CPC B07C 5/04 (2013.01) [B07C 1/04 (2013.01); B07C 3/00 (2013.01); B07C 3/008 (2013.01); B07C 5/165 (2013.01); G07B 17/00661 (2013.01); G07B 2017/00685 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A mail item sortation system, comprising:
an external controller configured to cull candidate letters in a mailing job to establish pocket demand for sorting according to a mixing factor analysis based on a given number of letters in the mailing job to place all of the candidate letters going to a single address adjacent to each other; and
an internal controller, interfaced with the external controller, that is configured to control a plurality of letter sorters based on the pocket demand by at least selecting each specific letter sorter of the plurality of letter sorters to pair a calculated number of pockets to accommodate the candidate letters with a number of available pockets in each specific selected letter sorter to obtain sorted letters.
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11. A method of mail item sortation, comprising:
culling, by an external controller, candidate letters in a mailing job to establish pocket demand for sorting according to a mixing factor analysis based on a given number of letters in the mailing job to place all of the candidate letters going to a single address adjacent to each other; and
controlling, by an internal controller, interfaced with the external controller, a plurality of letter sorters based on the pocket demand, by at least selecting each specific letter sorter of the plurality of letter sorters to pair a calculated number of pockets to accommodate the candidate letters with a number of available pockets in each specific selected letter sorter to obtain sorted letters.
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