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EP1733809B1 - Méthode pour trier des pièces postales - Google Patents

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EP1733809B1
EP1733809B1 EP05012996A EP05012996A EP1733809B1 EP 1733809 B1 EP1733809 B1 EP 1733809B1 EP 05012996 A EP05012996 A EP 05012996A EP 05012996 A EP05012996 A EP 05012996A EP 1733809 B1 EP1733809 B1 EP 1733809B1
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Christine Götz
Torsten Plankert
Sandra Meuer
Silvia Buchner
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
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    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C3/00—Sorting according to destination
    • B07C3/10—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination
    • B07C3/14—Apparatus characterised by the means used for detection ofthe destination using light-responsive detecting means

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  • the invention relates to a method for processing a mail item, in which an image of a surface of the mail item is detected in a processing unit and the mail item associated mailing data are determined in further processing units from the image of the surface, wherein the processing units are interconnected within a data network.
  • shipments are usually collected at the point of departure at a distribution center of a postal company and assigned to the distribution center at the destination in the context of departure sorting.
  • a sorting is then carried out according to the delivery districts of the destination and according to the sequence within the delivery districts, i. according to the order in which the destination addresses are served by a deliverer.
  • the processes for sorting the mailpieces are automated to a high degree, wherein in a distribution center a plurality of processing units are used for sorting and for determining the information required for the sorting.
  • an image of the mailing surface is usually first recorded in a scanning device, which is transferred to a coding system in which the recipient address is read.
  • the coding system comprises several automatic Address readers and multiple video encoders, where the address is determined by the video coding staff, if they could not be read automatically.
  • processing units are used to automatically determine the weight and dimensions of a mailpiece and to check the franking.
  • the automatically determined shipment data such as the coded addresses, the weight and the dimensions and the validity of the franking, are then transferred to a sorting machine in order to be able to sort the shipments on the basis of these data.
  • the data is assigned to the mailpieces on the basis of an identification code which is applied to the mailpieces, or the mailpieces are located in a storage path of the sorting machine, while the mailing data are automatically determined.
  • an image processing bus system serves as a platform for transferring image information between address readers and video encoding units and for accessing a dictionary.
  • the overall system is controlled by a control computer communicating with the bus system.
  • the address readers transfer image data via the bus system into a memory from which they can be read out by the video coding units.
  • the control of processing units in a distribution center usually takes place before a central control device which transmits the image of the mailing surface to the processing units required for processing and provides the processing results determined by the processing units the sorting machines available.
  • the central control unit is equipped to handle these tasks with numerous functionalities and thus very complex.
  • the risk that the entire shipment processing is interrupted in the distribution center with a failure of the control unit is very large.
  • a further disadvantage is that the central control devices control only the processing units of a distribution center, so that the exchange of shipment data between processing units in different distribution centers, for example in the distribution center at the point of departure and the distribution center at the destination, only via the central control facilities of these distribution centers can.
  • connection of a video coding center is very complicated by means of the known control devices in the distribution centers.
  • a simple cross-location data exchange should also be possible.
  • a method according to the preamble of claim 1 is carried out such that a process sequence is determined in which the shipment data are determined by the processing units, that in the processing units each first information on at least one further preceding in the process order and / or subsequent processing unit are stored such that the first information is assigned connection information for establishing a data connection to a second processing unit, wherein the connection information is provided by a management unit, and that a first processing unit establishes a data connection to the second processing unit using the connection information, to transmit the image to the second processing unit or retrieve the image from the second processing unit.
  • data communication takes place here, i. the exchange of shipment data, directly between two processing units, ie decentralized.
  • the shipment data may be sent from a processing unit directly to the processing unit following in the process order provided for processing the shipment data record or retrieved from a processing unit preceding the process order, thereby substantially simplifying the data transfer processes in a mail processing center.
  • the method can be carried out independently of whether the processing unit preceding or following in the process sequence is located in the same or in another mail processing center.
  • the structure of the data connection to this processing unit takes place in both cases in the same way.
  • the central management unit has only the task in the method to manage and provide connection information, and thus can be made much simpler than a central processing unit, which handles the data communication between the processing units.
  • the central management unit is less susceptible to disruption, thereby increasing the availability of the entire editing system in a postal processing center of a postal company.
  • the method according to the invention is based on the concept of a so-called abstraction, wherein the processing units do not have to have the connection information for setting up a data connection to other processing units. These are provided by the administrative unit.
  • connection information in the management unit must be adapted when connection information for setting up a data connection to a particular processing unit change, which may for example be the case when a processing unit of a mail processing center fails and by a processing unit with the same functionality in another Mail processing center is replaced or if a processing unit is integrated into the system or to be removed from the system.
  • the entire processing system is very flexible, which also results in a high availability, since the system can be easily and quickly adjusted especially in the event of a fault.
  • the data network processing units are connected to each other, which are located in at least two different mail processing centers.
  • a mail processing center may in the context of the invention be any processing center for processing the physical shipment and / or the image of the mailing surface operated by a postal company.
  • this can be a distribution center in which, for example, the incoming or outgoing sorting of the mail items is carried out, or a video coding center.
