公开(公告)号：US11055327B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16225268

申请日：2018-12-19

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Kasper Sørensen

IPC: G06F17/00 ,  G06F16/31 ,  G06F16/35 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06K9/62

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for computerized, automatic processing of unstructured text to extract bits of contact data to which the extracted text can be linked or attributed. Unstructured text is received and text segments within the text are enriched with metadata labels. A machine learning system is trained on, and used to parse feature values for the text segments and the metadata labels to classify text and generate structured text from the unstructured text.

公开(公告)号：US11034118B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-15

申请号：US16759214

申请日：2018-10-26

Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES

Inventor： Fokke De Boer ,  Eelke Visser

IPC: B31B50/00 ,  B65B5/02 ,  B31B50/20 ,  B31B50/26 ,  B31B100/00 ,  B31B110/35 ,  B31B120/10

Abstract: Method and system for making custom-sized open packaging boxes from cardboard having a width WCBB and corresponding separate closing lids from cardboard having a width WCBL, the cardboard being continuously supplied to a system comprising structure for cutting, creasing and folding the cardboard to form custom-sized boxes and corresponding lids such that each box comprises a rectangular bottom panel having four edges, a first and a second rectangular end panel joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of said bottom panel, a first and a second rectangular side panel joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of said bottom panel, two first and two second rectangular corner panels, the first corner panels joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of the first end panel, and the second corner panels joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of the second end panel, each lid comprises a rectangular top panel having four edges, a first and a second rectangular end panel joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of said top panel, a first and a second rectangular side panel joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of said top panel, optionally two first and two second rectangular corner panels, the first corner panels joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of the first end panel and the second corner panels joined via respective crease lines to opposite edges of the second end panel, said method comprising: a step of obtaining information on the desired minimum inner dimensions length LD, height HD and width WD of a box to be created, a calculating step of calculating the dimensions of the panels of a box and of the panels of a lid on the basis of the desired minimum dimensions taking into account predetermined optimization criteria, and a step of creating the box and the lid, wherein said calculating step comprises allowing the inner height of the side panels of the box to be smaller than the desired inner height of the box if (WD+2 TCBB+2HD)>(WCBB−MB), wherein MB denotes an optional minimum margin that is cut off at the sides of the cardboard supplied and wherein TCBB denotes a material dependent correction factor generally corresponding to the thickness of the cardboard used for the box, and/or if 2HD>LD and choosing the inner height of the side panels of the lid template so that the inner height of the side panels of the box plus the inner height of the side panels of the lid equals at least the desired height.

公开(公告)号：US10821699B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-03

申请号：US15597475

申请日：2017-05-17

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Melle Jonker

IPC: B31F1/08 ,  B31F1/10 ,  B31B50/26 ,  B31B50/25

Abstract: A creasing unit for creating fold lines in cardboard, comprising two crease rollers, each crease roller having a circumferential protrusion adapted for indenting cardboard to create a fold line, wherein the crease rollers are rotatably mounted next to each other such that each crease roller can rotate about its own center axis and each crease roller is movable between at least a first position for creating a fold line and a second position for either allowing cardboard to pass the respective crease roller without being indented by the respective crease roller or for creating an additional indented line being less deep than the fold line.

公开(公告)号：US10776749B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-15

申请号：US14590441

申请日：2015-01-06

Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES

Inventor： Samira Bouzit-Benbernou

IPC: G06Q10/08 ,  G07B17/00 ,  G07F17/12 ,  G06Q50/32 ,  B65B5/04 ,  B65B7/16 ,  B65B57/00 ,  A47G29/14

Abstract: A system for securely controlling deposition and retrieval of shipments (40), including a managing distribution centre, at least one electronic locker unit connected to the managing distribution centre through a communication network, and having several lockable compartments (28i) of different sizes, wherein said at least one electronic locker unit comprises a weighing shipment module (50) located inside each compartment (28i) and made up of an arrangement of several thin flexible force sensors, linked together to circuit board, located under upper bearing plate and attached to bottom of the compartment within respective active measuring areas.

