Apparatus for assisting in manually merging postal articles with a stack of mailpieces
US9919346B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 2016 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB07C2301/0083
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for assisting in merging postal articles with a stack of mailpieces that have already been sorted into a certain sequence, said apparatus comprising a merge table suitable for storing the stack of mailpieces on edge, a first camera suitable for forming a digital image of a current postal article to be merged with the stack of mailpieces, a second camera that observes the stack of mailpieces in the manner of an operator placed at one end of the merge table, and a monitoring and control unit with a display screen that is placed at the end of the merge table.
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