  • the image of the surface of the mail item is contained in a mailing data record which is supplemented in the processing units by mail data determined from the image.
  • the image of the surface of the mailpiece can be transferred to the various processing units in a predetermined sequence, wherein the processing units successively supplement the mailing data record, so that after the processing of the mailing data record in the last Processing unit in the process order a shipment record with all necessary for the sorting shipment data is present.
  • the first processing unit transmits the mailing data record to the second processing unit or retrieves the mailing data record from the second processing unit.
  • the data communication is thus advantageously carried out in the context of a push or a pull-oriented data transmission, i. During transmission, either the sender or the recipient of the transmission data record becomes active.
  • the first processing unit transmits the first information to the administrative unit, the first information is assigned the connection information within the administrative unit, and the management unit transmits the connection information to the first processing unit.
  • the management unit transmits the connection information to the first processing unit and the association between the first information and the connection information within the first processing unit is performed.
  • the first information stored in the first processing units about the further processing units include an indication of the functionality of the further processing units.
  • the flexibility of the process is thus further increased,
  • processing units log on to the management unit.
  • a processing unit With the registration at the administrative unit, a processing unit makes its functionality available to other processing units, which can retrieve the connection information for establishing a data connection to a processing unit registered at the administrative unit from the administrative unit.
  • a processing unit transmits first registration information to the administrative unit upon registration, wherein the first registration information includes an indication of the functionality of this processing unit as well as billing information for setting up a data connection to this processing unit.
  • a processing unit transmits second registration information to the administration unit during the registration, wherein the second registration information includes information about further processing units that immediately precede or follow in the process sequence.
  • This information corresponds to the section of the process sequence that clearly indicates the position of a processing unit within the process sequence.
  • the management unit determines the position of a processing unit within the process sequence on the basis of the second registration information and integrates this processing unit in the process order.
  • the processing system is thus "plug-and-play" capable, ie, the administrative unit recognizes at logon what kind of a log-on processing unit is, and how it is to be integrated into the process order, without them over This information must be provided or that information must be provided or entered by a third party, such as an administrator.
  • the administrative unit transmits the process order to the processing units.
  • the processing units thus always have the current process sequence in which all processing units registered at the administrative unit are taken into account.
  • a processing unit determines the first information about the preceding processing units preceding and / or following in the process sequence on the basis of the process sequence obtained by the administrative unit.
  • the processing units determine their own position in the process order based on the current process order and in particular determine the current processing units preceding or following in the processing sequence.
  • the information about all further processing units preceding a processing unit in the process sequence from which the mailpiece data record is retrieved is preferably contained in the first information.
  • information about all subsequent to a processing unit in the process order is further Processing units to which the shipment record is transmitted, included in the first information.
  • the first information in this embodiment of the invention thus differs in that not only information about the processing units preceding and following directly in the process sequence but also information about all other processing units contained in the process order from which the mailing record can be retrieved or to which the mailing record can be transmitted.
  • a processing unit assigns a priority to the first indications of the further processing units following in the process sequence, the priorities being reduced in the order in which the subsequent processing units follow in the process order of this processing unit.
  • a processing unit is assigned a priority to each of the first indications of the further processing units preceding in the process sequence, wherein the priorities are reduced in the order in which the preceding processing units in the process order of this processing unit.
  • the processing unit immediately preceding the processing sequence, the preceding processing unit, etc. can thus be identified, whereby the priority for the earlier successors is reduced.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the first processing unit establishes a data connection to a lower priority processing unit preceding or following in the process order if the establishment of a data connection to a processing unit preceding or succeeding in the higher priority processing unit fails.
  • transmission conditions are stored in the processing units for further processing units preceding and / or following in the process sequence, under which the mailpiece data record is transmitted to the further processing units or retrieved by the further processing units.
  • the transmission conditions On the basis of the transmission conditions, it can be decided to which of the transmission data sets immediately following in the process sequence is to be transmitted under certain conditions or from which of the processing units immediately preceding the processing sequence the transmission data set is to be called under certain conditions.
  • the transmission conditions relate to transmission data contained in the transmission data record.
  • a plurality of first information about this processing unit in the process sequence immediately preceding and / or subsequent second processing units are stored with different functionalities, for which different transmission conditions are given.
  • a processing unit in a processing unit a plurality of first information about this processing unit in the process order preceding and / or subsequent second processing units are stored with different functionalities, which is assigned the same priority and for which different transmission conditions are given ,
  • a second processing unit to which the mailpiece data record is transmitted or from which the mailing data record is retrieved, is determined on the basis of the transmission conditions predetermined for the second processing unit.
  • a management unit is located in each mail processing center and that the processing units log on to the administration unit of the mail processing center in which it is operated.
  • each mail processing center can also be operated autonomously.
  • the registration information of processing units in another mail processing center is also present in a mail processing center, it is preferably provided that the registration information is exchanged between the administration units of the mail processing centers.
  • the first processing unit transmits the first information to the administrative unit of the mail processing center in which it is operated.
  • connection information for establishing the data connection to the second processing unit comprises a network address of the second processing unit.
  • departure sorting In the processing of mailings usually take place a departure sorting in a distribution center at the sender of the shipments as well as an input sorting in a distribution center at its destination.