公开(公告)号：US10749679B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-18

申请号：US15877631

申请日：2018-01-23

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Jacob Galloway

IPC: H04L9/00 ,  H04L9/32 ,  G06F21/44 ,  G06F21/62

Abstract: Systems and techniques are provided in which a token is used to manage user access to actions and features within an application platform. The token includes an indication of each action and/or feature to which the user has permission within the platform, thereby allowing for rapid and efficient development and management of user access to features within the platform.

公开(公告)号：US20200158414A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16598821

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Laurent FARLOTTI ,  Noel LE GALL

IPC: F25D3/12 ,  A47G29/14 ,  G07F17/12 ,  F25D29/00 ,  G07F9/10 ,  A47G29/124 ,  E05B65/00

Abstract: A locker system for delivering heat sensitive products comprising a plurality of lockable compartments including at least one refrigerated lockable compartment, a control unit for controlling said plurality of lockable compartments, a cooling device comprising an expansion chamber receiving liquid CO2from a reserve of liquid CO2 and delivering gaseous CO2 in each of said refrigerated lockable compartments through at least one common duct, and an extraction system to avoid excessive concentration of CO2 in a building where the locker system is located.

公开(公告)号：US20200004728A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-02

申请号：US16229543

申请日：2018-12-21

Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES

Inventor： Jeff Goeters

IPC: G06F16/174 ,  G06F16/387 ,  G06Q10/08

Abstract: Systems and techniques for compressing shipping data are provided. Origin/destination location code pairs are arranged, compressed, and de-duplicated to provide data files that can be processed and updated efficiently regardless of the number of location codes used or updated.

公开(公告)号：US10369597B2

公开(公告)日：2019-08-06

申请号：US15657366

申请日：2017-07-24

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Laurent Farlotti

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  B07C3/10 ,  B07C3/00 ,  B07C3/02 ,  G06K9/20 ,  B07C7/00 ,  G06K9/78

Abstract: Assisted manual mail sorting system for assisting an operator in manual sortation of mailpieces in a sorting station including a plurality of destination bins, the system comprising a headset wearable by the operator and connected to a computer comprising an image analysis software for extracting from an image of one of the mailpieces, a name, an address or other relevant information and a sorting application for determining a corresponding relevant destination bin, the headset comprising: a high resolution camera for capturing the image of the mailpiece, a transparent display for signalling to the operator the relevant destination bin where the article is to be placed by highlighting or overlaying a visual artifact on a view of the sorting station while the operator is looking at the sorting station.

公开(公告)号：US10287047B2

公开(公告)日：2019-05-14

申请号：US15419442

申请日：2017-01-30

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Joost Zeilstra

IPC: G06F7/00 ,  B65B57/12 ,  G06T7/73 ,  B65B5/06 ,  B65B35/36 ,  B65B43/08 ,  B65B57/18 ,  G06T7/60 ,  G05B19/402

Abstract: An apparatus for optimizing automated packaging of a shipment set, said shipment set comprising one or more items arranged in an arrangement for being automatically packaged, the apparatus comprising at least one image obtaining device for obtaining three-dimensional image data of said arrangement and at least one computer system and a signaling device, the computer system adapted for processing said image data to obtain information on the dimensions of individual items present in said arrangement and on the orientation and position of said items in said arrangement, performing an analysis of said information with respect to at least one optimization criterion and depending on said analysis, generating signals indicating to either proceed with automated packaging of said arrangement or to modify or to divert said arrangement, and the signaling device adapted for receiving the signals generated.

公开(公告)号：US10115046B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-30

申请号：US15649403

申请日：2017-07-13

Applicant: Neopost Technologies

Inventor： Peter Ashworth

IPC: G06K19/06 ,  G05B19/12 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G06Q50/28 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G07B17/00

Abstract: Mailpiece manufacturing, distribution and communication system comprising at least one production center, a production software/server for generating and sending production orders to at least one processing equipment over a network for printing documents and assembling the printed documents in a mailpiece, a distribution center for delivering the mailpiece to a customer and a domain server for interactive customer communication, the mailpiece comprising a single barcode containing a web page link for accessing the domain server and comprising processing equipment control codes or a mailpiece identifier for controlling the at least one processing equipment and for interactive customer communication.