JP2001266092A - System and method for confirming article delivery - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article delivery confirming system and its method, by which reliability in article delivery is improved, and a delivery time is shortened. SOLUTION: A tag printed by a two-dimensional barcode having an error correcting code in a bisectable form is issued and is divided into two physically. One is kept with an article, the other is handed to an article delivery person, the both are combined, when the article is delivered and read as the two-dimensional barcode, and then the original two-dimensional barcode is obtained to confirm the justifiability of the article delivery.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article delivery confirmation system and an article delivery confirmation method.
This is a system that checks whether the correct goods have been delivered to the right person by the right person at the time of luggage storage and return at the baggage storage, and the delivery of goods when returning rental goods such as video rentals. In addition, the present invention relates to an article delivery confirmation system and an article delivery confirmation method that can improve the reliability of article delivery and shorten the delivery time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at a baggage storage, etc., when storing luggage, a luggage storage ticket using a number tag or a one-dimensional bar code is issued, and the same issued number is printed in an area of half (stub). The attendant divides the baggage storage ticket into two, attaches one number tag (stub) to the baggage, and hands another number tag to the owner (customer) to store the baggage. Then, at the time of picking up the baggage, the owner (customer) hands the custody ticket to the clerk, and the clerk visually checks the coincidence, and then passes the baggage on to the owner. Alternatively, a passenger, such as an airport, who was given a tag with a barcode as a stub, handed the stub to a clerk, who read the data with a barcode scanner and confirmed the match. Above, the luggage with the deposit ticket (barcode stub) is returned to the owner (passenger on board).
Apart from such an article delivery system, video rental shops and the like deliver goods such as rental videos to customers after confirming with a magnetic card or IC card. This kind of card is often used for other goods delivery.

[0003]

However, in the case where the issued stub (cash voucher) is a simple number tag, there is a disadvantage that it is easily forged. Also, as in the case of airports, one-dimensional barcodes are vulnerable to dirt and fading of printed characters, and erroneous readings and erroneous readings are likely to occur, resulting in a longer processing time for delivery to customers. I do. Therefore,
As this kind of article delivery confirmation, a method of using an IC card or a magnetic card, such as a video rental shop, can be considered, but in this case, it is difficult to adopt because there is a disadvantage that the unit price of the bill itself is high. This kind of article delivery system and article delivery method is disclosed in
86101. An object of the present invention is to solve such a drawback of the prior art, and to provide an article delivery confirmation system and an article delivery confirmation method that can improve the reliability of article delivery and shorten the delivery time. .

[0004]

The features of the article delivery confirmation system of the present invention for achieving the above object are as follows.
In an article delivery confirmation system that issues a tag for article delivery and confirms the legitimacy of the article delivery using the issued tag when the article is received, predetermined first collation information and the first collation information are searched. Barcode data having an error correction code corresponding to the first search information is generated by dividing the two-dimensional barcode data into two parts according to a predetermined function, and dividing the data into two parts of one card. Means for printing as a two-dimensional barcode on the other hand, storage means for storing the first collation information in association with the first search information, and Combining / data acquiring means for reading the two-dimensional barcodes respectively and combining the two-dimensional barcode data according to an inverse function of a predetermined function to obtain second collation information and second search information; The obtained by the data acquisition means 2
And searching means for searching the storage means based on the search information to obtain first collation information corresponding to the first search information, and collating the second collation information with the first collation information. Also, the feature of the article delivery confirmation method of the present invention is that a tag printed with a two-dimensional barcode having an error correction code is issued in a form capable of being divided into two, and the tag is physically divided into two parts. The original two-dimensional barcode is obtained by storing the original two-dimensional barcode with the article, passing the other to the person who delivered the article, and reading the two-dimensional barcode combining the one and the other when the article is delivered. It is to confirm the nature.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS By the way, a two-dimensional bar code is
An error correction code is included, and even if about 30% of the area is dirty, information can be reproduced. Therefore, this bar code is resistant to partial dirt and fading. According to the present invention, the bar code is divided into two parts, used, and recombined at the time of confirmation. Focusing on the point that data can be reproduced, splitting a two-dimensional barcode,
By combining them, it has a kind of tally function. Therefore, as described above, in the present invention, data of a two-dimensional barcode having an error correction code is generated by dividing the data into two parts, and the data is printed on each area of one tag and physically printed. It is divided, and when collation is performed, the two-dimensional barcode of each physically divided part is read to obtain collation information, so that forgery of the tag can be prevented, dirt on the divided tag and Reading errors and reading errors due to fading of printed characters can be prevented.

