EP 1222037 B1 20030625 - METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SORTING PARCELS
Title (en)
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SORTING PARCELS
Title (de)
VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM SORTIEREN VON SENDUNGEN
Title (fr)
PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR TRIER DES ENVOIS
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 0002644 W 20000808
- DE 19947259 A 19990930
Abstract (en)
[origin: US6888084B1] The invention relates to sorting items of mail in a plurality of sorting passes. In order not to have to read the address in each sorting pass and also not to have to print any machine-readable identification code on each item of mail, features characteristic of the items of mail are additionally determined during the first sorting pass and are stored together with distribution codes determined in the reading process. During the subsequent sorting passes only the characteristic features of the items of mail are measured and compared with the stored features. In the event of agreement, the item of mail is assigned the associated distribution code. A particular feed regime with defined orders ensures that in each case only n items of mail have to be compared, where n=maximum multiple delivery rate to be expected.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B07C 3/18 (2006.01); B07C 3/00 (2006.01); B07C 3/02 (2006.01); B07C 3/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B07C 3/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B07C 3/14 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 209/90 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 6888084 B1 20050503; AT E243570 T1 20030715; AU 7505100 A 20010430; AU 778253 B2 20041125; CA 2386070 A1 20010405; CA 2386070 C 20080129; DE 19947259 C1 20000928; DE 50002674 D1 20030731; DK 1222037 T3 20030915; EP 1222037 A1 20020717; EP 1222037 B1 20030625; JP 2003510183 A 20030318; NZ 517966 A 20021126; WO 0123108 A1 20010405
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 8955402 A 20020401; AT 00963893 T 20000808; AU 7505100 A 20000808; CA 2386070 A 20000808; DE 0002644 W 20000808; DE 19947259 A 19990930; DE 50002674 T 20000808; DK 00963893 T 20000808; EP 00963893 A 20000808; JP 2001526306 A 20000808; NZ 51796600 A 20000808