  • departure sorting the shipments are sorted to the mail processing centers in the destinations where the inbound sorting involves sorting the shipments by the order of delivery routes at the destination.
  • Address information and other data relevant to the sorting or transport of the mailpieces are determined by processing units that are connected to the sorting devices in terms of data.
  • the processing units are given an image of the mailing surface, from which they determine the information required for sorting according to their functionality. In this case, a distinction must be made between an online processing in which the items are within a storage line in the sorting machine during the processing of the image and an offline processing in which the items are not in the sorting machine during the processing of the image.
  • the assignment between the image or the information determined from the image and the physical transmission takes place during the offline processing by means of a unique ID code, which is printed on the program and assigned to the image.
  • the invention can equally be used for online and offline processing.
  • Address information is determined in a coding system comprising a plurality of processing units.
  • processing units comprising a plurality of processing units.
  • These are, in particular, automatic address readers in which the address information is read automatically by means of an OCR software, and a video coding system with a plurality of video coding stations, to which the image of the mailing surface is transferred in the event of an unsuccessful reading attempt in an automatic address reader.
  • the image is fed to an automatic franking reader, in which an automatic franking check is carried out, and further processing units can be provided, such as automatic retransmission readers, in which it is determined whether there is a forwarding order for the mailpiece.
  • the processing units can be operated in the distribution centers of a postal company or in other mail processing centers.
  • at least one mail processing center can also be a video coding center into which the video coding for some or all distribution centers is outsourced.
  • processing units 20 are connected to each other in a mail processing center 10 within a data network.
  • CORBA objects Their functionality is provided by the processing units 20 within the network in the form of so-called CORBA objects available, which can be used by other processing units 20 or called.
  • CORBA objects and their use are in principle known to those skilled in the art.
  • the in the FIG. 1 Data communication within the network illustrated by the solid lines, ie the exchange of transmission data, preferably takes place directly between the processing units 20.
  • the network is thus a so-called peer-to-peer network, in which the processing units 20, on the one hand, make services available and, on the other hand, use the services of other processing units 20.
  • any processing units 20 can be integrated, which are provided for determining shipment data from the image of the surface of a mail item.
  • sorting machines or control systems for the sorting machines which feed the recorded images of the mailing surface into the data network and to which the information determined from the image for the sorting of the mailings, can be integrated into the data network.
  • a mailing data record with the image of the mailing surface is generated by the processing units 20 respectively to broadcast data, in particular from the image determined broadcast data, such as the name and components of the address of the consignee or the regularity of the franking.
  • the complete, i. All the shipment information record containing relevant information is then transmitted to the control systems of the sorting machine provided for the sorting or a sorting machine network provided for the sorting in order to sort the mailpiece on the basis of the mailing data.
  • the shipment data record comprises, in addition to the image of the mailing surface, further data elements, such as, for example, the weight, the dimensions, the postal code, the name, the street and the house number of the recipient, as well as the data elements relating to the regularity of the franking.
  • the mailing data record preferably contains an indication of the mail processing center 10 in which the associated mailpiece has been received.
  • the mailing data record preferably also contains a unique ID number with which the associated mailpiece is also provided.
  • the ID number in the sorting machine is detected and the mailing data record with the read-in ID number is determined, from which the mailing data are then read, by means of which the sorting takes place.
  • the ID number can also be dispensed with.
  • the values of the data elements are determined by the processing units 20 according to their functionality and stored in the mailing data record, the mailing data record being assigned to the processing units 20 of different functionality is successively transferred in a predetermined process order.
  • transfer conditions for the values of the data elements are defined, in the presence of which the shipment data record is transferred from a processing unit 20 having a first functionality to a processing unit 20 having a second functionality.
  • the shipment data record is first transmitted to an automatic address reader. If the delivery address can not be determined within a predetermined period of time, the shipment data record is transferred to a video coding station. Otherwise, it is sent by the automatic address reader, for example, to a franking reader, which checks the regularity of the franking on the basis of the determined delivery address.
  • connection information is required which in particular includes the network address of this processing unit 20 and the port address of the service provided by it.
  • a management unit 30 in which the processing units 20 of the mail processing center 10 are registered.
  • FIG. 2 In addition to the network described, a further network is shown in a second mail processing center 10 in a second mail processing center 10, in which processing units 20 are also networked and can connect to one another in a data connection.
  • the second mail processing center 10 likewise has a management unit 30 which supplies the processing units 20 with the connection information.
  • the management units 30 of the mail processing centers 10 exchange registration information of the processing units 20 registered in the respective mail processing center 10.
  • a processing unit 20 receives the connection information from the administration unit 30 of its own mail processing center 10.
  • processing units 20 of any number of mail processing centers 10 can be networked within a network, each mail processing center 10 preferably having its own management unit 30 and the various administrative units 30 exchange registration information with each other.
  • each mail processing center 10 can thus be operated autonomously.
  • shipment data sets can also be exchanged across processing centers between processing units 20.
  • the processing units 20 of a mail processing center 10 log on to the administration unit 30 of this mail processing center 10 and are registered there.
