Method of merging a postal article into sorted mail, the method including assistance via visual designation of the location at which the postal article is to be inserted
US9421579B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 23, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C2301/0083
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of merging a postal article (3) with machine-sorted mail arriving in a stack and on edge in an ordered sequence of mail articles (12), the method comprising steps consisting firstly in forming a digital image of said postal article (3), the image including a postal delivery address (6), then, on the basis of data produced in said sorting machine and of said digital image, in determining in said ordered sequence of mail articles (12) a location at which said postal article (3) is to be inserted in order to perform the merging, and finally in generating an identification signal that visually designates said location directly in the stack so as to assist an operator (5) with performing said merging.
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