Apparatus for assisting manual sorting of mail articles
First Claim
1. Apparatus for providing assistance in manual sorting of articles of mail performed by an operator having available disposition storage elements corresponding to determined destinations, the articles of mail each including at least one document, and the apparatus comprising:
- recognition means for reading one of an article of mail and a document extracted from the article, and identifying thereon at least one data item suitable for giving information about the destination of the article;
comparator means for comparing said identified data item with a plurality of previously stored predetermined data items;
allocation means for allocating a unique identity code to the recognized data item corresponding to a determined storage element allocated to a particular destination; and
contactless transmission means for transmitting said identity codes to all of the storage elements;
each of said storage elements being provided with indicator means responding selectively to said identity code, said indicator means being retrofittably attachable by fixing means to said storage elements, respectively, to allow said apparatus to be used on existing storage elements.
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Abstract
Apparatus for providing assistance in manual sorting of articles of mail performed by one or more operators having at their disposition storage elements or pigeon-holes corresponding to determined destinations, each article of mail containing at least one document. The apparatus has optoelectronic recognition means for identifying on an article of mail or on a document extracted therefrom, at least one item of data suitable for providing direct or indirect information about the destination of said article, comparator means for comparing said identified data item with a plurality of previously stored predetermined data items, allocation means for allocating a unique identity code to said recognized data item corresponding to a determined storage element allocated to a particular destination, and contactless transmission means for transmitting said identity code to all of the storage elements, each of said storage elements being provided with indicator means mounted on removable fixing means and responding selectively to said identity code.
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26 Claims
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1. Apparatus for providing assistance in manual sorting of articles of mail performed by an operator having available disposition storage elements corresponding to determined destinations, the articles of mail each including at least one document, and the apparatus comprising:
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recognition means for reading one of an article of mail and a document extracted from the article, and identifying thereon at least one data item suitable for giving information about the destination of the article;
comparator means for comparing said identified data item with a plurality of previously stored predetermined data items;
allocation means for allocating a unique identity code to the recognized data item corresponding to a determined storage element allocated to a particular destination; and
contactless transmission means for transmitting said identity codes to all of the storage elements;
each of said storage elements being provided with indicator means responding selectively to said identity code, said indicator means being retrofittably attachable by fixing means to said storage elements, respectively, to allow said apparatus to be used on existing storage elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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