  • the administration unit 30 When registering a processing unit 20, the administration unit 30 in particular has the task of creating a process order (PcO) for the successive processing of the mailing data record by the registered processing units 20 and grouping the registered processing units 20 with the same functionality into a processing unit network.
  • the management unit 30 has a PcO manager 40 and a grouping component 50.
  • a processing unit 20 transmits a service PcO to the administration unit 30 when logging in, which is part of the configuration of the processing unit 20 and is stored in a memory during its programming.
  • a processing unit 20 transmits at logon information about its functionality, its network address and the port address under which the service it provides can be accessed.
  • the service PCO contains a creation date or version number, whereby the PCO manager 40 can always determine the current service PCO for processing units 20 with the same functionality and take them into account when generating the process order.
  • processing unit 20 It also contains an indication of the functionality of the processing unit 20 or another generic name of the processing unit 20.
  • processing units 20 immediately preceding and / or following the processing unit 20 within the intended process sequence.
  • a processing unit 20 receives shipment data records, in particular from the immediate predecessor processing unit, and passes them on to the successor processing unit after processing, in particular.
  • the service PCO of a processing unit 20 thus indicates the possible "paths" that a shipment data record can take to a processing unit 20 and away from a processing unit 20 within the process sequence.
  • the transmission type determines whether the transmission data record is transferred from the predecessor processing unit and to the successor processing units in the context of a push-oriented or pull-oriented transmission method.
  • the transmission is initiated by the sender of the transmission data record, i. the mailing data record is sent by a first processing unit 20 to a second processing unit 20 following in the process order.
  • the transmission is initiated by the receiver of the transmission data set, i. the second processing unit 20 following in the process order retrieves the mailing data record from the first processing unit 20.
  • the transmission conditions preferably relate to the data elements in the serial data record, wherein, for example certain limit values or data formats can be specified, in the presence of which the mailing data record is to arrive at a processing unit 20 following in the process sequence or in whose presence it is not intended to reach the subsequent processing unit 20.
  • An example of such a processing unit 20 is an automatic address reader whose immediate successor processing units are a video coding station as well as an automatic franking reader or a retransmission reader.
  • a mailing data set is transmitted to a video coding only if at least one of the recipient address descriptive data elements of the mailing record after processing the mailing record in the automatic address reader has the value zero or is empty, since its value could not be detected automatically.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates:
  • the service PcO transmitted to the management unit 30 during the registration of a processing unit 20 is thereby transferred to the PcO manager 40, which initially determines the functionality of the registering processing unit 20 from the service PcO in step 410 and checks it in step 420 if already a service PCO for a processing unit 20 with the same functionality and has been used to create the existing process order.
  • the creation date of the service PcO is determined in step 440 and it is checked in step 450 whether it is younger than the creation date of the existing service PcO.
  • the service PcO of the enrollment processing unit 20 is younger than the existing service PcO, a new process order is created and the PcO manager 40 proceeds to step 430. At an older creation date, the service PcO becomes 460 discarded.
  • the new process order is created by the PcO manager 40 in step 430 based on the information about the predecessor and successor processing units in the service PcO, which uniquely describe the position that the registering processing unit 20 should take in the process order.
  • the registering processing unit 20 is placed in the process order between the predecessor and successor processing units specified in the service PcO,
  • this processing unit 20 marks the start or the end point of the process order.
  • step 470 it is checked whether the integration of the service PcO in the process order has occurred without errors, i. in particular, whether in the process order a clear and uninterrupted path of the transmission data set from the start to the end point is specified.
  • the PCO manager 40 proceeds to step 460 and the service PCO is discarded.
  • the logon processing unit 20 contains the current process order as well as the service PcO associated with the processing units 20 having the same functionality how the registering processing unit 20 has been used to create the applicable process order.
  • a reconfiguration event is triggered in the event handler of the administration unit 30, which in the FIG. 3 designated by the reference numeral 60.
  • the event handler 60 generally serves to communicate management information, in particular the process order, from the management unit 30 of a mail processing center 10 to the processing units 20 of that mail processing center 10, wherein the processing units 20 can register for the management events that occur, respectively.
  • the registration for the reconfiguration event is mandatory for all processing units 20.
  • a processing unit 20 receives a new process order in response to the logon event or a reconfiguration event, it is passed within the processing unit 20 to a PcO worker who identifies the processing unit 20 within the process order based on its functionality and the process order for the processing unit 20 determined relevant information.
  • the PcO worker extracts a "chapter" from the process order, which, like the service PcO of a processing unit 20, provides information about the functionality of the immediate predecessor and successor processing units of a processing unit 20, as well as the immediate predecessor and successor Processing units assigned to transmission types and conditions.
  • chapter of a processing unit 20 also contains information about the functionalities and transmission conditions for all preceding in the process order to the starting point processing units 20, which have at least one immediate successor processing unit, which retrieves mailing records in a pull-oriented transmission method of these processing units 20 ,
  • the first predecessor processing unit within the process order from which shipment records are retrieved in a pull-oriented procedure, thereby receives the priority 1, the next predecessor processing unit in the process order, from at least one of its immediate successor processing units via a poll procedure is addressed, priority 2, etc.,
  • processing units 20 receive the same priority. If there is an instance with multiple processing units 20 in the process order, from which the shipment records are retrieved in a pull-oriented transfer process, ie if there are a plurality of such processing units 20 that can alternatively process shipment data records, then these processing units 20 receive the same priority.
