JP2005038333A - Information processing server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing server enabling a person to easily know information on the material of a part constituting a predetermined product. <P>SOLUTION: The information processing server comprises an information acceptance part 11 for accepting product information including a product identifier for identifying a product and a part identifier for identifying a part constituting the product and part information including the part identifier and information showing the material of the part identified by the part identifier; a storage part 12 for storing the information accepted by the acceptance part 11; an identifier acceptance part 13 for accepting a product identifier; an acquisition part 14 for acquiring information for the material of a part constituting the product identified by the product identifier accepted by the identifier acceptance part 13 from the information stored in the storage part 12; and an output part 15 for outputting the information acquired by the acquisition part 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing server or the like that performs acquisition of information related to materials of parts constituting a product.

In recent years, there has been an increase in recycling used home appliances. At the time of recycling, a material display or a recycle mark indicating the material of the part is displayed on the product so that the material of each part constituting the product can be easily known. Moreover, what performs such a display using an electronic tag is also known (for example, refer patent document 1).
JP 2003-123039 A (2nd page-4th page, Fig. 1 etc.)

  However, if there is a material display for each part contained in the product, the material of each part can be known by the display, but if there is no material display, the material of each part cannot be easily specified, It is not clear how to process each part when recycling or processing the product. In addition, it is not practical to display such materials after the fact even in view of cost.

  Furthermore, even if there is a material indication, it is not possible to know about the attribute (property) of the indicated material. For example, only an expert knows whether or not the material contains harmful substances. In many cases, recyclers and dismantling companies cannot judge.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing server and the like that can easily know information on materials of parts constituting a predetermined product.

  To achieve the above object, an information processing server according to the present invention identifies product information including a product identifier for identifying a product, a component identifier for identifying a component constituting the product, and the component identifier, and the component identifier. An information receiving unit that receives component information including information indicating the material of the component to be processed, a storage unit that stores information received by the information receiving unit, an identifier receiving unit that receives a product identifier, and the identifier receiving unit An acquisition unit that acquires information on the material of the parts that constitute the product identified by the received product identifier from the information stored by the storage unit, and an output that outputs acquisition information that is information acquired by the acquisition unit Part.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, by passing the product identifier to the information processing server, it is possible to easily obtain information on the material of the parts constituting the product for the product identified by the product identifier. it can. For example, if the information about the material is the material name, the information can be used to recycle the product, dispose of the product, etc., which is more convenient than checking the material of each individual part. Can be improved. In addition, even after the product has been on the market, by passing product information etc. to the information processing server, the information passed to the information processing server can be used to acquire information about the materials that make up the product. It is also possible to register the material of a part.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the information receiving unit may receive the product information and the component information transmitted from an external device.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, product information and the like can be easily passed to the information processing server. In particular, the more information that the information processing server accumulates, the more the user can obtain information regarding the material of the parts that make up the product. Therefore, being able to easily collect more information can provide an information processing server having higher utility value for the user.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the information receiving unit may receive the product information transmitted from the first information processing apparatus and may receive the component information transmitted from the second information processing apparatus. .

  According to the present invention configured as described above, for example, the manufacturer operates the first information processing apparatus, and the component manufacturer operates the second information processing apparatus. By sending product information and part information that can be obtained to the information processing server, the information to be acquired can be configured by the information processing server, and using that information, information acquisition and acquisition information Can be output.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the identifier receiving unit may receive the product identifier transmitted from the third information processing apparatus.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, for example, a recycler or the like operates the third information processing apparatus and transmits a product identifier to the information processing server, so that the product identified by the product identifier is obtained. Therefore, it is possible to obtain information on the material of the parts constituting the product, and processing or recycling of the parts constituting the product can be performed using the information.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the product information may include structure information indicating a structure of a part of the product, and the acquired information may include the structure information.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, since the product information includes the structure information, the user can easily know the structure of the product using the structure information acquired by the acquisition unit.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the information processing server further includes a classification unit that classifies the acquired information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the output unit outputs the acquired information by specifying the classification by the classification unit. May be.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, since the acquired information is classified by a predetermined material or the like, the user easily classifies each part or the like constituting the product based on the acquired information in which the classification is specified. be able to.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the information reception unit may also receive material attribute information indicating a material attribute, and the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit may include information indicating a material attribute.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the user can easily know, for example, the processing method of the material that is the attribute of the material, the processing contractor, etc., and the information is used to discard or recycle the product. Etc. can be performed. In addition, by changing the material attribute information, it is possible to respond to situations where the contact information of the processor is changed, and respond to changes in information more quickly than when the information is directly attached to the product. can do.