In the above-mentioned method, for example, a voucher is issued by converting the voucher into a tally type two-dimensional bar code card. The voucher is output as a two-dimensional barcode. The clerk at the luggage store cuts the ticket into two, and attaches one part to the customer who left the luggage and the other part to the luggage that was kept. At the time of delivery of the baggage, the customer who checked in the baggage passes one of the checked tickets to the staff at the baggage storage, and the staff reads the data with the two-dimensional scanner in combination with the other checked ticket attached to the baggage. Put in. Check the contents of the data, and if correct, return the package to the customer. If the information of the read data is not correct, the process of returning the package to the customer who has picked up the package is not performed. In addition, as described later, not only the date and time data but also the data for issuing the voucher is entered in the prescribed form and the data is read from the scanner, or the customer and the staff at the luggage storage place It can be input from the keyboard and issued based on the data. As a result, it is possible to improve the reliability of the article delivery of the article delivery confirmation system and shorten the delivery time. Further, since it is only necessary to issue a two-dimensional barcode tag, a confirmation system using an inexpensive tag becomes possible.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment to which an article delivery confirmation system of the present invention is applied. 10 is
11 is an input unit, 12 is an output unit, 13 is an external storage device, and 14 is a control unit of the article delivery confirmation system 100.
A two-dimensional scanner provided in the input unit 11, 15 is a keyboard provided in the input unit 11, 16 is a transaction statement file provided in the external storage device 13, 17 is an output unit 1
A display 18 provided in 2 is a two-dimensional barcode printer provided in the output unit 12. Reference numeral 20 denotes a two-dimensional barcode card (card) having an error correction code printed by the two-dimensional barcode printer 18, and has two stub areas 20a and 20b. 21 is
The two-dimensional bar code card A (storage baggage side) in the area 20a obtained by dividing the twenty two-dimensional bar code cards is 22.
This is the two-dimensional barcode card B (owner side) in the 20b area obtained by dividing the two-dimensional barcode card of No. 0. here,
2D barcode card A and 2D barcode card B
Is a tally relationship that divides one piece of two-dimensional barcode data and takes charge of it.

FIG. 2A shows a two-dimensional bar code card 2.
FIG. Reference numeral 23 denotes a perforation cut between the two-dimensional barcode cards A and B. Perforation 23
Are closer to the two-dimensional barcode card B side than the center of the two-dimensional barcode card 20, and are not symmetrical. Thereby, the checked baggage side becomes large, and the owner side can be made a small stub.

In the control unit 10, an MPU 1, a memory 2, an input / output interface 3, and other interfaces 4 are mutually connected via a bus 5. An input unit 11 and an output unit 12 are connected to the input / output interface 3, and an external storage device 13 such as a hard disk is connected to the interface 4. The memory 2 has an input / output processing program 2a as a processing program to be executed by the MPU 1,
Tally data generation ticket issuing program 2b, tally data synthesis / data acquisition program 2c, collation processing program 2
d and the like are stored, and a work area 2e is provided.

The input / output processing program 2a is executed by the MPU 1 in response to an input operation of the scanner 14 and an input of a predetermined key from the keyboard 15, and the two-dimensional bar code input from the scanner 14 is input to the input / output interface 3
Bar code image data (read data of the two-dimensional bar code card A21 and the two-dimensional bar code card B22) obtained by the MPU 1 through the scanner input and received in the work area 2e via the The MPU 1 executes the data synthesizing / data acquiring program 2c by calling it. When the ticketing function key is input from the keyboard 15, the input / output processing program 2a refers to the transaction details file 16 to acquire the next ticketing number. FIG.
(B) is a format of the transaction specification file 16, in which a ticket number column 18a is provided first, and a date column 18b, a time column 18c, and a collation column 18d are provided corresponding to each ticket number. Have been. The collation column 18d is a flag column when the collation is completed, and the flag “1” is set when the collation is completed. The column 18e corresponds to the embodiment of FIG. 4 described later, and is a column for storing the device address of the confirmation device when the confirmation location is different. The data in this column is obtained by referring to a location-to-device address conversion table (not shown) when the customer specifies a different location as the delivery location of the package, and the device address of the verification device arranged at that location is referred to. Data of the assigned device address. Here, the numerical value of date + time is used as collation information. This is because the numerical value of date + time is determined at that time, and there is no coincidence numerical value before and after.