  • the chapter of a processing unit 20 furthermore contains information about the functionalities of all processing units 20 that follow this processing unit 20 in the process order, as well as information about the transmission conditions associated with these processing units 20,
  • the subsequent processing units 20 in the process order are assigned a priority in an analogous manner, which indicates the position of the processing unit 20 in the process order.
  • the immediate successor processing units receive the priority 1
  • the processing units 20 in the process sequence immediately following processing units 20 receive the priority 2, etc.
  • a processing unit 20 can retrieve shipment records from a low-priority predecessor processing unit if a higher-priority processing unit 20 fails. Likewise, it may transmit shipment records to lower priority successor processing units if a higher priority processing unit 20 fails.
  • Another task of the administrative unit 30 of a mail processing center 10 is to combine registered processing units 20 with the same functionality.
  • the processing units 20 registered in the administration unit 30, which are operated in the mail processing center 10, are grouped by the grouping component 50 of the administration unit 30 into local processing unit associations, wherein the different processing unit groups each comprise processing units 20 with the same functionality.
  • a service list is created in the grouping component 50 for each local processing unit network, which comprises the connection information for the processing units 20 of the processing unit network.
  • the assignment of a processing unit 20 to a processing unit network preferably takes place during the logon on the basis of the information on the functionality of the processing unit 20 communicated to the administrative unit 30 during the logon.
  • connection information also transmitted during the registration is stored in the service list of the Heailleungsakuenverbunde to which the processing unit 20 has been assigned.
  • each local processing unit group or service list determines whether the included processing units 20 can only be accessed by other processing units 20 of the same mail processing center 10 or whether the access can also be global, ie, by processing units 20 of other mail processing centers 10.
  • each processing unit 20 can also be individually specified for each processing unit 20 whether it is available locally or globally, wherein this information is preferably transmitted to the management unit 30 during the registration from a processing unit 20.
  • processing units 20 can also be included, which can only be accessed locally.
  • a processing unit network that comprises at least one processing unit 20 that is globally accessible is regarded as global.
  • a logoff is sent, for example, to the administration unit 30 if maintenance work is to be performed on a processing unit 20 or if a processing unit 20 in a mail processing center 10 is permanently dismantled.
  • video coding stations it can also be provided that they log off at the administration unit 30 of the mail processing center 10 in which they are operated, if they are left by the video coding personnel, for example during a shift change.
  • an indication of the functionality of the deregistering processing unit 20 is included as well as an indication of its connection information.
  • a logging-off processing unit 20 is first identified on the basis of its functionality and it is checked whether a plurality of processing units 20 having the same functionality as the logging-off processing unit 20 are registered within a processing unit network.
  • the logging-off processing unit 20 or its connection information is deleted from the service list of the processing unit network corresponding to the functionality of the processing unit 20. This is done by the grouping component 50.
  • the deregistering processing unit 20 is the only registered processing unit 20 with a particular functionality, a new process order is generated by the PcO manager 40 in which the deregistering processing unit 20 is no longer contained.
  • the new process sequence is subsequently checked in the PcO manager 40, wherein in particular it is checked whether an uninterrupted and clear path of the shipment data record is determined by the production system with the process order.
  • a further task of the administration unit 30 of a mail processing center 10 is the administration of lease management for the registered processing units 20 of the mail processing center 10.
  • the lease management is performed by a lease manager 70 of the management unit 30.
  • the lease manager 70 assigns a validity period to each processing unit 20, wherein the processing units 20 log on again to the management unit 30 before expiry of the validity period, preferably between the expiration of 0.8 times and 0.9 times the validity period must send a predetermined signal to the management unit 30.
  • this processing unit 20 is automatically logged off after expiry of the validity period.
  • the validity period is the same for all processing units 20 of a mail processing center 10. It is preferably between 100 and 500 seconds and begins each time after their expiration.
  • a newly registered at the management unit 30 processing unit 20 is notified in this case the validity period with a response to the application.
  • the lease management prevents the service list from containing connection information for processing units 20 that have been unintentionally or not logged off due to an error, even though they are not available for the processing of shipment records.
  • a synchronization of the administrative units 30 of all processing centers 10 is performed, which are combined in a predetermined association.
  • This can in particular include all mail processing centers 10, which are operated by a postal company.
  • management information for the processing units 20 registered in the various mail processing centers 10 is exchanged between the management units 30 of the mail processing centers 10.
  • each management unit 30 sends the management information to a multicast address of the network, via which the management information is forwarded to the administrative units 30 of the various other mail processing centers 10.
  • a management unit 30 also sends the management information to the remaining administration units 30 after a processing unit 20 has been logged on or off at this management unit 30.
  • the management information stored in the administration unit 30 of a mail processing center 10, which is made available to the other administration units 30 during synchronization, comprises at least the service lists of the global processing unit groups of a mail processing center 10 or the connection information and functionalities of the processing units 20 of a mail processing center 10. which can be accessed globally.
  • each processing unit 20 is present in each mail processing center 10 for each task or functionality required for processing the mailing data, this information is sufficient for synchronization.
