EP2906367B1 - Vorrichtung zur unterstützung der sortierung von gegenständen in ein ablagefach - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zur unterstützung der sortierung von gegenständen in ein ablagefach Download PDF

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EP2906367B1
EP2906367B1 EP13779297.4A EP13779297A EP2906367B1 EP 2906367 B1 EP2906367 B1 EP 2906367B1 EP 13779297 A EP13779297 A EP 13779297A EP 2906367 B1 EP2906367 B1 EP 2906367B1
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Emmanuel Miette
Céline GUIGNARD
Bruno Volta
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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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    • 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 method of sorting objects in a sorting bin with sorting boxes.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a method for sorting postal objects in a sorting bin.
  • postal object is meant any type of postal item that may have variable dimensions, but also variable physical characteristics.
  • These postal objects can be, among others, a simple letter, a postcard, a magazine, an envelope with or without window, a newspaper, or a catalog or a package.
  • the invention also relates to a device for assisting the manual sorting of objects in a sorting box comprising sorting boxes.
  • the sorting of postal items has been going on for a long time, particularly in Posts.
  • the sorting is carried out manually by an experienced operator who, firstly, deposits the postal objects to be sorted in a receptacle, then picks the postal items one by one, reads the destination address of each postal item that it has just taken and places it in a sorting box of the sorting box that corresponds to this destination address.
  • the sorting bin which is generally arranged on a desk in front of the Operator, can be presented with sorting boxes aligned in rows and columns in a two-dimensional matrix.
  • the sorted postal objects can be directly recovered in the sorting boxes of the sorting bin in an orderly manner, for example to prepare a postman tour, or else be transferred to another sorting device in order to refine the sorting.
  • the documentary sorting aid system of the document US5794789 includes bar code automatic reading means, delivery addresses of postal objects. A computer then determines the box of the locker corresponding to this address and commands the opening of the box of the locker.
  • the object of the invention is to improve the sorting of objects and in particular postal objects.
  • the subject of the invention is a device as described in claim 1.
  • the idea underlying the invention is therefore to give assistance to the Operator based on an automatic reading of sorting information, for example the destination address affixed to the postal objects to be sorted with each movement of removing a postal item from the pile of postal items in the receptacle and then producing a registration signal designating the sorting box of the sorting box where the postal item to be sorted is to be placed according to its destination address.
  • sorting information for example the destination address affixed to the postal objects to be sorted with each movement of removing a postal item from the pile of postal items in the receptacle and then producing a registration signal designating the sorting box of the sorting box where the postal item to be sorted is to be placed according to its destination address.
  • the help device for manual sorting the object rack according to the invention is described below by way of non-limiting example for the case of flat postal objects on which are affixed classically address information. which constitutes the sorting information.
  • This help device can be used in a post office or postal sorting center.
  • the device 1 for sorting assistance represented on the figure 1 comprises various elements including a receptacle 2, a lighting 6, an imaging device 11, a control / control unit 12 and a sorting bin 7.
  • the receptacle 2 is here a storage bin which has a flat bottom 3 and vertical walls 5.
  • the tray is designed to store vertically in vertical pile 4 postal items.
  • the top of the receptacle 2 is open so as to allow an operator indicated by 10 to easily and quickly collect one by one the objects 4 from the top of the stack.
  • the objects 4 are here stored in the receptacle 2 so that each time, the object 4 at the top of the stack is with its face having the destination address which is visible from the outside of the receptacle 2, on the figure 1 visible from the top of the receptacle 2.
  • the illumination 6 is designed to uniformly illuminate the objects 4 in the receptacle 2 and more particularly the object 4 of the top of the stack regardless of the height or width of the stack. So, according to the example shown on the figure 1 , the illumination 6 is arranged above the receptacle 2 so as to ensure a good readability of the destination address of the object 4 of the top of the stack by dispensing with the installation conditions of the device 1 of help in sorting especially in the presence of neon lights or windows nearby.
