JP2004131250A - Search data bookshelf guide system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for guiding a plurality of users to bookshelves containing data that they seek simultaneously or in parallel in a data control system using a computer. <P>SOLUTION: This search data bookshelf guide system comprises data to which labels including radio IC chips are attached, bookshelves storing the data, a radio IC chip reading device to simultaneously read a number of numbers recorded in the radio IC chips installed on the bookshelves by the unit predetermined, display units capable of displaying user numbers, guide devices installed in a library to guide the users, a terminal for search for target data, and a data base for stored data. Display units are provided on the bookshelves to display user information. Based on operation from the terminal for search for data, the user number read from a user card is recorded, a bookshelf number for the data in search is displayed in a monitor device by the guide device, and user information is displayed in the display unit disposed on the bookshelf. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a guide system for guiding a user to a destination, and more particularly, to a guide system suitable for guiding a user to materials stored on a bookshelf in a library.
[0002]
[Prior art]
As a technique for guiding a user to a destination, for example, the following Patent Document 1 is cited. According to this, the destination data is stored in the guidance communication device and the guidance terminal provided at the junction of the guide terminal held by the user and the entrance of the passage in the predetermined facility and the predetermined section, respectively. This is a pedestrian guidance system that consists of a destination setting device that transmits in the form of a route.The direction of travel to the destination is transmitted from the guidance communication device and displayed on the indicator of the guidance terminal to indicate the route to the destination. The pedestrian can be guided without the need for memory or operation.
[0003]
Patent Document 2 below is another example of the conventional technique. According to this, a large number of book classification information such as a book which has been registered and attached with a book classification label having an integrated circuit chip and an antenna, a shelf for storing the book, and a registration number predetermined arbitrarily determined for the shelf. A book storage management system comprising a reading device, a stored book database, and an information processing means for executing search and inspection of the stored books at the same time. An instruction is given on the display screen, and the visible indicator of the reading device arranged at the book shelf position is turned on.
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2001-188015 A (0007, 0008)
[Patent Document 2]
JP-A-10-273208 (0011)
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the contents described in Patent Document 1, the destination in the library is the material specified by the search, and the displayed location is the information registered in the database. May not actually be on the book shelf. There is also a problem that even if the material is correctly arranged, if another user is viewing the material, the material may not be on the bookshelf.
[0005]
However, according to the contents described in Patent Literature 2, it is difficult to understand the lighting state of the display when the bookshelf extends over multiple layers or when the library is large and the visible display is not in view. In addition, when guiding not a librarian but a user, it is necessary to guide several people at the same time. Therefore, there is a problem that it is easy to confuse whether or not the book is the object of the book only with the display of the book shelf.
As described above, the conventional guide system has a problem that it is difficult for a plurality of people to check the lighting of the display unit in a library that covers multiple floors or in a case where the library is wide, and it is confused with the lighting of the corresponding material of other users. there were.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a system for guiding a user to a bookshelf in which a plurality of users simultaneously or in parallel stores materials desired in a computer-based material management system.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Means provided by the present invention to achieve the above object is that a label with a built-in wireless IC chip including a wireless IC chip element having an integrated circuit chip and an antenna is attached and registered as set forth in claim 1 Materials, bookshelves for storing the materials, wireless IC chip readers which are installed in arbitrarily determined units of the bookshelves and read numbers recorded on the integrated circuit chip, in the same units as the wireless IC chip readers Display device that can be installed on the bookshelf and display the user number from the guide device, a user card with a built-in wireless IC chip that contains a wireless IC chip element that has an integrated circuit chip and an antenna, and any unit in the library A guide device equipped with a display device for reading the user number from the user card and indicating the position of the target shelf, searching for the target material, The book shelf displays the user number in a search material guide system comprising a search terminal for recording the user number read from the user card in a database, a stored material database, and information processing means for executing a search for the stored material. The user is searched for a material by operation from a personal computer or a terminal device, and a user number is read from a user card of the searched user and recorded in a material database, and the guide card is used to display the user card. When reading, the book shelf position searched for is indicated on the display screen of the monitor device, and if it is the assigned shelf number, the user number of the user is displayed on the display device arranged on the book shelf. This is a search material shelving guide system.
[0008]
The user who visits the library uses the search terminal of the guide system to search for the target material in the library. In this search, if necessary, the present guide system searches for the bookcase in which the material is stored, and displays the presence or absence of the bookcase. If the search result indicates that the user is on a shelf in the hall, the user reads his / her user card into the search terminal and records his / her user number in the material database. When the user causes the guide card to read the user card while moving to the bookshelf, the guide device searches for a storage location of the material searched by the user on the bookshelf and displays a route to the stored bookshelf. . If the storage location of the material is within the range of the guidance device, a detailed shelf number is displayed to guide the user to the material. After moving to the designated bookshelf, the user's card is read by the wireless IC chip reader on the bookshelf, the place where the materials are stored is searched, and the user number is displayed on the display device of the bookshelf where the materials are stored and the user is displayed. The user is able to reach the target material by showing in (1).
