KR20140101117A - Managemant system of parcel service company or its method - Google Patents

Abstract

A stocking and delivery management system of a parcel delivery company of the present invention includes a node transmitter and a driving antenna installed in a gate and a terminal, a receiver, and a management server, under the state that an RFID delivery note having an antenna and an RFID chip containing radio frequency identification (RFID) information is attached to a package of an article. Thus, the system can check stocking and delivery state of articles in real-time when a large quantity of articles are collected, and can manage and supervise data of stocked and delivered articles to be consistent maximally.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002]

More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and a method for managing data of an article received and data of a goods dispatched, while minimizing unnecessary manpower.

Generally, a process of delivering a commodity to be commissioned is roughly divided into three stages. In general, when a client requests a commodity, a delivery engineer visits the client and picks up the commodity. A process in which the classified items arrive at a lower terminal or a branch, and the goods are delivered to the consignee by respective sales coaches (courier articles).

When we look at the process of picking up the goods by the sales representative (courier), usually the tax sales representative (courier) conducts the delivery service, and in the middle receives the contact of the branch to pick up the goods.

At this time, the sales representative (the courier) does not take the commissioned goods directly to the branch office, but continues to process the delivery work that he originally performed, and when he or she has completed all of his / do.

At the branch office, each sales representative collects all the items picked up and collects them and transfers them to the terminal, which is usually late at night when each sales manager closes the delivery work.

Therefore, in the terminal, goods that have been transported from each branch in the late evening or night will be picked up. Especially, it is inconvenient for the terminal to have several hundred employees to work at 8 pm and leave at 6 or 7 am It must have done hard work.

Furthermore, in the terminal, an average of 40 to 500,000 items are picked up from each point on an average day. In particular, each item is sorted by destination and transferred to a subterranean terminal or a branch in another area.

At this time, there are many cases in which the quantity of the goods received and the quantity of the goods that have been delivered are not coincident with each other. Even if the goods are normally received at the same time,

In particular, there is a large difference in the quantity of goods to be input / output because the data of some products are not computerized due to the difference between the conveying speed and the volume of the goods while scanning the barcode of the invoice by hand in the middle.

Therefore, it was tried to solve the above problems by arranging a large number of personnel around the shoe. However, since the amount of the shipment is still large, The goods receipt data and the goods receipt data did not match.

Accordingly, in the present invention, it is possible to manage and supervise the data of the goods received from the terminal and the data of the delivered goods to be as close as possible to each other, and in particular, a system capable of rapidly and accurately classifying the commissioned goods, And the like.

To this end, in the present invention, a terminal is provided with a goods gate and a goods gate, and there are provided a transfer line and a plurality of sorting lines for sorting the goods transported through the transfer line by destination, In the state that the RFID chip on which the information is written and the RFID delivery shelf where the antenna is formed are attached,

When it detects the transporting or collecting of the goods, it generates a driving signal and sends it to the node transmitter to instruct the driving. On the other hand, when the RFID delivery point attached to each article is activated, A management server, a management server,

A node transmitter for receiving a driving signal from the receiver to control a driving antenna to instruct an RFID delivery station to be activated;

A revitalized antenna connected to the node transmitter and outputting a radio wave to an RFID delivery site according to an instruction from the node transmitter to be activated;

And a management server that forms a network with the receiver and analyzes the reported RFID information to secure registration information and location information to make information of the received goods and information of the delivered goods into a database. do.

The present invention includes a receiver, a node transmitter, a driving antenna, and a management server, so that it is possible not only to confirm data of items to be rapidly input and output but also to manage data of articles to be input and output without error rates .

In addition, the present invention includes a node transmitter, a driving antenna, and a management server, thereby reducing manpower and saving labor costs.

In addition, the present invention includes a node transmitter, a driving antenna, and a management server, so that it can be prevented from being misclassified and transferred to another destination.

In addition, according to the present invention, a node transmitter that activates an RFID delivery point and a receiver that receives RFID information are configured to be dualized, thereby making it possible to construct a system that is easy to expand and covers a wide area.

