched with a destination address and is attached to each postal matter. An address information collector(230) collects the destination address from the RFID tag attached to the postal matters entering a predetermined area. A route setting part(240) sets the delivery route of the postal matters based on the collected destination addresses of the postal matters. A pickup/loading part(250,260) picks up/loads the postal matters sequentially based on the set delivery route. An RFID address setting part(120) sets the RFID information matched with the destination addresses of the postal matters. An address database(130) stores the destination addresses of the postal matters and the RFID information corresponding to the destination address.

Description

Sequence sorting system and method for sequencing of parcel using RFID tag}

1 is a block diagram showing a loading system for classifying mail order based on a mail delivery order according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of mail items loaded based on a delivery route according to an embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 1;

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an address information collecting unit of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view showing an example of the structure of the RFID tag information contained in the RFID tag of the mail according to an embodiment of the present invention,

5 is a diagram showing an example of RFID postal address information stored in an address database according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of implementing a loading system for classifying mail order of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

7 is a flowchart illustrating a loading method for classifying mail order based on delivery address information of mail according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a route classification method for mail delivery, and more particularly, to a loading system and method for classifying mail route for easier delivery of mail according to a movement route based on delivery destination address information of the mail.

In the past, parcel posts received at the post office were transported by the postal central office by region to the delivery bureau, and then sorted in the order of delivery by the worker's manual work, and then delivered to each home or office. . In this case, the term "route" refers to a mail delivery route in which a mailman delivers mails in order when the mailman delivers the mail to a home or office.

In the conventional mail delivery method, the courier empirically sets the most efficient, that is, the least time consuming route. When a courier is in charge of delivering mail in a particular area, he or she will manually arrange the delivery of the mail according to the order and sort the mail to be delivered. This requires a lot of manual manpower and takes a lot of time, there is a problem that is difficult to guarantee the work results.

In addition, it may be difficult to trust the work efficiency depending on the proficiency of the substitute when the person in charge of the particular area is absent.

As described above, in the case of delivering a postal mail by the conventional method, there is a problem that the variation in work efficiency is severe according to the skill of the operator, and thus, it is difficult to predict the efficient arrangement of work force or work performance. In order to solve such a phenomenon in advance, there is a need for a method for maximizing work efficiency by automating a conventional labor-intensive parcel post processing system and processing a fast and accurate parcel post through an automated system.

A first object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a loading system and method for sorting mail order for more efficient mail delivery.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a stacking system and method for sorting mails in order to lower the dependence of manpower on the basis of the order of delivery of mails and to deliver mails more quickly and accurately.

According to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a loading system for sorting mails for delivery includes: a plurality of mails with a tag in which RFID information corresponding to address information of a delivery destination is recorded; An address information collection unit for collecting address information of the delivery destination corresponding to RFID information recorded on a tag attached to the plurality of mail items approaching a predetermined area; A sequence setting unit for setting a delivery route of the mail items based on the collected address information of the delivery destination; And a pickup / loading unit configured to sequentially pick up and load the mail items based on the set delivery route.

The loading system for classifying mail order for delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes an RFID address setting unit for setting the RFID information corresponding to delivery destination address information of the mail items. Accordingly, the address information collecting unit collects the delivery destination address information based on the RFID information set by the RFID address setting unit for the mail items.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a loading system for classifying mail items for delivery may include: an RFID set corresponding to address information of a delivery destination for the mail items set by the RFID address setting unit and address information of the delivery destination; It further includes an address database for storing and managing information.

Preferably, the address information collection unit, the RFID reader unit for reading the RFID information recorded on the tags attached to the postal items using a radio frequency; And an address retrieval unit for detecting address information of the delivery destination set from the address database based on the RFID information read from the RFID reader unit.

A loading system for classifying mail order for delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes a order database for storing and managing delivery route information of the mail items based on address information of the delivery destination. As a result, the route setting unit sets a delivery route for the mail items by referring to the route database.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of the loading unit is provided, and has a structure connected through a division box so that mails of a specific address can be loaded respectively. In addition, the pickup unit is provided corresponding to the number of the loading unit. The conveying unit is applied to a conveyor belt. In addition, the pickup is applied to a diver.

