JP2015071492A - Object location management system, and server-side management system and terminal-side management system for object location management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an object location management system that achieves confirmation of a location of a management object with simple steps and effectively achieves a search of the lost management object.SOLUTION: An IC tag 51 recording a management tag ID is attached to a management object 50. When a portable terminal 20 approaches the IC tag 51, a program 40 at terminal side starts to operate and transmits the management tag ID and terminal owner individual information of the portable terminal 20 to an object location management server 10. A location of the management object 50 is confirmed when the transmitted information coincides with a previously stored combination of the management tag ID and a terminal owner individual information 21. The program 40 at terminal side periodically transmits position information acquired from a self position acquisition part 27 to the object location management server 10, and the position information is stored as management tag history information. When the management object 50 is lost, the stored management tag history information is plotted on a map and published to assist a search of the management object 50.

Description

  The present invention relates to an article location management system having support for reporting / confirming the location of a managed object by a user and a warning notification function when the location confirmation of the managed object is not notified from the user. Furthermore, the present invention provides a server side management system and a terminal side management system applied to the article location management system.

  In the past, when managing the location of items to be managed, such as company equipment and loaned items from business partners, the location of the actual product is confirmed by the administrator and the borrowed user. The management of who is currently borrowed by documents and what time is the return date. However, when the management object is often lost, it is during the movement of the user or after returning home, and when searching for this, the user has to rely on the uncertain memory of the user, and the probability of discovery is very high. It was low.

  In Cited Document 1, as a system for preventing loss of a loaned item, the storage location of the loaned item is registered in advance, a confirmation request notification is transmitted from the lender to the borrower terminal, and the borrower issues a confirmation request notification. A configuration for receiving a confirmation response including the current position of the borrowed product is disclosed. In addition, flexible notification according to the risk of loss by changing the frequency of the confirmation request notification according to the response time from the confirmation request notification to the confirmation response notification and the distance from the storage location to the current location of the loaned item A method for automatically setting the interval is also disclosed.

JP 2012-203890 A

  However, Patent Document 1 assumes that position information of a loaned product is used for a confirmation response notification as a specific method of confirming the location of a loaned item to be managed, and an image is taken as the specific method, and the position in the image is determined. The information is attached and transmitted, but it is necessary to visually check the transmitted image to confirm whether the confirmation response notification is actually performed correctly. Further, no mention is made of the case where image transmission is not used as a means for notification of confirmation response, and it is not guaranteed that the system can surely confirm the location of the loaned item. Furthermore, the procedure up to image capturing and transmission is troublesome for the borrower, and it is very burdensome to confirm the location on a daily basis.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and by realizing the location confirmation of the management target object by a simple procedure, the troublesomeness of the location confirmation is eliminated, thereby preventing the loss of the management target object. It is another object of the present invention to provide an article location management system for efficiently realizing a search in case of loss.

  The article location management system of the present invention includes a management tag ID storage unit that stores a management tag ID, a management tag ID reading unit that can read the management tag ID from the management tag ID storage unit, and uniquely identifies the device itself. A terminal device that stores the terminal owner individual information that can be specified in the communication device, and the terminal device is connected to be communicable, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are associated with each other The management tag ID storage means is attached to the management object, the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is read by the terminal device, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means The terminal owner individual information of the terminal device is transmitted to the server, the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means Combinations of, by matching to determine whether a combination previously stored in said server, and performs a location confirmation of the managed object.

  Further, the article location management system of the present invention is characterized in that if the location confirmation is not performed within a predetermined period, a warning is sent from the server to the terminal device to confirm the location.

  Further, in the article location management system of the present invention, the terminal device includes a self-position acquisition unit, the self-position information obtained by the self-position acquisition unit, the terminal owner individual information, and the management tag ID storage Management tag history information, which is information associated with the management tag ID of the means, is periodically transmitted to the server, accumulated as position history information in the storage unit of the server, and a management object loss notification from the terminal device Is received, the position information accumulated in the storage unit of the server is displayed on the map as an action history, and is disclosed as a search site for managed objects.

  In addition, when the location confirmation is performed, the article location management system of the present invention performs the location confirmation among the terminal owner individual information and the position history information corresponding to the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means. It is characterized in that the latest position information is deleted from the position history information accumulated before the display.

In the article location management system according to the present invention, the management tag ID storage means is an IC tag, and the management tag ID reading means is an IC tag reader.