  • the intensity, the color and the position of the light emitted by the lighting 6 could also be adjusted automatically according to the size of the battery, the color of the objects 4 or the lighting conditions of the room in which the device 1 help with sorting is placed.
  • the sorting bin 7 has several sorting boxes 8 designed for 4.
  • the sorting bin 7 is in particular placed facing the operator 10 or at any other place adapted so that the operator 10 can quickly and easily access the sorting boxes 8.
  • the sorting bin 7 is arranged next to the receptacle 2 so that the operator 10 by a simple movement of the arm passes an object 4 of the receptacle 2 to one of the sorting boxes 8 of the sorting bin 7.
  • a matrix sorting rack 7 is shown on the figure 1 .
  • the rows and columns of the sorting rack 7 are numbered or referenced by a box identification code visible by the Operator 10, here a code comprising a letter indicative of a column of the sorting bin 7, for example ABCD etc. , and a number indicative of a line of the sorting bin 7, for example 10, 20, 30 etc.
  • the imaging device 11 in the example illustrated on the figure 1 is a camera 11 placed above the receptacle 2 to take digital images 14 of the object 4 at the top of the stack of objects 4, each digital image 14 then having the destination address affixed to the postal object 4.
  • the camera 11 may be designed to automatically form digital images 14 from the top of the stack at a certain rate, for example to form four digital images 14 per second, throughout the bin sorting process.
  • the camera 11 will be placed at a suitable distance from the stack of objects 4, for example at a distance allowing it to have the full height of the stack of objects 4 in its depth of field, which ensures a clear digital image 14 of each object 4 as and when the operator 10 will take the objects 4 from the stack to place them in the sorting boxes 8 of the sorting bin 7.
  • the control / command unit 12 may be designed to automatically evaluate the destination address of the object 4 at the head of the stack from the digital image 14 of this object 4 produced by the camera 11, via a control system. OCR character recognition and a postal address database as is well known for postal sorting machines. But this evaluation of the destination address could have taken place in a postal sorting machine placed upstream in the sorting process.
  • the control / command unit 12 can calculate an image signature that is a unique identifier for the object 4 and reconcile image signatures in databases, the destination destination sort and postal address data recognized for that object.
  • control / command unit 12 a sorting plan has been recorded which is an association table which associates destination addresses with the sorting boxes 8 of the sorting bin 7.
  • the control / control unit 12 can determine the sorting box 8 of the sorting bin 7 where the object 4 must be placed and thus produce a registration signal 100 which designates the location of this sorting box 8 in the sorting bin 7.
  • the communication between the camera 11 and the control / control unit 12 may be wired or non-wired.
  • the sorting plane in the control / control unit 12 can be dynamically determined as and when, for example, the filling of the sorting boxes 8 or the period in the day or the quantity of objects 4 to sort at the locker.
  • the recognition of the sorting information on the objects 4 may include a recognition of different types of marks present on the postal item and recognizable in this digital image 14 as the recipient's address, whether it be typed or handwritten, but also the address of the issuer, the franking mark, the service indications (priority letter, recommended, by air, ...), advertising flames, ... according to the criteria of sorting.
  • the sorting box 8 of the sorting bin 7 which is determined in the control / command unit 12 may also result from a combination of different recognizable information in the digital image 14 of the object 4.
  • the control / command unit 12 automatically produces a registration signal 100 for each object 4 taken from the receptacle 2. To do this, it filters the non-relevant digital images 14, for example by comparing two successive digital images taken by the camera 14. 11. If the two digital images 14 are identical, the registration signal 100 is not recalculated. If the two digital images 14 are different, a recognition of the address information is launched. If the recognition is unambiguous, it is because the two successive digital images 14 concern two different objects 4 and a new registration signal 100 is then produced. If, on the contrary, the recognition is ambiguous or does not succeed, the registration signal is not produced. Indeed, the digital image 14 may be that of the hand of the operator 10 when he grabs an object 4 at the head of the stack.
  • the registration signal 100 is refreshed each time an object 4 is picked up at the head of the stack, this change being for example detected by comparison of two successive digital images 14 taken by the camera 11.