  • processing units 20 with specific functionalities are present only in certain locations 20.
  • the management information transmitted to the remaining management units 30 during synchronization additionally also includes the service PcOs of the registered globally accessible processing units 20, so that they can be integrated into the mail processing centers 10 in the process order.
  • the management information received by a management unit 30 during synchronization is processed in the grouping component 50 and optionally in the PcO manager 40.
  • the grouping component 50 assumes the connection information obtained for the global processing units 20 with different functionalities in the corresponding own service lists.
  • connection information of a processing unit 20 are stored in the service lists together with an indication of the mail processing center 10 in which this processing unit 20 is located.
  • the service PcO of a processing unit 20 is received with a functionality for which no processing unit network exists in the mail processing center 10, then the service PcO is transferred to the PcO manager 40.
  • a new process order is created by the PCO manager 40 if, after synchronization, no further processing units 20 of a certain functionality are available, since all globally available processing units 20 have logged off this functionality in other mail processing centers 10.
  • the corresponding processing unit 20 is deleted from the process order, and a reconfiguration event is also initiated in the mail processing center 10.
  • a processing center-spanning data network is created, in which processing units 20 with different functionalities are networked to one another, wherein a shipment data record is transferred to the processing units 20 in a predetermined process order as part of a peer-to-peer connection, and the processing units 20 with consignment data to complete.
  • the processing units 20 are thereby integrated by a plug-and-play mechanism into the process sequence for processing the mailing data record.
  • each mail processing center 10 can be operated autonomously.
  • machining center-overlapping processing unit networks which on the one hand enable processing center-spanning load balancing and on the other hand permit processing units 20 of another mail processing center 10 to be used for processing the mailing data records if processing units 20 with this functionality are not present in a mail processing center 10.
  • a video coding center into which the video coding of the address data of a plurality of mail processing centers 10 can be outsourced, can be integrated into the data network. This is treated as if it were another mail processing center 10 in which only video coding stations are operated as processing units 20.
  • the local processing unit group 60A for the functionality A and the processing unit group BOB for the functionality B exist in the mail processing center 11, the processing units 20 of the processing unit group 80A only locally, but the processing units 20 of the processing unit group 80B global, ie both Mail processing centers 11 and 12 are accessible.
  • the processing unit groups 81B and 81C exist for the functions B and C, the processing units 20 of the two processing unit groups 81B and 81C being globally accessible.
  • the communication of the processing units 20 with each other is carried out using the chapter of the process order, which is created in the manner described above by the processing units 20 and subsequently stored in the processing units 20.
  • a processing unit 20 can establish a data connection to the processing units 20 preceding them in the process order, from which the mailpiece data record is retrieved as part of a pull-oriented data transmission, and to the processing units 20 specified in the following in the process order who receive the shipment record as part of a push-oriented data transfer.
  • the processing unit 20 If a push-oriented transmission of the transmission data record to a processing unit 20 following in the process order is provided for a processing unit 20, the processing unit 20 successively attempts to process the transmission data record in the order of processing as specified in the chapter Subsequent processing units 20 to communicate, the order in which this is done, is determined based on the priorities that are assigned to the subsequent processing units 20 in the chapter.
  • a processing unit 20 retrieves the shipment record in the course of a push-oriented transfer from a processing unit 20 preceding in the process order, the processing unit 20 successively tries in the order based on the priorities of the processing units 20 indicated in the chapter, the shipment data from that in the Chapters specified in the Vorvens laminate previous processing units 20 call.
  • a processing unit 20 determines the further processing unit 20 from which the mailing data record is retrieved or to which the mailing data record is transmitted based on the predetermined transmission conditions.
  • Processing unit 20 To retrieve a shipment data record from a predecessor processing unit determined from the chapter in the manner described above or to transmit the shipment data to a determined successor processing unit, one needs Processing unit 20 the connection information for this predecessor or successor processing unit.
  • this connection information is retrieved by the active processing unit 20 from a load balancing unit 100 by means of a service request.
  • each load-balancing unit 100 is present in each mail processing center 10, which is preferably a component of the administration unit 30 of the mail processing center 10.
  • each processing unit 20 has its own load balancing unit 100. This can, as in the FIG. 7 shown operated within the processing unit 20 or the processing unit 20 only functionally uniquely assigned and integrated, for example, in the management unit 30.
  • the second embodiment has the advantage that the processing units 20 can be provided with connection information even with a temporary failure of the management unit 30, so that the availability of the entire system is increased.
  • a load balancing unit 100 stores the service lists of the existing processing unit groups which are made available to the load balancing unit 100 by the administration unit 30 of the same mail processing center 10.
  • the service lists are either transmitted from the management unit 30 to the load balancing unit 100, or this retrieves the service lists from the management unit 30.
  • a management unit 30 transmits the service lists to a load balancing unit 100 if these have changed due to the logon or logoff of a processing unit 20,
  • each processing unit 20 has its own load balancing unit 100, it may also be provided that only the service lists that are relevant to the associated processing unit 20 are stored in it, ie. to which this processing unit 20 transmits shipment records or from which it retrieves shipment records.