1 is a conceptual diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an exemplary illustration of a system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state of use in which an RFID shipping shelf is checked for failure according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a misclassification process is confirmed according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
7 is a flow chart
FIG. 8 is a flowchart briefly showing an entire process of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an input / output process according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
10 is a flowchart showing a process of checking whether a RFID delivery station is defective according to an embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart showing a misclassification process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a conceptual diagram and an illustrative view of an input / output issue management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, when the client (the shipper) requests delivery of the goods to the courier company, the sales representative (courier) visits the client to receive the goods. At this time, the courier operator uses the terminal to send the name and address of the shipper and the consignee And transmits it to the management server to receive corresponding registration information. And the courier driver uses the terminal to drive the RFID delivery point printer installed in the delivery vehicle. At this time, the RFID dispatcher printer writes the registration information to the RFID dispatching station and simultaneously prints the invoice number on one side.

When the RFID delivery shelf is attached to the packaging box of the article and collected in the terminal,

In the present invention, the node transmitter and the driving antenna installed in the vicinity of the receiving gate of the terminal are operated. In addition, each RFID shipping shelf attached to the packing box is activated to radiate the registered registration information to the surroundings.

At this time, the receiver obtains the registered registration information and reports the registration information to the management server, so that the registration information of each article can be directly computerized even if the respective articles are transferred from different regions.

Likewise, a node transmitter and a driving antenna are installed in the vicinity of the outlet gate. When the node transmitter and the driving antenna operate, the RFID shipping field of the classified articles is activated and the registered registration information is radiated to the surroundings.

At this time, the receiver obtains the registered registration information and reports the registered registration information to the management server so that the receiver can promptly and accurately confirm the data of the article to be input / output.

3 and 4, in the present invention, a transfer line for transferring an article to one side or the other side is installed in a terminal. In particular, a plurality of node transmitters and driving antennas are installed in the terminal, And to activate the RFID delivery field of the article to be transported along the line.

At this time, the receiver obtains the registration information of the RFID delivery field and reports it to the management server. If the receiver can not obtain the registration information of the goods for the set time, the receiver generates an error code and reports it to the management server.

If it is confirmed that the RFID delivery shelf has been normally activated, the management server transfers the article to one side, and if the RFID delivery shelf is broken and is not activated, the management server delivers the article to the other side. And a new RFID delivery point is issued through a management PC forming a network with the management server.

Therefore, the present invention can rapidly computerize the goods entering and leaving the warehouse. Especially, the registration information of the goods which can not be processed due to the medium breakage is secured and processed, It is possible to supervise and supervise the data of the user as accurately as possible.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the present invention also provides a node transmitter and a driving antenna in the sorting line for sorting articles for each destination, and activates an RFID delivery point attached to each article .

In this case, the node transmitter and the driving antenna form a sensor network. In particular, an RFID tag including positional information is installed in the periphery. When the driving antenna is operated, the RFID tag is also activated and reports its position.

Therefore, the management server checks whether the goods are well classified according to the destinations based on the registered information and the reported location information, and if the goods are misclassified, controls the classification line to instruct the goods to be reclassified.

Therefore, the present invention can maximize the service so that there is no problem in data input / output for each gate due to misclassification.

Hereinafter, each configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. First, the RFID delivery field includes a passive RFID tag, an RFID chip having an invoice number and a barcode printed on one side thereof, have. The RFID delivery field is attached to the packaging box of the article. At this time, the RFID dispatcher may print price information and name and address contact information of the consignee and the sender according to the embodiment.

In particular, the RFID dispatcher printer is connected to the management PC to print an invoice number and a barcode on one side of the RFID dispatch site, and at the same time, WRITING the registration information.

In addition, a receiver is installed in the vicinity of an input / output gate or a terminal, and is connected to a lower node transmitter through a wireless or wire connection. When a driving signal is generated, the receiver transmits the driving signal to a node transmitter, To operate the node transmitter.

