KR101189512B1 - Association system using a marker and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a production history of a product that provides a production history of the product to the consumer by storing a plurality of images taken by photographing the situation of the production history of the product using a smartphone with a camera in a web server for each identification number A system and method thereof are provided.
The association system using a marker for providing a production history of the product includes a producer terminal equipped with a camera, a consumer terminal, a web server, and a marker label.
According to the present invention, the production history of each product is stored with the identification number, and when the consumer terminal requests the production history of the product, by extracting the production history of the product according to the identification number and showing the production history information on the corresponding product to the consumer Can be provided.

Description

Association system using a marker and its method {Association system using a marker and method

The present invention is a correlation system and method using a marker, and more particularly, a correlation system and method for efficiently managing and grasping information on a production history of a product using a smartphone with a camera. It is about.

As living standards improve and health and environmental concerns grow, interest in the production process of agricultural and livestock products is increasing. In the past, in order to confirm the production process of agricultural and livestock products, the process was directly visited to confirm the process, which is very difficult for the general consumer.

In order to solve this problem, recently, a technology of receiving product information from the web by using radio frequency identification (RFID) has been used to check the production history of agricultural and livestock products. For example, the RFID tag attached to the vegetable box in the market using a RFID reader to read the information of the RFID tag, and access a predetermined web from the information to obtain information or data about the vegetable.

However, in order to use RFID, it is necessary to purchase an RFID reader on the consumer side and an RFID writer on the producer side. Therefore, there is a need for a technology capable of efficiently managing and receiving information of a product without an RFID reader / writer.

The technical problem of the present invention is to provide a system and method capable of providing a production history of goods without using an RFID system to solve the above practicality problem. More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system and method for efficiently managing and grasping information on the cultivation history of agricultural products using a smartphone with a camera.

Technical configuration of the mutual association system using a marker (marker) according to the present invention for achieving the above technical problem, a producer terminal equipped with a camera, a consumer terminal equipped with a camera, a marker label recorded with a marker identification number (id) and a web server for interlocking a label and a marker identification number with a tag. The producer terminal and the consumer terminal have an image analysis S / W module for extracting the marker identification number from an input image. The web server may include a web server DB grouping the marker labels and storing images transmitted from the producer terminal together with tag information.

In addition, the producer terminal and the consumer terminal is a smartphone equipped with a camera is characterized in that it is provided with an image analysis S / W module.

On the other hand, the method using a correlation system using a marker, the producer's terminal photographing the first production site of the product including the production date, the production site, the producer, production history and product information as the agricultural product cultivation site photo; Generating, by a producer's terminal, a tag of the first photograph of a site in a photograph of a production site of the product; Transmitting, by a producer's terminal, a first photograph of the production site of the product and the tag to a web server; Storing the first production site photograph of the product and the tag in a web server; Photographing, by the producer's terminal, a second photograph of a production site of a product including a production date, a production site, a producer, a production history, and product information as a photograph of a farm product cultivation site; Generating, by the producer terminal, a tag identical to the production site first picture to the production site second picture of the product by a web server; Transmitting, by a producer's terminal, a web site to the second photograph of the product and the tag of the product; Storing the tag of the production site and the tag in the web server; Before the producer's terminal sells the product, the marker label is recorded from the photograph taken by photographing the marker label recorded with the marker identification number (id) attached to the box in which the product is packaged, and the identification number included in the label. Extracting and generating a tag in the picture, and transmitting the identification number, the box-taken picture, and the tag to a web server; Storing the identification number in a web server in correspondence with the first and second photographs and tags of the production site of the product; Photographing, by the consumer's terminal, a marker label on which the marker identification number (id) of the box is recorded; Extracting an identification number included in the label by recognizing a marker identification number of a marker label in the photographed box photograph at a terminal of a consumer; Transmitting, by the consumer's terminal, the identification number to a web server; Grouping by marker label in a web server and storing the photo in a web server DB as tag information, and extracting the stored first and second photographs and tag information from the field using the identification number and transmitting the same to the terminal of the consumer; Characterized in that.

In addition, the production site photograph of the product is characterized in that it includes a production date, the production site, producers, production history and product information as a agricultural product cultivation site photograph.

 In addition, the module that can extract the marker identification number from the input image provided in the smartphone is a kind of optical recognition application, which is used to read the marker level, such a module or application that recognizes numbers, characters, etc. from the image Can be used.

According to the mutual association system and method using the marker of the present invention through the above configuration, the producer can efficiently manage the information of the product only with a smartphone with a camera without the RFID reader and lighter, the consumer can easily and in real time Information and production history can be checked.

1 is a module block diagram of a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a procedure of generating a tag in a content-linked web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a procedure of uploading content to a content linked web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a procedure of uploading a marker ID and a tag in a content-linked web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a procedure of receiving content in real time using a smartphone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a module block diagram of a smartphone used in the present invention, Figure 2 is a tag generation procedure. The image analysis S / W module included in the smart phone is an optical recognition module, such as an OCR (Optical Character Reader) application, which is used to read marker levels and recognizes such modules or applications that recognize numbers, characters, etc. from an image. Can be used.

