• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.11c
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• pp.47-50
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• 2000

Recently many efforts on the development of automatic processing system for delivery sequence sorting have been performed in ETRI , which requires the use of postal 4-state bar code system to encode delivery points. The 4-state bar code called postal 4-state bar code for high speed processing that has been specifically designed for information processing of logistics and automatic processing of the mail items. This paper describes a method of Reed-Solomon encoding for creating error correction codeword of 4-state bar code.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.3023-3031
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a robot control data generation system applying context aware mechanism in order to control the robot manipulator which automatically sorts parcels. The context aware mechanism generates intelligent information to control a robot using context data such as the parcel shape, weight, location and barcodes. The proposed system collects context data of the parcel and generates robot control data to pick up and drop parcels. Then a robot manipulator, which receives control data of picking-up and dropping, processes the automated sorting of parcels according to delivery persons and delivery routes. It will contribute not only to save much time and cost but also to reduce the industrial accidents.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.11a
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• pp.1027-1030
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• 1999

Recently many efforts on the development of automatic processing system for delivery sequence sorting have been performed in ETRI, which requires the use of postal 4 state bar code system to encode delivery points. This paper addresses the issue on the reduction of reading error in postal 4 state raster beam based bar code reader by adjusting measured values of bar code width to its average value over each interval. The test results show that the above method reduces the average reading error rate approximately by 90-100%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.1020-1027
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• 2003

The development of an automatic delivery sorter requires enormous cost and time, and actually it is a key business which gains control of the future of postal service for national economy. In this paper, we select executive alternatives considering the restrictive conditions both in physically and technically such as installation location, OCR location, and the types of VCS. Then, we evaluated selected alternatives through the analysis of a cost and a performance. And we also performed economy analysis reflecting on the qualitative factors.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.146-155
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• 2000

This paper describes a 4-state bar code called HANGUL 4 ST that has been specifically designed for automatic processing of the letter mails, A HANGUL 4 ST bar code is a necessary data base that is applied data capture and data carrier with it all the information necessary for sorting, the amount capture for transportation of mail items, and valued-added services such as indicia, tracking and trace. The 4-state bar code information contents are composed of a postal code, delivery point, customer information including customer identification number and name, and parity bits for error detect and correct. The data density capability of HANGUL 4 St allows all useful sorting data and customer data to be encoded on one label. This supports better automatic processing in mail items, higher level of customer service and more efficient operation.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.7 no.7
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• pp.2149-2160
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• 2000

Recently many efforts on the development of automatic processing system for delivery sequence sorting have been performed in ETRI, which requires the use of postal4-state bar code system to encode delivery points. The 4-state bar code called postal 4-state barcode for high speed processing that has been specifically designed for information processing of logistics and automatic processing of he mail items. The Information of 4-state bar code indicates mail data such as post code, delivery sequence number, error correction code worked, customer information, and a unique ID. This appear addresses the issue on he reduction of reading error in postal 4-state raster beam based bar code reader. The raster beam scanning features are the unequally distributed number of spots per each unit, which cause reading errors. We propose a method for reducing the bar code reading error by adjusting measured values of bar code width to its average value over each interval. The test results show that the above method reduces the average reading error rate approximately by 99.88%.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.10B no.4
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• pp.429-442
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• 2003

In this paper, we describe an address image recognition system for automatic processing of standard- size letter mail. The inputs to the system are gray-level mail piece images and the outputs are delivery point codes with which a delivery sequence of carrier can be generated. The system includes five main modules; destination address block location, text line separation, character segmentation, character recognition and finally address interpretation. The destination address block is extracted on the basis of experimental knowledge and the line separation and character segmentation is done through the analysis of connected components and vortical runs. For recognizing characters, we developed MLP-based recognizers and dynamical programming technique for interpretation. Since each module has been implemented in an independent way, the system has a benefit that the optimization of each module is relatively easy. We have done the experiment with live mail piece images directly sampled from mail sorting machine in Yuseong post office. The experimental results prove the feasibility of our system.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1722-1727
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• 2006

배달할 우편물을 경로에 따라 자동 정렬하는 순로구분기의 연구개발이 완료단계에 있어 이를 현장에 도입하고자 하는 계획이 수립되고 있다. 순로구분기는 우편물 영상 처리, 한글주소 인식, 코드 부여, 구분기 제어 등의 기능이 복합되어 작동되며, 구분 성공률에 따라 자동 순로구분 작업 이후의 추가 수작업의 양이 달라진다. 본 연구에서는 수작업 처리를 고려하여 자동화 효과를 개선하기 위한 방안을 전체 작업소요시간을 중심으로 제시하고 각 방안의 장단점을 비교한다. 먼저 자동화기기를 도입했을 때의 순로구분 작업을 분석한 후, 주소 인식 성능을 보완하는 비디오코딩 작업을 포함하는 경우와 배달점 소그룹까지만 구분(중구분)하는 경우에 대해 분석하여 비교한다. 분석 결과는 향후 순로구분기 도입시의 운영 효과를 높이기 위한 실행방안을 마련할 때 활용될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.119-124
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• 2005

순로구분 자동화 시스템이 상용화를 앞두게 됨에 따라 실제 순로구분기의 운영계획을 비롯한 자동화 방안 등에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 또한 순로구분기의 유형의 결정과 운영 방식을 고려한 자동화 효과를 분석하여 실제로 어느 정도의 경제적 효익이 발생할 수 있는가에 대한 청사진이 제시되어야 할 필요성이 있다. 그러나, 이제까지 순로구분의 자동화와 순로구분 시스템의 효율적인 운영을 위한 사업의 타당한 당위성이나 최적의 사업 및 운영에 대한 목표 등의 구체적인 모델링이 없었으며, 이러한 모델링을 위한 분석체계가 미흡했던 것이 사실이다. 이에 본 연구는 순로구분의 자동화 효과에 대한 경제성을 인건비 절감을 통하여 분석하고, 우편물량과 순로구분기 유형, 운영 일정에 대한 시나리오를 설정하여 각각 소요되는 자동화 비용을 분석하고, 현재의 수작업 순로구분에 비하여 경제적인 이득이 얼마나 발생하는가에 대하여 분석한다. 본 연구는 학술적으로는 순로구분 자동화라는 새로운 시스템이 도입됨에 따라 설정되는 정성적인 변수들을 계량화하여 이를 경제성 분석에 반영함으로써 상호 배타적인 투자안에 대한 결론을 도출하려고 노력하였다. 또한 우편업무 개선을 위한 실무적 측면에서는 순로구분기의 도입과 시스템이 실제로 상용화되는 과정에 따라 구체화되는 여러 요인에 따라서 요구되는 의사결정을 위한 기초 자료로써 활용될 수 있다.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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• v.8D no.3
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• pp.285-294
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• 2001

Recently many efforts on the development of automatic processing system for delivery sequency sorting have been performed in ETRI, which requires the use of postal 4-state bar code system to encode delivery points. This paper addresses the issue on the extension of read range and the improvement of image processing method. For the improvement of image processing procedure, applied information acquisition method through basic two thresholds onto the horizontal axial line of gray image based on reference information of 4-state bar code symbology. Symbol values are computed after creating two threshold values based on the obtained information through search of horizontal axial values. The implementation result of 4-state bar code reader are obtained the symbol values within 30~60 msec (58,000~116,000 mail item/hour)without noise removal or image rotation in spite of the incline $\pm 45^{\circ}$.