In the article location management system of the present invention, the management tag ID storage means is a QR code (registered trademark), and the management tag ID reading means is a camera function capable of reading the QR code (registered trademark). Features.

  The article location management method of the present invention includes a management tag ID storage unit that stores a management tag ID, a management tag ID reading unit that can read the management tag ID from the management tag ID storage unit, and uniquely identifies the device itself. A terminal device that stores the terminal owner individual information that can be specified in the communication device, and the terminal device is connected to be communicable, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are associated with each other An article location management method using an article location management system comprising a server for storing, wherein the management tag ID storage means is attached to an object to be managed, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means by the terminal device And transmits the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device to the server, and the terminal owner of the terminal device The server determines whether the combination of the different information and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance, and confirms the location of the management target object by determining that the combination matches. It is characterized by that.

  The server-side management system adapted to the article location management system of the present invention attaches a management tag ID storage means to a management object, and includes a management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and terminal owner individual information of the terminal device, Is transmitted to the server, and is a server-side management system adapted to an article location management system for confirming the location of the management object, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means read by the terminal device and The terminal owner individual information of the terminal device is received, and whether or not the combination of the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance. The location of the management object is confirmed by determining with the server and determining that they match.

  The terminal device side management system applied to the article location management system of the present invention attaches a management tag ID storage means to a management object, the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device Is transmitted to the server, and the terminal device side management system adapted to the article location management system for confirming the location of the management target object, the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management by the server In order to determine whether the combination with the management tag ID of the tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance, the terminal device reads the management tag ID of the read management tag ID storage means, and the terminal The terminal owner individual information of the device is transmitted to the server.

  According to the article location management system of the present invention, for example, a wireless tag that stores a management tag ID is attached to a management target in order to link the management target, and terminal owner individual information such as a mobile phone is used. By uniquely identifying the owner and linking the management tag ID stored in the IC tag with the terminal owner individual information, the managed object and the owner can be linked. Further, the association between the management tag ID and the terminal owner individual information is stored in the server in advance, the wireless tag is read by the wireless tag reading means of the terminal, and the management tag ID and the individual terminal owner are individually read from the terminal toward the server. By transmitting the information, it can be determined that the management object to which the wireless tag is attached and the user who owns the mobile phone are present at the same location, and this can be used to confirm the location.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of a structure of the article location management system in the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional outline of a terminal side program same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the item list of the various tables memorize | stored as article location management terminal information same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows the functional outline of a server side program same as the above. It is explanatory drawing which shows the item list of the various tables memorize | stored as article location management information same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the article location management system for associating a management target object and a user same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the terminal side program which acquires position information regularly. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the server side program which records the positional information transmitted from a portable terminal same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the terminal side program regarding the location confirmation of a management target object, and a server side program same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the server side program regarding the presence or absence of a location confirmation notification within a predetermined period, and a warning notification. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the terminal side program at the time of losing a management target object same as the above. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the server side program at the time of a loss notification being made from the terminal same as the above. It is a table | surface which shows the list of the status in managing a management target object same as the above.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The following embodiment is one form when the present invention is embodied, and is not intended to limit the present invention within the scope thereof. The article location management system 1 as an overall system of the present invention is configured by a server side management system and a terminal side management system as subsystems.

  The article location management system 1 of the present invention attaches an IC tag 51 registered in advance to a management target object 50 to be subject to location management, and reads the IC tag 51 by the portable terminal 20, whereby the location of the management target object 50 is detected. It is intended to manage. This embodiment will be described with reference to an example in which article location management of a plurality of companies is managed by one system.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an outline of the entire article location management system 1 of this embodiment. The article location management system 1 includes an article location management server 10 and a personal terminal 30 such as a portable terminal 20 or a PC. The article location management server 10 includes a communication unit 11, a control unit 12, and a storage unit 13. The storage unit 13 stores a server-side program 60 that operates on the article-location management server 10 and article-location management information 61 that is various data used by the server-side program 60. Note that the IC tag 51 is affixed to the management object 50 as described above. When the user moves, the management object 50 is stored in a search object 52 such as a bag.

