JP2002060012A - Slip for article transportation - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely manage data by enabling a slip for transportation to be used a plurality of times by the use of singly specific ID codes. SOLUTION: A slip 12a of the slip 10 for article transportation is pasted on an article 40. A requester performs a transportation procedure by writing a destination and the name of the article into the slip at an article transportation dealership. An ID code '54321', address data, and article data in the slip 10 for article transportation are read by an IC card reader/writer 44, then uploaded to a host computer 48 and stored in a database. When the article 40 is received by the addressee and data showing the completion of delivery is inputted, the data is stored in the database. The once used slip 10 for article transportation is collected, and when the used slip 12a is cut off, a part of a conductive pattern 16a is cut apart to change its electrical characteristic. A detection signal is sent from a slip detection part 32 to a control part 36, then the use of the ID code '54321' is terminated, and an ID code '54322' corresponding to a slip 12b is read from a memory 34 and used.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an article transport slip, and more particularly, to an article in which a transponder bundle and a transponder are attached to an article to be transported and a destination, an article name, and the like are entered. Related to the transportation slip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a packed article is transported by courier service or postal mail, the article name, address, and the like are written on an article transport slip and attached to the article, and the article is transported and sorted. Or, when delivering the goods, the goods were surely delivered while watching this. But,
In order to reduce transportation costs and transportation time,
It is necessary to automate transportation procedures, sorting work, delivery work, etc. as much as possible. Introducing barcode processing, and recently attaching data carriers (responders) such as IC cards or IC tags with built-in IC chips to goods And IC
By passing through a card reader / writer (interrogator), it is possible to read and write necessary information instantaneously, and an automatic transport process is performed based on this information. For example, in “information storage medium and its issuing machine” described in Japanese Patent No. 3052599, a response circuit including an antenna, an IC, a coil, a battery, and the like,
A home delivery slip with a handwritten entry field and a code display section is disclosed. Before starting use, the battery is separated from the circuit by a switching element in order to suppress battery consumption.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional courier slip, information in a handwritten entry field or a code display section visually checked by an article carrier and written in a response circuit. There is a problem in that it is not possible to reuse the product after completing the transportation of goods using the courier slip because the information needs to correspond to the information such as the ID number. In particular, I
Since a response circuit incorporating C is expensive, it is wasteful and not practical to use it for one-time transportation of goods. In addition, in the above publication, since a built-in battery is used as a driving power supply for the IC, if a considerable period of time elapses after manufacturing and before use, the battery is consumed by natural discharge even if the battery is disconnected from the circuit by the switching element. Therefore, there is a problem that there is a possibility that the device cannot be used. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to use a transport slip integrated with a transponder a plurality of times by using a unique ID code, thereby ensuring data management. The first is to provide a voucher for goods transportation
The purpose is. A second object of the present invention is to provide a slip for transporting goods without fear of running out of batteries.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that a plurality of slip bundles in which the destination of the goods to be transported, the name of the goods, etc. can be entered, and the slip bundle are integrated. A transponder for exchanging data with the interrogator, wherein a conductive pattern is laid on the transponder with each voucher of the voucher bundle to separate used vouchers. A slip detecting means for detecting the update of the slip by partially separating the conductive pattern together, and a unique ID code corresponding to each slip each time the slip detecting means detects that the slip has been updated. And an ID updating means for updating the ID. According to this, the slip bundle is capable of writing the destination of the goods to be transported, the name of the goods, and the like a plurality of times, and is integrated with the transponder which exchanges data with the interrogator, and detects the slip of the transponder. When the used slip is separated by the means and a part of the conductive pattern is cut off to detect the update of the slip, the ID updating means updates the ID code to a unique ID code corresponding to each slip. Therefore, it can be used a plurality of times by using the slip bundle integrated with the transponder, and each has a unique ID.
