APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING IN MANUALLY MERGING POSTAL ARTICLES WITH A STACK OF MAILPIECES

摘要

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.

主权项

1. 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 extending longitudinally between two ends and suitable for storing the stack of mailpieces on edge between said ends, a first camera suitable for forming a digital image of a current postal article to be merged with the stack of mailpieces, a monitoring and control unit with a display screen and suitable for displaying on the screen an indication representative of an insertion position at which the current postal article is to be inserted into the stack of mailpieces, wherein the display screen is disposed at an end of the merge table at a head of the sequence of mailpieces in a stack and on edge, so that the longitudinally extending stack of mailpieces lies within a field of vision of an operator facing the screen, and a second camera that is suitable for forming a digital image of the stack of mailpieces seen from a viewing angle that is the same as a viewing angle from which the operator sees it, and wherein the monitoring and control unit is arranged to display on the display screen the image of the stack of mailpieces that is formed by said second camera, and a marker designating said insertion position on the image of the stack of mailpieces.