EP2260952B1 - Procédé et dispositif de commande du transport d'un objet vers une unité de réception - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de commande du transport d'un objet vers une unité de réception Download PDF

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EP2260952B1
EP2260952B1 EP10162948A EP10162948A EP2260952B1 EP 2260952 B1 EP2260952 B1 EP 2260952B1 EP 10162948 A EP10162948 A EP 10162948A EP 10162948 A EP10162948 A EP 10162948A EP 2260952 B1 EP2260952 B1 EP 2260952B1
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Dietmar Kade
Karl-Heinz Bentele
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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
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  • the invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the transport of an article, in particular a mail item, to a receiving unit.
  • a device which assists an agent in carrying mail 3 into a bin, e.g. B. in a cabinet 4 with many subjects ("pigeon holes") sort.
  • Each compartment of the cabinet 4 is provided with an electrical marking 40A held in a holder 400A.
  • a reader (“optical reader terminal 5") has an evaluation unit ("optoelectronic read and recognition means 50") and an "optical reader and recognition device 8", the latter being able to process documents up to A4 size.
  • the reader 5 has a memory with a database 52, are stored in the records with possible recipients of mail within a company. Each record contains information about a respective recipient and an associated compartment in the cabinet 4.
  • the recognition unit 8 reads an address on a mail piece 3 and determines the associated compartment in the cabinet 4.
  • the reader 5 transmits a corresponding message to the cabinet. 4
  • EP 1659523 A1 A method for further processing mail that arrives at a company and processes it in a mailroom of the company become.
  • Each mail item is provided with information about a recipient, eg. B. a natural person and / or a department of the company.
  • An internal database of the company stores address information about the recipient of the company as well as senders who send mail to this company.
  • a sorter has a feeder 102 and a reader with an image capture device 112.
  • An OCR unit 116 evaluates images from the image capture device 112 to decipher addresses.
  • Each mail item is sent to a receptacle ("sort bin") depending on the reading result.
  • the sorting system applies a sorting plan, which is stored at a "sort scheme data base 126".
  • a "reader data base 120" contains possible target addresses in the company.
  • the OCR unit 116 evaluates this address database 120. How the address database 120 is structured can vary from company to company.
  • EP 1659523 A1 describes how the address
  • DE 10 2007 034 660 B3 For example, a method of sorting items by feature is described, e.g. B. of mail items according to their destination addresses. In the same output container mail items are discharged with different destination addresses. In order to be able to separate these mailpieces, the sorting system labels separating elements. On each separator, a destination address and the number of mail items are entered with this destination address.
  • Every item that z. B. is a mail item is provided with an identification of the recipient of the article.
  • the items are sorted by a sorting system.
  • This sorting system carries out at least one, preferably several sorting runs. In every sorting run, the sorting system uses a sorting plan. This sorting plan assigns everyone possible destination an output container of the sorting system. A destination includes several possible destination addresses.
  • the sorting system has an image recording device, which in each case generates an image of each mailpiece, and a reading device which evaluates this image and reads the destination address in the image. If this is not successful, the image is forwarded to a video coding station and an editor enters the destination address at least partially.
  • the sorting system discharges each item of mail into an output container, depending on their respective destination address and from the sorting plan. As a result, mail items reach different destinations in the same output container. These mail items in a dispensing container are separated by separating elements. On each separating element, an identification of the destination area as well as the number of mailpieces for this destination area are printed.
  • the images 112 of the mail items 102 to be sorted are also displayed one after the other on the screen 200.
  • An editor associates an image 206 'of a bag 206 with each image 112.
  • each item of mail 102 is assigned to a pocket 206.
  • a sorter 216 processes this information to sort the mailpieces 102 according to this default for the pockets 206. These steps can be used for every mailing 102 or even only for those mail items whose address was not automatically deciphered, perform.
  • the device has a separator, a screen, a data input station and a sorting device.
  • An editor reads the address on the mailpiece and enters part of an address component, e.g. For example, the first three letters of the surname. This input is made by the editor either on a keyboard or on a voice input device.
  • the screen displays valid addresses from an address database that are consistent with the user input, e.g. For example, where the last name of the recipient begins with the entered three letters. The user selects the record that matches the address.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device with the features of the preamble of claim 1 and a method having the features of the preamble of claim 4, which allow controlling the transport, even if the reader is not able to the receiver Marking on an object clearly to decipher.
  • the solution according to the device and the method according to the solution are designed to control the transport of an object.
  • the article is provided with an identification of a recipient of the article.
  • the image capture device is configured to generate a computer-accessible image such that the image shows the recipient's identifier.
  • the reader is configured to decipher the receiver identifier using an image from the image capture device.
