KR20010107069A - System for managing rental goods attaching rf chip and system for managing rental goods of revenue sharing manner - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for separately managing a series of procedures according to the rental, return and payment of a rental item at a rental store, wherein a state in which a rental item with an RF chip is detached from a predetermined detection area is detected, An article detachment detecting apparatus for transmitting recorded information; And a terminal device that processes the rental status, the return status, and the fee settlement according to the information transmitted from the article departure detection device.

In addition, the present invention is a system in which a terminal device of each rental shop, a website server, and a product producer terminal are connected to each other through a network, and collectively manage a series of procedures according to rental, return, and payment at each rental shop. In order to perform authentication verification in response to the authentication request for the rental and return of goods and the settlement of charges made by the terminal device and the item departure detection device of the company, to establish a database of each rental shop and to deliver the goods to each rental shop. Integrate the contractor with the supply of the ordered goods and at the same time request the carrier to deliver the goods from the manufacturer, and distribute the rental revenue from the customer according to the contract rate with each rental shop and the manufacturer. Include a management center.

The present invention can be quickly and easily rent, return and charge settlement when operating in each rental shop, and because the rental revenue is distributed in the integrated management of each rental shop, goods producers, merchants and integrated management center can all benefit. .

Description

SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RENTAL GOODS ATTACHING RF CHIP AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RENTAL GOODS OF REVENUE SHARING MANNER}

The present invention relates to a system for managing rental goods such as video tapes, books, and records, and more particularly, by attaching an RF chip to the rental goods, efficiently managing a series of procedures according to rental and return at a rental store, The present invention relates to an individual management system of a rental product with an RF chip and an integrated distribution management system of a profit distribution method, which introduces a method of distributing profits so that each rental shop, a product producer, and a website operator can all benefit.

In general, rental stores that rent video tapes and books become more common, and moreover, rental items are diversified and store sizes are handled, such as music compact discs (CDs), entertainment game packs (PCs), and game compact discs (CDs). It is becoming larger.

Currently, small rental shops handle the status of incoming and outgoing goods by hand or by installing a customer management program on a PC to handle customer care, rental and return.

In case of using the existing PC customer management program, the owner of the rental shop directly inputs the customer information (contact number, number of rental items, name of the rental item, return or not, rental period, etc.), which makes it inconvenient to process many customers at once.

In addition, a method of managing customers by using a barcode or a magnetic card has been proposed, but is not activated due to the possibility of illegal copying of the card, and the settlement of the fee due to the rental is paid in cash as in the past.

In addition, the owner of the rental shop is required to input data such as a video tape manufacturer, title, and rating as an example of detailed information of goods when the goods are brought in. For this reason, most rental shops have a problem of checking the rental and return status by manually conducting a stock inventory.

As such, the management method of the conventional rental goods is cumbersome because it requires a process of directly inputting data by the rental shop owner, and it is difficult to process many customers in a short time because it follows the existing fee settlement method of giving a balance when paying a rental fee in cash.

Even in large rental shops, it is difficult to effectively prevent customers from illegally exporting rental goods, and in order to prevent them, it is necessary to arrange separate personnel and install surveillance cameras, which in turn causes a decrease in profitability of rental shops.

The present invention is to solve the above problems, an object of the present invention is to easily query the status of the rental and return of rental items with RF chip attached to the rental shop and to quickly process the payment settlement using the charge card It is to provide a separate management system of rental goods with an RF chip.

Another object of the present invention is to integrate the rental and return procedures of rental goods and the settlement of charges on the website, and to distribute the rental revenue according to the merchandise maker and website operators and each rental shop can benefit from It is to provide an integrated product management system for profit sharing.

1 is a block diagram of a terminal device of an individual management system of a rental article with an RF chip according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a device departure detection device of the individual management system of the rental article with the RF chip according to the present invention,

3 is a flowchart illustrating a rental processing operation in a terminal device of FIG. 1;

4 is a block diagram of an integrated product management system of the profit distribution method according to the present invention,

5 is a configuration diagram of a terminal device installed in each rental shop of FIG.