  • the service request which is transmitted from a first processing unit 20 to the load balancing unit 100 of the mail processing center 10 or to the own load balancing unit 100, contains in particular an indication of the functionality of a second processing unit 20 determined from the chapter in the described manner, to which a Data connection to be established.
  • one or more mail processing centers 10 can be specified in the service request in which the second processing unit 20, to which a data connection is to be established, should be located.
  • the request may relate in particular to the own Postbearbeitungetician 10.
  • shipment records may be sent in this manner from the mail processing center 10 where the departure sort is made to the mail processing center 10, where the inbound sorting occurs.
  • a shipment data record which is processed by a processing unit group 20 of a global processing unit group which is not located in the mail processing center 10 in which the physical mail item is processed can be sent back to this mail processing center 10, where it then processes in further process steps and in particular can be handed over to a sorting machine.
  • the load balancing unit 100 When receiving a service request, the load balancing unit 100 first determines the service list for the functionality specified in the service request.
  • connection information is then determined from the ascertained service list by means of a load balancing method.
  • the load-balancing method is based on the so-called round-robin method, which is basically known to the person skilled in the art.
  • the processing units 20 of a processing unit group are cyclically loaded in a predetermined order. If, for example, the processing units 1, 2, 3 and 4 are available in a processing unit network, these are loaded in the order 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4 etc.,
  • the round-robin method is modified in such a way that only connection information for processing units 20 of the specified mail processing center 10 are considered and skipped the other connection information contained in the service list.
  • the load balancing unit 100 subsequently sends a status request to a processing unit 20 whose connection information has been determined by means of the round-robin method in order to ascertain the availability of this processing unit 20.
  • the load balancing unit 100 transmits the Connection information for this processing unit 20 within a response to the service request to the processing unit 20 from which the service request originated.
  • the load balancing unit 100 determines the next connection information in the service list according to the round-robin method and in turn checks the status of the associated processing unit 20.
  • the status "temporarily deregistered" is provided so that machining units 20 can be put out of operation for a short time, for example in the case of maintenance work to be carried out quickly, without a logoff to a management unit 30 being required.
  • Connection information for processing units 20 for which the status has been "overloaded” or “temporarily logged off” or of which no response to the service request has been received within a predetermined period of time, will continue to be performed according to the round-robin procedure in the case of subsequent service requests considered.
  • Connection information for processing units 20 for which the status "logged off” has been determined is preferably considered again only when the load balancing unit 100 has received an updated service list from the administration unit 30 or its grouping component 50 in which this connection information is contained ,
  • the processing unit 20 from which the service request originated establishes a data connection to another processing unit 20.
  • the shipment data record is transmitted to the further processing unit 20, or it is retrieved by the further processing unit 20.
  • the error message also contains an indication of the reason that no processing unit 20 corresponding to the service request could be determined.
  • the invention is in a preferred embodiment provided that the processing unit 20 from which the service request originated can register in the free handler 60 of the management unit 30 of the same mailing center 10 for a notification event.
  • the service request is communicated to the event handler 60.
  • the message can contain the connection information for the processing unit 20 that is available again, so that a data connection to this processing unit 20 can be established. However, it can also be provided that a processing unit 20 again transmits the service request to the load balancing unit 100 upon receipt of the message.
  • a processing unit 20 that is registered in the event handler 60 for a notification event also transmits a message when all the processing units 20 corresponding to the service request have logged off.

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  1. Procédé pour traiter un envoi postal, dans lequel
    - une image d'une surface d'envoi postal est saisie dans une unité de traitement et
    - des données d'envoi associées à l'envoi postal sont déterminées dans d'autres unités de traitement à partir de l'image de la surface,
    - les unités de traitement étant reliées entre elles à l'intérieur d'un réseau de données et
    - un ordre de déroulement du processus étant déterminé, dans lequel les données d'envoi sont déterminées par les unités de traitement (20),
    caractérisé en ce que
    - respectivement de premières indications relatives à au moins une autre unité de traitement (20) qui précède et/ou qui suit dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus sont stockées dans les unités de traitement (20);
    - des informations de liaison pour établir une liaison de données d'une première unité de traitement (20) vers une deuxième unité de traitement (20) sont mises à la disposition de la première unité de traitement de données par une unité de gestion (30),
    - les informations de liaison sont associées aux premières indications et
    - la première unité de traitement (20) établit, en faisant appel aux informations de liaison, une liaison de données avec la deuxième unité de traitement (20), afin de transmettre l'image à la deuxième unité de traitement (20) ou de demander l'image à la deuxième unité de traitement (20).
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que sont reliées, dans le réseau de données, des unités de traitement (20) qui se trouvent dans au moins deux centres de traitement postaux différents (10, 11, 12).
  3. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que l'image de la surface d'un envoi est contenue dans un jeu de données d'envoi qui, dans les unités de traitement (20), est complété par des données d'envoi déterminées à partir de l'image.
  4. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la première unité de traitement (20) transmet le jeu de données d'envoi à la deuxième unité de traitement (20) ou demande le jeu de données d'envoi à la deuxième unité de traitement (20).
