CN101099091A - Method and system for tracking items in a shipping facility - Google Patents
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A system for tracking items includes a turntable to receive a pallet containing articles having RFID devices, a transceiver disposed adjacent to the turntable to transmit and receive a signal from the RFID devices, and a wrap dispenser to wrap the articles with wrap as the turntable rotates. A method is provided including loading articles having RFID devices thereon on a pallet, loading the pallet on a turntable, attaching an end of a wrap to at least one of the articles, rotating the turntable to cause the wrap to encircle the articles until all of the articles are constrained in position by the wrap, transmitting a signal to the RFID devices to cause the each RFID device to emit a signal back to the transceiver, and reading the signals from the RFID devices to obtain information contained in the signals.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to use radio frequency (RF) technology catalogue, follow the tracks of and prevent goods stock loss (inventory shrinkage).Or rather, the present invention relates to follow the tracks of, make a catalogue and prevent transport pallet in the dispatch center and on stock's loss of the goods that comprises.
Background technology
Transportation equipment is useful on the system of catalogue, encapsulation, fixing and shipping goods usually.For example, transportation equipment can receive bundled combination goods, for example, and 20 casees goods " A ", ten casees goods " B " and ten bags of goods " C ".In the past, these goods by hand or e-catalog, be placed on (for example, Wooden tray) on the tray, encapsulation and be placed on the means of transport for example truck, train, steamer etc.This system is easy to make mistakes.For example, specific company can receive tray more than 1,000 in one day and load more than 100 truck.Each tray must be assigned on the appropriate truck with appropriate order usually in the appropriate time.In transportation equipment, will there be many different people that different trays is loaded on the truck.Mistake has appearred in the result.For transportation equipment, when causing loading delay or loss of goods because of mistake, the cost of makeing mistakes is very big.
Which particular vehicle each tray that is starved of for transportation equipment in its system of accurate tracking should be loaded in any residing position of the appointment moment and this tray.A method is that each goods that is opposite on the tray carries out record by craft or electronics.Write down by hand that the stock makes mistakes extremely easily and consuming time for large-scale transportation equipment, so they transfer the electronics mode to and track inventory.
Electronics a lot of advantages that tracked inventory.For example electronics is followed the tracks of the specific goods of can permission company following the tracks of on the particular pallet.And electronics is followed the tracks of can robotization and quickening tracing process.Also can reduce mistake and real time data about following the tracks of is provided.
In order to realize the electronics tracking, each goods in the grouping is preferably used the electronics mark of RF (radio frequency) label, preferred RFID (radio-frequency (RF) identification) label.When being sent out the activation of device or transceiver, the RFID label is by sending signal identification self (for example by discerning product and the product ID (SN) in its scope).Receiver is monitored the transmission and the record of RFID label, and for example, (1) is by finding it is which sensor has been discerned the time that label position that label knows and (2) this label are activated.
For the purposes of the present invention, term " RFID label " and " RFID device " commutative use.
Label such as RFID label must activate so that be sent out device within specific distance range.This scope is decided on multiple factor, for example interference, the intensity of original signal (i.e. the signal of being launched by transceiver) and the material type that is marked.Post easy variation of type of material of label and influence the result.For example, if tray contains betal can, transmission range is extremely limited.Usually, metal and highly dense material have great spinoff to signal transmission strength.Because this characteristic is only established single transmitter in the fixed position, for example shown in Figure 1, not effective ways usually at all products on the tray.Because this restriction, most of existing transportation sensors comprise transmitter gate, for example as shown in Figure 2.Door among Fig. 2 uses the system of six transmitters and receiver.For example when a forklift crossed this, label was scanned.Because of the quantity of transmitter and receiver, the cost of door, the occupation of land space of door etc., this system cost costliness.Build this system again for complicated.For example, transmitter and receiver all need synchronously so that co-operation.Need a kind of low price, simple structure, not too huge system.
Known have many patents that relate generally to the system of existing type.For example, the 5th, 920, No. 287 U.S. Patent Publications such as (Belcher people) wireless location system by the accurate tracking target of radio frequency (RF) label.This label at random and the repeat its transmission identification signal.