In the information processing server according to the present invention, the material attribute information includes information on whether the material has a hazardous substance or a valuable substance, and the acquired information indicates that the product has the hazardous substance or the valuable substance. Information regarding whether or not to have may be included. Furthermore, information on the price per unit of the valuable material and the processing cost per unit of the valuable material may be included.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, the user can easily know whether or not the product contains harmful substances by using the information on whether or not the harmful substances are included, and the information can be used. You can consider how to handle products and parts. Further, the price per unit of valuable materials can be used for calculating the collection price at the time of collection of waste or the purchase price at the time of purchase.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the component information and the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit include content information that is information related to a content of a predetermined material, and are acquired by the acquisition unit. A calculation unit that performs calculation related to the content of the predetermined material based on the content information included in the acquired information may be further provided, and the output unit may output a calculation result by the calculation unit.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, it is possible to easily obtain information on the content of a predetermined material contained in a product that the user cannot easily know. For example, it can be known how much a predetermined material can be obtained by recycling.

  The information processing server according to the present invention may further include a comparison unit that compares the calculation result by the calculation unit and a predetermined threshold value, and the output unit may output the comparison result by the comparison unit. .

  According to the present invention configured as described above, for example, it is possible to easily know whether or not a harmful substance exists beyond a standard value determined by the government, and as a result, for example, a method for processing a product is determined. be able to.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the component information and the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit include content information that is information related to a content of a predetermined material, and are acquired by the acquisition unit. A comparison unit that compares the content information included in the acquired information with a predetermined threshold value may be further provided, and the output unit may output a comparison result by the comparison unit.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, for example, it is possible to easily know whether or not a harmful substance exists beyond a standard value determined by the government, and as a result, for example, a method for processing a product is determined. be able to.

  In the information processing server according to the present invention, the predetermined material may be a valuable substance or a harmful substance.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the information processing server or the like according to the present invention, it is possible to easily know information on the material of the parts constituting the predetermined product.

(Embodiment 1)
An information processing server according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system according to the present embodiment. 1, the information processing system according to the present embodiment includes an information processing server 10, information processing apparatuses 31 to 34, and a communication line 20 that connects them. The information processing server 10 further includes an information reception unit 11, a storage unit 12, an identifier reception unit 13, an acquisition unit 14, and an output unit 15.

  The information receiving unit 11 receives product information, part information, and material attribute information via the communication line 20. Here, the product information is information including a product identifier for identifying a product and a component identifier for identifying a component constituting the product. The product may be a household electrical appliance or a daily necessities, or an automobile, a motorcycle, an industrial machine used in a factory, or the like. Further, the identifier may be a number, a symbol, or the like for identifying an identification target, or may be a name of a product or a part. The product information also includes information indicating the relationship between the product identifier and the component identifier. The component information is information including a component identifier and information indicating the material of the component identified by the component identifier, and also includes information indicating a relationship between the component identifier and information indicating the material. The material attribute information is information indicating a material attribute, and includes, for example, information on a material processing method.

