Parcel-sorting facility with a system for swapping receptacles over at sorting outlets

    公开(公告)号:US11033935B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-15

    申请号:US16840527

    申请日:2020-04-06

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: A sorting facility (1) for sorting parcels (2), has a sorting conveyor (3), sorting outlets (4) distributed along said conveyor, and a monitoring and control unit (7) for controlling the conveyor so as to sort the parcels into the outlets as a function of their destination addresses. Each outlet is arranged to store a plurality of receptacles (6), each of which is associated with a parcel destination address in a memory of the unit. At each outlet, the facility has a swap-over device (8) for swapping the receptacles over. The unit controls the swap-over device so that a receptacle for which the destination address associated with it in the memory of the monitoring and control unit corresponds to the destination address of a current parcel to be sorted is held stationary in a filling position in which the receptacle is positioned under the sorting outlet so as to receive a parcel.

    STRUCTURALLY MATCHING IMAGES BY HASHING GRADIENT SINGULARITY DESCRIPTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20210044424A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16652799

    申请日:2019-12-19

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Inventor: Olivier DESPREZ

    Abstract: The method of matching digital images of the same article in a data processor unit comprises the steps of: transforming each digital image of an article into a local divergence topographic map of the luminance gradient vector field; detecting singularities or extrema of local divergence in the luminance gradient vector field, such singularities corresponding to points of interest in said digital image; and, for each detected point of interest, encoding the values for the singularity of the gradient field that are located on a plurality of concentric rings centered on the point of interest so as to derive a digital data vector (210); and transforming said vector into a digital hash key (220) by means of a family of hash functions of the cosine Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) type.

    PARCEL-SORTING FACILITY WITH A SYSTEM FOR SWAPPING RECEPTACLES OVER AT SORTING OUTLETS

    公开(公告)号:US20200324320A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-15

    申请号:US16840527

    申请日:2020-04-06

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: The invention relates to a sorting facility (1) for sorting parcels (2), which sorting facility comprises a sorting conveyor (3), sorting outlets (4) distributed along said conveyor, and a monitoring and control unit (7) suitable for controlling the conveyor so as to sort the parcels into the outlets as a function of their destination addresses. Each outlet is arranged to store a plurality of receptacles (6), each of which is associated with a parcel destination address in a memory of the unit. At each outlet, the facility further comprises a swap-over device (8) for swapping the receptacles over. The unit controls the swap-over device so that a receptacle for which the destination address associated with it in the memory of the monitoring and control unit corresponds to the destination address of a current parcel to be sorted is held stationary in a filling position in which the receptacle is positioned under the sorting outlet so as to receive a parcel.

    SORTING METHOD MADE FLEXIBLE BY PREPARING A DISTRIBUTION OF ARTICLES TO BE SORTED IN ANTICIPATION

    公开(公告)号:US20200276615A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-03

    申请号:US16804438

    申请日:2020-02-28

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: A method of sorting articles by means of a sorting system comprising N sorting machines (M1, MN) operating in parallel, in which method the articles are divided into N groups (G1, GN) of articles to be processed in parallel on the N sorting machines, at least one of the N groups of articles is subdivided into sub-groups of articles (G1.1, G1.N-1), and, if it is detected that one of the N machines is being rested, then the method comprises the steps of: feeding the N−1 other sorting machines with the sub-groups of articles from said subdivided group of articles and sorting these sub-groups of articles in parallel on the N−1 other sorting machines; and feeding the N−1 other sorting machines with the N−1 other groups of articles and sorting these N−1 groups of articles in parallel on said N−1 other sorting machines.

    PACKET SORTING/HANDLING SYSTEM HAVING A PLATFORM CONVEYOR AND A GRAVITY TRANSFER UNIT

    公开(公告)号:US20200238338A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16751269

    申请日:2020-01-24

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: A sorting/handling system for sorting/handling parcels or packets comprises a primary conveyor for conveying the packets in series around a looped path, at least one platform secondary conveyor fed by the primary conveyor and having a throughput rate lower than that of the primary conveyor, and a transfer unit for transfer between the primary conveyor and the secondary conveyor, which transfer unit comprises n chutes into which the packets coming from the primary conveyor fall by gravity so as to be received at the outlets on n parallel channels of an accumulation zone having movable barriers. Downstream from the accumulation zone, the system further comprises mechanical members for putting the packets into series by spacing them apart at a constant pitch, and then for transferring them to free platforms of the secondary conveyor at a rate of one packet per platform.

    MAIL SORTING INSTALLATION WITH A TRAY CONVEYOR HAVING A RETRACTABLE EDGE AND ITS TRAY-MANIPULATING SHUTTLE ROBOT

    公开(公告)号:US20190308219A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-10

    申请号:US16373966

    申请日:2019-04-03

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: The sorting installation (1) of the invention for sorting mailpieces (6) includes sorting outlets (2) in line along a sorting conveyor (3), each outlet having a recess (4) for receiving a tray (5) in which sorted mailpieces are stored, and also a tray conveyor (8) that extends under the sorting outlets for transporting the trays filled with sorted mailpieces from the sorting outlets to a feed inlet (7) of the sorting conveyor. The installation of the invention further includes a tray-manipulating shuttle robot (9) suitable for moving along the tray conveyor past the sorting outlets, and for extracting a tray from a recess of a sorting outlet associated with it under the control of a monitoring and control unit (19) so as to transfer it to the tray conveyor.

    Postal sorting machine having a sorting outlet jogger provided with a quick-release helical-blade wheel

    公开(公告)号:US10315229B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US15671702

    申请日:2017-08-08

    Applicant: Solystic

    Abstract: A postal sorting machine comprises an unstacker in a mailpiece feed inlet, a sorting conveyor, and sorting outlets, each of which is provided with a receptacle designed for storing the mailpieces in a stack and on an edge. Each sorting outlet is provided with a wheel having a helical blade. The wheel projects through an opening in the bottom of the receptacle and is mounted on a transmission shaft. The transmission shaft is disposed under the receptacle to impart a rotary movement to the helical blade so that the helical blade pushes the base of a current mailpiece in the receptacle against the stack of mailpieces that is being formed. The wheel is also mounted on the transmission shaft by being clipped by moving in translation across the axis of rotation of the transmission shaft.

    Method of merging postal articles with already-sorted mailpieces on a table

    公开(公告)号:US10259016B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-16

    申请号:US15574202

    申请日:2017-07-07

    Applicant: SOLYSTIC

    Abstract: A method of merging, on a table (7), postal articles (2) with mailpieces (3) that are already sorted into a certain sorting order comprises the steps of pre-sorting the postal articles (2) in a sorting frame having vertical slots by means of an electronic station for assisting with sorting in the sorting frame, and then in using said station again for assisting the operative with merging the pre-sorted postal articles with the mailpieces.

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