CN210804510U

CN210804510U - RFID read-write thermal printer and commodity label positioning management system thereof

Info

Publication number: CN210804510U
Application number: CN201921522050.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 钟云飞; 肖宁育; 邓文博; 李溢豪
Original assignee: Hunan University of Technology
Current assignee: Hunan University of Technology
Priority date: 2019-09-12
Filing date: 2019-09-12
Publication date: 2020-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-12

Abstract

A commodity label positioning management system comprises an RFID read-write thermal printer, a commodity label plane pattern design module, a commodity information storage database, a self-service cash register module, a commodity searching terminal and a commodity anti-theft module; the RFID read-write thermal printer comprises an RFID read-write module, a thermal printing heating module, an image processing module, a Bluetooth communication module, a WIFI communication module and a paper movement module. The utility model discloses simple structure, the cost is cheap, can directly design and control on mobile terminal and print, individualized simplification that the design of label can be more, and the RFID electronic tags who prints can read the label through cell-phone NFC function, has increased the antifalsification ability of label, has also increased the information volume that the label bore, reduces cashier's work load simultaneously, has strengthened the theftproof coefficient in shop, the accurate positioning of the commodity of being convenient for, analysis sales data.

Description

RFID read-write thermal printer and commodity label positioning management system thereof

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a label thermal printer, more specifically relates to a RFID reading and writing thermal printer and commodity label location management system thereof.

Background

Modern commodities are various in variety, 3-4 labels for explaining product information and marking product brand propaganda patterns are adhered to commodity packages in the past when product information needs to be attached in detail, the demand of paper is large, and the attached information rate is low. The wide application of RFID electronic tags brings a revolution to the field of electronic printing.

An RFID printer is a printing device that can read and write data of an IC chip of an RFID tag (also called an electronic tag) and visually print the data content on the surface of the tag. An RFID printer manufacturer designs and adds an RFID read-write module on the basis of a bar code printer structure to write data into an RFID label chip and simultaneously visually print content on a label. The printing principle is the same as that of a bar code printer, namely heat-sensitive and heat transfer printing.

The existing RFID label printer on the market is complex in structure and expensive in price, if information needs to be written into an RFID label, the RFID label printer can only be used, a common bar code printer cannot be used, and patterns need to be printed by a computer and then imported, so that the process of printing the RFID label is troublesome.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a problem to current commodity label printing and use provides a RFID reading and writing thermal printer and commodity label location management system thereof, can make commodity label informationization, makes the user pass through label location commodity position, confirms the commodity stock, and inquiry commodity information promotes the commodity to sell.

In order to solve the technical problem, the technical scheme adopted by the novel method is as follows:

a commodity label positioning management system comprises an RFID read-write thermal printer, a commodity label plane pattern design module, a commodity information storage database, a self-service cash register module, a commodity searching terminal and a commodity anti-theft module;

the RFID read-write thermal printer comprises an RFID read-write module, a thermal printing heating module, an image processing module, a Bluetooth communication module, a WIFI communication module and a paper motion module;

the RFID read-write module is respectively connected with the Bluetooth communication module and the WIFI communication module and writes information sent by the mobile terminal into the RFID electronic tag, the RFID read-write module is arranged at a paper feeding port of the RFID read-write thermal printer and is connected with the image processing module, the downstream of the image processing module is connected with the thermal printing heating module, the image processing module processes the information sent by the Bluetooth communication module and the WIFI communication module and controls the paper movement module and the thermal printing module to print the processed image on the tag.

Preferably, the commodity label positioning management system further comprises a commodity label mobile recording module, which comprises a remote RFID reader and is in communication connection with the commodity information storage database.

Preferably, the commodity label plane pattern design module comprises a user personalized plane design platform, and is respectively connected with a Bluetooth communication module and a WIFI communication module of the RFID read-write thermal printer to control the printing operation of the RFID read-write thermal printer.

Preferably, the self-service cash register module comprises an unmanned sales counter and a self-service payer.

Preferably, the unmanned sales table comprises a sales plane, and a high-precision RFID reader is arranged below the sales plane and can be used for reading commodity information on the platform; the self-service payment device supports mobile payment and a payment mode of a bank card.

Preferably, the commodity searching terminal is externally hung on the smart phone and comprises a Bluetooth connection module and an RFID reading device.

Preferably, the bluetooth connection module enables the smart phone to be in communication connection with the commodity information storage database, and the RFID reading device transmits the collected commodity label movement record to the commodity information storage database.