At this time, the receiver generates driving signals repeatedly at predetermined intervals according to the set values, or the infrared sensor, the weight sensor, the ultrasonic sensor or the optical sensors (hereinafter, referred to as driving sensors) When it is installed around the transfer line and senses the transfer of the article, it generates a drive signal for driving the node transmitter.

The receiver 10 performs Ethernet communication with the management server 40 and incorporates four phased array antennas. The RFID reader 10 reads information of the activated RFID delivery station 1 within a range of 200 meters, Processes the RFID RFID field (1).

In addition, the node transmitter is connected to the receiver wirelessly or by wire, and when a drive signal is received from the receiver 10, the drive transmitter 30 connected to the node transmitter 20 is controlled And instructs the RFID chip (1) chip to be activated.

At this time, the node transmitter is connected to the plurality of driving antennas 30, and operates the driving antenna for each channel to instruct only the RFID carrier in a specific area to be activated, thereby recognizing the adjacent RFID tag wrongly, The recognition rate is lowered.

The node transmitter 20 includes a fixed type node transmitter connected to the receiver 10 through a coaxial cable, and a mobile node (not shown) for activating the RFID delivery field of the article installed on the cart, Transmitter (Mobile Type Node Transmitter).

In addition, the drive antenna (Revitalized Antenna) is extended from the node transmitter 20, and a plurality of drive antennas 30 are arranged at regular intervals to form a sensor network for activating an RFID delivery point.

The driving antenna 30 is formed of a patch antenna or a loop antenna. The driving antenna 30 may be modified in various ways without being limited thereto.

Between the driving antenna 30 and the node transmitter 20, a further expandable MUX and an expander are connected.

The expander is connected to the node transmitter 20 and extends the connection port. The expander can be connected to a maximum of 16 driving antennas 30 within 15 m.

The MUX is a repeater for compensating an output loss caused by a cable and a node transmitter 20 when a plurality of node transmitters 20 and a driving antenna 30 are installed.

An RFID tag including positional information is installed around the driving antenna. At this time, when the driving antenna is operated, the RFID tag installed in the corresponding area is also activated to report the activated position to the receiver.

The management server is connected to the receiver 10 and analyzes the RFID information received by the receiver 10 to obtain information on the received goods and registration information on the goods that have been issued, In accordance with the embodiment, it is possible to check whether the RFID delivery field is defective or not, and control the transfer line.

The management server 40 includes a middleware and a controller. According to the embodiment, the midware 41 and the controller 42 may be integrated.

The middleware processes resource management, load information management, load sharing, and the like based on the RFID information collected by the receiver 10 when building the system, filters the identification information according to the embodiment, , The warehouse gate or the warehouse gate, and relays the connection between the controller 10 and the controller 42 using different communication protocols.

In addition, the controller generates an Application Level Events (ALE) message based on the information processed in the middleware, and reports the generated Application Level Events message to the management server.

At this time, the ALE message includes the time and position information entered / output based on the EPC (Electrinic Product Code) information corresponding to the identification information, and informs the management server 40 of the fact that the specific article has been received through the gate It is intended to report the fact and to make it database.

Accordingly, the present invention can be applied to a system and a method for transmitting and receiving data of a commodity, which includes a receiver, a driving antenna, a node transmitter, and a management server installed in a terminal, It is possible to supervise and supervise the data of the goods that have been shipped as far as possible.

Hereinafter, an operation process according to an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

First, when the goods are picked up around the arrival gate, the receiver receives the RFID information through the node transmitter and the driving antenna installed in the vicinity of the receiving gate, and the management server can receive the RFID information and confirm the received article.

When the article is transported on the transporting line, the receiver drives the driving antenna installed around the transporting line through the node transmitter to activate the RFID delivery field of the article passing through the region. At this time, the management server checks whether the corresponding RFID delivery station is activated for a set time, and determines whether the RFID shipping shelf is defective or not.

In addition, when the article is classified according to the destination placed on the transfer line, the receiver drives the driving antenna installed around the classification line through the node transmitter to activate the RFID delivery field of the classified article, And the location and the destination are compared with each other, and it is confirmed whether or not they are classified properly.