  • the control / control unit 12 produces at the same time the signal 100 for an object 4 being placed in a sorting box 8 and also another signal 101 called "pre-registration" which is calculated for the object 4 already at the top of the stack and which is visible by the camera 12 but which is not yet taken by the operator 10. This advance presentation of the designation of the next object 4 to sort allows to further increase the sorting rate.
  • the registration signals 100, pre-registration 101 are visual signals displayed on a display screen 13, placed near the sorting bin 7 and therefore the Operator 10.
  • an exemplary display of the registration signal 100 has been illustrated in the form of a concatenation of a line identifier (here A) and a column identifier (here 50).
  • the pre-registration signal 101 has the same format as the registration signal 100, in the example "C70".
  • the registration signals 100, pre-registration 101 may be displayed with different colors or with different character formats to be easily differentiated by the Operator 10.
  • the registration signal 100 is displayed in the center of the display screen 13 with as background the digital image 14 of the object 4 being placed in the sorting box 7 while the pre-registration signal 101 is displayed in the upper right corner of the display screen 13. It will be understood that each time an object 4 is picked up at the top of the stack in the receptacle 2, the registration signals 100, preferably locating 101 are refreshed and that the pre-registration signal 101 is each time substituted for the registration signal 100.
  • the display screen 13 can be a touch screen with virtual keyboard or physical keyboard, the keyboard can be used by the operator 10 to enter / complete data relating to the destination address of an object 4, for example if this address can not be automatically read unambiguously.
  • the figure 3 illustrates the main steps of the trap sorting method according to the invention.
  • the Operator 10 therefore places objects 4 to be stacked in the receptacle 2, the objects 4 having their face carrying the address information facing upwards towards the camera 11. Then, the Operator 10 actuates for example a key on the touch display screen 13 which starts a cyclic process of image capture by the camera 11, address evaluation if necessary and calculation of the registration signals 100 and pre-identification 101 if necessary and then presentation of these signals for example on the display screen 13.
  • the camera 11 automatically captures a first digital image 14 of the object 4 at the head of the object stack 4.
  • the digital image 14 is sent to the control / command unit 12 which is here confused with the display screen 13.
  • the control / command unit 12 after an OCR processing, automatically evaluates the destination address in the current digital image 14.
  • a digital image signature is calculated. This image signature is a unique identifier V-Id for the current object 4. From this unique identifier V-Id, automatic recognition results made upstream can be retrieved.
  • the control / control unit 12 automatically calculates the signal of locating 100, that is to say the location of the sorting box 8 in the sorting bin 7 where the object 4 to be sorted is to be placed.
  • This registration signal 100 is displayed on the display screen 13 in a manner visible to the Operator 10.
  • a pre-registration signal 101 can jointly be calculated and displayed on the display screen 13 Therefore, while he observes on the display screen 13 the designation of the sorting box 8 where he must place the object 4 that he holds in his hand, the Operator 10 also perceives the designation of the sorting box 8 in which the next object 4 will have to be placed. It can therefore anticipate this placement which speeds up the sorting process.
  • the method according to the invention extends to the case where the Operator 10 returns to the head of the stack an object 4 which has already been taken before.
  • the control / command unit 12 is provided with a keyboard
  • the Operator 10 may be invited by the system to enter all or part of the destination address, the system playing the role. a video encoder. If the destination address is not recognizable in the digital image 14 of an object 4, the system may be designed to allow the Operator 10 to output this object 4 from the bin sort cycle.
  • the digital image 14 of this object 4 can then be sent to a remote dedicated video-coding station and the result of the video-coding can be stored in a database connected to the control / command unit 12.
  • the sorting bin can be provided with LED type of LEDs at each sorting box (one per sorting box).
  • the display of a registration signal is then achieved by lighting the indicator light of the box designated by this signal.
  • the LED can emit a continuous light for the signal while the signal is displayed by a flashing LED signal for example (or another color).
  • the registration signal and the pre-registration signal can be produced by a speech synthesizer.
  • an audible signal of availability may be produced by the control / command unit to warn the Operator that he can grab the next object from the stack to be sorted.