  The storage unit 12 stores the information received by the information receiving unit 11 in a predetermined recording medium. The recording medium may be included in the storage unit 12 or may be a recording medium outside the storage unit 12 (may be external to the information processing server 10). This recording medium is, for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or the like. The storage unit 12 may include a storage device (for example, a magnetic head or an optical pickup) that stores information in a recording medium, or may be only a driver that drives the storage device.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of product information accumulated by the accumulation unit 12. Here, the product information may include structure information as shown in FIG. The structure information is information indicating how a product is composed of parts, for example, image data indicating the structure of the product. The image data may be moving image data (for example, MPEG data) or still image data (for example, JPEG data or GIF data).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the component information accumulated by the accumulation unit 12. As shown in FIG. 3, when a part identified by a predetermined part identifier (for example, rechargeable battery 001) includes a plurality of materials, the plurality of materials are displayed. Further, for example, even if the same “stainless steel” is used, it includes information on whether it is “18-10 stainless steel” or “18-8 stainless steel”, and more detailed information than FIG. 3 such as the purity of the material. But you can.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the material attribute information accumulated by the accumulation unit 12. The material attribute information shown in FIG. 4 includes information on whether the material is a valuable substance or whether it is a harmful substance (valuable flag, harmful flag), information on a material processing method, and a processing contractor that performs processing. Contains information about. Here, when “1” is assigned to the valuable flag, it indicates that the material is a valuable substance, and when “1” is assigned to the harmful flag, the material is a harmful substance. It shows that there is. The material attribute information may include other information such as information on a specific processing procedure.

  The identifier reception unit 13 receives a product identifier transmitted from a predetermined information processing apparatus via the communication line 20 and passes the received product identifier to the acquisition unit 14.

  The acquisition unit 14 acquires information on the material of the parts constituting the product identified by the product identifier received from the identifier reception unit 13 from the information stored in the storage unit 12, and outputs the acquired information that is the acquired information as an output unit Pass to 15.

The output unit 15 outputs the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit 14. This output may be, for example, communication (transmission) performed via the communication line 20, video output to a display, audio output by a speaker, etc., recording on a predetermined recording medium, or printout. Alternatively, a predetermined light may be emitted. The output unit 15 may include an output device (for example, a display, a speaker, a printer, or the like), or may be only a driver that drives the output device.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 10 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing server 10 according to this embodiment.

  (Step S <b> 101) The information receiving unit 11 determines whether information such as product information has been received via the communication line 20. If accepted, the accepted information is passed to the storage unit 12 and the process proceeds to step S102. If not accepted, the process proceeds to step S103.

  (Step S102) The storage unit 12 stores the information received from the information receiving unit 11 in a predetermined recording medium. Then, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S103) The identifier receiving unit 13 determines whether a product identifier has been received. If accepted, the accepted product identifier is passed to the acquisition unit 14 and the process proceeds to step S104. If not accepted, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S <b> 104) For the product identified by the product identifier received from the identifier reception unit 13, the acquisition unit 14 acquires information about the material of the parts that make up the product, and passes the acquired acquisition information to the output unit 15. .

  (Step S <b> 105) The output unit 15 outputs the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14.

  In the flowchart shown in FIG. 5, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process ends.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 10 according to the present embodiment will be described using a specific example. Here, the product information includes structural information, and the information receiving unit 11 also receives material attribute information. In this specific example, a case will be described in which a recycler collects a predetermined file that binds documents and materials, and acquires information about materials constituting the file.

  A product manufacturer operates the information processing apparatus 31 to transmit product information to the information processing server 10. Then, the product information is received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12. Assume that the accumulated product information is as shown in FIG.

  In addition, a component manufacturer that supplies components to the product manufacturer operates the information processing apparatus 32 to transmit component information to the information processing server 10. Then, the component information is received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12. Assume that the accumulated component information is as shown in FIG.

  In addition, an inspection organization that performs inspection / analysis on materials operates the information processing apparatus 33 to transmit material attribute information to the information processing server 10. Then, the material attribute information is received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12. Assume that the accumulated material attribute information is as shown in FIG.

  Assume that the recycler collects the file 42 as shown in FIG. Then, the recycler reads the barcode 43 indicating the product identifier of the file 42 with the barcode reader 41 connected to the information processing terminal 34. Then, the product identifier “01001” of the file 42 is input to the information processing apparatus 34 via the barcode reader 41. The information processing apparatus 34 transmits the product identifier to the information processing server 10 via the communication line 20.