The articles classified as described above receive the RFID information of each article through the node transmitter and the driving antenna installed in the vicinity of the departure gate of the receiver, and the management server can check the articles that have been received and received.

The management server confirms the registration information of each article thus obtained, and matches the data of the received article with the data of the article that has been shipped. .

9 shows a process of confirming registration information of an article to be input / output,

First, when an article is picked up around the entrance / exit gate, the sensor installed in the vicinity detects it and reports it to the receiver.

At this time, the receiver generates a driving signal instructing the operation of the driving antenna based on the fact that it is reported.

And the receiver transmits a drive signal to the node transmitter,

The node transmitter operates the driving antenna 30 installed around the gate based on the transmitted driving signal to output the radio wave to the RFID delivery field of the article in the corresponding region.

At this time, the node transmitter is connected to a plurality of driving antennas, and the driving antennas are driven for each channel, thereby enabling the RFID delivery field to be activated for each gate.

Then, the RFID dispatcher is activated and emits RFID information to the surroundings,

The receiver receives the radiated RFID information and reports it to the management server 40.

Then, the management server analyzes the RFID information to acquire registration information of the input / output goods and converts it into a database.

At this time, the midware 41 of the management server 40 filters the RFID information received by the receiver, and applies the filtered information to the controller 42 while grouping (Grouoing) by the leaving gate or the receiving gate.

The controller 42 generates an Application Level Events (ALE) message based on the information processed in the middleware, reports it to the management server, and informs the management server of the entry / exit.

At this time, the generated ALE message includes the time and location information on the basis of the EPC (Electroneic Product Code) information corresponding to the identification information, so that the management server 40 receives the fact that the specific article has been entered / .

10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of detecting a bad RFID delivery field according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A transfer line is laid in the terminal. In particular, a drive antenna and a node transmitter installed around the gate are installed around the transfer line. At this time, a drive sensor for detecting the conveyance of the article is installed around the conveyance line.

That is, when the drive sensor senses the movement of the article to be transported, it reports it to the receiver.

At this time, the receiver generates a driving signal instructing the operation of the driving antenna based on the fact that it is reported.

The receiver transmits a drive signal to a node transmitter installed around the gate,

The node transmitter is installed around the transporting line based on the transmitted driving signal, and controls the driving antenna to output the radio wave to the RFID delivery site of the article in the corresponding area.

The RFID dispatcher is activated and emits RFID information to the surroundings, and the receiver receives the RFID information that has been emitted and reports it to the management server 40.

At this time, the installed RFID tag is also activated around the transfer line to emit RFID information containing the position information.

If the receiver does not emit RFID information containing registration information while the sensor is operating and the article passes through the area for a predetermined time, the receiver generates an error code and reports it to the management server.

The management server analyzes the RFID information or the error code, and determines whether the RFID delivery station attached to the article is normal or defective.

At this time, when the management server determines that the RFID delivery shelf attached to the article is normal, the management server obtains the registration information of the article and converts it into a database, and transfers the article to one side.

If it is determined that the RFID delivery shelf is defective, the transporting line is controlled to transport the product to the other side.

At this time, a management PC is installed around the transfer line, and the management PC checks an article transferred to the other side and scans the barcode formed on one side of the RFID delivery desk to secure the invoice number. At this time, the management PC may acquire the invoice number based on the information inputted through the keyboard according to the embodiment.

The management PC loads the registration information into a database on the management server based on the acquired invoice number,

The management PC drives an RFID delivery point printer and issues a new RFID delivery point having the same registration information.

In addition, the new reissued RFID delivery shelf is attached to the goods and classified so that the service can be performed so that the quantity of the goods can be matched with the quantity of the goods as much as possible without any intervening data.

Also, as shown in FIG. 11, when the article placed on the transfer line is classified by destination, it can be confirmed that the article is misclassified, and the article automatically misclassified can be fed back to be sorted.

For reference, an RFDI tag including position information and a driving antenna is installed around each of the classification lines.

At this time, a driving sensor for detecting the conveyance of the article is installed in the vicinity of the sorting line. When the sensor senses the movement of the classified articles for each destination, the sensor reports it to the receiver.

