JP2001261118A - Recycle system for rental clothing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively use a recyclable part of rental clothing easily. SOLUTION: A uniform is attached with an ID tag, which stores a recyclable part among parts of the uniform as recycle information in product information. As a result, by making a uniform maker read the recycle information from the ID tag in scrapping the used uniform, it is possible to remove the recyclable part from the uniform and use it in sewing the next uniform.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rental clothing recycling system for managing rental clothing using data tags.

[0002]

Among the goods rental businesses, there is a linen supply business that lends clothes, for example, uniforms worn by doctors and nurses in hospitals or uniforms worn by employees at hotels. The system rents out uniforms to lenders such as hospitals and hotels, collects and cleans them when they become dirty, and lends them again to lenders.

[0003] By the way, when a uniform reaches the end of its life, recyclable parts are removed from the collected uniform to make effective use of resources. However, when the number of uniforms to be handled is large, the uniform can be recycled. Due to the complicated relationship with various parts, the fact is that even recyclable parts cannot be effectively used without being removed from the uniform.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rental clothing recycling system that can easily and effectively utilize recyclable parts of rental clothing.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when shipping clothing for rental, recycling information indicating recyclable parts is stored in a data tag attached to the clothing for rental. .

When the rental clothing expires and is recycled, the recycling information is read from the data tag by the reading means. At this time, since the recycling information indicates recyclable parts in the rental clothing,
The recyclable parts can be effectively utilized by removing them from the rental clothing.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to the linen supply industry will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the concept of linen supply will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, a manufacturer sewes a uniform 1 to be lent to a hospital or a hotel upon receiving an order from a linen supplier. At this time, the uniform 1
As shown in FIG. 3, a small and thin ID as a data tag
The tag 2 is sewn to the back of the inconspicuous hem of the uniform 1 or the like.

In the linen supplier, the uniform 1 delivered from the manufacturer is lent to a lender such as a hospital or a hotel upon request, and when it becomes dirty, collected, washed, and lent to the lender again. In this case, ID tag 2
Stores the operation information such as the delivery date and the collection date as appropriate, and manages the uniform 1 based on the operation information.

The organization of the linen supplier includes a sales department, a collection and delivery department, a factory department, and a warehouse department. The sales department accepts lending of the uniform 1 from a lender of the uniform 1 such as a hospital or a hotel. The collection and delivery section collects the uniform 1 from the lender and delivers the washed uniform 1 to the lender. The factory department can wash the uniform 1 collected from the lender,
Repair the dust and so on. The warehouse department stores and stores the washed uniform 1 in a warehouse, stores a new uniform 1 as a spare, and supplies the uniform 1 to be delivered to the lender to the collection and delivery department.

FIG. 4 shows a management system of a linen supplier. The management system is built around a management device 3 composed of a computer as a management means. The management device 3 includes terminal devices 4 to 7 composed of computers installed in each of the above sections and a public communication line. 8 are connected. The person in charge of the collection and delivery section carries a hand-held reader / writer 9 as ID information acquisition means,
A PHS telephone 10 is carried as a transmitting means. Although not shown, the management device 3 and the terminal devices 4 to 7 are provided with input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, a display as a display means, a printer as a printing means, and the like.

The hand-held reader / writer 9 is for obtaining information such as the type and number of the uniforms 1 collected at the lender, and the information acquired by the hand-held reader / writer 9 is P
It is transmitted from the HS telephone 10 as a radio signal. The radio signal transmitted from the PHS telephone 10 is
It is received by the S base station 11 and given to the management device 3 via the public communication line 8.

The hand-held reader / writer 9 includes an ID tag 2
Communication with the radio wave. Here, the electrical configuration of the ID tag 2 and the handheld reader / writer 9 will be described. First, FIG. 5 shows an electrical configuration of the ID tag 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the ID tag 2 includes an antenna coil 12 for transmitting and receiving a radio signal, a resonance capacitor 13, and a control IC.
14 and a smoothing portion 15. Control IC 14
The semiconductor device constituting the rectifying unit 17, the modulation / demodulation unit 18, the memory unit 19 and the like in addition to the MPU (microprocessor unit) 16 as a control means is integrated into one chip. In this case, the memory unit 19 has a ROM in which an operation program is stored, and an erasable non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM for temporary storage. Also,
Although not shown, the smoothing unit 15 has a smoothing capacitor, a Zener diode, and the like.