  The portable terminal 20 includes terminal owner individual information 21, a communication unit 22, a control unit 23, a storage unit 24, an IC tag reader 25, a camera 26, and a self position acquisition unit 27. Similarly, the personal terminal 30 includes terminal owner individual information 31, a communication unit 32, a control unit 33, a storage unit 34, and a self-position acquisition unit 35. Further, the personal terminal 30 is connected with an IC tag reader 36 as an external connection device. The terminal owner individual information 21 of the mobile terminal 20 specifically indicates terminal-specific information such as a SIM card and a telephone number of the mobile phone terminal. In addition, the self-position acquisition unit 27 of the mobile terminal 20 specifically includes a position detection function by GPS or Wi-Fi, and a combination thereof.

  The storage unit 24 of the portable terminal 20 stores a terminal side program 40 and article location management terminal information 41 used by the terminal side program 40. The terminal side program 40 will be described with reference to FIG. The terminal-side program 40 includes a management tag registration / editing function 40a, a location confirmation function 40b, a policy display function 40c, a management tag status notification function 40d, a location information periodic acquisition / notification function 40e, and a location history disclosure function 40f. Consists of

  Next, an outline of information stored in the article location management terminal information 41 will be described with reference to FIG. The terminal information table 41a stores information related to the mobile terminal 20 and the owner of the mobile terminal 20. The management tag information table 41b stores information that associates the management target object 50 with the management tag ID obtained from the read IC tag 51. The management tag history information table 41c stores the date and time when the location is confirmed by reading the IC tag 51 by the mobile terminal 20, and the location information of the mobile terminal 20 at that time. The policy information table 41d stores a policy regarding the location confirmation of the management target.

  Data stored in the article location management terminal information 41 will be described in detail. Note that the underlined items in the figure are primary keys, and indicate items used when uniquely specifying a plurality of rows registered in each table. The terminal information table 41a is composed of the following items. The “company ID” stores the ID of the company to which the user belongs. In the “terminal ID”, the terminal owner individual information 21 of the portable terminal 20 is duplicated and stored. The “terminal name” stores a model number and the like. The “terminal mail address” stores an electronic mail address that can be received by the mobile terminal 20. The “user” stores the user name of the mobile terminal 20. The “date and time of last confirmation” stores the date and time when the location confirmation process described below was last performed. The “last position information” stores the position information acquired last in either the location confirmation process or the regular position information acquisition process. The “location history disclosure password” stores a composite of encrypted data when using the location history disclosure function described later and a password used for authentication processing for location history disclosure.

  The management tag information table 41b includes the following items. “Management tag ID” stores the management tag ID read from the IC tag 51. “Management tag name” optionally stores the name of the management target 50. The “tag type” stores what management tag is used. In this embodiment, an example in which the IC tag 51 is used will be described in detail. However, other QR codes (registered trademark) or the like can also be used, and a value for identifying and managing these is stored in the “tag type”. Is done. The “terminal ID” stores the terminal owner individual information 21 of the mobile terminal 20. As a result, the IC tag 51 and the portable terminal 20 can be associated with each other, and accordingly, the management object 50 and the user can be associated with each other. The “status” stores the status of the management target 50 shown in FIG. In the “material image”, an image of the management object 50 and the search object 52 is stored. The date and time when the location confirmation process of the management target object 50 corresponding to the “management tag ID” was last performed is stored in “final confirmation date and time”. “Final position information” stores the position information acquired when the location confirmation process of the management target object 50 corresponding to the “management tag ID” is performed last. The primary key of the management tag information table 41b is “management tag ID”, and this makes it possible to uniquely identify a row.

  The management tag history information table 41c includes the following items. “Management tag history ID” is automatically numbered. The “management tag ID” stores the management tag ID read from the IC tag 51. In the “registration type”, 0 is stored in the case of data registered by the location confirmation process described later, and 1 is stored in the case of data registered by the position information periodic acquisition process. The “terminal ID” stores the terminal owner individual information 21 of the mobile terminal 20. The “management tag name” stores the name of the management object 50 and the like. In the “tag type”, a value for specifying the type of the management tag is stored as in the management tag information table 41b. In “Status”, the status of the IC tag 50 when the row is registered, that is, the status of the management target 50 is stored. “Position information” stores the position information of the mobile terminal 20 at the time when the row is registered. The main keys of the management tag history information table 41c are “management tag history ID” and “management tag ID”, and a row can be uniquely specified by these two items.