[0009]
The wireless IC chip incorporated in the label with a built-in wireless IC chip is an integrated circuit chip represented by a semiconductor integrated circuit chip, and is described as a wireless IC chip in this specification. The label with a built-in wireless IC chip only needs to be capable of non-contact information communication. If it does not hinder the information communication, it can be attached to the material using an adhesive, tape, mechanical attachment means, or the cover or back. There is no particular limitation on the sticking position such as the sticking position to the material such as the cover and the vertical and horizontal directions.
[0010]
In addition, as shown in claim 2, the retrieval material book guide system according to claim 1 has a basic configuration, and furthermore, the personal computer or terminal device capable of searching for a material provided with a wireless IC chip reader provided on the book shelf. , And a guide device are connected by a wireless LAN.
Here, the wireless LAN means a computer network in a limited place such as a school by network communication for performing wireless communication using radio waves or light without using a wired cable.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a search material book guide system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 shows an outline of the overall configuration of an embodiment of the retrieval material book guide system according to the present invention. FIG. 3 shows a data table of the retrieval material shelf guide system according to the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an operation flowchart of the embodiment in the schematic diagram of FIG. FIG. 5 shows an example of a display result of the guidance device in the schematic diagram of FIG. This will be described below with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, the book shelf guide system of the present invention uses a LAN terminal 30 that makes a network connection to a document 10 on which a label 120 with a built-in wireless IC chip is affixed to a wireless IC chip reader 20 for searching where the document is located on the book shelf. , And a book shelf 210 provided with a display device 40 for displaying a user number. A main processing unit 80 having information processing means such as a material search, and a host computer 200 having an external recording device 90 for recording each processing information, a material name, an author name, a publisher name, and an ISBN code which are search items of the material. And a material database 100 that stores a request code, which is management information in the library, a wireless IC chip number, a material management number, a material state, a shelf number, a guide number, and the like for guiding a user. In addition to storing the material information in the material database, it is also possible to store the information of the destination, so that it is possible to provide guidance to an AV booth or a specific reading desk in the hall.
[0012]
A main processing unit 80 and an external recording device 90 for executing information processing means such as a material search; a monitor device 60 for displaying information on the contents of the searched materials and a shelf position; and an operation input unit for inputting a keyword when searching There is a search terminal 240 comprising the wireless IC chip reader 20 for reading the user number recorded on the user card 110 and the user card 70. The guide device 220 for guiding the user to the shelf position where the target material is stored in the library is provided with a monitor device 60 for displaying the shelf position and the traveling direction to the shelf position, and the user is located near the guide device. It has a wireless IC chip reader 20 for reading the user's number when it comes, and a LAN terminal 30 for network connection. A LAN control device 50 is arranged as a device for performing wireless LAN communication with LAN terminals of bookshelves and guide devices in various places in the building.
The wireless IC chip built into the label 120 and the wireless IC chip reader 20 provided on the book shelf perform information communication by non-contact information transmission of an electromagnetic induction system. Although the guide device and the monitor device 60 of the search terminal use a CRT display device, they may be a liquid crystal display device or other display devices. Further, the wireless IC chip reader 20 of the guide device and the search terminal may be a barcode device, an OCR reader, or another external data reader instead of the wireless IC chip reader.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, the search material guide system comprises a host computer 200, a plurality of search terminals 240, and a plurality of guidance devices. In a material search terminal for performing a material search, a material search program is always activated. In the guidance device, the guidance program is always running. Information communication is performed with the material database 100 of the host computer 200 by the material search program to search for the desired material, and the user number is read from the wireless IC chip reader as necessary. Information communication is performed between the LAN terminal 30 of the book shelf 210, the reading desk 230, and the guide device 220 and the LAN control device 50 by wireless communication. By adopting this communication method, complicated wiring for a communication line in the library can be eliminated. However, in an environment where a wireless LAN cannot be used, an ordinary wired computer network can be used.
The wireless IC chip reader 20 is disposed on the guide device 220, the book shelf 210, and the reading desk 230. Thus, the state of the material can be checked even when another user is browsing and is not on the shelf. In addition, by arranging a wireless IC chip in an office room or on a shelf where return materials are temporarily stored, it is possible to search for more materials on the shelf.
