WO2006012998A1 - Vorrichtung und verfahren zum bereitstellen von kennzeichnungsinformationen für behälter beim sortieren von postgut - Google Patents
Vorrichtung und verfahren zum bereitstellen von kennzeichnungsinformationen für behälter beim sortieren von postgut Download PDFInfo
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
- B07C3/18—Devices or arrangements for indicating destination, e.g. by code marks
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
- B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
- B07C2301/00—Sorting according to destination
- B07C2301/0016—RFID-tags
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- the invention relates to a device for sorting Post ⁇ well and for providing identification information for containers.
- the invention further relates to a method for sorting mail and providing identification information for containers.
- the label is made up of several layers such as display, activation grid, processor and antenna layers and a memory element, the display layers having an electronic ink arranged on a carrier.
- the information to be displayed can be transmitted to the label via the antenna layer.
- RFID transponders An example of the use of RFID transponders in the postal sector is disclosed in international patent application WO 03/098533 A1.
- the RFID transponders are attached to postal items and these are sorted on the basis of the information which can be read in and out and transported to a delivery location.
- electronic labels can be used which comprise at least one visually detectable display on which variable information can be displayed.
- variable identification information the material, personnel, disposal and cost expenditure can be significantly reduced.
- the object of the invention is therefore to provide a device for sorting postal matter and providing electronic identification information for containers.
- the invention provides a device for sorting mail and for providing identification information for containers, which comprises a multiplicity of containers with electronic displays.
- the apparatus further includes a processor and transfer devices at a plurality of storage locations of the device.
- the transfer devices are in communication with the processor and comprise means for transferring data to the electronic displays of the containers.
- the apparatus further includes a sensor in communication with the processor for detecting the presence of a container at a storage position.
- the sensor may be a switch through which a signal can be triggered upon actuation by a personnel force.
- a human operator places a container in a storage position of a device, it actuates the switch and the signal thus triggered is transmitted to the processor.
- the processor assigns tag information to the bin and transmits it via the transfer device to the bin display.
- the sensor is a self-triggering device, by means of which a signal can be triggered upon entry of the container into a defined area.
- a self-triggering For example, light barriers or motion detectors can be used.
- a container has, in addition to an electronic display, an RFID transponder and the transmission devices comprise means for transmitting data to the RFID transponder of a container.
- the invention further includes a method for sorting mail and providing identification information for containers within a device.
- the method provides for determining the presence of a container at a storage location by means of a sensor in communication with a processor. Further, data is transferred to electronic displays of containers by means of transfer devices at a plurality of storage locations of the device, the transmission devices communicating with the processor.
- the sensor is preferably a self-triggering device, by which a signal is triggered when the container enters a defined area.
- the sensor can also be triggered manually by a personal force.
- Identification information of containers of a sorting system no longer printed and manually attached to the containers but an automatic transfer of data to be displayed takes place. As a result, misidentification can be avoided and the material and cost of labeling the container can be reduced. Since the processor of the sorting device is fed with the sorting plan of the current amount of mail and controls the output of the mail items to different storage positions on the basis of this plan, the container information can be transmitted directly to the container displays.
- Fig.l shows a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention in the form of a device 10 for sorting Post ⁇ well and for providing identification information for container 20.
- a device 10 for sorting Post ⁇ well and for providing identification information for container 20 There is a plurality of containers 20 at different storage positions 30 of a device.
- Containers each have at least one electronic display 21.
- the storage positions 50 of the device represent compartments in which sorted items are stored according to a predetermined sorting scheme.
- the apparatus further comprises a central processor 30 which controls this sorting operation.
- the processor is in communication with transfer devices 40 at the respective storage locations. Also at the storage positions are sensors 60, which the
- a sensor may be a switch that is operated by a human operator as soon as it places a new container in a storage position. The switch triggers a signal which is transmitted to the processor. The processor then generates identification information associated with a container which it transmits to the relevant transmission device. The information is played on the display 21 and displayed there, so that a personal force on the next removal of the container information such as the content and / or the next destination can read.
- the displayed information is at least partially encrypted data such as a barcode. This barcode can be read in with an optical device such as a scanner at various transhipment stations of a mailing system.
- the sensor may also be a self-triggering device such as a light barrier, or a
- Motion detectors act. If a container is placed by a human operator in the detection range of the sensor, the processor receives a signal and transmits corresponding identification information to the display of the container. In a further embodiment of the invention, the
- Labeling information is not transferred when introducing a new container, but at the removal.
- the electronic label of a container has at least one optically or visually detectable electronic display. Since the displayed information is no longer visible in monostable display systems in case of failure of the voltage source, preferably bistable display units are used on the electronic information carrier. As a display, various technologies can be used based on the liquid crystals. Depending on the field of application, criteria such as flexibility, shock resistance, service life, maintenance requirements, weather resistance, working temperature range, number of write cycles and generation intervals must be taken into account when selecting a suitable display technology.
- FLCD Fluroelectric Liquid Crystal Display
- Liquid crystal phases are formed by chiral or chirally doped smectic C phases.
- the tilting of the longitudinal molecular axes within the smectic layers results in a spontaneous polarization perpendicular to the layer normal.
- a reflective FLCD basically consists of a polarizer, the liquid crystalline phase and a deposited mirror. Depending on the tilting direction of the smectic phase relative to the polarizer, light and dark states are generated.
- EASL Electrically Addressable Smectic Liquid Displays
- EASL Electrically Addressable Smectic Liquid Displays
- the non-tilted smectic layers are aligned parallel to the display cell and, in this state, incident light does not undergo birefringence.
- the display appears transparent or when deposited with a colored reflective layer in the corresponding color.