  The policy information table 41d includes the following items. The “unconfirmed warning interval” stores a time interval until a warning is transmitted when the location confirmation process described later is not performed. The “unregistered warning interval” stores a time interval for notifying the warning when the association between the management target 50 and the IC tag 51 is completed and the IC tag 51 and the portable terminal 20 are not associated. . The “behavior log acquisition interval” stores a time interval at which the position information periodic acquisition / notification function 40e is activated. In the “behavior log transmission flag”, the position information acquired by the position information periodic acquisition / notification function 40e is transmitted to the article location management server 10, or stored in the portable terminal 20 and not transmitted to the article location management server 10. A value for determining whether or not is stored.

  Next, the server-side program 60 of the article location management server 10 will be described based on the functional block diagram shown in FIG. The server-side program 60 includes a management tag registration function 60a, a terminal registration function 60b, a warning notification function 60c, an action log registration function 60e, and a search site notification function 60f.

  Next, an outline of information stored in the article location management information 61 stored in the storage unit 13 of the article location management server 10 will be described with reference to FIG. The company master 61a stores information for uniquely identifying the company to be used. The terminal master 61b is used for the article location management system 1 and stores information of the portable terminal 20 that reads the IC tag 51. The management tag master 61c manages the management tag ID of the IC tag 51 assigned to each company, that is, manages the management target object 50 by this. The management tag history table 61d stores position information transmitted from the mobile terminal 20. The policy master 61e stores policies relating to operations of the terminal-side program 40 and the server-side program 40 for each company.

  Data stored in the article location management information 61 will be described in detail. As in the description of the article location management terminal information 41, the underlined items in the figure are primary keys, and indicate items used to uniquely specify a plurality of rows registered in each table. The company master 61 includes the following items. The “company ID” stores a company ID for uniquely identifying a specific company from a plurality of registered companies. “Company name” stores the company name associated with the company ID. The “manager ID” stores an authentication ID when directly accessing the article location management server 10. The “manager mail address” stores a mail address that is a notification destination when notification to the administrator other than the parties must be performed in the loss notification processing described later.

  The terminal master 61b includes the following items. The “company ID” stores a company ID for uniquely identifying a specific company from a plurality of registered companies. The “terminal ID” stores the terminal owner individual information 21 of the mobile terminal 20. The “terminal name” stores a model number and the like. The “terminal mail address” stores an electronic mail address that can be transmitted and received by the mobile terminal 20 corresponding to the terminal ID. “User” stores the name of the user of the portable terminal 20 corresponding to the terminal ID. “Final confirmation date” stores the date and time when the location confirmation was last performed by the mobile terminal 20 corresponding to the terminal ID. “Final position information” stores the position information of the portable terminal 20 acquired when the location confirmation was last performed by the portable terminal 20 corresponding to the terminal ID. The terminal master 61b uses “company ID” and “terminal ID” as main keys, and can uniquely identify a row based on these items.

  The management tag master 61c is composed of the following items. The “company ID” stores a company ID for uniquely identifying a specific company from a plurality of registered companies. The “management tag ID” stores the management tag ID read from the IC tag 51. The other items conform to the same item name in the management tag information table 41b. The management tag master 61c uses “company ID” and “management tag ID” as main keys, and can uniquely identify a row based on these items.

  The management tag history table 61d includes the following items. The “management tag history ID” stores an ID automatically assigned when data is registered. The “company ID” stores a company ID for uniquely identifying a specific company from a plurality of registered companies. The “management tag ID” stores the management tag ID read from the IC tag 51. The other items conform to the same item name in the management tag history information table 41c.

  The operation of the article location management system 1 having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. The policy information table 41d and the policy master 61e are assumed to have preset values for each company, and can be confirmed by the policy display function 40c of the mobile terminal 20 or the like. Needless to say, the article location management system 1 may be provided with a function for changing these values so as to be appropriately changeable.

  The user introduces the terminal-side program 40 into the mobile terminal 20 owned by the user and activates the terminal-side program 40. At that time, on the input screen (not shown), as the use registration, the company ID, the input of the e-mail address addressed to the mobile terminal 20, the user name of the terminal owner, the access permission to the terminal owner individual information 21, and at the time of loss Set location history disclosure password to be input when publishing location history. The input information and the terminal ID obtained by accessing the terminal owner individual information 21 are stored in the terminal information table 41 a of the article location management terminal information 41.

