Method and apparatus for processing mail obtain image data of contents
    51.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for processing mail obtain image data of contents 有权
    处理邮件的方法和设备获取内容的图像数据

    公开(公告)号:US07537203B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-26

    申请号:US10862021

    申请日:2004-06-04

    IPC分类号: B65H39/00

    CPC分类号: G06K9/033 B07C3/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. Mail is placed into an input bin having a conveyor that conveys the mail towards a feeder. The feeder serially feeds the envelopes by engaging the lead envelope in the stack of mail and displacing the lead envelope transverse the stack of mail. The mail is then cut on a side edge and the top edge to cut open each envelope. A transport conveys the cut envelopes to an extractor. The extractor opens the edge-severed mail and presents the contents of the envelopes to an operator who manually extracts the contents. The operator drops the extracted contents onto a conveyor that conveys the contents to an imaging station. The contents are automatically separated and imaged to obtain image data for the contents. The contents are then sorted into a plurality of output bins.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于处理邮件的方法和装置。 将邮件放入具有将邮件传送到馈送器的输送机的输入箱中。 馈线通过将引线信封接合在邮箱中并将引线信封横向移动邮件堆栈来连续馈送信封。 然后在侧边缘切割邮件,顶部边缘打开每个信封。 运输公司将切割的信封传送到提取器。 提取器打开边缘切断的邮件,并将信封的内容呈现给手动提取内容的操作员。 操作者将提取的内容物排出到将内容物传送到成像站的传送带上。 内容自动分离并成像,以获取内容的图像数据。 然后将内容分成多个输出箱。

    Method and apparatus for processing outgoing bulk mail
    52.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for processing outgoing bulk mail 有权
    处理传出批量邮件的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US07439467B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-10-21

    申请号:US11236956

    申请日:2005-09-28

    IPC分类号: B07C5/00 G06F7/00

    CPC分类号: B07C3/14 B07C3/18 Y10S209/90

    摘要: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. The mail is serially fed from a stack of mail into a system transport. The system transport conveys the mail to an imaging station, which scans the mail to obtain image data corresponding to at least a portion of each piece. From the imaging station, the mail is conveyed to a buffer, which selectively maintains the mail while the address printed on the mail is determined. After the address for a piece of mail is determined, the piece is conveyed out of the buffer to a printer, which prints a POSTNET barcode onto the piece. The POSTNET barcode corresponds to the address that was determined for the piece. Optionally, the apparatus may include a labeler for applying a blank label onto the mail, and the POSTNET barcode can then be printed onto the label after it is applied to the mail. After the POSTNET barcode is printed on a piece, it is conveyed past a verifier, which scans the printed POSTNET barcode to ensure that the barcode was printed properly. The mail is then sorted and stacked in a plurality of output bins.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于处理邮件的方法和装置。 邮件从一堆邮件连续馈送到系统传输中。 系统传输将邮件传送到成像站,成像站扫描邮件以获得对应于每个片段的至少一部分的图像数据。 从成像站,将邮件传送到缓冲器,该缓冲器在打印在邮件上的地址被确定时选择性地维护邮件。 在确定邮件的地址之后,将该片段从缓冲器传送到打印机,该打印机将POSTNET条形码打印到该片上。 POSTNET条形码对应于为该片段确定的地址。 可选地,该设备可以包括用于将邮件标签应用于邮件的标签机,然后可以将POSTNET条形码打印到标签上,然后将其应用于邮件。 POSTNET条形码打印在一张纸上之后,通过验证器传送,该验证器扫描打印的POSTNET条形码,以确保条形码打印正确。 然后将邮件分类并堆叠在多个输出箱中。

    Method and apparatus for processing outgoing bulk mail

    公开(公告)号:US07041927B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-05-09

    申请号:US10101642

    申请日:2002-03-20

    IPC分类号: B07C7/01 G06K5/01

    CPC分类号: B07C3/14 B07C3/18 Y10S209/90

    摘要: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. The mail is serially fed from a stack of mail into a system transport. The system transport conveys the mail to an imaging station, which scans the mail to obtain image data corresponding to at least a portion of each piece. From the imaging station, the mail is conveyed to a buffer, which selectively maintains the mail while the address printed on the mail is determined. After the address for a piece of mail is determined, the piece is conveyed out of the buffer to a printer, which prints a POSTNET barcode onto the piece. The POSTNET barcode corresponds to the address that was determined for the piece. Optionally, the apparatus may include a labeler for applying a blank label onto the mail, and the POSTNET barcode can then be printed onto the label after it is applied to the mail. After the POSTNET barcode is printed on a piece, it is conveyed past a verifier, which scans the printed POSTNET barcode to ensure that the barcode was printed properly. The mail is then sorted and stacked in a plurality of output bins.

