TW201824089A - Wireless barcode scanning system and wireless barcode scanning method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a wireless barcode scanning system which is for identifying a barcode and applied to a smart mobile device and an electronical device. The wireless barcode scanning system includes an identifying module and an external device. The identifying module which is installed in the smart mobile device is for identifying a content of the barcode and provides a signal according to the content. The signal is transmitted by a wireless transmitter of the smart mobile device. The external device is detachably connected to the electronical device and includes a wireless receiver and a driving module. The wireless receiver is for receiving the signal and the driving module is electronically connected to the wireless receiver. The driving module is for driving the electronical device to allow the content to automatically enter into a software of the electronical device. Therefore, the using convenience of the wireless barcode scanning system can be improved.

Description

 Wireless barcode scanning system and wireless barcode scanning method  

The invention relates to a barcode identification system and a barcode identification method, and in particular to a wireless barcode scanning system and a wireless barcode scanning method.

Bar code is one of the most important information in cargo control, which is common in warehouse management and logistics management. The general bar code scanning is to identify the bar code string through the bar code scanner, thereby confirming the contents of the goods and recording the stock of goods. The most commonly used bar code scanners can be divided into wireless and wired, but the price varies from thousands to tens of thousands depending on specifications and functions.

At present, in addition to commercial applications, bar codes are extended to personal use, such as calculating calories, identifying whether goods are legal, checking unified invoices, shopping, satellite navigation, billing, etc. If you purchase a bar code scanner for the above use, Because of the price and functional factors, it is very inconsistent with the cost.

Some employers use smart phones to carry mobile applications to scan bar codes and use them with specific computer software. However, this method is limited to specific computer software. It is also necessary to install corresponding software on each computer. Convenience.

In view of this, how to effectively improve the ease of use of the bar code scanner, and become the goal of the relevant industry.

The invention provides a wireless barcode scanning system and a wireless barcode scanning method. The barcode content can be automatically transmitted to the electronic device through the combination of the identification module and the external device, and the problem of inconvenient use of the traditional barcode scanner can be solved.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a wireless barcode scanning system is provided for identifying a code and supporting a smart mobile device and an electronic device. The wireless barcode scanning system includes an identification module and an external device, and the identification module is installed. And the smart mobile device is configured to identify a content corresponding to the barcode, and provide a transmission signal according to the content, the transmission signal is sent through a wireless transmitter of the smart mobile device, and the external device is detachably plugged into the electronic device and includes a wireless The receiver and a driving module, the wireless receiver is configured to receive the transmission signal, and the driving module is electrically connected to the wireless receiver. The driving module is used to drive the electronic device to automatically input the content into a working software of the electronic device.

In this way, by using the smart mobile device to carry the identification module and plugging the external device into the electronic device, the barcode content can be entered into the electronic device, and the wireless barcode scanning system can have the advantages of convenient carrying and flexible application.

According to the aforementioned wireless barcode scanning system, wherein the wireless receiver can be a Bluetooth receiver. The external device can be plugged into a universal serial bus (USB) of the electronic device. Barcode format can be Quick Response Code (QR code), PDF417, UPC-E, Code39, Code39Mod43, EAN-13, EAN-18, Code-93, Code-128, Data Matrix Cod, Interleaved 2 Of 5, ITF 14 Code or Aztec Code. The identification module can include a storage unit for storing content.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a wireless barcode scanning method is provided, which is applied to identify a code and cooperates with a smart mobile device and an electronic device. The wireless barcode scanning method includes the following steps. Providing an identification module installed in the smart mobile device; providing a plugging step for plugging an external device into the electronic device, the external device comprising a wireless receiver and a driving module, wherein the driving module is electrically connected to the wireless device The receiver provides a code scanning step of scanning a barcode by using a lens of the smart mobile device, and the identification module identifies a content corresponding to the barcode, and provides a transmission signal according to the content to be transmitted by a wireless transmitter of the smart mobile device; and providing In a content input step, the wireless receiver receives the transmission signal, and the driver module drives the electronic device to automatically input the content into a working software of the electronic device.

According to the foregoing wireless barcode scanning method, the transmission signal may be a Bluetooth signal. In the plugging step, the external device can be plugged into a universal serial busbar of the electronic device. In the barcode scanning step, the lens can continuously scan the plurality of barcodes, and the identification module stores and identifies the plural content corresponding to the barcodes.