  Subsequently, in order to manage the location of the management target object 50, preparations for associating the management target object 50, the IC tag 51 attached to the management target object 50, and the person who manages the management target object 50 are prepared. Will be described with reference to FIG. The management tag registration function 60a of the server-side program 60 is accessed by the management terminal 70 or the like. At that time, the company ID is acquired by performing login authentication or the like. The management tag ID stored in the IC tag 51 attached to the management object 50 is read by an IC tag reader (not shown) (S601). The management terminal 70 transmits the company ID and the read management tag ID to the article location management server 10 from the management terminal 70. (S602). The management tag registration function 60a of the article location management server 10 waits for the management tag master 61c to register the company ID received in “company ID” and the management tag ID received in “management tag ID” in “status”. Is set in each item and registered as new data (S603). In this way, the managed object 50 and the IC tag 51 are linked, the IC tag 51 is attached to the managed object 50, and the managed object 50 is delivered by the user. The user acquires the management tag ID by reading the IC tag 51 attached to the management target object 50 with the IC tag reader 25 of the portable terminal 20. The terminal-side program 40 of the mobile terminal 20 activates the management tag registration / editing function 40a, acquires the terminal owner individual information 21 of the mobile terminal 20, and can be received by the company ID, the user's name, and the mobile terminal 20. An e-mail address is entered (S604). The acquired company ID, user name, terminal owner individual information 21, electronic mail address and management tag ID are transmitted together to the article location management server 10 (S605), and the article location management server 10 receives this (S606). ). The server-side program 60 of the article location management server 10 activates the terminal registration function 60b, and the terminal owner individual information 21 received in the "terminal ID" is the company ID received in the "company ID" with respect to the terminal master 61b. Are registered as new data by setting the e-mail address in the “terminal mail address”, the user name in the “user”, and the respective items. Further, the management tag master 61c is extracted based on the received management tag ID and company ID, the terminal owner individual information 21 is set in the “terminal ID” of the obtained data, and the value indicating registered is set in the “status”. Then, it is updated (S607).

  Note that a plurality of IC tags 51, that is, a plurality of management objects 50 can be registered in the mobile terminal 20. At that time, it is necessary to perform the above-mentioned advance preparation for the number of management objects 50. The registered management target object 50 can be shown and confirmed by an appropriate display method such as a list display using the article location management terminal side program 40.

  Next, the position information regular acquisition / notification function 40e by the mobile terminal 20 that has been prepared in advance will be described with reference to FIG. The position information acquisition / notification function 40e is periodically activated and executed for each management tag ID (S701). The activated position information acquisition / notification function 40e instructs the self position acquisition unit 27 via the control unit 23 of the mobile terminal 20 to acquire the self position information (S702). Subsequently, the “behavior log acquisition method” in the policy information table 41d of the article location management terminal information 41 is read, and it is determined whether or not the position information is transmitted to the article location management server 10 (S703). When the location information is set to be transmitted as the policy information (S704 yes), the location information is encrypted based on the location history public password in the terminal information table 41a (S705). Thereafter, the management tag ID, company ID, and encrypted location information are transmitted to the article location management server 10 (S706). When it is set not to transmit the position information as the policy information (S704 no), the management tag history information table 41c of the article location management terminal information 41 shows the ID automatically assigned to the “management tag history ID”. “Management tag ID” is the management tag ID, “Registration type” is 1 indicating that it has been registered by the location information periodic acquisition process, “Registration date / time” is the system time, and “Location information” is the location acquired. Information is set in each item and registered as new data (S707).

  The operation of the action log registration function 60e of the article location management server 10 when receiving the management tag ID, the company ID and the encrypted position information transmitted from the position information periodic acquisition / notification function 40e described above is shown in FIG. This will be explained based on. The management tag ID, company ID, and encrypted location information are received from the portable terminal 20 via the communication network (S801). In the management tag history table 61d of the article location management information 61, the management tag ID is automatically assigned as the “management tag history ID”, the received company ID as the “company ID”, and the management ID received as the “management tag ID”. The tag ID, “registration type” is 1 indicating that it has been registered by the location information periodic acquisition process, “registration date / time” is the system time, and “location information” is the received encrypted location information. Each item is set and registered as new data (S802). By periodically performing the processing as described above, the history of what position the mobile terminal 20 has moved through is accumulated in the database, so that the mobile terminal can be lost when the management target 50 described later is lost. It is possible to clarify 20 movement paths and to easily identify a lost position.