6A is a flowchart illustrating a rental processing operation of a server of the integrated management center of FIG. 4;

6B is a flowchart illustrating a rental processing operation of the terminal device of FIG. 4.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10 control unit 11: receiver

12: smart card reader 13: keypad

14 printer 15 RF chip reader

16: indicator 17: memory

18: rental goods 19: RF chip

20: RF transceiver module 21: antenna

100: integrated management center 200: producer

300: Transportation company 400: Rental shop

410: terminal control unit 411: receiver

412 smart card reader 413 master card reader

414: keypad 415: memory

416: printer 417: RF chip reader

418: indicator 419: communication port

An object of the present invention as described above in the system for separately managing a series of procedures according to the rental and return of rental goods and the settlement of charges, the rental goods with an RF chip is detected to be out of the predetermined detection area An article departure detecting apparatus for transmitting information recorded in the RF chip; And a terminal device that processes rental status, return status, and fee settlement according to the information transmitted from the article departure detection device.

The article departure detection apparatus is a thin film type for receiving the RF chip of the rental article and the RF transmission and reception module for transmitting the recording information of the RF chip to the terminal device when the departure of the rental article, the rental article It is characterized by consisting of an antenna.

The antenna is made of a loop coil, characterized in that installed in the position adjacent to the rental.

The RF transmission / reception module may be wired through a signal cable connected to the terminal device or wirelessly transmitted to the terminal device.

The terminal device includes a receiver for receiving information transmitted from the article departure detection device, a keypad for inputting a password and a control command, and a smart card reader for reading and updating information on charge amount recorded on a smart card given to a customer. And an RF chip reader for reading the information recorded on the RF chip of the rental article, and determining whether or not the information received through the receiver and the information read through the RF chip reader are matched. It includes a control unit for updating the amount of charge of the smart card, and an indicator for displaying information according to the rental, return and charge normal.

Another object of the present invention as described above is a system in which a terminal device of each rental shop, a website server, and a product producer terminal are connected to each other through a network, and integrated management of a series of procedures according to rental, return and fee settlement at each rental shop. In response to the authentication request for the rental and return of goods and the settlement of charges made by the terminal device of each rental shop and the item departure detection device, authentication verification is performed, and accordingly, a database of each rental shop is constructed, and the goods are transferred to each rental shop. In addition to requesting the supply of the ordered goods to the commodity manufacturer to deliver the goods to the transport company, the courier requests the delivery of the commodity supplied from the commodity producer, and the rental revenue obtained from the customer according to the contract rate with each rental shop and the commodity producer. This is achieved by an integrated management center that is distributed.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a terminal device of an individual management system of a rental article attached to the RF chip according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an article departure detection device of the individual management system of the rental article attached to the RF chip according to the present invention 3 is a flowchart showing the rental processing operation in the terminal apparatus of FIG.

In the present invention, the terminal device (A) and the article leaving device (B) is provided as a set, the rental shop owner to query the rental and return status for the rental goods held by the terminal device (A) and to settle the fee Can be. To this end, the article leaving device (B) is installed adjacent to the showcase for transmitting the departure information of the article taken out of the showcase for rental to the terminal device (A), the terminal device (A) from the article leaving device (B) A series of procedures will be performed based on the departure information of the transmitted goods.

The article detachment device (B) is made of a RF transmitting and receiving module 20 and the loop coil is composed of a thin-film antenna 21 for transmitting radio waves and detecting the departure of the article. In addition, the rental article 18 refers to rentable image works and music works such as video tapes, books, music compact discs (CDs), entertainment game packs (PACKs), and game compact discs (CDs). On the outside of the rental article 18, a thin-film RF chip 19 is attached, and information (unique code, company name, title of work, etc.) is recorded on the RF chip 19, and from the antenna 21 without a separate power source. A weak power source (approximately 3 V) generated by the transmitted radio wave energy is used, and record information is loaded on this power supply to the antenna 21.