100‧‧‧Wireless barcode scanning system

110‧‧‧ Identification Module

120‧‧‧External device

121‧‧‧Wireless Receiver

122‧‧‧Drive Module

123‧‧‧Shell

124‧‧‧Connectors

200‧‧‧Smart mobile device

210‧‧‧ lens

220‧‧‧Wireless Transmitter

300‧‧‧Electronic devices

310‧‧‧General Sequence Bus 埠

400‧‧‧ barcode

410‧‧‧Content

500‧‧‧Wire barcode scanning method

510, 520‧ ‧ steps

530, 540‧‧ steps

1 is a schematic diagram of an application of a wireless barcode scanning system according to an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a smart mobile device and a wireless barcode scanning system of FIG. 1; A flow chart of steps of a wireless barcode scanning method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. For the sake of clarity, many practical details will be explained in the following description. However, the reader should understand that these practical details are not intended to limit the invention. That is, in some embodiments of the invention, these practical details are not necessary. In addition, some of the conventional structures and elements are illustrated in the drawings in a simplified schematic representation, and the

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , wherein FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of application of a wireless barcode scanning system 100 according to an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the smart mobile device 200 and wireless barcode scanning of FIG. 1 . A block diagram of the module of system 100.

The wireless barcode scanning system 100 is used to identify a code 400 and cooperate with a smart mobile device 200 and an electronic device 300. The wireless barcode scanning system 100 includes an identification module 110 and an external device 120. The identification module 110 is installed in a smart action. The device 200 is configured to identify a content 410 corresponding to the barcode 400, and provides a transmission signal (not labeled) according to the content. The transmission signal is transmitted through a wireless transmitter 220 of the smart mobile device 200, and the external device 120 is detachably inserted. The electronic device 300 is connected to the electronic device 300 and includes a wireless receiver 121 and a driving module 122. The wireless receiver 121 is configured to receive the transmission signal. The driving module 122 is electrically connected to the wireless receiver 121. The driving module 122 is used to drive the electronic device. One of the 300 job softwares (not shown) causes the content 410 to be automatically typed into the job software.

Therefore, by using the smart mobile device 200 to mount the identification module 110 and plugging the external device 120 to the electronic device 300, the content 410 of the barcode 400 can be entered into the electronic device 300, thereby improving the usability of the wireless barcode scanning system 100. . The detailed configuration of the wireless barcode scanning system 100 will be described in more detail later.

The smart mobile device 200 is exemplified in the present embodiment as a smart phone, but may also be a smart tablet, which includes a lens 210 and a wireless transmitter 220. The lens 210 can be photographed or photographed, so that the barcode 400 can be photographed, and the transmission signal can be sent out through the wireless transmitter 220.

The identification module 110 can be a mobile application (APP) that can be mounted on different smart mobile devices 200. Therefore, different users only need to download the identification module 110 to the smart mobile device 200 first, and then after the barcode 210 is captured by the lens 210, the content 410 of the barcode 400 can be recognized.

The barcode 400 format can be Quick Response Code (QR code), PDF417, UPC-E, Code39, Code39Mod43, EAN-13, EAN-18, Code-93, Code-128, Data Matrix Cod, Interleaved. 2 of 5, ITF 14 Code or Aztec Code, and content 410 is the string represented by barcode 400.

The external device 120 includes a housing 123, a connector 124, a wireless receiver 121, and a driving module 122. The wireless receiver 121 and the driving module 122 are disposed on a circuit board (not shown) and disposed in the housing. In the 123, the connector 124 is electrically connected to the circuit board and exposed to the housing 123 for connection with the electronic device 300. In the present embodiment, the external device 120 can be plugged into a universal serial bus bar 310 of the electronic device 300, but is not limited thereto.

The wireless receiver 121 can receive the Bluetooth signal for a Bluetooth receiver. When the identification module 110 performs the identification of the barcode 400, the transmission signal is transmitted through the wireless transmitter 220 and then received by the wireless receiver 121.

The wireless receiver 121 is electrically connected to the driving module 122, and the driving module 122 has a driver to drive the electronic device 300 to automatically input the content into the operating software. After the wireless receiver 121 receives the transmission signal, the content 410 can be Appears at the location indicated by the upstream label of the job software. For example, if the job software is a mail software and the cursor is at the recipient location, the content 410 can automatically input the recipient location, which is very convenient to use.

In another embodiment, the identification module 110 can include a storage unit (not shown) for storing the content 410. In more detail, the wireless barcode scanning system 100 can scan a plurality of barcodes at a time, each barcode has a content, and the identification module 110 stores the content in the storage unit after identifying the content of each barcode, and provides the transmission signal by the wireless device. 220 stores the stored content once, and then receives it from the wireless receiver 121 of the external device 120, and drives the electronic device 300 by the driving module 122 to sequentially input all the contents into the operating software. Of course, in this case, the identification module 110 can set a line feed instruction between the content and the content in addition to the content, or the driver in the driver module 122 can plan the content corresponding to the job software in advance. The field is entered to allow each content to be input to a predetermined location in the job software, but is not limited thereto. Therefore, the wireless barcode scanning system 100 can be applied to operations such as commodity purchase and inventory counting, and has a wider range of uses.