    System and method for automated document processing
    54.
    发明授权
    System and method for automated document processing 失效
    用于自动文件处理的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5926392A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-20

    申请号:US666737

    申请日:1996-05-17

    摘要: An apparatus is provided for processing a batch of remittance transactions in the form of an invoice and an accompanying check. A feeder receives a stacked batch of transactional pairs of documents and serially feeds the documents along a selected path of movement. Scanning cameras scan the front and back of each document to provide front and back images of the documents. A magnetic imager is employed for reading the magnetic markings of each check to detect the orientation of each check. From the magnetic imager, the documents are fed to a document-reordering device that functions to selectively change the sequential order of selected pairs of documents along the path of movement. A document orientor is also provided for selectively changing the orientation of any selected document along the path of movement. The document orientor includes a document reverser for reversing the orientation of selected documents from back to front along the path of movement. A document twister is also provided along the path of movement for flipping selected documents from an upside-down orientation into a right-side-up orientation. A document sorter selectively directs the documents into selected output areas or bins.

    摘要翻译: 提供一种用于以发票和伴随支票的形式处理一批汇款交易的装置。 馈线接收堆叠的一批事务对文档,并沿着选定的移动路径串行馈送文档。 扫描相机扫描每个文档的正面和背面,以提供文档的正面和背面图像。 采用磁性成像器读取每个支票的磁标记,以检测每个支票的方向。 从磁性成像器将文档馈送到文档重新排序装置,该装置用于沿着移动路径选择性地改变所选文档对的顺序。 还提供文档取向器,用于选择性地改变沿着移动路径的任何所选择的文档的取向。 文件取向器包括一个文件反向器,用于沿着移动路径从后向前反转所选择的文件的方位。 还沿着移动路径提供文档扭曲器,用于将所选择的文档从上下方向翻转成右侧方向。 文档分拣机选择性地将文档引导到​​选定的输出区域或分区中。

    Method for automated mail extraction and remittance processing
    55.
    发明授权
    Method for automated mail extraction and remittance processing 失效
    自动邮件提取和汇款处理方法

    公开(公告)号:US5518121A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-21

    申请号:US234532

    申请日:1994-04-28

    摘要: In a method for the automated processing of bulk mail, envelopes are transferred to a receiving apparatus in bulk fashion (from incoming mail trays or the like) for the extraction of documents contained by the envelopes, and the extracted documents are delivered to a remittance processing device, preferably both automatically and without the need for human intervention. Subsequent processing of the extracted documents within the remittance processing device then proceeds in usual fashion, completing the acquisition of information which is necessary to ready such documents for deposit into the banking system. Also disclosed are various presorting functions so that only envelopes containing documents of a specified type will be fully processed, other sorting functions such as the identification of specific types of documents (invoices or checks) for separate processing, and the use of a single extraction device to deliver extracted documents to either one, or a series of remittance processing devices. If desired, a buffer is provided which can receive and temporarily store documents received from the extraction device, for appropriate delivery to the remittance processing device responsive to demand.

    摘要翻译: 在用于批量邮件的自动处理的方法中,信封以大量方式(从传入邮件托盘等)传送到接收设备,用于提取信封所包含的文档,并将提取的文档传送到汇款处理 装置,优选地自动地并且不需要人为干预。 随后处理提取的文件在汇款处理装置内以通常的方式进行,完成对准备这样的文件以存入银行系统所必需的信息的获取。 还公开了各种分段功能,使得仅包含指定类型的文档的信封将被完全处理,其他分类功能,例如用于单独处理的特定类型的文档(发票或检查)的识别以及单个提取设备的使用 将提取的文件提交给任何一个或一系列的汇款处理设备。 如果需要,提供缓冲器,其可以接收并临时存储从提取装置接收的文档,以便根据需要适当地传送到汇款处理装置。