The 5th, 926, No. 110 (people such as Downs) U.S. Patent Publications be used for controlling the output device able to programme of the signal level of RFID transponder.
The 5th, 929, No. 760 (Monahan) U.S. Patent Publications a kind of RFID antenna system, this system comprises and is arranged near the antenna that inquiry is used to inquire the transponder that moves along the inquiry path path.The longitudinal axis of this antenna is basically perpendicular to the inquiry path.Antenna provides active RF interrogation zone.
The 5th, 933, No. 354 (people such as Shimada) U.S. Patent Publications be used to control the system of the physical distribution of tray with correct identification tray.This system comprises the wireless detection device that is installed on the tray and is used to detect the tray control information.
The 5th, 936, No. 527 U.S. Patent Publications such as (Isaacman people) be used for the apparatus and method of RF document control system, this system can to for example easily the office file of identification position.Main transceiver is to the coding RF signal that places the independent addressable transceivers transmission first frequency on shelf and/or the cabinet.Local energizer is transmitted the coding RF signal of second frequency through antenna.The passive RFID tags that contains the coding identical with the coding that is sent by local energizer is attached to document or file.When document or file were near energizer, this RFID label was excited and modulates second frequency.The computing machine that is connected with main transceiver can make this system discern the ad-hoc location that is marked document automatically and apace along particular pallet or cabinet.
The 5th, 953, No. 234 U.S. Patent Publications such as (Singer people) goods is stored in automatic memory device on the storage tray.This system provides and has selected the order of piling up object.This system comprises server, client's PC, client RF terminal etc.
The 5th, 959, No. 568 (Woolley) U.S. Patent Publications be used to measure the system of a distance, by being affixed on the object electronic tag is attached, monitor object in memory block or the moving vehicle in this distance.When object moved in storage or by vehicle, electronic equipment was by detecting the existence of this object with label communication.Label also can be determined the position of appended object, and if change its course when departing from the movement plan of the appointment position of object of object.
The 5th, 963, No. 134 (people such as Bowers) U.S. Patent Publications be used for for example article inventory control systems of books, and use the attached RFID label that is affixed on each article.Inventory database is followed the tracks of all article that are marked, and keeps the circulation status information of each article.Use client's self-clearing system to take article out of library.Article after the clearing are by inserting also bookcase (exterior smart book drop) return library of external smart, and this external smart also bookcase reads the article of RFID label and automatic gauging return.
The 5th, 970, No. 398 (Turtle) U.S. Patent Publications have a RF antenna of current controlled sensitivity.
The 5th, 971, No. 592 (people such as Kralj) U.S. Patent Publications have an integrated returnable tray of transacter.Disclose the method that is used to control stock and transportation, the returnable goods with data storage device can be followed the tracks of and be controlled to described method.In the method the data on the data storage device of returnable goods are stored and retrieved.
The 6th, 032, No. 127 (people such as Schkolnick) U.S. Patent Publications can keep smart shopper car automatically to the object tracking in the trolley.This system provides the total price of the goods of user's trolley delivery.This trolley has base station and antenna.
The 6th, 075, No. 441 (Maloney) U.S. Patent Publications be used to follow the tracks of for example system of key of object.This system comprises a plurality of unit, and each all links to each other with tracked object.Each unit carry store this unit of identification and connect the memory device of the unique code of object.
The 6th, 081, No. 237 (people such as Sato) U.S. Patent Publications a kind of antenna/reflector apparatus, wherein reduced the space that low profile antenna (low profileantenna) occupies because of the inner space that has utilized mirror case.
The 6th, 097, No. 301 (Turtle) U.S. Patent Publications a kind of method of regulating the two-way communication range of rfid system, handle and inquire a plurality of objects that are marked that each all comprises the RFID label, for example suitcase respectively to assist the operator.The RFID transceiver that is mounted is installed on one's body the operator.
The 6th, 148, No. 291 (Radican) U.S. Patent Publications container and stock's method for supervising and system, it provides the detailed logistics control of container, transportation shelf and resident and transportation inventory (resident andin-transit inventory).This method and system set up and remain in the equipment scope and such as the position of container, shelf and stock between the equipment such as manufacturing plant, assembling factory, warehouse, move and the accurate real time record of loading and unloading state.