On the other hand, in order to achieve the above object, the loading method for sorting mails for delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention, the address information of the delivery destination corresponding to the RFID information recorded on the tag attached to the plurality of mails Collecting them; Setting a delivery route of the mail items based on the collected address information of the delivery destination; Sequentially picking up the mail items based on the set delivery route; And loading the sequentially picked up mails.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a loading method for classifying mail items for delivery includes: setting RFID information corresponding to delivery destination address information of the mail items and address information of the delivery destination before the collecting step; And storing the address information and the RFID information of the set delivery destination. Accordingly, in the collecting step, the address information of the delivery destination corresponding to the RFID information is collected by referring to the address information and the RFID information of the stored delivery destination.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the collecting step comprises: reading RFID information recorded on a tag attached to the mail items using radio frequency; And detecting address information of the delivery destination set based on the read RFID information with reference to the stored delivery destination address information and the RFID information.

A loading method for classifying mail order for delivery according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes setting and storing delivery route information of the mail items based on address information of the delivery destination. Accordingly, in the order setting step, a delivery route for the mail items is set with reference to the stored delivery order information.

According to the present invention, an RFID tag corresponding to address information of a delivery destination is attached to each mail and moved through a transport unit to read RFID tag information to set a delivery path of mail based on this, and sequentially based on the set delivery path information. By loading the mails, it is possible to more quickly and accurately process the delivery for setting the delivery route of the mail and the ordering of the mails corresponding to the set delivery route.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the same elements in the figures are represented by the same numerals wherever possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

According to the present invention, by manually sorting and loading mails according to the delivery order of the delivery person based on the delivery destination address of the mail using a mail transport and a wireless tag, the mail order and the wireless tag of the existing parcel mail are ordered according to the delivery order of the mail. We propose a method to make mail delivery easier by automating division.

1 is a block diagram showing a loading system for sorting mail order based on a delivery order according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the loading system for mail order classification has a control unit 110, an RFID address setting unit 120, an address database 130, and a sequence database 140. In addition, the stacking system for sorting the mail order of the present invention, supply unit 210, conveying unit 220, address information collecting unit 230, order setting unit 240, pickup unit 250, and loading unit 260 ).

The controller 110 controls the overall operation of the stacking system for sorting mails in order, and controls the stacking of mails in the order of delivery based on the delivery destination address of the mail according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The RFID address setting unit 120 sets a postal address ID (Identification) corresponding to the postal address information corresponding to the delivery destination of the postal matter, and records it in the RFID tag attached to the postal matter. At this time, the RFID address setting unit 120 stores the RFID information (postal address ID information) recorded in the RFID tag and the address information corresponding to the recorded RFID information in the address database 130. Herein, information including RFID information and address information corresponding thereto is defined as RFID postal address information.

The address database 130 stores and manages RFID postal address information with information including RFID information set by the RFID address setting unit 120 and address information corresponding thereto. The sequence database 140 stores and manages delivery path (process) information which is easy for mail delivery for any address information stored in the address database 130.

The supply unit 210 arbitrarily supplies, to the transport unit 210, a postal item with an RFID tag on which RFID information corresponding to address information of the delivery destination is recorded.

The conveyer 220 performs a function of conveying mail items supplied from the supply unit 210, and a conveyor belt may be applied in this embodiment. Carrying unit 220 takes the form of an ellipse, and has a structure starting from the starting point of transport of the mail to return to the starting point again. When the conveying unit 220 is a conveyor belt, the mail is moved according to the rotation direction of the belt.

The address information collecting unit 230 reads RFID tag information attached to the mail moving through the carrying unit 220 by using short-range wireless radio communication. At this time, the address information collecting unit 230 detects the address information set corresponding to the read RFID tag information from the address database 130.

The order setting unit 240 detects order information corresponding to the detected address information from the order database 140 and sets a delivery path of the mail.

In the present embodiment, the control unit 110, if the address information corresponding to the RFID postal address information collected for all the mail supplied to the carrying unit 220 through the address information collection unit 230 is detected, set the order (part) 240 to set the delivery path of the mail corresponding to the detected address information.

The pickup unit 250 sequentially picks up the mails conveyed by the carrying unit 220 based on the mail delivery path set in the order setting unit 240 under the control of the control unit 110 and loads the stacked unit ( 260). In this embodiment, the pickup unit 250 may be a diverter for guiding the mails moved by the carrying unit 220 to be sequentially loaded on the loading unit 260 according to an input command.

