# US 2014/0195451 A1 · Unmanned system for accepting mail and method thereof

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- Number: US 2014/0195451 A1
- Document ID: US20140195451A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/944,166
- Filed: 2013-07-17
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09
- Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Applicants: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
- Inventors: Jae Gwan SONG; Young Won KIM; Ji Young CHOI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195451A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/083: Shipping
- G07B 17/00661: {Sensing or measuring mailpieces (weighing G01G19/00)}
- G07B 2017/00685: {Measuring the dimensions of mailpieces}
- G07B 2017/00701: {Measuring the weight of mailpieces}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS

## Abstract

An unmanned system for accepting mail and a method thereof are provided. The unmanned system for accepting mail includes: a weight and size measuring unit measuring, when mail is input by a user through a predetermined input unit, a weight of the mail by moving the input mail to a predetermined position and a size of the mail by using a plurality of sensors which is previously provided at the predetermined position; a delivery charge calculating unit calculating a delivery charge of the mail based on a delivery type selected by the user, and the measured weight and size of the mail; and a mail loading unit assigning the accepted mail to a predetermined loading space in accordance with the delivery type and the size of the mail when the mail is accepted and loading the accepted mail in the assigned loading space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An unmanned system for accepting mail, comprising:
a weight and size measuring unit measuring, when mail is input by a user through a predetermined input unit, a weight of the mail by moving the input mail to a predetermined position and a size of the mail by using a plurality of sensors which is previously provided at the predetermined position;
a delivery charge calculating unit calculating a delivery charge of the mail based on a delivery type selected by the user, and the measured weight and size of the mail; and
a mail loading- unit assigning the accepted mail to a predetermined loading space in accordance with the delivery type and the size of the mail when the mail is accepted and loading the accepted mail in the assigned loading space.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein:
the weight and size measuring unit
includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a predetermined interval in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a Z-axis direction of the predetermined position, and
measures the size of the input mail by using sensors sensing the input mail among the plurality of sensors.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein:
the weight and size measuring unit
includes switches disposed on at least two lateral surfaces of the predetermined position, and
measures the size of the input mail when a first switch disposed on a first lateral surface and a second switch disposed on a second lateral surface contact the input mail.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a mail management server calculating and managing the sizes and the number of conveyance containers, and the scale of a vehicle that collect the loaded mail, based on information on the mail loaded in the mail loading unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising:
an image acquiring unit acquiring an image of the input mail; and
a label generating and attaching unit recognizing a character included in the acquired image, generating information to be printed on a barcode label based on a character recognition result, and attaching the generated barcode label to the input mail.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a standard ordinary mail inputting unit accepting predetermined standard mail; and
a nonstandard ordinary/parcel mail inputting unit accepting nonstandard ordinary mail and parcel mail other than the standard mail.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein:
the weight and size measuring unit
measures a size and a weight of the mail input in the nonstandard ordinary/parcel mail inputting unit.

### Claim 8

An unmanned method for accepting mail, comprising:
measuring, when mail is input by a user through a predetermined input unit, a weight of the mail by moving the input mail to a predetermined position and a size of the mail by using a plurality of sensors which is previously provided at the predetermined position;
calculating a delivery charge of the mail based on a delivery type selected by the user, and the measured weight and size of the mail;
assigning the accepted mail to a predetermined loading space in accordance with the delivery type and the size of the mail when the mail is accepted; and
loading the accepted mail in the assigned loading space.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein:
in the measuring,
the size of the input mail is measured by using sensors sensing the input mail among a plurality of sensors disposed at a predetermined interval in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a Z-axis direction of the predetermined position.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein:
in the measuring,
the size of the input mail is measured when switches disposed on at least two lateral surfaces of the predetermined position contact the input mail.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, further comprising:
acquiring an image of the input mail;
recognizing a character included in the acquired
image and generating information to be printed on a barcode label based on a character recognition result; and
attaching the generated barcode label to the input mail.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The method of claim 8, wherein:
in the measuring,
it is determined whether the input mail is standard ordinary mail which is predetermined standard mail and when the input mail is not the standard ordinary mail, the weight and size of the mail is measured.