| 摘要 |
System, methods, and computer-readable media. A method performed by a mail sorter includes receiving a plurality of mailpieces in an input of the sorter. The method includes performing a buffered sort process by transporting the mailpieces along a plurality of transport lanes, each transport lane having an output tray and a buffer, from the input to respective buffers and output trays on the transport lanes, but not transporting mailpieces from the input to an output tray on a selected transport lane. The method includes transporting mailpieces from the buffer to the output tray on the selected transport lane during the buffered sort process. The method includes selecting a new selected transport lane of the plurality of transport lanes. The method includes repeating the buffered sort process and the transporting mailpieces from the buffer to the output tray on the selected transport lane. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method performed by a sorter, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of mailpieces in an input of the sorter; performing a buffered sort process by transporting the mailpieces along a plurality of transport lanes, wherein each transport lane has an input, a buffer, and an output tray, wherein the mailpieces are selectively transported from the input of each transport lane directly to the output tray on the transport lane, or the mailpieces are first transported to the respective buffer and then to the output tray of the transport lane, wherein the plurality of transport lanes comprise a selected transport lane, wherein the mailpieces are not transported from the input to the output tray on the selected transport lane, and wherein during the buffered sort process, the mailpieces are transported from the buffer to the output tray on the selected transport lane; selecting a new selected transport lane of the plurality of transport lanes; and repeating the buffered sort process and transporting the mailpieces from the buffer to the output tray on the new selected transport lane. |