By executing the input / output processing program 2a, M
PU1 searches the transaction statement file 16, refers to the last column in which date data is stored, and adds +1 to the ticketing number in that column.
To obtain the next number as the next ticketing number, obtain information on the current date and time (up to the second) from an internal timer, and call the tally data generation and ticketing program 2b. The tally data generation and ticketing program 2b executes a ticketing process, and is executed by the MPU 1 to convert the two-dimensional barcode data corresponding to the ticket number, the current date, and the time acquired above into a predetermined function. , And is generated as two parts, each of which is assigned to two stub areas 20a and 20b and printed as a two-dimensional barcode. Further, the printing date and time are stored and registered in the next date column 18b corresponding to the current ticket issue number column 18a of the transaction specification file 16 and the next time column 18c, respectively. By the way, if the two-dimensional barcode data corresponding to the current date and time is simply C, the predetermined function is defined as a function of C = A + B. Stub area 20
The two-dimensional barcode data b (side B) is assigned as A and B, a two-dimensional barcode is generated according to these data, and the stub areas 20a and 20b are printed, respectively.

The tally data synthesizing / data acquiring program 2c is executed by the MPU 1 and obtained as two scanner inputs (image inputs) stored in the work area 2e.
From the read data of the two-dimensional barcode card A21 and the two-dimensional barcode card B22 corresponding to the barcodes of the two stub areas 20a and 20b, the two-dimensional bar of the ticket issue number, date and time in the inverse function when issuing the ticket. The ticket number, date and time are obtained from the reproduced two-dimensional barcode data by reproducing the code data and stored in the work area 2e,
The collation processing program 2d is called to cause the MPU 1 to execute. The collation processing program 2d is executed by the MPU 1 and reads out the date and time of the corresponding column corresponding to the matched issue number by referring to the issue number column of the transaction details file 16 using the reproduced issue number as a key, Determines whether the date and time played from the scanner data match,
If they match, a message for confirming the content is displayed on the display 17.

Next, the overall flow of the ticketing process and the confirmation process will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a function key for issuing a ticket is input from the keyboard 15, the input / output processing program 2a is called by a key input interrupt and the MPU 1
To obtain the ticket number next to the registered data (step 101), and then obtain the current date and time (up to the second) (step 102), and issue the ticket number, date and time Is stored in the work area 2e (step 103),
The MPU 1 executes the tally data generation and ticketing program 2b to generate two-dimensional barcode data corresponding to the ticket number, the current date, and the time into two parts according to a predetermined function (step 104). These are assigned to the two stub areas 20a and 20b, and the two-dimensional barcode of each part is printed (step 105).

On the other hand, when the scanner 14 is operated, the input / output processing program 2a is called by the scanner input interrupt and executed by the MPU 1, and the two-dimensional bar code data read by the scanner 14 is transmitted to the input / output interface 3. Received by the MPU 1 (step 201),
The image data is stored in the work area 2e (step 2).
02). Then, it is determined whether or not two image inputs have been made (step 203). If a determination of NO is received here, an input wait state is entered (step 204), and if there is an input from the scanner, the process returns to step 201. If the determination in step 203 is YES, the MPU 1 calls and executes the tally data composition / data acquisition program 2c, and the two bar code image data (two-dimensional bar code cards A21 and A21) stored in the work area 2e. The two-dimensional barcode card B22) is synthesized in accordance with the inverse function of the above-mentioned predetermined function to restore and generate the original two-dimensional barcode, which is converted to data to obtain the ticket number, date, and time (step 205). .