The antenna 21 is a record information (unique code, name of production, title of the work, etc.) of the RF chip 19 when the rental article 18 detects a deviation state outside the predetermined detection area (for example, 30-60 cm) in the showcase ) Is transmitted to the RF transmission and reception module 20, the RF transmission and reception module 20 is a rental article that is separated from the showcase out of the detection area by any one of the wire transmission (RS232 communication protocol) or wireless transmission (RS 422 communication protocol). Record information of 18) is transmitted to the terminal apparatus A. FIG.

The terminal device (A) reads and updates the record information of the smart card assigned to the customer for the receiver 11 for receiving the departure information transmitted from the article detachment device (B) and the settlement of charges according to the article rental Smart card reader 12, keypad 13 for inputting a customer's password, etc., printer 14 for issuing a receipt when the payment is completed, RF chip for reading the record information of the RF chip attached to the rental goods A reader 15, an indicator 16 for displaying rental status and return status and related information at the time of payment settlement, a controller 10 for controlling overall processing operations of each unit, and the controller 10 controls the control operation. It consists of a control program for performing and a memory 17 for storing database information and customer information according to the rental and return. The memory 17 includes a ROM and a RAM having a predetermined memory capacity.

The customer is given a smart card for rental, which records the customer code number and the amount of recharge equivalent to the amount of cash paid by the customer in advance.

The receiver 11 receives information recorded in the RF chip 19 of the rental article 18 that is wired or wirelessly transmitted and inputs the information to the controller 10. The customer inserts the rental item 18 taken out of the showcase into the RF chip reader 15 and, while the customer's smart card is inserted into the smart card reader 12, the loan command and the password of the customer through the keypad 13. Enter. Accordingly, the controller 10 compares the input password with the stored card password and matches the information recorded in the RF chip 19 of the detached rental product 18 received from the receiver 11 and the RF chip reader 15. It is determined whether the recorded information read through the C) coincide with each other. Of course, even if the customer takes out the plurality of rental articles 18 from the showcase, the article departure detection device B transmits the information recorded on the RF chip attached to the detached rental articles to the receiver 11. The customer will simultaneously insert a plurality of rental articles 18 into the RF chip reader 15. Accordingly, the controller 10 determines whether the information of the rental goods separated from the receiver 11 matches the read information.

If the received information and the read information match, the controller 10 determines a predetermined loan amount according to the number of items to be rented, and checks whether there is sufficient charge amount in the smart card of the customer inserted into the smart card reader 12. If the payment is possible, the loan amount is updated by subtracting the rental amount from the charge amount of the smart card, and related information (card number, product name, rental date, etc.) is recorded in the rental management database. When the payment is completed and a receipt issuance command is input through the keypad 13, the printer 14 issues a receipt in which the rental amount and the current charge amount are written by the controller 10.

Meanwhile, when returning the goods, the customer inserts the rental goods 18 and the smart card into the RF chip reader 15 and the smart card reader 12, respectively, and inputs the return command and the password through the keypad 13. Accordingly, the control unit 10 records the relevant information (card number, article name, return date, etc.) in the return management database.

Subsequently, when the rental shop owner arranges the returned rental goods 18 on the showcase, the owner returns to the initial state.

In addition, the owner of the rental shop may always query the rental management database or the return management database of the memory 17 by inputting an inquiry command through the keypad 13.

In this way, the rental shop is equipped with a terminal device (A) and a product departure detection device (B) to process a series of procedures for renting and returning rental goods and paying a fee, so that a large amount of rental goods can be managed efficiently. Even in small quantities, goods can be managed.

Additionally, although not mentioned in the embodiment, an alarm means (buzzer, lamp) is additionally installed so that the rental goods are not illegally carried out by the customer, and the alarm means (under the control of the control unit that detects the state in which the rental goods are removed from the showcase) Buzzer, lamp) will be able to prevent illegal take-out.

In the above-described embodiment, a system for separately managing goods in a rental store is described, but as in another embodiment of the present invention described later, a plurality of rental shops, an integrated management center, and a product producer are connected to each other through a network as an example. It is possible to introduce and operate a method of distributing rental revenue at each rental store at a predetermined rate.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of the integrated product management system of the profit distribution method according to the present invention, the ratio of the band revenue (X) made with the customers in the recruited plurality of merchants, the product producers and merchants and the integrated management center (a: b: c, a + b + c = 1).

