WO2018029405A1 - Procede pour fusionner sur table des objets postaux avec des articles de courrier deja tries - Google Patents
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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
- B07C7/00—Sorting by hand only e.g. of mail
- B07C7/005—Computer assisted manual sorting, e.g. for mail
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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
- B07C2301/0083—Merging of mail pieces of different categories, e.g. letters with flats
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- the field of the invention is that of postal sorting.
- the invention relates more particularly to a method for manually fusing postal objects with mail items already sorted in a certain sorting order, for example according to the tour of the factor.
- These postal objects are in particular, but not exclusively, non-machinable postal objects that are not currently sorted automatically into a sorting machine. These postal items could also be machineable mail items that could not be sorted by machine.
- the postal sorting machines and processes used for the preparation of the postman's tour may be fully automatic or may include steps in which the intervention of an Operator is necessary, particularly in the case of treatment of non-machineable postal objects. .
- Patent DE 10 2010 043 389 discloses a method for manually fusing non-machinable postal objects with machine sorted mail.
- a fusion aid is provided to the operator responsible for performing the merger.
- This aid consists of displaying on a display screen placed next to the operator, the image of a reference mail article that must precede or must follow in the ordered sequence of mail items the postal object to be merged.
- a digital image of the postal object to be fused is formed with a camera, and from the data contained in this image the destination of this postal object is determined. Then from the data of the mail items produced in the sorting machine during the previous sorting passes and a sorting plan which corresponds to the scheduling of these mail items in the sequence, and the destination of the Postal object to merge the reference mail item is determined.
- the operator scans the sequence of mail items to visually identify the reference mail item, after which he can insert the postal item into the ordered sequence of the mail items at the right place.
- the object of the invention is therefore to overcome these disadvantages.
- the object of the invention is therefore a method for merging postal objects with mail items already sorted, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- a manual sort assistance electronic station comprising a camera disposed above the platter, a display screen and a control / command unit;
- the idea underlying the invention here is to simplify the preparation of the tour of the postman and improve the ergonomics of the workstation of the Sorting Operator.
- the method according to the invention advantageously allows to reuse the tray of the electronic assistance station manual sorting, the camera and the control / command unit to perform on the same workstation of a Sorting Operator at a time a pre-sorting of the postal items in a rack with vertical slits and a table merging into the stack of already sorted mail items. It also makes it possible to carry out sorting passes at the upstream bin with the same material.
- Sorting Operator has at hand the locker, the melting table and the platform of the electronic assistance station which improves the ergonomics of the station.
- the tray of the manual sort assist electronic station, the camera and the control / command unit can form a mobile unit that can be moved between the sorting rack and the melting table.
- the simplification of the method according to the invention compared to the known method allows the operator to optimize the occupation of the rack with vertical slots and to release the use of the rack for other operators.
- the idea of the invention is also to make it more intuitive to merge postal objects into the stack of mail items and better control Operator handling errors.
- a stack of postal objects is created specifically for the merger from postal objects pre-sorted in the slots of the bin.
- the postal items of this stack are arranged flat on the platform of the electronic assistance station in a pre-sorted state which corresponds to the scheduling of mail items already sorted.
- a sequence check can be made to detect an operator's handling error.
- the picking of postal items from the locker also reduces the operator's handling errors.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 schematically illustrate a device for aiding fusion in order to implement the fusion method according to the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram which illustrates the main steps of the melting process according to the invention.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 very schematically illustrate a device 1 for assisting the merging of postal objects 2, particularly non-machinable postal objects, with mail items 3 already sorted according to a certain sorting order. , for example according to the tour of the factor.
- the mail items 3 are for example letters, magazines or other flat objects machinable, that is to say, can be sorted automatically in a postal sorting machine as is known to those skilled in the art.
- the melting aid device 1 here comprises a sorting rack 4 with vertical slots 5 each capable of receiving a postal object 2 on edge.
- the vertical slots 5 follow each other parallel between two distal ends of the rack 4 along its great length and the rack has partition walls 6 between two adjacent slots which extend in a plane perpendicular to the long length of the rack.
- the partition walls 6 are L-shaped in the plane perpendicular to the long length of the rack so that the slots are open both on the front face and on the face from the top of the bin.
- walls 6 of the rack can be designed retractable at regular intervals of the walls 6, and as shown in FIG. 2, walls can slide towards the rear of the bin 4 in the direction of the arrow Fl, while other walls at regular intervals remain fixed which defines packets of objects between the fixed walls which can each be taken from the rack by handle.
- the device 1 of fusion aid further comprises a fusion table 7 on which mail items 3 already sorted are arranged stack on edge.
- the merging aid device 1 further comprises an electronic assistance station PE with a control unit 8 connected to a camera 8 which overlooks a plateau 10.
- this assistance station PE is preferably placed between the melting table 7 and the sorting box 4, here the melting table on the left of the station PE and the rack 4 on the right of the station PE.
- the unit 8 is able to keep in memory sorting data and in particular has in memory the sorting data of already sorted mail items 3 arranged in stack on edge on the melting table 10. These sorting data may have been transferred from a postal sorting machine. In addition, the unit 8 has in memory a sorting plan which is that of the mail items 3.
- this electronic assistance station PE has two modes of operation, the so-called “trap sort mode” in which it provides assistance to the Operator for sorting the bin, here a rack with vertical slots “and another mode of operation called” fusion mode "in which it provides assistance to the Operator for the insertion of a postal object 2 in the stack mail items 3.
