Solystic

Mohammed Ghezal

Christophe Caillon

Eric Moullard

A method of merging a postal article () with machine-sorted mail arriving in a stack and on edge in an ordered sequence of mail articles (), the method comprising steps consisting firstly in forming a digital image of said postal article (), the image including a postal delivery address (), 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 () a location at which said postal article () 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 () with performing said merging.

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

A postal sorting machine comprises a conveyor system having a conveyor adapted to move mailpieces along a certain conveyor path along sorting outlets of the sorting machine. The sorting machine includes at least one pass sensor to detect the mailpieces in motion on the conveyor going past at a certain point of the conveyor path and to respond to a detection of the mailpiece by delivering a pass detection signal to a monitoring and control unit which responds to the detection signal by delivering a control signal for an electromechanical actuator of the conveyor. The pass sensor is a virtual sensor. A movement tracking system generates digital images of the mailpieces. An emulator generates 3D-modeled mailpieces and detects interactions between the 3D-modeled mailpieces a 3D model of the conveyor to generate the pass detection signal.

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Tullins, France

Mohammed Ghezal