The 6th, 150, No. 921 (people such as Werb) U.S. Patent Publications be used to follow the tracks of the article tracking system of mobile tag.Cell controller with multi-antenna module produces the carrier signal that is received by label.Label changes the frequency of carrier signal, Modulation Identification sign indicating number thereon, and send with random interval should synthetic label signal.Antenna receives and handles this response and determines the existence of label by location and triangulation.Cell controller sends data from sky alignment main frame.
The 6th, 154, No. 137 (people such as Goff) U.S. Patent Publications comprise the identification label of magnetic response element and RF response element.This magnetic response element can be used as the antenna of radio-frequency-responsive element.
The 435th, No. 557 (people such as Eisenberg) U.S. Patent Publication the design of manual interrogator.
The 6th, 182, No. 053 (people such as Rauber) U.S. Patent Publication by the method and apparatus of the stock in the computer management warehouse.This method and apparatus is used for reception, classification, mark, tracking and sale stock.
The 6th, 232, No. 870 U.S. Patent Publications such as (Garber people) a kind of combination be connected with the manual RFID equipment that the goods of RFID label uses.Here, refer more particularly to library materials, for example books, magazine and magnetic and optical material.
The 6th, 335, No. 686 (people such as Goff) U.S. Patent Publications a kind of antenna holder band (antennashelf tape), it uses with goods with RFID element or the label that links to each other with complementary goods.Here, the antenna holder band comprises a plurality of antennas, wherein can select at least one antenna to promote the inquiry near the RFID element of selected antenna.
The 6th, 496, No. 806 (people such as Horwitz) U.S. Patent Publications be used for following the tracks of the method and system of each goods of one group of goods.Each goods has relevant ID.This method and system storage item record.This item record comprises the complementary goods record that is used to store this goods ID.Each item record links to each other with other item record.
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Summary of the invention
A kind of system that follows the tracks of goods is provided, and this system comprises: be suitable for admitting the rotating disk of the tray that article are housed, have at least one RFID device on this tray and the article; The transceiver that at least one contiguous rotating disk is provided with, this transceiver are suitable for sending signal and receiving signal from this RFID device at least one RFID device; And package dispenser (wrap dispenser), this package dispenser is packed the tray that article are housed with wrapping paper when rotating disk rotates.
Tray can have at least one RFID label mounted thereto.On each article at least one RFID can be installed on the tray.Be used to pack the package dispenser of tray and rotating disk preferred disposition for moving up and down relative to each other.
A kind of system that follows the tracks of goods also is provided, this system comprises the rotating disk of admitting a plurality of article, has the RFID device on each at least a portion of a plurality of article, the post that is used for the contiguous rotating disk of supporting reel, this spool can move on post up and down, has a volume elastic membrane on this spool, at least one transceiver that contiguous rotating disk is provided with, this transceiver configuration is for sending signal with to a plurality of RFID device transmission signals, and receive feedback signal from described a plurality of RFID devices, each feedback signal comprises the data about article, has RFID device and the processor that is used to handle the data of the relevant article with this RFID device on these article.
Preferably, by utilizing at least one motor that spool is moved on post up and down.Rotating disk can be used to admit the tray that has a plurality of article on it.At least one RFID is installed on each article on the tray.
A kind of method that is used to follow the tracks of goods also is provided, the method comprising the steps of: with a plurality of article loadings on tray, has the RFID device at least one in the article, tray is loaded on the rotating disk, one end of one coil packing paper is connected at least one article or tray, rotary turnplate makes wrapping paper center on article on the tray, and continue rotary turnplate and retrain substantially up to the basic packaged paper of all article and put in place, send signal so that the signal of transceiver is returned in the emission of each RFID device at least one RFID device, thereby and read signal from the RFID device and obtain to be contained in information in this signal.
This method can comprise the step of using forklift to remove tray from rotating disk.This method can also comprise step: during the step of rotary turnplate, tray and transceiver are moved relative to each other up and down.