  Next, location confirmation and position information automatic deletion processing will be described with reference to FIG. The user needs to confirm the location of the management target object 50 by a predetermined time. The portable terminal 20 is brought close to the IC tag 51 attached to the management object 50 (S901). The terminal-side program 40 is activated when the IC tag reader 25 detects the IC tag 51 (S902). The management tag ID is read from the IC tag 51 by the IC tag reader 25 (S903). If the management tag ID of the IC tag 51 can be read, the management tag status notification function 40d of the terminal-side program 40 notifies the location management server 10 that the location of the management target 50 has been confirmed, and notifies the location confirmation notification. The company ID and management tag ID are included and transmitted (S904). The server-side program 60 that has received the location confirmation notification activates the location confirmation function 60c, extracts the management tag master 61d based on the received company ID and management tag ID, and sets the “status” of the corresponding line to confirmed. Then, the time when the location confirmation notification is received is set and updated in the “last confirmation date” (S905). Similarly, after the location is confirmed in the portable terminal 20, the “status” in the row corresponding to the management tag ID in the management tag information table 41b is confirmed, and the current time is set in the “last confirmation date”. Further, the self-position information obtained from the self-position information acquisition unit 27 is stored and updated in the “final position information” of the management tag information table 41b (S906).

  Subsequently, referring to the “behavior log transmission flag” in the policy information table 41d, when the “behavior log transmission flag” is off, the management tag information table 41b is extracted based on the management tag ID, and the management tag ID Get “Last Confirmation Date”. Further, similarly, based on the management tag ID, the “registration date / time” of the management tag history information table 41c is referred to, and the line before the “final confirmation date / time” acquired by the “registration date / time” is deleted. Similarly, when the “behavior log transmission flag” is ON, the management tag master 61c is extracted based on the management tag ID for the management tag history table 61e of the article location management server 10, and the “last confirmation date and time” of the management tag ID is extracted. Is obtained. Further, similarly, the “registration date / time” of the management tag history table 61d is referred to based on the management tag ID, and the line before the “last confirmation date / time” acquired by the “registration date / time” is deleted.

  Thereby, the position information notified before the time when the user confirms the location of the management target object 50 can be deleted. By deleting unnecessary position information before location confirmation is performed, accurate position information of the user in preparation for loss can be recorded as an action log. The position information is personal information important for the user. The provision of location information is not desirable for the user although it is necessary for business, and from the viewpoint of privacy protection, it should be avoided that the location information is always transmitted to the server. By deleting the location information before confirming the location, the user's privacy can be considered as much as possible.

  Next, an operation of determining whether or not a warning notification is necessary for each management tag ID by the warning notification function 60d and notifying the mobile terminal 20 when a warning is necessary will be described with reference to FIG. In this example, each timer is set in advance, and the following processing is performed when the set time is reached. Further, since it is necessary to carry out each management object 50, it is assumed that “company ID” and “management tag ID” have already passed to the warning notification function 60d as parameters.

  First, in order to determine whether the location of the management tag ID has been confirmed and to notify the warning, the data whose “status” is registered, confirmed, or discovered is based on the company ID and the management tag ID. The management tag master 61c is extracted to acquire the “last confirmation date”. Further, “unconfirmed warning interval” is acquired from the policy master based on the company ID. If “last confirmation date + unconfirmed warning interval <system time” is not satisfied from the two acquired values (No in S1001), it is determined that the location confirmation of the management target 50 is neglected within a predetermined time, and the management tag ID The “terminal ID” is acquired from the management tag master 61c based on the terminal ID, the “terminal mail address” of the terminal master 61b is acquired based on the terminal ID, and the “status” is set to awaiting confirmation (S1002). Thereafter, a warning notification mail indicating that the location has not been confirmed is transmitted to the acquired terminal mail address (S1004). In addition, the management target object that has been notified of the warning is notified to the administrator email address in order to notify the administrator (S1005). When “final confirmation date + unconfirmed warning interval <system time” is satisfied (S1001 yes), it is assumed that location confirmation has been performed within a predetermined time, and the “status” of the data corresponding to the management tag ID in the management tag master 61c "Is updated to" confirmed ", and the process is terminated (S1003). In the above process, warning notification determination may be performed for all the management tag IDs in a batch process and the warning notification may be performed.