Referring to FIG. 3, and referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the steps of a wireless barcode scanning method 500 according to another embodiment of the present invention. Wireless barcode scanning method 500 includes steps 510, 520, 520, 540.

In step 510, an identification module 110 is provided. The identification module 110 is installed in the smart mobile device 200 and can be used to identify the content 410 corresponding to the barcode 400. Of course, the identification module 110 can include a storage unit to store the content 410, but is not limited thereto.

In step 520, a plug-in step is provided to plug the external device 120 into the electronic device 300. Since the external device 120 includes the wireless receiver 121 and the driving module 122, the receiving and transmitting signals and the driving electronic device 300 can be provided. The function of the external device 120 can be plugged into the universal serial bus bar 310 of the electronic device 300 as described above.

In step 530, a code scanning step is provided to scan the barcode 400 by the lens 210 of the smart mobile device 200, and the identification module 110 recognizes the content 410 of the barcode 400 and provides a transmission signal according to the content, and transmits the signal to the smart mobile device 200. The wireless transmitter 220 transmits.

In step 540, a content input step is provided, the wireless receiver 121 receives the transmission signal, and the driving module 122 drives the electronic device 300 to automatically input the content 410 into the operating software of the electronic device 300.

In addition, in the barcode scanning step of step 530, the lens 210 can continuously scan the plurality of barcodes and each barcode has a content, and the identification module 110 recognizes the content and stores the content, and can transmit all the content at a time as described above. After the message is sent, the drive module 122 drives the electronic device 300 to sequentially input all the contents into the work software.

As apparent from the above embodiments, the present invention has the following advantages.

1. Using the smart mobile device to carry the identification module and plugging the external device into the electronic device, the bar code content can be entered into the electronic device. Because of the convenient carrying of the smart mobile device and the external device, the wireless barcode scanning system can be The advantages of portability and flexibility of application.

Second, the traditional barcode scanner needs to be used through complicated settings, and the wireless barcode scanning system of the present invention can be used more easily by using the plug-and-play function of the external electronic device without additional setting.

Third, the user only needs the external device and the download identification module to use the wireless barcode scanning system, which is more cost-effective than the traditional traditional barcode scanner.

Fourth, by using the identification module on the smart mobile device, it is possible to identify bar codes of different formats. Compared with the traditional bar code scanner, only a single bar code can be recognized, and the range of use is wider and wider.

5. If the bar code format on the market is updated, as long as the identification function of the new format bar code is added to the identification module, the new bar code scanner can be replaced, and the cost of the replacement can be reduced.

Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention, and the present invention can be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

Claims (9)

 A wireless barcode scanning system for identifying at least one code, and a smart mobile device and an electronic device, the wireless barcode scanning system comprising: an identification module installed in the smart mobile device, the identification module is used for identification a content corresponding to the at least one code, and providing a transmission signal according to the content, the transmission signal is sent through a wireless transmitter of the smart mobile device; and an external device detachably plugged into the electronic device, The external device includes: a wireless receiver for receiving the transmission signal; and a driving module electrically connected to the wireless receiver, the driving module is configured to drive the electronic device to automatically input the content into the electronic device A work software.    The wireless barcode scanning system of claim 1, wherein the wireless receiver is a Bluetooth receiver.    The wireless barcode scanning system of claim 1, wherein the external device is plugged into a universal serial bus (USB) of the electronic device.    The wireless barcode scanning system according to claim 1, wherein the barcode format is Quick Response Code (QR code), PDF417, UPC-E, Code39, Code39Mod43, EAN-13, EAN- 18. Code-93, Code-128, Data Matrix Cod, Interleaved 2 of 5, ITF 14 Code or Aztec Code.    The wireless barcode scanning system of claim 1, wherein the identification module comprises: a storage unit for storing the content.    A wireless barcode scanning method is applied to identify at least one code, and cooperates with a smart mobile device and an electronic device. The wireless barcode scanning method includes: providing an identification module installed in the smart mobile device; providing a plugging step, Inserting an external device into the electronic device, the external device includes a wireless receiver and a driving module, the driving module is electrically connected to the wireless receiver; and providing a code scanning step, using the smart mobile device a lens scans the barcode, and the identification module identifies a content corresponding to the at least one code, and provides a transmission signal according to the content to be sent by a wireless transmitter of the smart mobile device; and provides a content input step, The wireless receiver receives the transmission signal, and the driving module drives the electronic device to automatically input the content into a working software of the electronic device.    The wireless barcode scanning method of claim 6, wherein the transmission signal is a Bluetooth signal.    The wireless barcode scanning method of claim 6, wherein in the plugging step, the external device is plugged into a universal serial busbar of the electronic device.    The wireless barcode scanning method of claim 6, wherein in the barcode scanning step, the lens continuously scans a plurality of barcodes, and the identification module identifies and stores the plurality of barcodes corresponding to the barcodes.