Since codes can be used, data management can be performed reliably. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the article transport slip according to the first aspect, the slip detecting means includes:
A feature of the present invention is to detect a change in electrical characteristics by separating a part of a loop-shaped conductive pattern when separating a used slip. According to this, the slip detecting means separates a part of the loop-shaped conductive pattern when separating the used slip, and detects that the electric characteristic has changed, so that the slip is easily and reliably updated. Can be detected. The invention described in claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1.
Or the article transport slip described in 2, wherein the ID updating means has a storage means in which a unique ID code corresponding to each slip of the slip bundle is stored in advance, and the slip is updated by the slip detecting means. Upon detection, a corresponding ID code is read from the storage means and updated. According to this, the ID updating means stores in advance the unique ID code corresponding to each slip in the storage means,
When the update of the slip is detected by the slip detection means, the corresponding ID code is read from the storage means and updated, so that data management can be surely performed using the unique ID code corresponding to each slip. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the article transport slip according to any one of the first to third aspects, the transponder includes a loop antenna, and supplies electric power generated by an AC magnetic field from the interrogator. Data transmission / reception operation is performed in a non-contact manner. According to this, the transponder performs the data transmission / reception operation in a non-contact manner by using the power generated in the loop antenna by the AC magnetic field from the interrogator, so that there is no fear of running out of the battery.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of an article transport slip according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the article transport slip of FIG. Article transport slip 10 in the present embodiment
When sending an article using a courier service or postal mail, the destination, the name of the article, etc. are entered, and the slip is pasted and used for a plurality of slips 12 (12a to 12d), and an IC as an interrogator.
The data carrier 14 having a built-in IC chip 18 as a transponder on which information can be written and read by a card reader / writer is detachably integrated. The data carrier 14 in the present embodiment is a general term including an IC card, an IC tag, and the like. In the slip bundle 12,
There are entry fields 22 for entering the destination (destination) and product name (article name) of the goods to be transported, and a column with an ID code 24, and the like. ,
A single slip (for example, 12a) is configured in a state where a plurality of pressure-sensitive papers (registered trademark) such as a delivery slip are overlapped. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a plurality of slips (12
a to 12d) are provided one on top of the other to form a slip bundle 12. On the data carrier 14, an IC chip 18 and a loop antenna 20 are mainly arranged, and a loop-shaped conductive pattern 16 (see FIG. 2) is provided between the IC chip 18 and each of the slips 12a to 12d. Although not shown in FIG. 1, conductive patterns 16a to 16d) are laid for each slip as shown in FIG.
The conductive patterns 16a to 16d correspond to the used slip 1
When 2a to 12d are sequentially separated, a part of the conductive pattern is separated together to change the electrical characteristics, so that the IC chip 18 can detect that the slip has been updated. Here, the conductive pattern 16 and the IC
The chip 18 constitutes a slip detecting means. The loop antenna 20 transmits and receives information to and from an IC card reader / writer by radio waves.
Power is also supplied by converting an AC magnetic field generated from a card reader / writer into an electric current. However, when a configuration having a battery power supply is used, power is not supplied by the loop antenna 20.

[0006] Further, as shown in FIG.
8 includes a slip detection unit 32 as a slip detection unit, a memory 34 as a storage unit, a control unit 36, a transmission / reception processing unit 38, and the like. It is supplied via unit 40. The slip detection unit 32 detects a change in the electrical characteristics of the conductive patterns 16a to 16d individually laid between the slips 12a to 12d. For example, it is determined that the slip 12a has been used as shown in FIG. When it is cut off, a part of the loop-shaped conductive pattern is cut off and conduction is lost, so that the change is captured to detect that the slip 12a has been used and that the next slip 12b is in a usable state. be able to. The memory 34 stores program data and the like, and also stores ID codes corresponding to the slips 12a to 12d (for example, “54321, 54322, 5
4323, 54324 ") are stored in advance.