The antenna coil 12 is connected in parallel with the resonance capacitor 13 to form a resonance circuit, and a predetermined high-frequency power radio signal is transmitted from a hand-held reader / writer 9 as an external device. When it comes, it receives this and supplies it to the rectifier 17. The rectification unit 17 includes the smoothing unit 1
5 together with the power supply circuit for operation, rectifies the electric wave signal for electric power transmitted from the resonance circuit, and
DC power at constant voltage (operating power)
And supply it to the MPU 16 and the like.

A signal such as data transmitted from the hand-held reader / writer 9 is transmitted by being superimposed on a power radio signal, and the signal is demodulated by the modulation / demodulation unit 18 and supplied to the MPU 16. Can be MPU 16
It operates in accordance with the operation program stored in the ROM of the memory unit 19, executes processing according to a signal input from the modem unit 18, and stores received data in the memory unit 19
The data is written to an erasable non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM, or data is read from the memory unit 19, modulated by the modem unit 18, and transmitted as a radio signal from the antenna coil 12.

As shown in FIG. 1, the memory unit 19 stores an ID number, product-specific information, product information, operation information,
Customer information is stored. Product specific information includes product name,
The color and size are stored, and the manufacturing information is
The date of manufacture and recycling information are stored, the first information input date, the previous delivery date, the collection date, the number of washings and the repair history are stored as operation information, and the user code and user name are stored as customer information. You. In this case, as the recycle information, a component name, a component position, and a component count for each recyclable component are stored. Specifically, in the recycle information 1, a button is stored as a component name, a right sleeve is stored as a component position, and 3 is stored as the number of components. In the recycling information 2, a fastener is stored as a component name, a back is stored as a component position, and 1 is stored as the number of components.
Is stored. Therefore, by reading the recycling information in the operation information of the ID tag 2, the recycled parts of the uniform 1 can be known.

The reason why the number of times of washing is stored in the ID tag 2 is that the uniform 1 becomes more difficult to remove dirt with normal washing when the number of times of washing is increased. This is to understand when to do it.

FIG. 6 shows an electrical configuration of the hand-held reader / writer 9. As shown in FIG. 1, the handheld reader / writer 9 includes an MPU 20 as a control unit, a transmitting unit 22 having a transmitting antenna 21, a receiving unit 24 having a receiving antenna 23, a memory unit 25, and a modem for communicating with the PHS telephone 10. 26, and a battery 27 as an operation power supply.

The MPU 20 of the hand-held reader / writer 9 has I
When communicating with the D tag 2, first, the carrier signal is modulated by the transmission unit 22 and converted into a power radio signal by the transmission antenna 21.
Then, the data to be transmitted is modulated by the transmitting unit 22 so as to be superimposed on the power radio signal, and transmitted from the transmitting antenna 21.

The radio signal transmitted from the ID tag 2 is received by the receiving antenna 23, demodulated by the receiving unit 24, and discriminated as data. And MPU20
Stores the data demodulated by the receiving unit 24 in the memory unit 25, and when the data transmission operation is performed, transmits the data stored in the memory unit 25 to the PHS telephone 10 via the modem 26. Reference numeral 28 denotes an operation unit composed of key switches, 2
Reference numeral 9 denotes a display unit composed of a liquid crystal display.

On the other hand, in FIG. 4, each of the terminal devices 4 to 7 of the collection / delivery department, the factory department, and the warehouse department, similarly to the hand-held reader / writer 9, has a reader for communicating with the ID tag 2 of the uniform 1 by radio waves. Writers 30 to 34 are connected. Note that the electrical configuration of these reader / writers 30 to 34 is almost the same as that of the above-described hand-held reader / writer 9, and differs in that the power supply for operation is obtained from a commercial AC power supply.

The reader / writers 30 to 34 give the management apparatus 3 the movement information of the uniform 1 in the collection / delivery section, the factory section, and the warehouse section. Specifically, when delivering the uniform 1 to the lender, the reader / writer 30 of the collection and delivery section acquires information on the uniform 1 to be delivered. The reader / writer 31 in the factory section acquires information on the uniform 1 received at the laundry factory, and the reader / writer 32 acquires information on the washed uniform 1.