At this time, the receiver generates a driving signal instructing the operation of the driving antenna based on the fact that it is reported.

The receiver transmits a driving signal to a node transmitter, and the node transmitter controls a driving antenna provided around the classification line based on the driving signal to output a radio wave to the RFID delivery field of the classified article.

Then, the RFID dispatching station is activated, and the RFID information is radiated to the surroundings. At this time, the RFID tag installed in the vicinity is also activated, and the RFID information including the location information is also emitted.

The receiver then receives the radiated RFID information and reports it to the management server 40.

The management server analyzes the RFID information and obtains registration information and location information. At this time, the management server checks the reported location and destination, checks whether it is misclassified,

If it is classified as normal, it indicates the shipment of the goods, and instructs the goods to be reclassified if they are erroneous.

At this time, the management server controls the classification line to move the article back to the first time and to cause the article to be reclassified.

Therefore, the present invention can not only confirm the data of the goods which are inputted and outputted quickly and easily, but also can supervise and supervise the data of the goods to be received in the same manner as the data of the goods which have been received as much as possible without errors.

1: RFID Delivery Section 2: Transfer Line
3: classification line
10: Receiver
11: drive sensor 20: node transmitter
30: drive antenna 40: management server
41: Midware 42: Controller

Claims (17)

In the terminal, a goods gate and a goods gate are formed, and a plurality of sorting lines for sorting the goods conveyed through the transfer line and the transfer line are provided in the inside of the terminal, and the registration information is written in each item In the state that the RFID delivery station where the RFID chip and the antenna are formed is attached,
When it detects the transporting or collecting of the goods, it generates a driving signal and sends it to the node transmitter to instruct the driving. On the other hand, when the RFID delivery point attached to each article is activated, A management server, a management server,
A node transmitter for receiving a driving signal from the receiver to control a driving antenna to instruct an RFID delivery station to be activated;
A revitalized antenna connected to the node transmitter and outputting a radio wave to an RFID delivery site according to an instruction from the node transmitter to be activated;
And a management server for forming a network with the receiver and analyzing the reported RFID information to secure registration information and location information and to make information on the received goods and information on the delivered goods databaseized. I / O management system The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the gate, the transfer line, and the sorting line are provided with a drive sensor for detecting the transfer of the goods. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the driving antenna activates an RFID tag installed in the vicinity of the RFID tag when the RFID tag attached to the article is activated, The method according to claim 1,
The node transmitter controls a plurality of connected driving antennas for each channel
The RFID delivery shelf is recognized as being duplicated or the recognition rate is prevented from being lowered due to the radio wave interference phenomenon. The method according to claim 1,
The management server processes resource management, load information management, and load sharing based on the RFID information collected by the receiver, filters the RFID information according to an embodiment, and performs grouping (Grouoing ), Middleware for relaying the connection between the receiver and the controller or the management server,
And a controller for generating an Application Level Events (ALE) message including time and location information on the basis of the information processed in the middleware, and reporting the information to the management server. Door-to-door management system of courier companies The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the management server is configured to check whether or not the RFID delivery field of the article to be transported is checked based on the information reported through the receiver, The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the management server confirms whether the classification is misclassified on the basis of the destination of the classified article and the position information of the classified information. The method according to claim 1,
An expander that includes a plurality of connection ports and is further expandable between the node transmitter and the driving antenna;
(MUX) for compensating an output loss when a plurality of driving antennas are installed. The method according to claim 1,
The node transmitter includes a fixed node transmitter (Fixed Type Node Transmitter) installed in a fixed area and connected to a receiver by a coaxial cable,
And a mobile type node transmitter that is installed in a cart, a lift, or a courier vehicle and activates an RFID delivery field of a wirelessly loaded article. When the receiver receives the RFID information through the node transmitter and the driving antenna and reports it to the management server,
The management server analyzes the RFID information of the received article and converts the registration information of the article into a database. The management server checks whether or not the RFID delivery field is activated and recognizes whether the RFID delivery field is bad, Checking the information and confirming whether the goods are classified according to the destination; and the management server compares the acquired goods with the registered information of the goods to be shipped,