- the second state is characterized by randomly arranged focal conic domains, where scattered light is generated. By then present Birefringence, this scattered light appears white and with the addition of dichroic dyes in the corresponding color. Both states can be converted into each other by applying an electrical voltage.
- Zenithai Bistable Devices are displays based on nematic liquid crystals.
- perturbations of the nematic order are induced on a substrate by a trench structure in the micrometer range in such a way that either a planar or a homeotropic orientation can be set depending on the influence of a DC electric field.
- the BiNem technology is based on the bistability of two nematic states.
- the liquid crystal is planar
- the Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Display (CHLCD) technology is based on twisted nematic liquid-crystalline phases. Chiral nematic phases or nematic phases provided with chiral dopants form helical structures at the molecular level. Is the length of the helix equal to the
- Wavelength of visible light is selectively reflected (helix perpendicular to the display surface) or transmitted (random arrangement of the helices). Both states are long-term stability and can be converted into each other by applying a voltage.
- the displays may also be a polymer display such as an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode).
- OLED Organic Light Emitting Diode
- Such displays consist of a multi-layer system in which a very thin polymer is arranged between two electrodes. As a result, a thin display can be realized, which can be used as a paper substitute for marking objects. It is sufficient to use black and white displays, but it can also be used more complex displays with multiple colors.
- Such OLED displays have the advantage that they require less energy than LED displays, so that the life of a battery of a container identification can be increased.
- the displays are formed by electronic ink. These are chemically microcapsules containing two different color components of different charge, which align themselves in the electric field. Due to the particle size and the viscosity of the system after switching off the electric field, no immediate return relaxation in a disordered initial state. There is thus no loss of the written information, but it possibly occurs only a decrease in the Kontrastes.
- Electrophoretic displays have favorable properties, in particular with regard to the mechanical requirements for flexibility, shock sensitivity and pressure stability. Furthermore, they provide a sufficiently bistable behavior and operate within a temperature range which corresponds to the typical weather conditions for a transport container system. Furthermore, by the comparatively low Control voltage of the circuit complexity for the power supply limited.
- an electronic label comprises at least one wireless interface for preferably bi-directional transmission of data and a display for visualization of optically detectable information.
- the interface is preferably an RFID component such as a chip.
- a logic circuit for data management is integrated, which performs the transfer of data from the wireless interface to the display.
- a label expediently comprises a circuit part for the provision of the energy required by the individual system components.
- a permanent power supply of the display is required, which requires the integration of an energy storage such as a battery, a rechargeable battery or a capacitor with sufficient capacity.
- the data to be transferred is received via an RF interface and stored there directly. Data relevant for the display are transferred to a microcontroller with display driver, which controls the display. During the data transmission, energy is extracted from the RF signal by a separate circuit part, which is used for Filling an energy storage is used, which ensures the supply of the controller and display.
- the energy required for the RF component is taken from this directly from the RF signal. All components required for this purpose are preferably already contained in the RFID chip. The necessary effort for the circuit for additional energy production, however, is highly dependent on the supply voltage of the other connected components.
- Displays usually operate with a higher operating voltage than conventional LCDs, the control of the display changes. To obtain the drive voltage additional (passive) components can be used, but this increases the number of components.
- a component may be an RFID-IC component which contains the circuitry necessary for the generation of energy from the RF signal.
- the part of the circuit which is provided for driving the display is preferably decoupled from the RFID-IC component. This simplifies the adaptation of the second RF component and additionally required components to the higher supply voltage of the passive display.
- the data to be transmitted to the display are thus only passed through by the second RF component and displayed via the following microcontroller with display control.
- the number of system components is minimized by integrating all components except the display within an application specific IC.
- the goal of such an ASIC (Application Specific IC) or CSIC (Customer Specific IC) is to integrate as many functionalities as possible for an electronic end product into a single semiconductor.
- the visually detectable electronic display of a container is supplemented by an RFID transponder 70, which is likewise connected to the container.
- an RFID transponder 70 which is likewise connected to the container.
- the same or different information can be stored in the RFID transponder as displayed on the electronic display.
- RFID transponders are used to track containers and to generate transport statistics so that information required for them is stored.
- the transmission means 40 have additional means for transmitting data to the RFID transponder.
- the transmission of data to the electronic display 21 is preferably carried out without contact.
- the transmission device 50 is equipped with a transmitter which transmits data to a receiving means of the display.
- the transmission takes place via direct contact of the container display with a contact means of the transmission device.
- a device for receiving the container can be provided, which aligns the container in a position in which the contact means of the transfer device are in a position Locking counterpart of the display and so a solid contact is made her ⁇ over which data can be transmitted.
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JP2007522978A JP2008508086A (ja) | 2004-07-30 | 2005-07-19 | 郵便物の分類の際のコンテナの識別情報を提供するための装置と方法 |
AT05761638T ATE491530T1 (de) | 2004-07-30 | 2005-07-19 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum bereitstellen von kennzeichnungsinformationen für behälter beim sortieren von postgut |
CN2005800254399A CN1988966B (zh) | 2004-07-30 | 2005-07-19 | 对邮件分类中所用容器提供标识信息的装置和方法 |
DK05761638.5T DK1778414T3 (da) | 2004-07-30 | 2005-07-19 | Indretning og fremgangsmåde til tilvejebringelse af identifikationsinformationer til beholdere ved sortering af post |
EP05761638A EP1778414B1 (de) | 2004-07-30 | 2005-07-19 | Vorrichtung und verfahren zum bereitstellen von kennzeichnungsinformationen für behälter beim sortieren von postgut |
DE502005010690T DE502005010690D1 (de) | 2004-07-30 | 2005-07-19 | Nnzeichnungsinformationen für behälter beim sortieren von postgut |
IL181035A IL181035A (en) | 2004-07-30 | 2007-01-29 | Device and method for sorting of mail |
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