The control unit 36 controls the entire operation of the IC chip 18 in the goods transport form 10, and in the case of the present embodiment, upon acquiring the form update information from the form detection unit 32,
The ID code corresponding to the updated slip is read from the memory 34, and when there is a question from the IC card reader / writer 44, various information including the ID code is returned. The transmission / reception processing unit 38 is to perform transmission / reception processing of information with the IC card reader / writer 44 via the loop antenna 20.

FIG. 3 shows an article transport slip 1 according to the present embodiment.
It is a block diagram of the collection system of the management data at the time of transporting the goods 40 and 42 to which 2a and 12c were affixed. In FIG. 3, the article 40 to which the first slip 12a is attached,
The article 42 to which the second slip 12c is attached reads and writes data with the IC card reader / writer 44 at different times, and the IC card reader / writer 44 stores the result in the database of the host computer 48. When the transported goods 40 and 42 are received at the delivery destination, when a delivery person (not shown) inputs data such as “delivered” using the hand-held terminal (HHT) 46, the data is also transmitted to the host. It is stored in the database of the computer 48. As described above, the host computer 48 can collect and manage the data indicating the transportation status of articles in a centralized manner. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of management data stored in the database of the host computer 48 of FIG.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, when a slip 12a of the goods transport slip 10 is attached to the goods 40 and the client enters the destination and the name of the goods in the slip at the goods transport dealer and performs the transport procedure, the IC card reader is read. The writer 44 reads the ID code (here, “54321”) of the article transport slip 10, destination information and article information, transmits them to the host computer 48, and stores them in the database. When the article 40 is delivered to the delivery destination and receives a receipt stamp, the delivery person inputs the delivered data from the HHT 46, transfers the data of the HHT 46 to the host computer 48, and the information is stored in the database. The management data stored in the database indicates that the article with the ID code "54321" has been delivered as shown in FIG. In this way, by centrally managing the transportation status of the articles sequentially by the host computer 48, even if a problem occurs during the delivery, the host computer 4
The latest delivery status of the article can be accurately grasped only by inquiring of the number 8, and prompt action can be taken. Further, the once-used article transport slip 10 can be reused simply by collecting it, cutting the used slip 12a from the separation line 26 shown in FIG. 1, and attaching it to the article to be transported next. . That is, as shown in FIG. 2, when the used slip 12a is cut from the data carrier 14,
Since a part of the conductive pattern 16a is cut off and the electrical characteristics change, the slip detection unit 32 detects that the slip 12a has been used and has been cut off. The control unit 36
The use of the ID code "54321" is stopped based on the detection information in the slip detection unit 32, the ID code "54322" corresponding to the next slip 12b is read out from the memory 34, and in response to a question from the IC card reader / writer 44 I
A response is made with the D code “54322”. This I
The D code “54322” corresponds to the I code written on the slip 12b.
This matches the D code 24. In the case of the slip 12b, when the delivery is completed as in the case of the above-described slip 12a, the information is stored in the database of the host computer 48, and the article with the ID code "54322" has been delivered as shown in FIG.

Further, the article transport slip 10 can be used for the third time only by collecting again and cutting out the used slip 12b and pasting the slip 12c to the next transport article 42. Also in this case, when the used slip 12b is cut out from the data carrier 14, the slip detection unit 3 detects that the conductive pattern 16b is partially cut off and the electrical characteristics change.