Next, the collation processing program 2d is sent to the MPU 1
Is executed, and it is determined whether or not there is data of the same issue number with reference to the issue number column 18a of the transaction statement file 16 using the generated issue number as a key (step 20).
6) If yes, the answer is YES, the date and time data are read from the next column of the same ticket number column and the next column (step 207), and the date and time at which the read date and time are generated It is determined whether or not the time matches (step 208). If the result of the determination is a match, a message for confirming the content is displayed on the display 17 (step 209), and the process ends. If they do not match, a message indicating that they cannot be confirmed is displayed (step 210), and the process ends. If the determination in step 206 is NO, a message indicating that there is no corresponding number is displayed (step 211), and the process ends.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an article delivery system according to another embodiment of the present invention, which shows a system having only a confirmation device. This is an example of the confirmation device 30 arranged at a different place in this case, since, for example, at an airport or the like, the boarding airport is a ticketing place and the getting-off airport is a confirmation place. 31 is a control unit, 32 is an input unit, and 33 is an output unit. 1 is provided with only the scanner 14 and the output unit 33 is provided with the display 17. In the control unit 31, an MPU 311 and a memory 312, an input / output interface 313, an interface 314, a communication control circuit 315, and the like are mutually connected via a bus 316.
The input / output interface 313 includes a scanner 14.
And the display 17 are connected to each other, and further connected to the control unit 10 shown in FIG. An external storage device 317 such as a hard disk is connected to the interface 314. The downloaded transaction statement file 16a is stored in the external storage device 317, and the contents of the transaction statement file 16a are stored in the transaction statement file 1 except that the transaction statement file 16a is downloaded.
6 and the same processing as in FIG. Although not shown in FIG. 1, in the case of this embodiment, the control unit 10 of the article delivery confirmation system 100
Is connected to the line 6 via a communication control circuit similar to the communication control circuit 315, thereby transmitting and receiving data to and from the confirmation device 30. At this time, the goods delivery confirmation system 1
00 is a ticket issuing device for the confirmation device 30.

The memory 312 has an input / output processing program 312 as a processing program to be executed by the MPU 311.
a, a download program 312b, a tally data synthesis / data acquisition program 312c, a collation processing program 312d, and the like, and a work area 312e is provided. Except for the download program 312b, each of these programs corresponds to each program having the same processing name in FIG. 1, and has a function simply as a confirmation device.
There is no functional part of the ticketing process as the output process.
Therefore, the detailed description is omitted because it is duplicated. The download program 312b is started periodically and stores data corresponding to its own device address in the control unit 1 in advance.
This program is downloaded to the transaction statement file 16a with reference to the column 18e of the transaction statement file 16 of the transaction No. 0. This enables confirmation by designating the receiving location.
If there is no collation data in the transaction statement file 16a, the inquiry may be sent to the article delivery confirmation system 100 and downloaded.

FIG. 5 shows an article delivery confirmation system according to another embodiment of the present invention, and particularly illustrates the format of the data of the transaction statement file 16 when used in a video rental store. Reference numeral 181 denotes an item number column indicating the order of records corresponding to the ticket issue number in the transaction statement file 16 in FIG. 2, and serves as a key for data search. 182 is a date column indicating the delivery date of the product (rental video) also corresponding to the date, 183 is a time column indicating the lending time also provided corresponding to the time, 184 is a column of the rented product name, 185 Is the column of the number of rented items, 186
Is a column of the selling price of the rented product, and 187 is a column showing the transaction category. The transaction category is a category related to special charges such as late-night lending, daytime lending, and same-day return.
The ticketing and collation are performed using the data in the item number columns as keys, and the data in the columns 181 to 187 are data to be input from the input device. It is substantially similar to the first embodiment. The data to be collated is only all data in columns 181 to 187 or data selected from these.

As described above, in the embodiment, the ticket number is automatically generated, but a number input from a keyboard may be used instead of the ticket number. In that case, it is necessary to use a number other than the number already stored in the issue number column of the transaction details file 16. Therefore, in such a case, the transaction statement file 1
When there is no matching number with reference to No. 6, the number may be adopted, and when there is a matching number, it may be instructed to input again. Note that such a number may be obtained by reading data written on a regulation sheet with a scanner, or reading data input from a keyboard by a staff member of a luggage depository or the like.

