Assisted manual mail sorting system

An assisted manual mail sorting method for assisting an operator in manual sortation of mailpieces in a sorting station including a plurality of destination bins, the method comprising:

• capturing with a high-resolution camera an image of the mailpiece,
• extracting from the captured image, with an image analysis software of a computer, a name, an address or other relevant parameter to determine with a sorting application a corresponding relevant destination bin, and
• signaling to the operator with a transparent display the relevant destination bin where the article is to be placed by highlighting, or overlaying a visual artifact on, a position relative to a physical destination bin while the operator is looking at the sorting station through the transparent display,
• wherein the high-resolution camera and the transparent display are included in a headset wearable by the operator and connected to the computer.

An assisted manual mail sorting system to assist in manual sortation of mailpieces at a sorting station that includes a plurality of destination bins, the system comprising:

• a wearable headset, the wearable headset including a high resolution camera and a transparent display, the high resolution camera operable to capture images of at least one of the mailpieces when in a field of view of the high resolution camera;
• and
• a computer communicatively coupled to the high resolution camera and the transparent display of the wearable headset and that includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory storage medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one non-transitory storage medium which stores a set of processor-executable image analysis instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to extract from images of the at least one mailpiece, a name, an address or other relevant parameter, and which also stores a processor-executable sorting application which, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to determine a corresponding relevant destination bin based on information extracted from the image, and cause the transparent display to present a signal indicative of the relevant destination bin where the article to be placed by highlighting, or overlaying a visual artifact on, a position relative to a physical destination bin while at least a portion of the sorting station is in a field of view of the transparent display.