In FIG. 4, the integrated management center 100, the article producer 200, and the affiliated store 400 are connected to each other through the Internet. The integrated management center 100 is responsible for the integrated management of a series of procedures according to the rental and return of goods and settlement of charges made in the merchant 400, the goods producer 200 is a rental goods [video tape, books, Music compact disc (CD), entertainment game pack (PACK) and game compact disc (CD), etc.] to produce and supply to the merchant 400 for free or low cost, the merchant 400 supplied goods The loan, return and charge settlement processing in conjunction with the integrated management center 100 plays a role in processing.

The article producer 200, the merchant 400, and the integrated management center 100 enter into an agreement for distributing rental profits at a contracted rate (for example, 4.5: 4.0: 1.5). The article producer 200 can secure the production costs and profits of the rental goods with the profits distributed, secure market and easy to secure a stable supply source, the merchant 400 the goods in return for the rental profits You can get up-to-date items without any purchase cost. In addition, the integrated logistics sensor 100 may be connected to the goods producer 200 and the affiliated store 400 to receive the rental revenue obtained for the customers dispersed in each place.

To this end, the lending process, the return processing and the settlement of fees with the customer in the affiliated store 400 need complementary measures to prevent illegal processing individually at each affiliated store. In an embodiment, the affiliated store 400 receives the authentication from the integrated management center 100 to perform the rental, return and charge settlement of the goods, and accordingly information, that is, a rental management database and return management data for each affiliated store. The base and fee management database can be built in the integrated management center 100, and the database can be viewed by the article producer 200 and the merchant 400.

In addition, when the rental goods produced by the goods maker 200 is requested by the transport company 300 to be delivered to the affiliated store 400, the transportation costs may be excluded from the rental revenue or distributed at a predetermined rate. .

When the integrated management center 100 receives a batch of goods supply from the affiliated store 400 or receives an order individually, the integrated management center 100 requests the supply of the goods to the product producer 200 and receives notification of receipt thereof. Along with this, the integrated management center 100 makes a delivery order requesting delivery of the goods to the affiliated store 400 to the transport company 300 and receives a notification of receipt from the transport company 300. The transport company 300 delivers the rental goods supplied from the goods maker 200 to the affiliate store 400, and regularly or irregularly delivers the rental goods according to the delivery order of the integrated management center 100. In addition, the transport company 300 returns the goods returned from the merchant 400 to the goods maker 200.

The affiliated store 400 includes the affiliated terminal device C of FIG. 5 and the article leaving device B of FIG. 2 as one set, and the rental of the loaned goods supplied in connection with the integrated management center 100. And a series of procedures for returning and billing.

The terminal device C includes a receiver 411, a smart card reader 412, a keypad 414, a memory 415, a printer 416, an RF chip reader 417, and an indicator 418. Since the element performs the same function as the terminal device A of FIG. 1, it will be briefly described. In addition, the terminal device C is connected to the integrated management center 100, the terminal control unit 410 to perform the rental, return and charge settlement processing at the merchant based on the information transmitted from the article departure detection device (B). And a master card reader 413 for reading and updating the record information of the master card assigned to each merchant owner and a communication port 419 for accessing a web site server operated by the integrated management center 100. It is equipped with.

Each merchant owner's master card contains the merchant code and the recharge amount. In order to charge the master card, the merchant owner must deposit cash to the integrated management center 100, and when the deposit is confirmed, the integrated management center 100 grants the right to charge the terminal control unit 410 of the corresponding merchant. . When the terminal control unit 410 is given a charging authority, the terminal card inserted into the master card reader 413 multiplies the charging amount (bY (corresponding to the merchant distribution profit) by multiplying the deposit amount (Y) and the profit sharing ratio (b)). Will be updated. The integrated management sensor 100 deposits a cash amount corresponding to the distribution revenue (aY) multiplied by the deposit amount (Y) and the product producer profit share ratio (a) to the article producer 200. Therefore, the integrated management sensor 100 is assigned a distribution revenue (cY) multiplied by the deposit amount (Y) and the revenue distribution ratio (c). On the other hand, the transportation cost according to the goods delivery can be distributed after the deduction from the rental revenue, that is, the amount (Y) deposited by the merchant owner, or may handle the transportation cost in other ways.