In the embodiment, the date and the time are used as the collation information, because the coincidence of numerical values can be avoided. Of course, these may be handled as one data and stored in one column. Therefore, any input data may be converted to two-dimensional barcode data. Further, data stored in advance may be used as the collation information. In these cases, it is necessary to make the date and time columns of the transaction statement file 16 into one data column, and use data different from the data already stored, like the ticket number. Therefore, in such a case, when there is no matching data with reference to the transaction specification file 16, the data is adopted, and when there is matching data, another data or re-input is made.

[0021]

As can be understood from the above description, according to the present invention, two-dimensional bar code data having an error correction code is divided into two parts, and the two-dimensional bar code data is generated in each area of one tag. To be physically divided,
When collating, the two-dimensional barcode of each physically divided part is read and the collation information is obtained, so that forgery of the bill can be prevented, dirt on the divided bill, fading of printed characters, etc. , It is possible to prevent reading errors and reading errors. As a result, it is possible to improve the reliability of the article delivery of the article delivery confirmation system and shorten the delivery time. Further, since it is only necessary to issue a two-dimensional barcode tag, a confirmation system using an inexpensive tag becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment to which an article delivery confirmation system of the present invention is applied.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams of the format of a barcode card and a transaction statement file. FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram of the two-dimensional barcode card, and FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram of a transaction statement file format. It is.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an overall flow of a ticketing process and a confirmation process.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an article delivery system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a data format of a transaction statement file in an article delivery confirmation system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... MPU, 2 ... memory, 2a ... input / output processing program, 2b ... tally data generation ticket issuing program, 2c ... tally data synthesis / data acquisition program, 2d ... collation processing program, 2e ... work area, 3 ... input / output Interface, 4 ... other interfaces, 5 ... mutual bus,
6 ... line, 10 ... control unit, 11 ... input unit, 12 ... output unit, 13 ... external storage device, 14 ... scanner, 15 ... keyboard, 16 ... transaction statement file, 17 ... display (the screen), 18 ... two Dimensional barcode printer, 20
... two-dimensional barcode card (card), 20a, 20b ... stub area, 21 ... two-dimensional barcode card A (baggage side), 22 ... two-dimensional barcode card B (owner side).

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Taichi Sugiyama 456 Sakai Nakaicho, Ashigarakami-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Hitachi Information Technology Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B035 AA15 BA07 BB01 BC00

Claims (4)

[Claims] An article delivery confirmation system for issuing a tag for article delivery and for confirming the validity of article delivery by the issued tag when receiving the article, comprising: The two-dimensional barcode data having the error correction code corresponding to the first search information for searching the first collation information is divided into two parts in accordance with a predetermined function, and the two-dimensional barcode data are generated in one piece. Ticket issuing means for printing as a two-dimensional barcode on each of the dividable areas of the bill; storage means for storing the first collation information in association with the first search information; The two-dimensional barcodes of the respective parts of the tag that have been divided are read, and the data of the two-dimensional barcode is synthesized according to the inverse function of the predetermined function, and the second verification information and Combining / data obtaining means for obtaining the second search information; and searching the storage means based on the second search information obtained by the combining / data obtaining means, and searching the storage means corresponding to the first search information. An article delivery confirmation system, comprising: a collation unit that acquires first collation information and collates the first collation information with the second collation information. 2. The bill is divided into two parts having the two-dimensional barcode printed on the respective areas, one of which is attached to the article, and the other is a person who should confirm the legitimacy. The article delivery confirmation system according to claim 1, which is passed to the user. 3. A ticket issuing device having said ticket issuing means and said data storage means, and a confirmation device having said synthesizing / data acquiring means and collating means, wherein said ticket issuing device and said confirmation device are located at different places. 3. The article delivery confirmation system according to claim 2, wherein said first collation information and said first search information stored in said data storage means are transferred to said confirmation device by being arranged and connected by a line. 4. An article delivery confirmation method for issuing a tag for article delivery and confirming the validity of article delivery by the issued tag when the article is received. Issue the tag printed with a two-dimensional barcode having the following, physically divide the tag into two, store one with the article, pass the other to the person who delivered the article, and An article delivery confirmation method, comprising combining the one and the other and reading the article as a two-dimensional barcode, obtaining the original two-dimensional barcode, and confirming the validity of delivery of the article.