2, the control unit 36 stops using the ID code "54322", reads the ID code "54323" corresponding to the next slip 12c from the memory 34, and responds to the question from the IC card reader / writer 44. ID code "5
4323 ". Here, if the transportation procedure is performed at the place where the article 42 is A and the destination of the article 42 is B, "Delivering from A to B" is performed until the data of the delivery completion is input to the database of the host computer 48. That is, the processing status is stored as shown in FIG. As described above, according to the present embodiment,
If the slip for goods transportation is provided for multiple times,
By simply cutting out the slip each time it is used, it is automatically updated to the ID code corresponding to each slip, so it is possible to use it multiple times using a slip bundle and to use IC chips efficiently and at low cost As a result, reliable data management can be performed. Further, according to the present embodiment, the update of the slip can be easily and reliably detected by the slip detection unit, and the ID code stored in the memory in advance is updated based on the update information of the slip. Therefore, even if the same goods transport slip is used repeatedly, a unique ID code is used for each slip, so that article data management can be performed reliably. Further, according to the present embodiment, the power is generated in the loop antenna of the data carrier by the AC magnetic field from the IC card reader / writer, and the data transfer operation is performed using this power. Even so, you don't have to worry about running out of batteries. In the present embodiment, the slip bundle is 4
Although the description has been made of the case where one slip is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is a matter of course that more or less than this can be used. Further, in the present embodiment, a plurality of ID codes are stored in the memory in advance as ID updating means, and the ID codes corresponding to the corresponding slips are read out. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration. For example, only the first ID code for starting use may be stored, and each time the voucher is updated, the ID code may be incremented or decremented to create a new ID code and use it. . Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the driving power of the data carrier 14 is a battery-less configuration that is supplied via the loop antenna 20. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this configuration, and the driving power supplied from the built-in battery is not limited to this configuration. Of course, it is also possible to adopt a configuration driven by.

[0010]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the slip bundle is capable of writing the destination of the goods to be transported, the name of the goods, etc. a plurality of times, and exchanges data with the interrogator. When integrated with the transponder that exchanges information, and when the used slip is separated by the slip detection means of the transponder, when a part of the conductive pattern is cut off and the update of the slip is detected,
Since the ID is updated by the ID updating means to a unique ID code corresponding to each slip, the slip can be used a plurality of times by using a slip bundle integrated with the transponder. Therefore, data management can be performed reliably. According to the second aspect of the present invention, the slip detecting means separates a part of the loop-shaped conductive pattern when separating the used slip, and detects that the electric characteristic has changed. An update of a slip can be reliably detected. According to the third aspect of the present invention, the ID updating means stores a unique ID code corresponding to each slip in the storage means in advance, and stores the ID code when the slip detecting means detects the update of the slip. Since the corresponding ID code is read from and updated, the data management can be surely performed using the unique ID code corresponding to each slip. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the transponder performs the data transfer operation in a non-contact manner using the power generated in the loop antenna by the AC magnetic field from the interrogator, there is no fear of running out of the battery.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing an example of an article transport slip according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the goods transport slip of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a management data collection system for transporting an article to which an article transport slip is attached according to the embodiment;

4 is a diagram showing an example of management data stored in a database of the host computer of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 goods transport slip, 12, 12a-12d slip bundle, 14 data carrier, 16, 16a-16d conductive pattern 18 IC chip, 20 loop antenna, 22 entry field, 24 ID code, 26 separation line, 32 slip detector, 34 memory, 36 control unit, 38 transmission / reception processing unit, 40 power generation unit, 44 IC card reader / writer, 46 hand-held terminal (HHT), 48 host computer.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A voucher bundle for a plurality of times in which destinations of goods to be transported, names of goods, and the like can be entered, and a transponder integrated with the voucher bundle and exchanging data with an interrogator. In the responder, a conductive pattern is laid between each of the slips of the slip bundle, and when the used slip is separated, a part of the conductive pattern is cut off together to detect the update of the slip. A slip detecting unit, and updating the ID to a unique ID code corresponding to each of the slips each time the slip detecting unit detects that the slip has been updated.
D. A means for transporting goods, comprising: updating means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the slip detecting means detects a change in electrical characteristics by separating a part of the loop-shaped conductive pattern when separating the used slip. The goods transport slip described in 1. 3. The ID updating means includes a storage means in which a unique ID code corresponding to each slip of the slip bundle is stored in advance, and the ID updating means stores the slip when an update of the slip is detected by the slip detecting means. 3. The slip for goods transportation according to claim 1, wherein the corresponding ID code is read out from the means and updated. 4. The transponder has a loop antenna,
The article transport slip according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the data transfer operation is performed in a non-contact manner using electric power generated by an AC magnetic field from the interrogator.