Preferably, the commodity anti-theft module comprises a commodity warehousing and ex-warehouse RFID reader, a cash register RFID reader, an outlet RFID reader and an alarm.

Preferably, the commodity information storage database comprises independent identification codes of passive RFID tags, commodity character information, geometrical information of environments where commodities are located, commodity real-time position and moving path information and warehouse entry and exit records.

Preferably, the commodity information storage database is a MySQL database.

The utility model has the advantages that:

(1) the structure is simple, and the manufacturing cost is low;

(2) the novel mobile terminal can be directly designed and controlled to print on the mobile terminal (mobile phone), and the design of the label can be more personalized and simplified;

(3) the novel printed RFID electronic tag can read the tag through the NFC function of the mobile phone, so that the anti-counterfeiting performance of the tag is improved, and the information quantity borne by the tag is increased;

(4) the RFID electronic tag can reduce the workload of a cashier, and the cashier does not need to scan the commodity bar codes one by one, so that the self-service shopping of a shopper is facilitated;

(5) the anti-theft coefficient of the shop is enhanced, the RFID reader is arranged at the exit, and if unpaid commodities are read by the reader, the alarm can be given.

(6) The merchant can find the commodity accurately and can accurately position the position of the commodity;

(7) through the real-time positioning data of commodity positions, the sales data can be analyzed conveniently according to needs, and a more reasonable sales scheme is made.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the structure of the RFID read-write thermal printer of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic flow chart of a product label positioning management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further described with reference to specific examples.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1, an RFID read-write thermal printer includes an RFID read-write module, a thermal printing heating module, an image processing module, a bluetooth communication module, a WIFI communication module, and a paper motion module.

RFID read-write module and bluetooth communication module, WIFI communication module links to each other respectively, write in the information that mobile terminal sent in the RFID electronic tags, RFID read-write module sets up the paper feed mouth at RFID read-write thermal printer, and connect the image processing module, image processing module low reaches and thermal printing heating module link to each other, the information that image processing module processing was sent through bluetooth communication module, WIFI communication module, and control paper motion module and thermal printing module will pass through on the image seal of processing to the label.

And (3) performing information input through an RFID read-write module in the RFID read-write thermal printer, such as: the anti-counterfeiting product can be bound by a single number of a consumer at the later stage of adding information such as a product single number and the like into information such as producers, production departments, production dates, raw material ratios, production addresses and the like, so that the anti-counterfeiting effect of the product is achieved. After information is input, a manufacturer can design an interface of information of a product trademark, a brand, a price and an anti-counterfeiting label through a commodity label plane pattern design module or upload the information to the commodity label plane pattern design module through a network, and after the information is connected with a Bluetooth communication module or a WIFI communication module in an RFID read-write thermal printer, the image processing module and the thermal printing heating module are controlled to perform label interface thermal imaging and control a paper moving module to drive paper.

Example 2

As shown in fig. 2, the present embodiment provides a product label positioning management system, which can be applied to the production, sale, after sale, and the like of a product. The RFID electronic tag is covered with two layers of thermal sensitive paper, so that required information can be input into the RFID electronic tag, and a brand, a design pattern, a price and the like of a merchant can be printed on the photosensitive paper. Compared with the conventional method that 3-4 pieces of paper are hung on a commodity to explain product information and imprint product brand publicity patterns, the information content is improved by about 70%, the paper is reduced by about 62%, and the total cost is reduced by about 43% through numerical analysis, matrix calculation, scientific data visualization and modeling and simulation of a nonlinear dynamic system of MATLAB software.

After producing the RFID electronic tag, the electronic tag manufacturer covers two layers of thermal paper according to the requirement of the embodiment, and then sells the thermal paper to a product manufacturer with a requirement, and the product manufacturer can but not limited to print production related information of the product, such as a manufacturer, a production department, a production date, a raw material ratio, a production address and the like, through an RFID read-write thermal printer according to the production mode of the product manufacturer. After printing is finished, a manufacturer can paste or sew the electronic tag on a product, so that the manufacturer can trace the product through an after-sale webpage system, find the source of unqualified products and effectively inhibit loss caused by pirated products.