[0014]
The flow of information and processing in the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 2, 3, and 4. The search terminal 240 is basically composed of the monitor device 60, the character input device 110, and the wireless IC chip reader 20, and a material search program is always running. The user searches for materials using the search terminal. (Step 401) When the material is searched for and the material is specified, the bookshelf 210 and the wireless IC chip reader 20 of the reading desk 230 in the library are searched for the material in the library, and the specified material Information as to whether the terminal is present on the viewing desk is transmitted from the LAN terminal 30 to the host computer 200 and the search terminal 240 via the LAN control device 50. If the shelf number searched at this time is different from the shelf number 304 recorded in the material database, the wireless IC chip number 301 or the material management number 302 written on the label is notified to the librarian as a misplaced material. . Here, although the item recorded in the wireless IC chip is different from the material management number in consideration of the difference, the same number is sufficient to manage the wireless IC chip number. The searched shelf number is displayed on the monitor of the search terminal. If the material status 303 in the material database is being lent, the material status is displayed and the user is notified that the material is not in the library. If the material is present on the viewing desk, the fact that another user is currently browsing and cannot browse is transmitted (step 402). If the user wants to be guided to the material while the material is available on the shelf, the user is made to read the user card 70 by the wireless IC chip reader 20 of the search terminal (step 403). This user number 308 is transmitted to the host computer and recorded as the guide number 305 of the material database (step 404). The user moves toward the current position of the material displayed on the monitor device. At any position in the library, a monitor terminal 60 for displaying the book shelf position and the direction of travel to the book shelf position, a wireless IC chip reader 20 for reading the user card of the user, and a LAN terminal for making a network connection A guide device 220 having 30 is installed. When the user approaches the readable distance of the wireless IC chip of the guide device, the user number is input to the guide device by reading the information of the user card by the wireless IC chip reader 20 (step 405). When the user number is input to the guide device, the material being guided is specified from the corresponding user number of the guide number 305 in the material database (step 406). When the material is specified, the material in the library is searched (step 407). If the shelf number of the searched material is included in the assigned shelf number 307 corresponding to the number 306 of the guide device that has read, it is determined that the user has reached the target shelf and the shelf number is displayed on the monitor device of the guide device. Is displayed, and user information such as a user number is displayed on the display device of the searched bookshelf (steps 408 and 409). If the shelf number of the searched material is not included in the assigned shelf number, the searched shelf number, the layout of the object shelf and the traveling direction are displayed on the monitor device (step 410).
[0015]
FIG. 5 shows a display example of the monitor device of the guide device in the present embodiment. By displaying the guide device number 501, the current floor number 502, and the target shelf number 503 as a display result of the guide device, it is used for confirmation when the target shelf is at a different floor number and at a different place. By displaying the position of the guide device (current position) and the position of the target shelf number in the plan view 504, the relative positional relationship between the current position and the target shelf can be shown. The direction of the object shelf is indicated by a direction instruction message 505 as a movement instruction. By reading out this direction instruction message at the same time, a user who is difficult to refer to the plan view can be guided. Material information 506 is also displayed so that the target material can be confirmed. When the user approaches the bookshelf, the user number is read from the user card, and the wireless IC chip number being guided is searched from the library (steps 411 and 412). If the searched shelf number matches the shelf number of the user number, the user number is displayed on the display device to notify the user that there is material intended for the user (step 413).
The guide number recorded in the material database is cleared when the material is taken out of the shelf or when the user leaves the library.
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, when guiding the user, the location of the actual material is searched, and the user is guided in association with the user number, thereby guiding a plurality of users to the target material in parallel. It can streamline the reference (material search) service.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data table showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing a procedure of a guidance process in FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of a display result of the guidance device in FIG. 2;
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Document 20 Wireless IC chip reader 30 LAN terminal 40 Display device 50 LAN control device 60 Monitor device 70 User card with built-in wireless IC chip 80 Main processor 90 External recording device 100 Document database 110 Operation input unit 120 Label with built-in wireless IC chip 200 host computer 210 bookshelf 220 guide device 230 browsing desk 240 search terminal 301 wireless IC chip number 302 document management number 303 document status 304 shelf number 305 guide number 306 guide device 307 assigned shelf number 308 user number 501 guide device number 502 floor 503 Object shelf number 504 Layout plan 505 Direction instruction message 506 Document information

Claims (2)

A radio IC chip with a built-in radio IC chip element having an integrated circuit chip and an antenna, a label with a built-in radio IC chip attached and registered, a shelf for storing the material, and a shelf provided for each predetermined unit of the shelf. A wireless IC chip reader for reading a number recorded on the integrated circuit chip, a display device installed on a shelf in the same unit as the wireless IC chip reader and displaying a user number from a guide device, A search terminal that searches for a user number from the user card, a stored material database, information processing means for executing a search for the stored material, a user card with a built-in wireless IC chip, and an optional device in the library. A guide device provided for each unit and provided with a display device for reading a user number from the user card and indicating a position of a target shelf; In-time,
The bookshelf is provided with a display device for displaying a user number, retrieves a material by operation from a terminal device, reads the user number from the user card of the user, records the user number in a material database, and stores the information in a guide device. When the user card is read, the shelf number searched for is indicated on the display screen of the monitor device, and if it is the assigned shelf number, the user number of the user is displayed on the display device arranged on the shelf. A search material shelf guide system characterized by displaying. 2. The retrieval material shelf according to claim 1, wherein the wireless IC chip reader provided on the shelf and the terminal device capable of searching for the material and the guide device are connected by a wireless LAN. Guidance system.

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