The following describes the operation of renting and returning goods and processing settlement of charges.

The receiver 411 receives the information recorded in the RF chip 19 of the rental article 18 that is wired or wirelessly transmitted, and inputs it to the terminal controller 410. In order to settle the charge, the customer inserts one or more rental items 18 from the showcase into the RF chip reader 417, and inserts the customer's smart card and the merchant's master card into the smart card reader 412 and the master card reader. The rental command and the password of the customer are input through the keypad 414 while being inserted into each of the plurality of keys 413. Accordingly, the terminal controller 410 determines whether the information recorded on the RF chip 19 of the detached rental product 18 received from the receiver 411 and the record information read through the RF chip reader 417 coincide with each other. To judge. If the received information and the read information match, the terminal controller 410 determines a predetermined rental amount according to the number of items to be rented. The terminal controller 410 retrieves the charge amount of the master card and the smart card and updates the subtraction amount from the charge amount of the master card and the charge amount of the smart card, respectively, if the payment is possible. When the goods rental is completed, the rental information is temporarily stored in the memory 415 by the terminal control unit 410 and then connected to the website server operated by the integrated management center 100 through the communication port 419. Transfers rental information In the server of the integrated management center 100, the rental information received (merchant code number, article code number, rental amount, rental date, etc.) is built as a rental management database, and each merchant owner or article producer connects to the server. Can be read. In addition, when a receipt issuance command is input through the keypad 414, the terminal controller 410 issues a receipt in which the rental amount and the current amount of the smart card are charged through the printer 416 (see FIGS. 6A and 6B). .

Meanwhile, in order to return the goods, the customer inserts the rental goods 18 into the RF chip reader 417 and inserts the smart card and the master card into the smart card reader 412 and the master card reader 413, respectively. Enter the return command and the password through the keypad (414). Accordingly, the terminal control unit 410 temporarily stores the return information (merchant card number, article code number, return date, etc.) in the memory 415, and when connected to the server of the integrated management center 100 through the communication port 419 Send the stored return information. In the server of the integrated management center 100, the received return information (merchant code number, article code number, return date, etc.) is constructed as a return management database, and each merchant owner or article producer can access and view the server. have.

On the other hand, the merchant 400 does not settle the charges using the master card and smart card, the merchant owner may handle the loan amount in cash from the customer. In consideration of this, the terminal control unit 410 is forced when the state in which the rental article is out of the detection area in the showcase according to the information received through the receiver 411 passes a predetermined time (for example, 40 minutes), Treat it as an article rental, and transmits the rental information (merchant code number, article code number, rental amount, rental date, etc.) according to the server of the integrated management center 100 through the communication port 419.

On the other hand, when the customer pays the rental amount in cash without using a smart card, the merchant owner inserts the master card into the smart card reader 412 to settle the fee. That is, the merchant owner receives cash from the customer and inserts the rental article 18 into the RF chip reader 417 and inputs the password through the keypad 414 while inserting the master card into the smart card reader 412. . Accordingly, the terminal controller 410 determines whether the information of the rental article separated from the receiver 411 and the information read through the RF chip reader 417 match. When the received information and the read information match, the terminal controller 410 determines the loan amount, searches whether the master card of the merchant owner inserted in the smart card reader 412 has a sufficient amount of charge, and can pay the price. In the case of renewal by subtracting the rental amount from the charge amount of the master card, the rental information (merchant code number, article code number, rental amount, rental date, etc.) according to the integrated management center (100) of the communication port (419) Send when connecting to server. When the payment is completed and the receipt issuance command is input through the keypad 414, the printer 416 issues a receipt in which the rental amount and the current charge amount are written by the terminal controller 410.

As described above, the present invention can easily inquire about the rental and return status of rental items with RF chips when operating in a rental store, and can quickly process the settlement of charges using a charge card. Most of the data entry process is omitted and many customers can be processed in a short time.