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To describe the present invention in conjunction with the following drawings, wherein identical Reference numeral is represented components identical, wherein:
Fig. 1 is that prior art is known, is installed in the simplified structure diagram of the transceiver on the bar that is used for the product detection;
Fig. 2 is the simplified structure diagram of the known door of prior art type transceiver;
Fig. 3 is that prior art is known, and the axle that waits of the simplification of the automatic film packaging machine of product is surveyed view on the tray;
Fig. 4 is first preferred embodiment according to the present invention, makes the contiguous tray setting of transceiver, and the axle that waits of simplification that has the product automatic film packaging machine of tray is surveyed a view;
Fig. 5 is the simplified side view that is used for the automatic film packaging machine of Fig. 4 product;
Fig. 6 is according to Fig. 4's but has the simplified side view of the automatic film packaging machine of two tray transceivers;
Fig. 7 is according to Fig. 4's but has the simplified side view of the automatic film packaging machine of two tray transceivers different with physical arrangement among Fig. 6;
Fig. 8 is the simplified side view that has the automatic film packaging machine of scalable transceiver linking arm according to Fig. 4;
Fig. 9 be automatic film packaging machine among Fig. 6 in the simplified side view shown in the time point after a while, the packing dispenser that wherein is used to pack is just being raised and the tray rotating disk revolves and turn 90 degrees; And
Figure 10 be automatic film packaging machine among Fig. 6 than the simplified side view shown in Fig. 9 time point after a while, wherein tray contains the other goods that is marked.
Embodiment
Many transportation equipments have a process, the product that packing will be transported before shipping products.Usually, by with these goods as packing on the platform of transferring to rotation: (1) tray, the goods on (2) tray, each goods has the RFID label, and the RFID label on (3) tray.With regard to present purpose, these three collectives are called pallet complex.Package dispenser is packed pallet complex with plastics package.This system usually as shown in Figure 3.Past, take packaged pallet complex by forklift, transmitter gate is passed through in delivery, and is loaded on the truck.This transmitter gate reads the RFID label and collects the data relevant with this label.For example, the position of transmitter gate, goods pass the time of this transmitter gate etc.
For example, the 5th, 794, No. 418 (Lai) United States Patent (USP) relates to the tray stretch wrapping machine that comprises rotating disk, by reference its instructions is incorporated in full.Framework can be along the post vertical moving.Post supports the framework that can move up and down on post.This framework has the spool that contains a volume elastic membrane.The end of elastic membrane places on article or a plurality of article, and described article preferably are placed on the tray on the rotating disk.Make the rotating disk rotation that has tray on it and the article of framework on rotating disk with spool are moved up and/or down, make these article all be packed by a few rotations of rotating disk.
The present invention relates near the package dispenser of packing, place at least a transceiver, with convenient pallet complex when just packaged, the existence of this at least one transceiver records.When the packing pallet complex, because platform can move (that is, explain as arrow A among Fig. 3, height above the ground increases or reduces) usually up and down, transceiver will be near all the RFID labels on the tray in packaging process.
Therefore, the transmitter gate of need to remove separating is simplified design substantially, and the transmitter that can usage quantity reduces.A kind of tracker cheaply that does not need additional step (that is, tracking and packaging step are merged into a step) in processing is provided.In addition, the present invention takies expensive warehouse floor space unlike door.
Referring now to accompanying drawing,, identical Reference numeral is represented components identical among wherein several width of cloth figure, shows system 10 according to the tracking goods of the preferred embodiment of the invention from Fig. 4 to 10.The system 10 of this tracking goods generally includes the rotating disk 12 that is suitable for admitting the tray 14 that article 16 are housed.At least one transceiver 18 contiguous rotating disks 12 are provided with, and send signals and receive signal from least one RFID device to being positioned at least one RFID device (label) 24 on one or more article 16.When rotating disk 12 rotations, the package dispenser 20 that is used for distribution package paper uses the tray 14 that comprises article 16 from the wrapping paper 22 of spool 30.
Tray 14 self also can have at least one RFID label 26 mounted thereto.
For example, can see by comparison diagram 6 and Fig. 9, be used for distribution package paper with the packing package dispenser 20 of tray 14 and rotating disk 12 preferably relative to each other (direction B) move up and down, make that the article 16 of the single-width that is higher than wrapping paper 22 can be packaged.