  • the assignment table comprises, for a set of possible recipients, a data record with an identification of the recipient and an identification of a recording unit for an object.
  • the data processing device is configured to select a record in the assignment table using a deciphering result from the reading device and to output the record unit identifier of that record on the output device in a human perceptible form.
  • the reader will not be able to unambiguously decipher the receiver identifier on an item.
  • the recipient identification is handwritten on the article.
  • At least one record in the assignment table is marked, for which the decoding result is used by the reader - preferably each record whose recipient identifier is consistent with the deciphering result.
  • a selection list is generated. This drop-down list includes those recipient tags associated with the tagged records. The selection list is output on the output device in a human perceptible form. It is automatically detected which recipient identification was selected in this selection list. This selection was made using an input device, eg. As a DV mouse or a keyboard or a touch-sensitive screen. The selected recipient tag belongs to a tagged record. The capture unit identifier of this record is output.
  • the invention saves the need for a worker to have a mapping table that is in paper bound form, to find the right pickup unit for an item.
  • the invention makes it unnecessary to provide each receiving unit with information about a receiver. Rather, the invention makes it possible to quickly change the assignment of a receiver to a receiving unit without having to make a change to a receiving unit.
  • the solution according to the invention makes it possible to control the transport of the object even if the reader does not provide a clear deciphering result or the deciphering result is subject to great uncertainty.
  • a preselection is automatically carried out under the still matching recipient identification.
  • the image capture device is capable of producing an image of an object lying on a support surface.
  • This embodiment makes it possible to apply the solution according to the device for such objects, which in each case have a significant extent in all three directions, ie z. B. also for packages and not just for flat letters.
  • the article is placed on the support surface, and after a start signal, the image capture device generates the at least one image.
  • This embodiment saves a transport device, which transports the object past the image recording device.
  • this embodiment makes it possible to use a surface camera instead of a cell camera. This area camera produces an image of a two-dimensional area of the surface of the object.
  • the device comprises an optical pointing device.
  • This optical pointing device marks with a beam of light a point of such a surface of the object, which points to the image recorder.
  • the object can be positioned so that this light beam marks a point in the address field on the object.
  • This configuration makes it easier for the reader to find the receiver identifier on the surface, and thus also makes it easier to find the "region of interest” (ROI) and to identify the recipient of other items of information on the item, e.g. As a sender identification or information on the transport of the object to distinguish.
  • ROI region of interest
  • the invention is used to distribute mail to mailboxes a mailbox system.
  • the PO Box is located z. In the post office of a company or post office.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates the device according to the embodiment. Shown is the PO Box system PFA with multiple mailboxes for mail. Each mailbox has a unique identifier that distinguishes that mailbox from all other mailboxes in the PFA mailbox.
  • a computer-accessible assignment table ZT is stored, which determines which mailbox is assigned to which recipient.
  • This assignment table ZT comprises two columns: a mailbox PFA mailbox column and a mailbox recipient mailbox column. Each row represents a mailbox and a recipient associated with that mailbox. It is possible that several lines for the same Mailbox because there are multiple recipients assigned to a mailbox. For example, multiple recipients share a mailbox, or one recipient has multiple job titles, or one recipient has taken over a mailbox from another.
  • a recipient is identified by his house address (name, street, house number, zip code, city) or by his post office box address (name, post office box, zip code, city). Also, mail items that are marked with the house address should be sent to the PO Box address.
  • each recipient is identified by his company address (name, department name in the company) or by an internal address.
  • a recipient may have multiple company addresses, e.g. B. Department name and functional area, as well as to receive mail to a previous company address.
  • Both the workstation 3 and the OCR unit 2 have at least temporary read access to the assignment table ZT.
  • the workstation 3 acts as the data processing device.
  • the scanner 1 is preferably designed as a desktop scanner, ie stands on a table T or other document.
  • the scanner 1 comprises a light source LQ and a camera 6. Because the scanner 1 is fixedly mounted, the light source LQ illuminates a mail item always under the same Angle.
  • the light source LQ projects a positioning aid PH, z. B. a crosshair or a rectangle on the table T.
  • the mail item Ps is placed on the table T that the mail item Ps has a specific position with respect to the positioning aid PH, z. B. that the crosshair is projected centrally on those address information Add, with which the mailpiece is provided.
  • a start signal is generated, eg. B. by an operator or by a switch is automatically triggered.
  • the camera 1 generates a computer-accessible image Abb, preferably a digital image, of the mail item Ps.
  • This image Abb shows the address information Add to the recipient of the mail item Ps.
  • the image Abb is transmitted to the OCR unit 2.
  • the OCR unit 2 evaluates the image Abb. In this case, the OCR unit 2 locates the receiver identifier Add in the image Abb and deciphers this receiver identifier.