  By performing the location confirmation warning notification as described above, it is possible to prompt the user to periodically perform the location confirmation process of the management target object 50, and to obtain the effect of preventing the occurrence of an accident such as loss. In addition, the mobile terminal 20 and the administrator terminal 70 have a function that can change the “status” from “waiting for confirmation” to “stop” for each management tag ID, and perform the location confirmation processing for each management tag ID. By enabling skipping, for example, when a user can grasp in advance a state in which location confirmation cannot be performed due to a long vacation, etc., a warning notification may be avoided by executing this function.

  Next, the operation of the article location management system 1 when the management object 50 is lost will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. When the user notices that the management object 50 is lost, the location history disclosure function 40f of the article location management terminal side program 40 is activated and a list (not shown) of management tag IDs registered in the portable terminal 20 is displayed. Then, a loss notification button of the management tag ID corresponding to the lost management object 50 is pressed (S1101). In response to pressing of the loss notification button, the article location management terminal side program 40 refers to the policy information table 41d and acquires the “behavior log transmission flag” (S1102). Only when the “behavior log transmission flag” is off (S1103 no), the management tag history information table 41c is searched based on the management tag ID corresponding to the lost management target object 50, and the row related to the management tag ID. And all the extracted information including the position information of plaintext is transmitted to the article location management server 10 (S1104). Thereafter, the company ID, the management tag ID, and the location history disclosure password are transmitted to disclose the behavior log regardless of whether the “activity log transmission flag” is turned on or off (S1105).

  When the loss notification is received, the company ID, the management tag ID, and the location history public password are received. When the “behavior log transmission flag” is OFF, the information extracted from the management tag history information table 41c is received. A search map site is disclosed by the article location management server 10 as shown. First, it is determined whether or not the “behavior log transmission flag” of the policy master 61e is on (S1201). When the action log transmission flag is ON, the management tag history table 61d is extracted based on the received company ID and management tag ID, and the stored location information is encrypted by the location history public password (S1202). . When the action log transmission flag is off, plain text position information is sent from the mobile terminal 20 as described above. Subsequently, as the lost history registration process, the decrypted position information is updated to the management tag history table 61e, or the plaintext position information transmitted from the portable terminal 20 is registered in the management tag history table 61e. Further, the “status” in the row of the management tag master 61c and the management tag history table 61e extracted by the company ID and the management tag ID is updated to “lost” (S1203). Thereafter, the location information of the management tag history table 61e extracted based on the notified management tag ID is plotted on the map as a place that may have been lost (S1204). The map thus completed is disclosed as a search site, and is notified to the mobile terminal 20, the administrator terminal 70, the searcher-owned mobile terminal 71, and the administrator mobile terminal 72 (S1205).

  By the operation as described above, when the user loses the management target object 50, the user can automatically plot and publish a possible loss location on the map without having to trace his / her memory. Therefore, the searcher only needs to search based on this map, and the search efficiency becomes very high even when the memory of the place where the user's management object 50 is lost is ambiguous. In addition, when the location of the management target 50 is confirmed by the mobile terminal 20, the location information before the location confirmation is deleted, so that the accuracy of the location information plotted on the map is improved in addition to privacy protection. There is an effect that it can be kept high.

  When the searcher discovers the management object 50 that has been lost, it can be notified to the search site disclosure function 60f of the article location management server 10 from a search site (not shown). Upon receiving the notification, the search site disclosure function 60f extracts the management tag master 61c based on the management tag ID corresponding to the management target object 50, and assumes that the “status” of the corresponding data has already been discovered. In response to this, the fact that the lost management object 50 has been found is displayed on the search site that is open to the public, and prompts other searchers to cancel the search operation.