A method of controlling the delivery and handling of a courier which is characterized in that the data of the goods received and the data of the goods that have been shipped are managed to be as close as possible while reducing the unnecessary labor force 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the management server analyzes the RFID information of the received article and converts the registered information of the article into a database,
First, when an article is picked up around the entrance gate, a drive sensor installed at the periphery senses the article and reports it to the receiver,
The receiver generates a driving signal based on the report, and transmits the generated driving signal to the node transmitter.
The node transmitter operates a driving antenna installed around the gate based on the received driving signal to output a radio wave to an RFID delivery field of an article in a corresponding region,
In response to this, the RFID delivery field is activated and emitting the written RFID information to the surroundings,
The receiver receiving the RFID information that has been radiated and reporting it to the management server,
Wherein the management server is configured to analyze the RFID information and to convert registration information of the received goods into a database. 12. The method of claim 11,
The middleware of the management server includes a step of filtering the RFID information received by the receiver, grouping (Grouoing) according to the goods receipt gate and applying the RFID information to the controller 42,
Wherein the controller generates an Application Level Events (ALE) message including location information and time information based on the information processed in the middleware, and reports the generated Application Level Events message to a management server. How to Manage I / O 12. The method of claim 11,
The node transmitter further includes a step of emitting RFID information including position information while the RFID tag installed in the corresponding region is activated when the radio wave is outputted to the RFID delivery field of the article How to manage the delivery and delivery of courier companies 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the management server checks whether or not the RFID delivery field is activated,
If the drive sensor senses the transfer of the article moving along the transfer line, reporting it to the receiver,
The receiver generates a driving signal based on the reported information and transmits the driving signal to a node transmitter,
The node transmitter controls the driving antenna provided around the conveying line based on the transmitted driving signal to output the radio wave to the RFID delivery field of the article in the corresponding area,
The RFID delivery station being activated and radiating RFID information around,
The receiver receives the RFID information and reports it to the management server. If the receiver fails to receive the RFID information of the article for a preset time after the drive sensor operation, the receiver generates an error code and reports the RFID code to the management server Step,
The management server analyzes the reported RFID information or error code and recognizes whether the RFID delivery sheet attached to the article is normal or defective based on the analyzed RFID information or error code,
If it is determined that the RFID delivery shelf attached to the article is normal, the management server acquires the registration information of the article and creates a database. If the RFID delivery shelf is determined to be defective, the management server controls the transfer line to transport the article to the other side Said method comprising the steps of: 15. The method of claim 14,
A management PC is installed around the conveyance line for conveying the article to the other side according to an instruction from the management server,
The management PC scans the barcode printed on the RFID delivery field to secure an invoice number,
The management PC loads the registration information into a database on the management server based on the secured invoice number,
Wherein the management PC further comprises a step of driving an RFID dispatcher printer to issue a new RFID dispatch field printed with an invoice number on one side while writing the loaded registration information, 15. The method of claim 14,
When the node transmitter outputs the radio wave to the RFID delivery field of the article,
And the RFID tag installed in the area is also activated to radiate the RFID information containing the location information. 11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the management server confirms the location information and confirms whether the article is well classified by destination,
When each article is classified by destination by the sorting line, the driving sensor detects the conveyance of the article and reports it to the receiver;
The receiver generates a driving signal based on the reported information and transmits the driving signal to a node transmitter,
The node transmitter controls a driving antenna provided around a classification line based on a driving signal to output a radio wave,
Emitting RFID information including position information and RFID information including registration information, respectively, when an RFID delivery field or an RFID tag is activated in the region,
The receiver receiving the RFID information that has been radiated and reporting it to the management server,
The management server analyzes the RFID information to obtain registration information and location information, confirms the destination and reported location based on the registered information, and confirms whether it is misclassified;
Wherein the management server instructs the warehousing of the goods if the goods are normally classified and if the goods are misclassified, controlling the sorting line and instructing the goods to be reclassified if the goods are misclassified

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