  • the OCR unit 2 compares this deciphered information with the assignment table ZT and thereby generates candidates. These candidates form a computer-available candidate list KL. Each candidate includes those details of a recipient which are contained in a row of the assignment table ZT. For example, each candidate is a reference to such a line.
  • the OCR unit 2 generates, for each candidate, a match measure, which is a degree of correspondence between the result of the deciphering and the receiver identifier Add in the assignment table ZT.
  • a match measure which is a degree of correspondence between the result of the deciphering and the receiver identifier Add in the assignment table ZT.
  • the OCR unit 2 selects each such row of the allocation table ZT whose match amount is above a predetermined match threshold.
  • the OCR unit 2 transmits the candidate list KL to the workstation 3.
  • the workstation 3. in one embodiment outputs a corresponding error message.
  • This error message includes the statement that the recipient address could not be deciphered automatically.
  • an input form with multiple fields is displayed on the display device 4 of the workstation 3.
  • the user types in a string that he could read on the mail piece Ps. For example, the user types in the first few letters of the last name. From the assignment table ZT those address addresses are automatically selected whose last names start with this character string.
  • This other embodiment is also used when the scanner 1 is not able to produce an image of the mail item Ps, for example because the item of mail is a package and does not fit between the camera 1 and the table T.
  • the workstation 3 appropriately displays these candidates on the monitor 4.
  • the mail item Ps itself remains on the table T.
  • the candidates are placed in the Form of a selection list displayed on the screen device 4.
  • a user selects with the help of the data entry station 5 an alternative offered, so a candidate in the selection list.
  • the display device 4 is made touch-sensitive, and the user touches the display device 4 at an area associated with a displayed candidate.
  • the data input station 5 includes a keyboard and / or a DV mouse, and the user selects an alternative offered by means of the keyboard or the DV mouse. For this purpose, the user considers the mail item Ps on the table T.
  • the OCR unit 2 has generated a candidate list KL comprising the two candidates Emp1 and Emp3.
  • the workstation 3 generates a selection list comprising these two candidates Emp1 and Emp3 and displays this selection list on the display device 4.
  • the user compares these two candidates with the addressee identifier Add on the mail item Ps and then selects the candidate Emp3. This is illustrated in FIG. 1 by an ellipse around Emp3.
  • the OCR unit 2 Even if the OCR unit 2 has determined exactly one candidate, in one embodiment it displays a candidate on the monitor 4. The user confirms that a candidate actually matches the addressee identifier Add on the mailpiece Ps.
  • the assignment table ZT assigns the mailbox B4 of the mailbox system PFA to the recipient Emp3.
  • the mail item Ps is placed in this mailbox B4.
  • Data entry station 6 Camera of the scanner 1 Fig Image produced by the scanner 1 with the camera 6 from the mail item Ps
  • KL Candidate list LQ Light source of the scanner 1 PFA PO Box complex PH Positioning aid of the scanner 1 ps mailing T Table to which the scanner 1 is connected

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  1. Dispositif de commande du transport d'un objet ( Ps ),
    dans lequel l'objet ( Ps ) est muni d'une caractérisation d'un destinataire de l'objet ( Ps ),
    le dispositif comprenant
    - une table ( ZT ) d'affectation disponible sur ordinateur,
    - un appareil ( 3 ) de traitement de données ayant un appareil ( 4 ) de sortie,
    - un appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue, et
    - un appareil ( 2 ) de lecture,
    la table ( ZT ) d'affectation comprenant pour un certain nombre de destinataires possibles respectivement un jeu de données ayant une caractérisation du destinataire,
    chaque jeu de données du tableau ( ZT ) d'affectation comprenant en outre une identification d'une unité ( A2, C3, B4 ) de réception d'un objet,
    l'appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue étant conformé pour produire une représentation ( Abb ) disponible sur ordinateur telle que la représentation ( Abb ) montre la caractérisation ( Add ) du destinataire,
    l'appareil ( 2 ) de lecture est conformé pour, en utilisant une représentation ( Abb ) par l'appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue, déchiffrer automatiquement la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire sur un objet ( Ps ),
    l'appareil ( 3 ) de traitement de données est conformé,
    - pour sélectionner automatiquement un jeu de données de la table ( ZT ) d'affectation,
    - pour, lors de la sélection de ce jeu de données de la table ( ZT ) d'affectation, utiliser un résultat du déchiffrement par l'appareil ( 2 ) de lecture,
    - pour émettre une inscription de ce jeu de données sélectionné sur l'appareil ( 4 ) de sortie sous une forme perceptible par l'homme,
    dans lequel l'inscription ( B4 ) émise caractérise l'unité ( A2, C3, D4 ) de réception, dont l'identification est comprise par le jeu de données sélectionné,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif est conformé pour automatiquement
    - en utilisant le résultat du déchiffrement par l'appareil ( 2 ) de lecture, caractériser au moins un jeu de données de la table ( ZT ) d'affectation et
    - pour produire une liste ( KL ) de sélection disponible sur ordinateur, la liste ( KL ) de sélection comprenant chaque caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire d'un jeu de données caractérisé,
    l'appareil ( 3 ) de traitement de données comprend un appareil ( 5 ) d'entrée et est conformé
    - pour émettre une liste ( KL ) de sélection produite sur l'appareil ( 4 ) de sortie sous une forme perceptible par l'homme,
    - pour détecter dans la liste ( KL ) de sélection une sélection effectuée à l'aide de l'appareil ( 5 ) d'entrée,
    - pour déterminer quelle caractérisation de destinataire est ainsi sélectionnée, et
    - pour émettre, comme caractérisation d'unité de réception, la caractérisation d'une unité ( B4 ) de réception, dont l'identification appartient au jeu de données, dont la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire est sélectionnée.