The reader / writer 33 in the warehouse section obtains information on the uniform 1 that is washed in the laundry factory and stored in the warehouse or the uniform 1 that is newly purchased and stored in the warehouse. For this purpose, the information of the uniform 1 passed from the warehouse department to the collection and delivery department is acquired. By subtracting the information from the reader / writers 33 and 34, the type and number of the uniforms 1 stored in the current warehouse can be grasped.

On the other hand, the manufacturer can write the recycling information into the ID tag 2 attached to the uniform 1 and read the recycling information from the ID tag 2 as ID information. That is, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, an antenna 36 is mounted on the workbench 35, and the personal computer 37 writes the recycle information into the ID tag 2 attached to the uniform 1 mounted on the antenna 36, and also writes the recycle information. It is read and displayed on the display 38. In this case, the personal computer 37 functions as a writing unit and a reading unit.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. In the warehouse section, when a uniform 1 is received from a manufacturer, predetermined product-specific information, manufacturing information, and customer information are written in an ID tag 2 sewn on the uniform 1, and then the goods are carried into the warehouse. That is, the product name, color, and size are written as product-specific information, the manufacturer and the date of manufacture are written as manufacturing information, and the user code and user name are written as customer information.

When the sales department receives a lending order for the uniform 1 from the lender, the name of the lender, the scheduled lending date, the type, size, type, and the men's and women's Separately, rental request information such as color is input, and the rental request information is given from the terminal device 4 to the management device 3.

The warehouse section carries out the uniform 1 from the warehouse based on the rental request information. At this time,
The reader / writer 34 communicates with the ID tag 2 of the uniform 1 carried out of the warehouse to acquire ID information of the uniform 1, that is, information such as an ID number, a product name, a color, and a size, and transmits the information to the terminal of the warehouse department. Input to the device 6. Then, the terminal device 6 gives the information of the uniform 1 unloaded from the warehouse to the management device 3.

The person in charge of collection and delivery sorts the uniform 1 delivered from the warehouse section for each lender based on the customer information stored in the ID tag 2 and places it on the collection and delivery vehicle. At the time of sorting to the lender, the reader / writer 30 of the collection / delivery section communicates with the ID tag 2 of the uniform 1 and
Is acquired and input to the terminal device 7 of the collection / delivery section. At this time, the date of the current day (or the first product input date in the case of the first input date) is written into the ID tag 2 as operation information.

The person in charge of collection and delivery lends a new washed uniform 1 to the lending destination and collects the dirty uniform 1. When collecting this uniform 1,
The person in charge of collection and delivery communicates with the ID tag 2 of the uniform 1 collected by holding the handheld reader / writer 9 and obtains the ID information of the uniform 1. The ID information acquired by the handheld reader / writer 9 is transmitted from the PHS telephone 10 and received by the base station 11. I received by base station 11
The D information is then transmitted to the management device 3 via the public communication line 8.
Is received by a modem (receiving means) (not shown) of the management device 3 and is taken into the management device 3. At this time, the collection date is written into the ID tag 2 as operation information.

Then, the collection and delivery vehicle that has collected the uniform 1 by sequentially stopping at the lending destination hands over the collected uniform 1 to the factory department. In the factory section, the ID of the uniform 1 in which the reader / writer 31 was carried into the laundry factory
It communicates with the tag 2 to acquire the ID information of the uniform 1 and gives this to the management device 3 via the terminal device 5. The uniform 1 in which the reader / writer 32 has finished washing
The ID information of the uniform 1 is obtained by communicating with the ID tag 2 of the PC 1 and is given to the management device 3 via the terminal device 5. At this time, the reader / writer 31 adds 1 to the number of washings in the operation information of the ID tag 2. Therefore, the number of washings indicates the number of washings of the uniform so far.

Then, the uniform 1 washed in the factory section is transported to a warehouse. At this time, the reader / writer 33 of the warehouse section sends the ID of the uniform 1 carried into the warehouse.
It communicates with the tag 2 to acquire the ID information of the uniform 1 and gives the acquired ID information to the management device 3.