After the product enters the market, the product can be applied to unmanned supermarkets and commodity theft prevention, the supermarkets can write the product price into the electronic tag through the RFID read-write module and carry out certain encryption and lock setting, and the tag has an encryption function, so that ordinary people cannot unlock the tag in a short time even if holding the RFID reader. In a large-scale unmanned supermarket, a consumer can connect to a commodity information storage database through a mobile phone plug-in commodity searching terminal to find a commodity which the consumer wants under the guidance of a three-dimensional live-action image of a client, and does not need to turn to a large half of a shopping mall to search for the commodity or to know discounted goods through pushing. After finding the commodity, the consumer scans the electronic label of the commodity through the mobile phone plug-in commodity searching terminal to know the relevant information of the product, the product number, whether the product is a genuine product or not and the like, so that the buying and selling of pirated commodities can be effectively reduced.

If the commodity is not purchased, the encryption cannot be released, and the consumer cannot perform single number binding. After the consumer selects the commodity that oneself needs, place commodity on the sales plane of the self-service cash registering module of market configuration (this sales plane is made by non-metallic material, compares with traditional cashier's desk, and the design is opaque also can), the self-service cash registering module can read product information through the high accuracy RFID reader and carry out and accumulate the charging, the consumer pay through self-service payment ware, it adds the charging to need not the consumer to sweep a yard with commodity one, consumer's shopping experience has been strengthened. After payment, the RFID reader on the self-service payer decrypts the commodity, the RFID reader and the alarm are arranged at the exit of the supermarket, the RFID electronic tag on the commodity can be automatically detected to be decrypted, the supermarket background system inquires whether payment is available or not so as to control whether the alarm is triggered or not, and the alarm number is automatically dialed.

The embodiment comprises a commodity label mobile recording module, wherein a long-distance RFID reader of the commodity label mobile recording module sends out radio frequency signals, the radio frequency signals are received through RFID antennae in RFID electronic labels of commodities, the radio frequency signals are processed by RFID chips in the RFID electronic labels and then reflected by the RFID antennae, the time difference reaching the RFID electronic labels is converted into the distance difference of signal transmission, the relative position relation between a user and the RFID electronic labels is estimated according to the trilateration principle, and then accurate positioning is carried out. The commodity label moving recording module collects the commodity label moving records and stores the commodity label moving records into the commodity information storage database, repeated and meaningless commodity moving records are eliminated through an intelligent algorithm, therefore, meaningful commodity label moving records can be extracted, a supermarket can also count the information of the RFID electronic tags of sold products through a supermarket background system, manufacturer goods feeding is carried out, market product placement is reasonably planned, product import and other problems are reasonably adjusted, commodity management of the supermarket is facilitated, and the positions of a replenishment goods shelf and the positions of the commodities can be confirmed through the commodity information storage database and the commodity label moving recording system during replenishment.

The consumer can scan the RFID electronic tag by using the mobile phone plug-in commodity searching terminal, inquire various related commodity information, inquire the commodity number and bind, thus effectively inhibiting pirated products, and after logging in, the consumer can perform various after-sale problem processing and responsibility tracing with the manufacturer customer service through the verification information such as the product number and the like through the inquired manufacturer website in the electronic tag, or participate in the manufacturer activity and the like.

It should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are only examples for clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

1. A commodity label positioning management system is characterized by comprising an RFID read-write thermal printer, a commodity label plane pattern design module, a commodity information storage database, a self-service cash register module, a commodity search terminal and a commodity anti-theft module;

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a product tag mobile recording module including a remote RFID reader and communicatively connected to the product information storage database.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the product label plane pattern design module comprises a user-customized plane design platform, and is connected to the bluetooth communication module and the WIFI communication module of the RFID read-write thermal printer respectively, for controlling the print job of the RFID read-write thermal printer.

4. The merchandise tag location management system of claim 1, wherein the self-service checkout module comprises an unmanned sales counter and a self-service payer.

5. The system for positioning and managing merchandise tags according to claim 4, wherein the unmanned sales counter comprises a sales plane, and a high-precision RFID reader is arranged below the sales plane and can be used for reading information of merchandise on the sales plane; the self-service payment device supports mobile payment and a payment mode of a bank card.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the commodity searching terminal is externally connected to a smart phone and comprises a bluetooth connection module and an RFID reading device.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the bluetooth connection module connects the smart phone to the goods information storage database in a communication manner, and the RFID reader transmits the collected moving record of the goods tag to the goods information storage database.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the article surveillance module comprises an article entry and exit RFID reader, a cash register RFID reader, an exit RFID reader, and an alarm.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the commodity information storage database comprises independent identification codes of passive RFID tags, commodity text information, geometrical information of environment where commodities are located, commodity real-time position and moving path information, and warehouse entry and exit records.

10. The system for positioning and managing labels of commodities as claimed in claim 9, wherein said commodity information storage database is MySQL database.