  2. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif comprend une surface ( T ) de support et l'appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue est conformé
    de manière à ce que l'appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue puisse produire une représentation d'un objet ( Ps ) mis sur la surface ( T ) de support.
  3. Dispositif suivant la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2,
    caractérisé en ce que
    le dispositif comprend un appareil ( PH ) optique de pointage, cet appareil ( PH ) de pointage est conformé pour repérer optiquement par une faisceau lumineux une surface de l'objet ( Ps ) tournée vers un point de l'appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue et
    l'appareil ( 2 ) de lecture est conformé pour exploiter, lors du déchiffrement de la caractérisation ( Abb ) de destinataire, une zone de la représentation ( Abb ) qui pointe le point repéré.
  4. Procédé de commande du transport d'un objet ( Ps ),
    dans lequel on munit l'objet ( Ps ) d'une caractérisation ( Add ) d'un destinataire de l'objet ( Ps ),
    on utilise une table ( ZT ) d'affection disponible sur ordinateur,
    la table ( ZT ) d'affectation comprend pour un certain nombre de destinataires possibles respectivement un jeu de données ayant une caractérisation du destinataire,
    chaque jeu de données de la table ( ZT ) d'affectation comprend en outre une identification d'une unité ( A2, C3, B4 ) de réception d'un objet et
    le procédé comprend les stades suivant lesquels
    - on produit une représentation ( Abb ) disponible sur l'ordinateur de l'objet ( Ps ) de manière à ce que la représentation montre la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire,
    - en utilisant cette représentation, on déchiffre la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire sur l'objet ( Ps ),
    - en utilisant le résultat du déchiffrement, on sélectionne par la caractérisation de destinataire de l'objet ( Ps ) un jeu de données de la table ( ZT ) d'affectation,
    - on émet sous une forme perceptible par l'homme une entrée ( B4 ) de ce jeu de données sélectionné sur un appareil ( 4 ) d'émission,
    dans lequel l'entrée ( B4 ) émise caractérise l'unité ( A2, C3, B4 ) de réception, dont l'identification est comprise par le jeu de données sélectionné,
    caractérisé en ce que
    en utilisant le résultat du déchiffrement, on caractérise automatiquement au moins un jeu de données de la table ( ZT ) d'affectation,
    on produit une liste ( KL ) de sélection disponible sur ordinateur, la liste ( KL ) de sélection comprenant chaque caractérisation de destinataire d'un jeu de données caractérisé,
    on sort sous une forme perceptible par l'homme la liste ( KL ) produite sur l'appareil ( 4 ) de sortie,
    on détecte dans la liste ( KL ) de sélection une sélection effectuée à l'aide d'un appareil ( 5 ) d'entrée,
    on détermine la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire, qui est ainsi sélectionnée, et
    on sort, comme caractérisation d'unité de réception, la caractérisation d'une unité ( B4 ) de réception, dont l'identification appartient au jeu de données, dont la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire est sélectionnée.
  5. Procédé suivant la revendication 4,
    caractérisé en ce que
    on met l'objet ( Ps ) sur une surface ( T ) de support et on produit la représentation ( Abb ) d'un objet ( Ps ) mis sur la surface ( T ) de support.
  6. Procédé suivant la revendication 4 ou la revendication 5,
    caractérisé en ce que
    on repère optiquement par un faisceau lumineux un point sur une surface de l'objet, tournée vers l'appareil ( 1 ) de prise de vue et,
    lors du déchiffrement de la caractérisation ( Add ) de destinataire, on exploite une zone de la représentation ( Abb ), qui est tournée vers le point de repérage.
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