Also be provided for following the tracks of the method for goods, the method comprising the steps of: provide at least one transceiver 18 (as defined by the present invention, can be the form of independent transmitter and receiver, and can comprise the processor of deal with data), this transceiver 18 is suitable at least one RFID device 24,26 transmission signals and reception are from the signal of at least one RFID device 24,26.This method is proceeded the step of article loading on rotating disk 12.The RFID device is arranged at least one in the article.One end of the volume 34 of wrapping paper 12 is connected with at least one article 16, and rotary turnplate 12 is rotated the article 16 that wrapping paper 22 is centered on the tray 14.Rotating disk continuation rotation retrains substantially up to basic all article 16 packaged paper 22 and puts in place.In rotating disk 12 rotary courses, provide from the signal of transceiver 18 so that the signal of transceiver 18 is returned in 24,26 emissions of this RFID device to RFID device 24,26.Transceiver 18 reads from RFID device 24, thereby 26 signal obtains to be contained in the information in this signal.This information can be handled in processor 32.Transceiver 18 or store this information or be connected to and to analyze data computing machine system by network.Tray 14 and transceiver 18 can move up or down relative to each other to guarantee that all RFID devices are suitably activated.
See as Fig. 6 or Fig. 7, can provide two transceiver 18a, 18b for increasing areal coverage.In addition, transceiver can be arranged on adjustable transceiver linking arm 28.
If desired, can use forklift to remove tray then from rotating disk 12.
Although described the present invention in detail, yet obviously can make multiple variation or modification therein to those skilled in the art and do not break away from its essence and scope with reference to the specific embodiment of the invention.
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1. system that follows the tracks of goods, described system comprises:
(a) be suitable for admitting the rotating disk of the tray that comprises article, have at least one RFID device on described tray and the described article;
(b) transceiver that is provided with of at least one contiguous described rotating disk, described transceiver are suitable for sending signal and receiving signal from described RFID device at least one RFID device; And
(c) package dispenser, when described rotating disk rotated, described package dispenser was packed the described tray that comprises article with wrapping paper.
2. the system of tracking goods according to claim 1 is characterized in that: at least one RFID label is installed on the described tray.
3. according to the system of the described tracking goods of claim 1, it is characterized in that: on each article on the described tray at least one RFID is installed.
4. according to the system of the described tracking goods of claim 1, it is characterized in that: described package dispenser and the described rotating disk that is used to pack tray moves relative to each other up and down.
5. system that follows the tracks of goods, described system comprises:
(a) rotating disk of a plurality of article of admittance has the RFID device on each article at least a portion of described a plurality of article;
(b) be used for the post of the described rotating disk of vicinity of supporting reel, described spool can move on described post up and down, has a volume elastic membrane on the described spool;
(c) be close at least one transceiver that rotating disk is provided with, described transceiver configuration is for sending signal with to a plurality of RFID device transmission signals, and receive feedback signal from described a plurality of RFID devices, each comprises the data of relevant article in the described feedback signal, has described RFID device on the described article; And
(d) be used to handle the processor of the data of relevant article with described RFID device.
6. according to the system of the described tracking goods of claim 5, it is characterized in that: described spool utilizes at least one motor to move up and down on described post.
7. according to the system of the described tracking goods of claim 5, it is characterized in that: described rotating disk is used to admit tray, has a plurality of article on the described tray.
8. according to the system of the described tracking goods of claim 5, it is characterized in that: at least one RFID label is installed on the described tray.
9. according to the system of the described tracking goods of claim 7, it is characterized in that: at least one RFID is installed on each article in the article on the described tray.
10. method of following the tracks of goods, described method comprises step:
(a) with a plurality of article loadings on tray, have the RFID device in the described article at least one article;
(b) described tray is loaded on the rotating disk;
(c) one of an end of wrapping paper is connected in the described article at least or tray;
(d) the described rotating disk of rotation makes the article of described wrapping paper on the described tray, and continues the described rotating disk of rotation and retrained substantially by described wrapping paper up to basic all article and put in place;
(e) send signal so that the signal of described transceiver is returned in the emission of each RFID device at least one RFID device; And
(f) thus read from the signal of described RFID device and obtain to be contained in information in the described signal.
11. the method for tracking goods according to claim 10, described method comprise described tray and described transceiver are moved relative to each other up and down.
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