Method and apparatus for processing mail to obtain image data of contents
    1.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for processing mail to obtain image data of contents 有权
    用于处理邮件以获得内容的图像数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08459632B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-11

    申请号:US13447858

    申请日:2012-04-16

    IPC分类号: B65H39/00

    CPC分类号: G06K9/00442 G06K9/186

    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。

    System and method for automated document processing
    2.
    发明授权
    System and method for automated document processing 有权
    用于自动文件处理的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07767925B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-03

    申请号:US11009808

    申请日:2004-12-10

    IPC分类号: B07C5/00

    CPC分类号: B43M7/02 B07C1/00 Y10S209/90

    摘要: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. A stack of mail is placed in an input bin in a feeder module. A feeder serially feeds the envelopes into a transport path. The envelopes are then examined to determine if the contents are qualified for extraction. Envelopes that are qualified for extraction are opened in a cutting module and then conveyed to an extraction module to extract the contents from the envelopes. The contents may then be scanned and reoriented as desired so that the contents are in a pre-determined orientation. The contents are then sorted into a stacker.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于处理邮件的方法和装置。 一堆邮件放置在馈线模块的输入箱中。 馈线将信封送入输送路径。 然后检查信封以确定内容是否符合提取要求。 符合要求提取的信封在切割模块中打开,然后传送到提取模块以从信封中提取内容物。 然后可以根据需要对内容进行扫描和重新定向,使得内容处于预定方向。 然后将内容分成堆垛机。

    Method and apparatus for sorting documents into a pre-defined sequence
    3.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for sorting documents into a pre-defined sequence 有权
    将文件分类为预先定义的顺序的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06303889B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-16

    申请号:US09504352

    申请日:2000-02-15

    IPC分类号: B07C500

    CPC分类号: B07C3/18 B07C3/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for sorting documents. The documents are scanned to determine a characteristic of each document and then sorted in response to the scanned characteristic. In particular, a method is provided for multi-pass processing of documents. In accordance with one method, each document is assigned a logical sort number corresponding to the recipient of the document. The documents are then sorted in sequential order according to the logical sort numbers. A method is also provided that compares data scanned during a pass with data obtained during a previous pass to determine the recipient of the document. In addition a method is provided for marking the documents and sorting the documents so that the markings provide indicators of pre-defined groups of documents.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于分类文件的方法和装置。 扫描文件以确定每个文档的特性,然后根据扫描的特征进行排序。 特别地,提供了一种用于文档的多遍处理的方法。 根据一种方法,为每个文档分配与文档的接收者相对应的逻辑排序号。 然后根据逻辑分类号按顺序对文件进行排序。 还提供了一种方法,其将在一次通过期间扫描的数据与先前通过期间获得的数据进行比较,以确定文档的接收者。 此外,还提供了一种用于标记文档和排序文档的方法,使得标记提供了预定义的文档组的指示符。

    Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for processing envelopes containing contents 失效
    用于处理含有内容的信封的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06230471B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-15

    申请号:US08870521

    申请日:1997-06-06

    IPC分类号: B65B5700

    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 fed into a shuttle that vertically displaces the envelopes to position the envelopes for entering a justifier. The justifier justifies the top edge of the envelopes and conveys the envelopes to a cutter that severs the top edge of the envelopes. A transport conveys the envelopes from the top cutter 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 transport conveys the empty envelopes from the extractor to a verifier that verifies that all of the contents have been removed from the envelope before the envelope is discarded. The transport is vertically adjustable, and a vertical drive motor is provided to vertically adjust the conveyor.

    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。 邮件被送入穿梭器,其垂直地移动信封以定位信封以进入对齐者。 对齐者证明信封的顶部边缘,并将信封传送到切割信封顶部边缘的切割器。 运输工具将信封从顶部切割器传送到提取器。 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。 传送机将空的信封从提取器传送到验证者,验证者在信封丢弃之前,验证所有内容是否已从信封中移除。 运输可垂直调节,垂直驱动电机可垂直调节输送机。

    Method and system for processing documents
    5.
    发明授权
    Method and system for processing documents 失效
    处理文件的方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US5810173A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-22

    申请号:US499343

    申请日:1995-07-07

    摘要: A system for processing documents is provided for use in remittance processing of bulk mail. An extraction unit opens envelopes and extracts the envelope contents, typically in the form of a pair of documents such as an invoice stub and an accompanying check. The extraction unit discards the opened envelopes and feeds the pair of documents in parallel disposition to a document sorting apparatus. The paired, parallel documents are conveyed through a document shifter in the form of nip rollers wherein one document of each pair is at least partially shifted relative to the other document of the pair to expose at least a portion of the covered document to an operator. The documents are then conveyed to a viewing area where the operator visually inspects each pair of documents and manually designates a selected path of movement using a manual input device. From the viewing area, the documents are conveyed to a staging area where the documents may be redirected along another path of movement by operator use of the manual input device. From the staging area, the pairs of documents are conveyed to selected bins in response to the manual inputs by the operator.