  According to the article location management system as described above, the work related to the location management of the management target 50 can be simplified, and it is not necessary to contact the manager in charge using telephone or e-mail. The location of the management target product 50 can be confirmed by a limited procedure. In addition, even if there is no report from the user who owns the management target product 50, a warning can be issued so that the location is automatically confirmed, and even if a warning occurs, the management manager is also notified. Therefore, even if the management target product 50 is lost or the like, it is possible to respond quickly. Furthermore, since the location information of the portable terminal 20 possessed by the user is collected, the history of the location information of the portable terminal can be immediately displayed on the map even when the managed product 50 is lost. Therefore, influential information at the time of searching for the management object 50 or the like can be provided quickly. Since the location information before the location confirmation is not displayed on the map because the location information before the location confirmation is deleted each time the location confirmation is performed, the location information of the mobile terminal 20 is not searched. As the accuracy of information improves, it is possible to give maximum consideration to the privacy of users.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various deformation | transformation implementation is possible within the range of the summary of this invention. For example, a near field communication tag (NFC) that replaces the IC tag 51 may be used, or a QR code (registered trademark) 52 may be used as shown in FIG. At that time, it is needless to say that the tag reader 4 needs to be a corresponding reader. For example, when the QR code (registered trademark) 52 is used instead of the IC tag 51, the mobile terminal 20 needs to have a camera function capable of reading the QR code (registered trademark) instead of the IC tag reader 25. There is. Further, even if the portable terminal 20 does not include the IC tag reader 25, it is needless to say that the same configuration can be obtained by connecting an external IC tag reader separately. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a personal terminal 30 such as a personal computer may be used instead of the mobile terminal 20. At that time, the accuracy of the position information is lower than that of the GPS of the mobile terminal 20, but the position information provided from a wireless communication network or a network operator is taken as the self position. Further, it is necessary to uniquely identify the user by using the IP address, MAC address, login information, etc. as appropriate as the terminal owner individual information 31.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Goods location management system 10 Goods location management server 20 Portable terminal (terminal device)
30 Personal terminal (terminal equipment)
25, 36 IC tag reader 26 Camera 27, 35 Self-position acquisition unit 40 Terminal side program 41 Article location management terminal information 50 Management object 51 IC tag (management tag ID storage means)
60 Server-side program 61 Goods location management information

Claims (9)

Management tag ID storage means for storing the management tag ID;
A terminal device that stores management tag ID reading means capable of reading the management tag ID from the management tag ID storage means and stores terminal owner individual information that can uniquely identify the own device;
The terminal is communicably connected, and is configured by a server that stores the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device in association with each other,
The management tag ID storage means is attached to the management object,
The management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is read by the terminal device, the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are transmitted to the server,
Whether the combination of the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance is determined and matched by the server, thereby the management object An article location management system characterized by confirming the location of a product.   2. The article location management system according to claim 1, wherein if the location confirmation is not performed within a predetermined period of time, a warning is issued from the server to confirm the location to the terminal device. The terminal device includes a self-position acquisition unit, and is information that associates the self-position information obtained by the self-position acquisition unit, the terminal owner individual information, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage unit. A certain management tag history information is periodically transmitted to the server, accumulated as position history information in the storage unit of the server,
When the management object loss notification is received from the terminal device, the location information accumulated in the storage unit of the server is displayed on the map as an action history, and is disclosed as a management object search site. The article location management system according to claim 1 or 2.   When the location confirmation is performed, from the location history information accumulated before the location confirmation is performed among the location history information corresponding to the management tag ID of the terminal owner individual information and the management tag ID storage means 4. The article location management system according to claim 3, wherein the article location management system is deleted except for the latest one.   5. The article location management system according to claim 1, wherein the management tag ID storage means is an IC tag, and the management tag ID reading means is an IC tag reader.   5. The management tag ID storage means is a QR code (registered trademark), and the management tag ID reading means is a camera function capable of reading the QR code (registered trademark). Item location management system according to item 1. Management tag ID storage means for storing the management tag ID;
A terminal device that stores management tag ID reading means capable of reading the management tag ID from the management tag ID storage means and stores terminal owner individual information that can uniquely identify the own device;
An article using an article location management system that is communicably connected to the terminal device and includes a server that stores the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means in association with the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device. Location management method,
The management tag ID storage means is attached to the management object,
The management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is read by the terminal device, the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are transmitted to the server,
Whether the combination of the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance is determined by the server, and the management is performed by determining that they match. An article location management method, wherein the location of an object is confirmed. A management tag ID storage means is attached to the management object, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are transmitted to the server to confirm the location of the management object. A server-side management system adapted to a location management system,
Receiving the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means read by the terminal device and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device;
Whether the combination of the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance is determined by the server, and the management is performed by determining that they match. 2. The server side management system adapted to the article location management system according to claim 1, wherein the location of the object is confirmed. A management tag ID storage means is attached to the management object, and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are transmitted to the server to confirm the location of the management object. A terminal device side management system adapted to a location management system,
In order for the server to determine whether the combination of the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device and the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means is a combination stored in advance, the terminal device reads 2. The terminal device adapted to the article location management system according to claim 1, wherein the management tag ID of the management tag ID storage means and the terminal owner individual information of the terminal device are transmitted to the server. Side management system.

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