  The product identifier “01001” transmitted via the communication line 20 is received by the identifier receiving unit 13 and passed to the acquiring unit 14. The acquisition unit 14 searches for product information using the product identifier “01001” as a key, thereby identifying component identifiers “file display 001”, “file bracket 001” corresponding to the product identifier “01001”, and an image in JPEG format. The structure information “aaa.jpg” which is data is acquired. Here, it is assumed that the structure information “aaa.jpg” is the image data shown in FIG. Next, by searching for component information using the component identifiers “file display 001” and “file bracket 001” as keys, information “indicating the material corresponding to the component identifier“ file display 001 ”and“ file bracket 001 ”“ Acquire “paper” and “iron”. Further, the material attribute information corresponding to the information “paper” and “iron” indicating the material is obtained by searching the material attribute information using the information “paper” and “iron” indicating the material as keys. Then, the component identifier “file bracket 001” or the like of the structure information “aaa.jpg” is replaced with information indicating the material (material name), and the obtained information obtained by linking the material name and the material attribute information is output to the output unit 15. To pass. The output unit 15 transmits the acquired information to the information processing device 34 via the communication line 20.

  The recycler can see the acquired information transmitted from the information processing server 10 on the display of the information processing apparatus 34. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of display of the acquired information. By looking at the image, you can see that the cover of the file collected by the recycler is made of paper and the metal fittings are made of iron. You can also know the structure of the product that is being recycled. Next, when the recycler clicks “paper” in the display of FIG. 8 with a mouse, the material attribute information linked there is displayed as shown in FIG. By displaying the material attribute information, the recycler can know how to process each part constituting the collected product and the contact information of the processor. When information indicating the attributes of valuable substances and hazardous substances is displayed, a message such as "This material is harmful" will be displayed to the user, indicating that the substance is hazardous or valuable. Calls attention to the effect. In addition, when no harmful substances are included, when the material attribute information is displayed, it may be displayed that “this material does not contain harmful substances”.

  In addition, when outputting material attribute information (for example, display etc.), you may output as it is, you may perform predetermined conversion and may output as the information which shows the attribute. As an example of the latter, for example, there is a case where information “this material is a harmful substance” is output according to a harmful flag or the like, as in the case of the harmful substance.

  When part information or material attribute information is changed (for example, when a new material included in a predetermined part is detected), the changed part information is processed from the information processing device 32 or the like. By transmitting to the server 10, the component information or the like can be updated to the changed one. Specifically, the information receiving unit 11 receives information transmitted from the information processing device 32 or the like, and the storage unit 12 updates the received information by storing the received information on a predetermined recording medium. .

  Next, another specific example will be described. In this specific example, a case where the information receiving unit 11 does not receive the structure information and the material attribute information will be described. Here, it is assumed that the product information and the component information received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12 are those shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, respectively.

In this case, when the product identifier “01001” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 34 to the information processing server 10 in the same manner as in the above specific example, the product identifier “01001” is received by the identifier receiving unit 13 and acquired by the acquiring unit 14. Passed to. The acquisition unit 14 then obtains the product identifier “0100.
By searching for product information using “1” as a key, the component identifiers “blue 001” and “silver 001” corresponding to the product identifier “01001” are acquired. Further, by searching for component information using the component identifiers “blue 001” and “silver 001” as keys, information “paper” and “iron” indicating materials corresponding to the component identifiers “blue 001” and “silver 001” are retrieved. Is obtained. Then, the acquisition unit 14 passes the acquisition information in which the component identifier and the information indicating the material are associated with each other to the output unit 15. The output unit 15 transmits the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14 to the information processing device 34 of the recycler.

  The recycler can see the acquired information transmitted from the information processing server 10 on the display of the information processing apparatus 34. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of acquired information displayed on the display. In FIG. 12, a component identifier and information indicating a material are displayed in association with each other. Each component constituting this product can be identified by color, and the component identifier shown in FIG. 12 has a color. Therefore, the recycler can know that the blue file cover is made of paper and the silver (silver) metal fittings are made of iron by looking at the display in FIG. Parts can be classified.