In addition, since the present invention introduces a method of integrated management and distribution of the rental revenue according to the server of the integrated management center for a plurality of rental shops, it is possible to secure a stable supply source for the goods producers, the purchase cost and inventory to the merchants The rental goods can be provided freely or at low cost in a timely manner, and the distribution center can receive the rental profits obtained from multiple customers.

Claims (13)

In the system that manages a series of procedures according to the rental, return and settlement of rental goods at the rental store individually, An article departure detection device configured to detect a state in which the rental article attached to the RF chip is separated from a predetermined detection area and transmit information recorded in the RF chip; And And a terminal device for processing rental status, return status, and fee settlement according to the information transmitted from the article departure detection device. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the article detachment detecting device comprises: RF thin-film transmission and reception module for transmitting the recording information of the RF chip to the terminal device when the departure of the rental article, and the thin film type antenna for detecting the departure of the rental article and receiving the recording information of the RF chip of the rental article A separate management system for rental goods with an RF chip. The system of claim 2, wherein the antenna is made of a loop coil and installed at a position adjacent to the rental article. The system of claim 2, wherein the RF transmission / reception module transmits wired through a signal cable connected to the terminal device. The system of claim 2, wherein the RF transmission / reception module wirelessly transmits to the terminal device. The method of claim 1, wherein the terminal device A receiver for receiving the information transmitted from the article departure detection device, a keypad for inputting a password and a control command, a smart card reader for reading and updating the charge amount information recorded on the smart card given to the customer, and a rental article RF chip reader for reading the information recorded on the RF chip of the, and whether the information received through the receiver and the information read through the RF chip reader is determined whether to match the charge of the smart card by a predetermined rental amount when goods rental And a control unit for updating the amount of money, and an indicator for displaying information according to rental, return, and charge normality. In the system that the terminal device of each rental shop, the website server and the product producer terminal are connected to each other through a network, and integrated management of a series of procedures according to the rental, return and charge settlement at each rental shop, In response to the authentication request for the rental and return of goods and the settlement of charges made by the terminal device and the item departure detection device of each rental shop, the authentication is confirmed, the database of each rental shop is established accordingly, and the goods are delivered to each rental shop. In order to do so, the manufacturer asks the manufacturer to supply the ordered goods, and at the same time, asks the shipping company to deliver the goods from the manufacturer, and distributes the rental revenue obtained from the customer according to the contract rate with each rental shop and the manufacturer. Profit distribution system integrated management system, characterized in that it comprises a receiving integrated management center. The method of claim 7, wherein the terminal device, A receiver for receiving information transmitted from the item leaving device, a keypad for inputting a password and a control command, a smart card reader for reading and updating information on the amount of charge recorded on a smart card given to a customer, and An RF chip reader for reading information recorded on the RF chip, a master card reader for reading and updating information recorded on the master card assigned to the owner of each rental shop, a communication port for connecting to the website server, and Access the server of the web site through the communication port, receive the authentication confirmation from the web site server, process the rental and return of the rental goods, and charge the amount of the master card and the amount of the customer's smart card for the amount of the rental when the goods are rented. Terminal control unit for updating the information, and display to display the information according to the rental and return and charge settlement Revenue distribution method of article integrated management system comprising: a. The method of claim 8, wherein the terminal control unit Profit distribution management system, characterized in that for updating the amount of charge of the master card inserted into the smart card reader when goods rental. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the article detachment detecting device comprises: RF thin-film transmission and reception module for transmitting the recording information of the RF chip to the terminal device when the departure of the rental article, and the thin film type antenna for detecting the departure of the rental article and receiving the recording information of the RF chip of the rental article A separate management system for rental goods with an RF chip. The system of claim 10, wherein the antenna is made of a loop coil and is installed at a position adjacent to the rental article. The system of claim 10, wherein the RF transmission / reception module transmits wired through a signal cable connected to the terminal device. The individual management system of claim 10, wherein the RF transmission / reception module wirelessly transmits to the terminal device.