  • the trap sorting method according to the invention can be used in a sorting in a single pass or in several sorting passes.

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  1. Hilfsvorrichtung (1) für die manuelle Sortierung von flachen Gegenständen (4) in einem Sortierfächer (8) umfassenden Sortierregaf (7), bei dem eine Regel-/Steuereinheit (12) ausgebildet ist zum Erzeugen eines Ortungssignals (100), das ein bestimmtes Sortierfach (8) des Sortierregals (7) bezeichnet, in welches ein zu sortierender flacher Gegenstand (4) abzulegen ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet,
    dass sie umfasst:
    - ein Behältnis (2) zum Lagern der zu sortierenden flachen Gegenstände im Stapel,
    - eine Bildaufnahmeeinrichtung (11), die ausgebildet ist zum automatischen Erzeugen in einem bestimmten Takt von digitalen Bildern (14) der Oberseite des Stapels von Gegenständen (4) in dem Behältnis (2), wobei jedes digitale Bild (14) der Oberseite des Stapels eine auf dem Gegenstand (4) angebrachte Sortierangabe umfasst,
    - wobei die Regel-/Steuereinheit (12) ausgebildet ist zum automatischen Erzeugen, ausgehend von dem digitalen Bild (14) des Gegenstands (4) von der Oberseite des Stapels, des Ortungssignals (100) in dem Maße der Entnahme eines Gegenstands von der Oberseite des Stapels flacher Gegenstände,
    - wobei die Regel-/Steuereinheit (12) ferner ausgebildet ist zum Erfassen, dass der Gegenstand von der Oberseite des Stapels entnommen wurde, durch Erfassen eines Unterschieds zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden digitalen Bildern (14) und in Reaktion auf diese Erfassung, durch Aktualisieren des dem Gegenstand (4) entsprechenden Ortungssignals (100).
  2. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie ferner einen Anzeigebildschirm (13) zum Anzeigen des Ortungssignals (100) umfasst.
  3. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Anzeigebildschirm (13) von taktiler Bauart ist.
  4. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ortungssignal (100) ein visuelles Signal ist.
  5. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das digitale Bild (14) des Gegenstands (4) auf dem Anzeigebildschirm (13) angezeigt wird.
  6. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ortungssignal (100) eine eine Zeile des Sortierregals (7) angebende erste Angabe und eine eine Spalte des Sortierregals (7) angebende zweite Angabe umfasst.
  7. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass voneinander verschiedene Leuchtanzeigen jeweils den Sortierfächern (8) des Sortierregals (7) zugeordnet sind, und dass das Ortungssignal (100) durch eine einem Sortierfach (8) zugeordnete Leuchtanzeige angezeigt wird.
  8. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Ortungssignal (100) ein von einem Sprach-Synthesizer erzeugtes akustisches Signal ist.
  9. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Regel-/Steuereinheit (12) zugleich ein Ortungssignal (100) für einen laufenden zu sortierenden Gegenstand (4) und ein Vor-Ortungssignal (101) für einen anderen zu sortierenden Gegenstand (4), der dem laufenden Gegenstand (4) nachfolgt, erzeugt, wobei das Vor-Ortungssignal ein Sortierfach (8) des Sortierregals (7) bezeichnet, welches der in dem digitalen Bild (14) des anderen Gegenstands (4) erkannten Sortierangabe entspricht.
  10. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Ortungssignale und die Vor-Ortungssignale visuell verschieden sind.
  11. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Regel-/Steuereinheit (12) jedes Mal dann ein akustisches Signal für die Verfügbarkeit erzeugt, wenn ein Vor-Ortungssignal erzeugt wird.
  12. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass ausgehend von jedem digitalen Bild (14) eines Gegenstands (4) eine Bildsignatur errechnet wird, die als eindeutiger Identifikator für den Gegenstand (4) dient.
  13. Vorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Gegenstände (4) postalische Gegenstände sind, und dass die Sortierangabe eine Adressinformation der Verteilung ist.
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