Referring to the drawings will be described a method of using a system of farmers selling vegetables as an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2 the farmer first creates his account on the web server. After that, the farmer sows lettuce seeds, photographs the scene using the smartphone equipped with the camera phone of FIG. 1 and logs in to the system (S21) to generate a unique tag for the product (S22). At this time, the web server determines whether the tag generated by the farmer is duplicated with another tag already stored (S23) and registers as a normal tag only for the tag that is not duplicated (S24). In this case, the tag may be “April 2010 lettuce”. The farmer then fertilizes the lettuce, and the scene is also photographed and posted on the web with the same tag given to the scene where the lettuce seeds are sown.

Here, the tag information may be arbitrarily assigned by the producer as information related to the product, or may be automatically assigned by the software of the smart phone. In addition, when the producer generates a tag, the smartphone shows a list of tags previously produced by the producer, and the producer may assign the same tag to the field picture by selecting one of the lists. In addition, the web server can store the relevant information of the product (production date, production site, producer, production history, receipt date and product information, etc.) in addition to the site photo, and also store the field photo and other information of the product by the same tag. By grouping and storing, when the identification number of the product is transmitted from the terminal of the consumer in the future, the corresponding picture and related information may be provided to the consumer terminal.

Referring to FIG. 3, it is possible to understand a procedure of storing data such as a plurality of photographs related to the same product in a web server in association with a tag. First, the farmer receives the tag list he created from the web server to the smartphone (S31), using the smart phone equipped with a camera phone to shoot the manure scene (S32). Thereafter, one tag is selected from the tag list displayed on the smartphone (S33). For example, the tag assigned to the scene sown with lettuce seeds is selected and transmitted to the web server together with the picture of the manure scene (S34). . The web server receiving the tag and the picture is grouped by tag for easy data retrieval and the related data is databased (S35).

4 schematically illustrates a procedure of integrating a marker ID and a tag in a coordinated web server. Now the farmer harvests the lettuce from the field, and packs the harvested lettuce into a box in the field (S41). The farmer removes a marker from the marker sticker notebook and attaches it to the box (S42). Then, using the smartphone to shoot the marker attached to the box (S43). Then, the marker ID extraction image analysis S / W module (or image analysis software module) in the smartphone analyzes the photographed marker and extracts the letter “1234567” if the marker ID is “1234567” (S44). The farmer receives the tag list from the web server, selects one of them (S45), assigns a tag to the marker ID, that is, “April 2010 lettuce” (S46), and links the tag with the marker ID to the web server. Store in (S47). In other words, the marker ID, "1234567" and the tag, "April 2010 lettuce" is stored in conjunction with each other in the web server. In this way, the marker ID and tag are stored in the web server.

   Referring to Figure 5 will be described a procedure in which a consumer is provided with product information in real time using a smartphone. Consumer A goes to the supermarket to buy lettuce. Mr. A takes a picture of the marker in the lettuce box with a smartphone (S51). Then, the marker ID extraction image analysis S / W module (or image analysis software module) in the smartphone analyzes the marker and extracts, for example, a marker id of "1234567" (S52). Then, the smartphone application accesses the web, searches for a tag associated with the marker id, that is, “April 2010 lettuce” (S53), extracts all the data posted by the farmer attached to the tag (S54), and then extracts the extracted data. Provided by the phone (S55). Mr. A can then check the production and distribution history of the lettuce provided through the smartphone to see what environment and process the lettuce is looking at, based on which he can decide whether to purchase the lettuce. have.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and variations without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention but to limit the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope equivalent thereto should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (5)

delete delete Marker that does not have a separate reader, including a producer terminal equipped with a camera, a consumer terminal equipped with a camera, a marker label recorded with a marker identification number (id), and a web server for linking the marker identification number with a tag. In the method using the mutual association system using,
Photographing, by a producer's terminal, a first photograph of a production site of a product including a production date, a production site, a producer, a production history, and product information as a photograph of a farm product cultivation site;
Generating, by a producer's terminal, a tag of the first photograph of a site in a photograph of a production site of the product;
Transmitting, by a producer's terminal, a first photograph of the production site of the product and the tag to a web server;
Storing the first production site photograph of the product and the tag in a web server;
Photographing, by the producer's terminal, a second photograph of a production site of a product including a production date, a production site, a producer, a production history, and product information as a photograph of a farm product cultivation site;
Generating, by the producer terminal, a tag identical to the production site first picture to the production site second picture of the product by a web server;
Transmitting, by a producer's terminal, a web site to the second photograph of the product and the tag of the product;
Storing the tag of the production site and the tag in the web server;
Before the producer's terminal sells the product, the marker label is recorded from the photograph taken by photographing the marker label recorded with the marker identification number (id) attached to the box in which the product is packaged, and the identification number included in the label. Extracting and generating a tag in the picture, and transmitting the identification number, the box-taken picture, and the tag to a web server;
Storing the identification number in a web server in correspondence with the first and second photographs and tags of the production site of the product;
Photographing, by the consumer's terminal, a marker label on which the marker identification number (id) of the box is recorded;
Extracting an identification number included in the label by recognizing a marker identification number of a marker label in the photographed box photograph at a terminal of a consumer;
Transmitting, by the consumer's terminal, the identification number to a web server;
Grouping by marker label in a web server and storing the photo in a web server DB as tag information, and extracting the stored first and second photographs and tag information from the field using the identification number and transmitting the same to the terminal of the consumer; Correlation Method Using Markers delete The method of claim 3, wherein the producer terminal and the consumer terminal are smartphones equipped with a camera and have an image analysis S / W module.

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