Based on the ID information of the uniform 1 given from the terminal devices 4 to 7 and the PHS telephone 10 of each section as described above, the management device 3
Create collection schedule, shortage order schedule, inventory management, etc. That is, based on the rental request information given by the sales department and the stock information of the washed uniform 1 given by the warehouse department, the management device 3 plans to lend tomorrow without using a new uniform 1 In order to arrange the uniforms 1 in the warehouse by the end of the day, a laundry schedule is calculated, which uniforms should be worn and at what time they should be put into the washing machine by today.

On the other hand, the management device 3 calculates the washed uniform information indicating what uniform 1 is to be washed and what is to be stored in the warehouse by what time of the day based on the washing schedule information given by the factory. On the other hand, based on the uniform collection information of the handheld reader / writer 9, it calculates which uniform 1 and how many have been collected from each lender.

Then, from the rental request information, the washing schedule information and the washed uniform information, the number of lacking uniforms, that is, which uniforms 1 and what shorts are worn, is calculated. When the missing uniform 1 exists, it is calculated from the collected information by the PHS telephone 10 whether or not the missing uniform 1 exists in the collected uniforms 1. As a result, the missing uniform 1 is obtained.
If there is a collection and delivery person who has collected the uniforms, the management device 3 displays the person on a display (not shown), changes the washing device schedule, and returns the collection and delivery vehicle that has collected the shortage of the uniform 1. The collected uniform 1 from the pickup and delivery vehicle is ready to be put into the washing machine.

Then, the operator of the management device 3 calls the PHS telephone 10 of the person in charge of collection and delivery displayed on the display and instructs by what time to return to the factory. As a result, the uniform 1 to be lent tomorrow can be washed and stored in the warehouse by the end of today.

Further, from the above-mentioned washing schedule information and the washed uniform information, the number of lacking uniforms, that is, which uniforms 1 are insufficient, is calculated. A collection schedule is created based on the rental request information indicating whether or not the uniform has been lent to the company, so that the missing uniform can be preferentially collected. If the person in charge of collection and delivery patrols the lender according to the collection schedule, the probability of collecting the shortaged uniform 1 increases, depending on the degree of contamination on the lender side. Then, if the uniform 1 is collected, it is transferred to the management device 3 in real time.
, The uniform 1 can be made to arrive at the factory earlier so that shortage of the uniform can be resolved.

If there is still a shortage in the uniform 1 to be lent even after performing the above processing, a new uniform stored in the warehouse is lent. The rental request information for this new uniform 1
The data is input from the reader / writer 33 in the warehouse section to the management device 3 via the terminal device 7.

When the delivery, collection, and washing of the uniform 1 are repeated as described above, the uniform 1 finally reaches the end of its life.
When disposing of
To the manufacturer. In the manufacturer, the uniform 1 is placed on the antenna 36 as shown in FIG. 7, and the personal computer 37 reads the recycling information from the ID tag 2 through the antenna 36. Then, the recycle information read from the ID tag 2 is displayed on the display 38 of the personal computer 37, and the worker removes the recyclable parts from the uniform 1 based on the display and sends it to the sewing process. Thereby, the specific recyclable parts among the parts of the uniform 1 will be used repeatedly, and the parts can be effectively utilized.

Specifically, the uniform 1 whose life has expired
If the recycle information read from the ID tag 2 attached to the device is as shown in FIG. 7, the three buttons on the right sleeve are removed, the fastener on the back is removed, and then the uniform 1 is discarded. I do.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the recycling information indicating the information of the recycled parts of the uniform 1 is stored in the ID tag 2, and the parts are removed from the uniform 1 based on the recycled information, so that the parts can be removed. It can be recycled for effective use of resources.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings. The ID tag 2 may store the number of recycles of parts.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing storage contents of a memory of an ID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the concept of linen supply

FIG. 3 shows a uniform.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the ID tag.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electric configuration of a handheld reader / writer.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a personal computer for reading an ID tag.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a uniform (rental clothing), 2 is an ID tag (data tag), 3 is a management device, 30 to 34 are reader / writers, and 37 is a personal computer (writing means, reading means).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A data tag attached to rental clothing and capable of reading and writing data, writing means for writing recycle information indicating recyclable parts in the rental clothing to the data tag, A garment recycling system for renting clothes, comprising: reading means for reading recycling information from the data tag when the clothes are recycled.