ARTread: high read performance
Our automatic address reading system – ARTread – sets new standards in speed, flexibility, and accuracy. Even shipments without routing information or ID barcodes, or those missing information, are read and forwarded accordingly. Our mail and parcel reading technology decodes machine and hand-written addresses in various writing systems. The innovative technology also recognizes stamps, stickers, and labels, as well as markings for dangerous goods and handling instructions that are not address-related.
ARTid: Fingerprint technology for tracking
Our advanced Fingerprint technology makes it possible to reliably track shipments throughout the sorting process. It makes use of the fact that no two letters or parcels look exactly alike. Optical characteristics such as surfaces, stamps, and logos, as well as size, volume, and weight are scanned and recorded. The image-based identification technology detects and tracks parcels and letters through the entire process. The images can be used for tracking at the sorting center, as well as for third-party parcel tracking.
Flexible and manual coding
Scanned addresses that cannot be read automatically are processed manually by video-coding operators. Coding takes place online when the parcel or letter is in the sorting machine and offline when the item is being transported to the next sorting center.
Our intelligent system that learns
Sometimes addresses are written incorrectly or are difficult to decipher. We therefore recommend using our learning system to continuously update address directories. This system “learns” typical spelling errors and updates addresses – it also identifies new elements that occur frequently on parcels and letters.
Mastering the increasing diversity of address labels
With our innovative Label Learning system, you can easily add new reading tasks and train the reading system to recognize new label formats. It can resolve corrupted or non-readable barcodes and extract additional parcel information. Reused parcels often have more than one barcode, which usually causes confusion, but our system knows how to resolve it intelligently. It will also correctly process international and third-party parcel and mail labels.
Adress Digitalization Station (ADS)
Re-automate your non-readable mail pieces in one step without special operator knowledge
ADS is designed as a semiautomatic system, combining state-of-the-art recognition systems with manual sorting processes. With Körber's advanced ARTread recognition and address reading software, the recognition of mail pieces is very fast, and the system can be used in many different ways. Whether it is re-automation, sortation, revenue protection, or more - ADS is easy to use, and operators need no special training. Additional services such as return-to-sender and address forwarding are also available.
The ADS provides machine-readable labels for non-readable mail pieces or smalls. Items become machine-processable this way and can be reintroduced to the automated process. This significantly reduces the volume of residual mail that needs to be sorted manually. The ADS, with its many versatile use cases, can be utilized for different tasks at different times of the day.