The stacker 260 sequentially stacks mail provided by the pickup unit 250 in the order of delivery. When the loading unit 260 is difficult to load all the mails supplied, it may have a structure in which a division box to which a postal mail of a specific address is loaded in advance is provided with a plurality of loading units, each connected through a division box. .

Accordingly, the delivery person may collect the mails loaded in the delivery order based on the address information of the delivery destination, and deliver the mails while moving in the loading order. Therefore, it is possible to automate the loading for sorting the mails based on the address information of the mails more easily, thereby facilitating the delivery accordingly.

FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of mail items loaded on the basis of a delivery route according to the embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 1.

As shown, the mail item 300 displays address information 320 including a postal code of a destination to which a mail item is delivered on one surface. In addition, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an RFID tag 340 in which the RFID tag information corresponding to the address information is recorded is attached to the mail item 300.

3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the address information collecting unit 230 of FIG. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the address information collecting unit 230 includes an RFID reader unit 232, and an address searching unit 234.

The RFID reader unit 232 reads RFID tag information contained in the RFID tag 340 attached to the mail moving through the carrying unit 220 using radio frequency. The address retrieval unit 234 detects, from the address database 130, address information set and stored corresponding to the RFID tag information read from the RFID reader unit 232.

4 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the RFID tag information contained in the RFID tag of the mail according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the RFID tag information 360 consists of a combination of numbers and, according to the promised combination of numbers, the postal code information 362, the mountain address information 364, the main address information 366, and the branch. Number information 368;

Here, the postal code information 362 may be represented by six digits, the mountain address information 364 by one digit, the main address information 366 by four digits, and the branch number information 368 by three digits.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of RFID postal address information stored in the address database 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the RFID postal address information 130 is composed of the RFID set by the RFID address setting unit 120 and address information corresponding thereto.

An example of the configuration of the RFID tag information will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. In this case, a case where the combined number of the RFID tag information 360 is '30535000001000' will be described as an example. In the above example, it can be seen that the postal code information 362 is represented by '305350' as six digits and the mountain address information 364 is represented by '0' as one digit. In addition, it can be seen that the main address information 366 is represented as '0001' as 4 digits, and the branch address information 368 is represented as '000' as 3 digits.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of implementing a loading system for sorting mail posts according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the mail item 300 supplied from the supply unit 210 is moved along the rotation direction by the carrying unit 220. The RFID reader unit 232 wirelessly reads the information of the RFID tag attached to the mail item 300 when the mail item 300 moving in the rotational direction of the carrying part 220 reaches the radio wave area 50. Provided at 100.

The address retrieval unit 234 detects the stored address information corresponding to the RFID tag information of the mail item 300 read from the RFID reader unit 232 from the address database 130.

When the sequence setting unit 240 reads the RFID tag information of the postal items moved by the carrying unit 220 in the address retrieval unit 234, the delivery order of the postal items is based on the detected address information in the sequence database. It sets based on the order information stored in 140.

Accordingly, the control unit 110 controls the pickup unit 250 to pick up the postal items and sequentially provide them to the loading unit 260 based on the delivery order information of the postal items set by the order setting unit 240. In the drawing, the pickup unit 250 is an example in which a plurality of pickup units 252 and 254 corresponding to the plurality of mounting units 262 and 264 are provided.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a loading method for classifying mail order based on delivery address information of mail according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the supply unit 210 arbitrarily supplies the mailing unit 300 with the RFID tag in which the RFID information corresponding to the address information of the delivery destination is recorded (S110). The transporter 220 transports the mail item 300 supplied from the supplyer 210 along a set path (S120).

The RFID reader unit 232 reads RFID tag information attached to the mail item 300 that is moved through the carrying unit 220 (S130). When the operation of reading the RFID tag information of the mail 300 moved through the carrying unit 220 is completed, the address information collecting unit 230 reads the RFID tag information read from the RFID reader unit 232 from the address database 130. In operation S140, the address information corresponding to the detected address is detected.

When the address information collecting unit 230 detects the address information set corresponding to the RFID tag information, the order setting unit 240 detects the order information corresponding to the detected address information from the order database 140 and mails. Set the delivery path of the field 300 (S150).