    摘要翻译: 提供处理文件的系统用于批量邮件的汇款处理。 提取单位打开信封并提取信封内容,通常以一对文件的形式,如发票存根和随附的支票。 提取单元丢弃打开的信封,并且将文档对并行地馈送到文档分类装置。 成对的平行文件通过压纸辊的形式传送通过文档移位器,其中每对的一个文档相对于该对中的另一个文档至少部分地移动,以将被覆盖的文档的至少一部分暴露给操作者。 然后将文件传送到观察区域,在该区域,操作者目视检查每对文件,并使用手动输入装置手动指定所选择的移动路径。 从查看区域,文档被传送到分段区域,在该区域中,文档可以通过操作者使用手动输入设备沿另一个移动路径被重定向。 从分段区域,响应于操作者的手动输入,将这些文件对被传送到选定的箱。

    Method and apparatus for automated mail processing
    6.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for automated mail processing 有权
    用于自动邮件处理的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08393472B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-12

    申请号:US11459133

    申请日:2006-07-21

    IPC分类号: B07C5/02

    摘要: An apparatus for the automated processing of bulk mail in a continuous and automatic procedure includes an operative combination of processing stations including an input station for receiving incoming mail in bulk fashion and for separating the pieces of mail for individual delivery to the remainder of the apparatus; a station for detecting irregularities in the contents of the envelopes, such as metal items, folded contents, or oversized items; a station for out-sorting envelopes rejected in accordance with determinations made at the detection station; a station for opening the envelopes, preferably along multiple edges; a station for removing the contents from the opened envelopes, for subsequent processing of the contents; and a series of stations for handling, imaging and orienting the contents for subsequent delivery to a plurality of output stackers.

    摘要翻译: 用于以连续和自动程序自动处理批量邮件的装置包括处理站的操作组合,其包括用于以批量方式接收传入邮件的输入站和用于将用于单独传送的邮件分隔到设备的其余部分; 用于检测诸如金属物品,折叠内容物或超大物品的信封内容物的不规则性的站; 根据检测站作出的确定拒绝信封的分类站; 用于打开信封的站,优选沿着多个边缘; 用于从打开的信封中取出内容的站,用于后续处理内容; 以及一系列站,用于处理,成像和定向内容以便随后传送到多个输出堆垛机。

    Method and apparatus for processing outgoing bulk mail

    公开(公告)号:US06613998B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-09-02

    申请号:US09816687

    申请日:2001-03-23

    IPC分类号: B07C534

    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.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OUTGOING BULK MAIL
    8.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OUTGOING BULK MAIL 审中-公开
    处理大容量邮件的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20120061207A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-03-15

    申请号:US13280868

    申请日:2011-10-25

    IPC分类号: B65G43/08 B65G15/30 B65G15/00

    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 a reader, 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 scale, which weighs each piece. After the address for a piece of mail is determined, the piece is conveyed to a labeler, which applies a postage label onto the piece.

    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读取器,读取器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,邮件被传送到一个比例,每个片重。 在确定邮件的地址后,将该片段传送给贴标机,该贴标机将邮资标签贴在该片上。

    Method and apparatus for sorting and acquiring image data for documents
    9.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for sorting and acquiring image data for documents 失效
    用于分类和获取文档图像数据的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5842577A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-01

    申请号:US687704

    申请日:1996-07-26

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00 G06K17/00 B07C5/02

    摘要: An apparatus is provided for sorting a group of documents contained with an envelope into selected batches of documents. An envelope feeder feeds a group of envelopes containing documents onto a document transport. A document extractor positioned along the path of movement extracts the documents from the envelopes. A system controller identifies the documents extracted from each respective envelope as a single transaction along the path of movement. An orientation detector including a magnetic image reader and an optical image reader determines the orientation of selected documents along the path of movement. A document orientor changes the orientation of documents along the path of movement into a desired orientation. A document feeder is positioned downstream from the envelope feeder to selectively feed batch identification pieces into the path of movement. An image acquisition device acquires an image of the batch identification pieces and selected documents conveyed along the path of movement to enable the system controller to assign documents of selected transactions into selected batches. A non-volatile image storage medium stores the acquired images of the selected documents. A document sorter sorts the documents of respective batches into selected output areas.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种装置,用于将包含有信封的一组文件分选成选定的批文件。 信封馈线将一组包含文件的信封馈送到文件传输。 沿着移动路径定位的文档提取器从信封中提取文档。 系统控制器将从每个相应包络提取的文档识别为沿着移动路径的单个事务。 包括磁图像读取器和光学图像读取器的定向检测器确定所选择的文档沿着移动路径的方向。 文档取向器将文档沿着移动路径的方向改变为期望的方向。 文档馈送器位于信封馈送器的下游,以选择性地将批量识别片馈送到移动路径中。 图像获取装置获取沿着移动路径传送的批量识别片段和所选择的文档的图像,以使得系统控制器能够将所选择的事务的文档分配到选定的批次中。 非易失性图像存储介质存储所获取的所选文档的图像。 文档排序器将各批次的文档分类到选定的输出区域。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ENVELOPES CONTAINING DOCUMENTS TO OBTAIN IMAGES OF THE DOCUMENTS
    10.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING ENVELOPES CONTAINING DOCUMENTS TO OBTAIN IMAGES OF THE DOCUMENTS 有权
    用于处理包含文档以获取文档图像的包装的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110206235A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-25

    申请号:US12863711

    申请日:2009-10-28

    IPC分类号: G06K9/00

    CPC分类号: B07C3/14 B43M7/00

    摘要: A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. Mail is placed into an input been having a conveyor that conveys the mail towards a feeder. The feeder serially feeds the envelopes to a cutter that severs the top edge of the envelopes. A transport conveys the envelopes from the top cutter 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. From the extractor, the operator manually feeds the extracted documents to a document input. From the document input, the documents are fed to a document transport that conveys the documents past an imaging module to obtain image data for the documents before sorting the documents to output bins.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于处理邮件的方法和装置。 邮件被放置在输入中,该输入端具有将邮件传送到馈线的传送带。 进料器将信封送入切割信封顶部边缘的切割机。 运输工具将信封从顶部切割器传送到提取器。 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。 从提取器中,操作员手动将提取的文档提供给文档输入。 从文档输入中,文档被馈送到通过成像模块传送文档的文档传输,以便在将文档分类到输出箱之前获得文档的图像数据。