  5. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la première unité de traitement (20) transmet les premières indications à l'unité de gestion (30), en ce que les informations de liaison sont associées aux premières indications à l'intérieur de l'unité de gestion (30) et l'unité de gestion (30) transmet les informations de liaison à la première unité de traitement (20).
  6. Procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de gestion (30) transmet les informations de liaison à la première unité de traitement (20) et l'association entre les premières indications et les informations de liaison est opérée à l'intérieur de la première unité de traitement (20).
  7. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes,
    caractérisé en ce que les premières indications stockées dans les premières unités de traitement (20) et relatives aux autres unités de traitement (20) contiennent une indication relative à la fonctionnalité des autres unités de traitement (20).
  8. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les unités de traitement (20) se connectent à l'unité de gestion (30).
  9. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de traitement (20), lors de la connexion, transmet de premières informations d'enregistrement à l'unité de gestion (30), les premières informations d'enregistrement comprenant une indication relative à la fonctionnalité de cette unité de traitement (20) ainsi que des informations de liaison pour établir une liaison de données avec cette unité de traitement (20).
  10. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'association entre les premières indications et les informations de liaison pour établir une liaison de données avec la deuxième unité de traitement (20) est opérée moyennant les premières informations d'enregistrement.
  11. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de traitement (20), lors de la connexion, transmet des deuxièmes informations d'enregistrement à l'unité de gestion (30), les deuxièmes informations d'enregistrement comprenant des indications relatives à d'autres unités de traitement (20) qui précèdent ou suivent directement dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus.
  12. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de gestion (30), à l'aide des deuxièmes informations d'enregistrement, détermine la position d'une unité de traitement (20) à l'intérieur de l'ordre de déroulement du processus et intègre cette unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus.
  13. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'unité de gestion (30) transmet l'ordre de déroulement du processus aux unités de traitement (20).
  14. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de traitement (20), à l'aide de l'ordre de déroulement du processus obtenu de l'unité de gestion (30), détermine les premières indications relatives aux autres unités de traitement (20) qui précèdent et/ou qui suivent dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus.
  15. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des indications relatives à toutes les autres unités de traitement (20) qui précèdent une unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus et auxquelles le jeu de données d'envoi est transmet sont contenues dans les premières indications.
  16. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que des indications relatives à toutes les autres unités de traitement (20) qui suivent une unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus et auxquelles le jeu de données d'envoi est demandé sont contenues dans les premières indications.
  17. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de traitement (20) associe respectivement une priorité aux premières indications relatives aux autres unités de traitement (20) qui suivent dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus, les priorités diminuant dans l'ordre dans lequel les unités de traitement suivantes (20) suivent cette unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus.
  18. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de traitement (20) associe respectivement une priorité aux premières indications relatives aux autres unités de traitement (20) qui précèdent dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus, les priorités diminuant dans l'ordre dans lequel les unités de traitement précédentes (20) précèdent cette unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus.
  19. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la première unité de traitement (20) établit une liaison de données avec une deuxième unité de traitement (20) qui suit ou qui précède dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus avec une priorité moindre lorsque l'établissement d'une liaison de données avec une unité de traitement (20) qui précède ou qui suit dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus avec une priorité supérieure échoue.
  20. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que sont stockées, dans les unités de traitement (20), pour d'autres unités de traitement (20) qui précèdent et/ou qui suivent dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus, des conditions de transmission dans lesquelles le jeu de données d'envoi est transmis aux autres unités de traitement (20) ou est demandé aux autres unités de traitement (20).
  21. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les conditions de transmission se réfèrent à des données d'envoi contenues dans le jeu de données d'envoi.
  22. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que sont stockées, dans une unité de traitement (20), plusieurs premières indications relatives à des deuxièmes unités de traitement (20) avec différentes fonctionnalités, précédant et/ou suivant directement cette unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus, pour lesquelles différentes conditions de transmission sont spécifiées.
  23. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que sont stockées, dans une unité de traitement (20), plusieurs premières indications relatives à des deuxièmes unités de traitement (20) avec différentes fonctionnalités, précédant et/ou suivant directement cette unité de traitement (20) dans l'ordre de déroulement du processus, auxquelles est affectée la même priorité et pour lesquelles différentes conditions de transmission sont spécifiées.
  24. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que, dans la première unité de traitement (20), une deuxième unité de traitement (20), à laquelle le jeu de données d'envoi est transmis ou à laquelle le jeu de données d'envoi est demandé, est déterminée à l'aide des conditions de transmission spécifiées pour les deuxièmes unités de traitement (20).
  25. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'une unité de gestion (30) se trouve dans chaque centre de traitement postal (10, 11, 12) et les unités de traitement (20) se connectent à l'unité de gestion (30) du centre de traitement postal (10, 11, 12) dans lequel elles sont exploitées.
  26. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les informations d'enregistrement sont échangées entre les unités de gestion (30) des centres de traitement postal (10, 11, 12).
  27. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la première unité de traitement (20) transmet les premières indications à l'unité de gestion (30) du centre de traitement postal (10, 11, 12) dans lequel elle est exploitée.
  28. Procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que les informations de liaison pour établir la liaison de données avec la deuxième unité de traitement (20) comprennent une adresse de réseau de la deuxième unité de traitement (20).
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