The pickup unit 250 sequentially processes the mail items 300 carried by the delivery unit 220 based on the delivery route information of the mail items 300 set by the order setting unit 240 under the control of the controller 110. Pick up and provide to the loading unit 260 (S160).

The stacker 260 stacks the mail items 300 provided by the pickup unit 250 in the order of delivery (S170). Accordingly, the delivery person 180 sequentially collects the loaded mails 300 (S180), and delivers the collected mails 300 to the corresponding address based on the delivery path corresponding to the loading order (S190). .

When the loading of the mail items 300 is completed, the controller 110 controls the physical operation of the supply unit 210, the carrying unit 220, the pickup unit 250, and the loading unit 260, respectively.

Accordingly, by delivering mails in correspondence with a delivery route (routing) based on the address information of the delivery destination, delivery of mails can be performed more easily.

In the above, specific preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and any person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and other equivalents without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. Implementation will be possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be defined only by the appended claims.

According to the present invention described above, the RFID tag corresponding to the address information of the delivery destination is attached to each mail item and moved through the carrying unit to read the RFID tag information to set the delivery path of the mail item based on the set delivery path information. By sequentially loading the mails, it is possible to more quickly and accurately process the setting of the delivery path of the mail and the loading of the mail corresponding to the set delivery path. Accordingly, it is possible not only to minimize the work force required to load mail based on the address information of the mail, but also to reduce the cost of mail-loading and delivery processing.

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A plurality of mails with a tag on which RFID information corresponding to the address information of the delivery destination is recorded; An address information collection unit for collecting address information of the delivery destination corresponding to RFID information recorded on a tag attached to the plurality of mail items approaching a predetermined area; A sequence setting unit for setting a delivery route of the postal items based on the collected address information of the delivery destination; And And a pickup / loading unit configured to sequentially pick up and load the mails based on the set delivery route. The method of claim 1, Further comprising an RFID address setting unit for setting the RFID information corresponding to the delivery destination address information of the mail, Accordingly, the address information collecting unit collects the delivery destination address information based on the RFID information set by the RFID address setting unit for the mail items. The method of claim 2, And further comprising an address database for storing and managing the address information of the delivery destinations for the mail items set by the RFID address setting unit and the RFID information set corresponding to the address information of the delivery destination. Loading system. The method of claim 3, wherein The address information collecting unit, An RFID reader unit for reading RFID information recorded on tags attached to the mail items using radio frequency; And And an address retrieval unit for detecting address information of the delivery destination set from the address database based on the RFID information read from the RFID reader unit. The method of claim 3, wherein Further comprising a sequence database for storing and managing delivery path information of the mails based on the address information of the delivery destination, The route setting unit sets a delivery route for the mails with reference to the route database. The method of claim 1, The stacking unit is provided with a plurality, the stacking system for sorting mail order characterized in that it has a structure connected through the partition so that each of the mail of a specific address can be loaded. The method of claim 6, The pick-up unit is a loading system for sorting mail order, characterized in that provided in accordance with the number of the loading unit. The method of claim 1, And the conveying unit is a conveyor belt. The method of claim 1, And said pick-up portion is a diverter. Collecting address information of a delivery destination corresponding to RFID information recorded on a tag attached to the plurality of mail items; Setting a delivery route of the mail items based on the collected address information of the delivery destination; Sequentially picking up the mail items based on the set delivery route; And And stacking the mails which are picked up in a sequential manner. The method of claim 10, Before the collection step, Setting RFID information corresponding to delivery destination address information of the mail items and address information of the delivery destination; And Storing address information and RFID information of the set delivery destination; Thereby, in the collecting step, the address information of the delivery destination corresponding to the RFID information by collecting the address information of the delivery destination corresponding to the RFID information, with reference to the stored delivery destination. The method of claim 11, The collecting step, Reading RFID information recorded on a tag attached to the mail items using radio frequency; And And detecting the address information of the delivery destination set based on the read RFID information with reference to the stored address information and the RFID information of the delivery destination. The method of claim 10, Setting and storing delivery route information of the mail items based on the address information of the delivery destination, And the step of setting the route comprises setting a delivery route for the items by referring to the stored delivery route information.

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