- the unit 8 is arranged to form with the camera 9 an image of the object 2A on the top of the stack of objects 2 which is placed flat on the plate 10 and from an image of this postal object 2A flat containing a distribution address, automatically recognize this distribution address including OCR processing and then with the sorting plane in memory identify a slot 5 in the sorting bin 4 where must be placed the postal object 2A.
- the unit 8 displays on the display screen 11 a registration signal 12 representative of the location of this slot in the sorting bin.
- this signal 12 is the number of the slot in the bin, here number 2.
- Another type of display may be provided to identify the location of the slot in the bin.
- the identification of the location of the slot in the locker is essentially on the display screen 11 so that the locker can be a slot locker very simple design and does not embark electronic.
- the postal object 2A is inserted on edge along the arrow F2 in a vertical slot 5 of the sorting box 4.
- the unit 8 is arranged so that a registration signal 12 is generated automatically as an object 2A is grasped on the top of the stack of objects 2 as shown in FIG.
- the unit 8 is arranged to further form with the camera 9 a digital image of the object 2B of the top of the stack of objects 2 laid flat on the plate 10 of the PE station .
- the unit 8 is arranged to automatically recognize this distribution address, in particular by OCR, and then from this recognized distribution address, sort data of the mail items 3 and postal item sorting plan 2, the unit 8 is able to identify a location in the stack of mail items 3 where the mailpiece 2B is to be inserted.
- the unit 8 in this second mode of operation is able to display on the screen 11 a registration signal 13 representative of this location which is here a number, in the example at the bottom right of the screen the number 10, which is the number of mail items to go from the beginning of the stack to the insertion location.
- the registration signal 13 may indicate, where appropriate the number of consecutive objects, here the number 1 in the upper left on the screen 11, to be inserted at this melting location.
- the control / command unit 8 is designed so that a registration signal 13 is generated automatically as and as an object 2B is grasped on top of the stack of objects 2 as shown in Fig. 3. Whenever an image of an object 2B is formed and the distribution address is recognized automatically, the unit 8 can be designed to check if this object 2B is the expected object in the sequence of objects that have been sorted to the rack.
- the unit 8 can be arranged to display on the screen 11 an error message.
- an error may occur if an object to merge was left in a slot when it had to be entered in the Operator's handle.
- the operator sweeps the stack of articles 3 to the fusion location, then forms an insertion slot between two adjacent articles, and then grasps the object 2B and inserts it into the insertion slot.
- the unit 8 is arranged to automatically form a new image of the object 2B of the top of the stack and display on the display screen 11 a new registration signal 13.
- FIG. 5 now illustrates the successive steps of a mail object merging operation with already sorted mail items, for example for the postman's tour using the device 1 according to the invention.
- step 100 the operator manually places on the melting table 7 the mail items already sorted in stack on edge. The operator then places postal objects to be stacked flat on the plate 10 of the electronic assistance station PE as shown in FIG.
- step 110 the Operator activates the control / command unit 8 of the electronic assistance station in a "Sorted Sort Mode" operating mode. In this mode of operation, the electronic assistance station displays on the screen 11 a registration signal 12 which designates a slot 5 of the rack where the object 2 of the top of the stack of objects to be fused must be inserted.
- step 120 the Operator grabs the object 2 from the top of the stack and inserts it into the designated sorting bin slot on the screen and the process returns to step 110.
- Steps 110 and 120 are repeated until there is no object on the tray 10 of the PE help desk. All postal objects to merge are now in slot 5 of the bin as shown in Fig. 2 and the process proceeds to step 130.
- step 130 the Operator can manipulate the slot locker 4 to retract the slot separators at regular intervals which defines in the slot locker larger slots which contain several postal items 2 forming packets of postal items. . These packets of postal objects can be entered each by handle by the Operator which makes it possible to accelerate the process of fusion.
- the Operator then grabs a first handful of postal items 2 from the locker, starting with one of the distal ends of the locker, and he places these objects in a stacked pile on the board 10 e-mail PE.
- the Operator must ensure that the postal objects 2 have their face with the address of distribution facing the camera 9 of the PE station.
- step 150 the Operator activates the control / command unit 8 of the electronic assistance station PE in a "Fusion Mode" operating mode.
- the electronic assistance station PE displays on the screen 11 a registration signal 12 which designates a merge location in the stack of mail pieces on edge placed on the fusion table 7, as shown in Figure 3, to insert a postal object to merge
- step 160 the Operator scans the stack of mail items on edge to find the merging location using the cueing signal displayed on screen 11.
- the Operator forms an insertion slot between two adjacent mail items.
- step 170 the Operator enters the postal item 2 from the top of the stack in the PE assistance station and places it on edge in the slot indicated by the arrow F3 in the figure 4.
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CA3032208A CA3032208C (fr) | 2016-08-12 | 2017-07-07 | Procede pour fusionner sur table des objets postaux avec des articles de courrier deja tries |
EP17745435.2A EP3496874B1 (fr) | 2016-08-12 | 2017-07-07 | Procede pour fusionner sur table des objets postaux avec des articles de courrier deja tries |
ES17745435T ES2827503T3 (es) | 2016-08-12 | 2017-07-07 | Procedimiento para fusionar sobre mesa unos objetos postales con unos artículos de correo ya clasificados |
US15/574,202 US10259016B2 (en) | 2016-08-12 | 2017-07-07 | Method of merging postal articles with already-sorted mailpieces on a table |
DK17745435.2T DK3496874T3 (da) | 2016-08-12 | 2017-07-07 | Fremgangsmåde til at fusionere postgenstande på et bord med postartikler, der allerede er sorterede |
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