  In this specific example, the case where each component is identified by color has been described. However, each component may be identified by a component number displayed on a part of the component, an electronic tag attached to each component, or the like. Good. For example, the part number “100101” or the like is displayed on each part constituting the product with the product identifier “01002” in FIG. 10, and the user can obtain the part number and the acquired information transmitted from the information processing server 10. By viewing the correspondence with the material name on the display, it is possible to know what kind of material each part is made of.

  As described above, according to the information processing server 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain information on the material of the parts constituting the product for the product identified by the product identifier received by the identifier receiving unit 13. The user can know the names of materials constituting the product. In particular, when no material is displayed on the product itself, by using the material name or the like acquired by the acquisition unit 14, it is possible to sort parts when the product is discarded. Further, when the output information includes structural information, the product can be easily disassembled by using the structural information.

  Further, in the case where material attribute information is included in the output acquired information, it is possible to know the processing method of each component, the processing contractor, and the like using the material attribute information. Further, when the material attribute information or the like is changed (for example, when the hazard of the predetermined material is recently proved), the changed material attribute information is transmitted to the information processing server 10, and the storage unit By updating the information accumulated in 12 to the material attribute information after the change, it is possible to easily cope with a new material attribute or the like.

  Further, for example, information that is acquired by the information processing server 10 can be acquired only by uploading information that the product manufacturer, component manufacturer, or the like has to the information processing server 10. For each product, it is necessary to examine what kind of part the product is made of, and to inspect what kind of material is used for that part. Information that is useful for the information processing server 10 can be configured without any effort.

  Furthermore, a recycler or the like simply sends or inputs a product identifier to the information processing server 10 to obtain information about whether or not the product contains harmful substances that cause environmental pollution, or a product. It is possible to easily know the material of each component to be configured, and by performing processing according to the material, it is possible to prevent environmental pollution and promote recycling.

  In the above specific example, the case where the information indicating the product identifier is a barcode has been described. However, the information is not limited to a barcode, and any product identifier such as a two-dimensional barcode or an IC tag can be recognized. Good.

(Embodiment 2)
An information processing server according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing system according to this embodiment. 13, the information processing system according to this embodiment includes an information processing server 50, information processing apparatuses 31 to 34, and a communication line 20 that connects them. The information processing server 50 further includes an information reception unit 11, a storage unit 12, an identifier reception unit 13, an acquisition unit 14, an output unit 15, and a classification unit 51. Configurations and operations other than the classification unit 51 are the same as in the first embodiment except that the acquisition unit 14 passes the acquisition information to the classification unit 51 and the output unit 15 outputs the acquisition information classified by the classification unit 51. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

  The classification unit 51 performs a predetermined classification on the acquired information received from the acquisition unit 14 and passes it to the output unit 15. Here, the classification is performed by, for example, sorting according to materials included in the acquired information. Therefore, the acquired information after classification is classified according to materials, hazardous substances, valuable substances, and the like.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 50 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing server 50 according to this embodiment. The processing other than step S201 is the same as the flowchart of FIG. 5 of the first embodiment, except that the acquisition unit 14 passes the acquisition information to the classification unit 51 and the output unit 15 outputs the acquisition information received from the classification unit 51. Therefore, the description thereof is omitted.

  (Step S <b> 201) The classification unit 51 performs predetermined classification on the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14, and passes the acquired acquisition information to the output unit 15.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 50 according to the present embodiment will be described using a specific example. Here, it is assumed that the product information and the component information received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12 are those shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, respectively.

  In this case, when the product identifier “03001” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 34 to the information processing server 50 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the product identifier “03001” is received by the identifier receiving unit 13 and acquired. 14 Then, the acquisition unit 14 searches the product information using the product identifier “03001” as a key, thereby identifying the component identifiers “axis 002”, “tail plug 001”, “tip 001” corresponding to the product identifier “03001”, The structure information “aba.jpg”, “abb.jpg”, “abc.jpg”, and “abd.jpg” are acquired. Further, by searching for component information using the component identifiers “axis 002”, “tail plug 001”, and “tip 001” as keys, the component identifiers “axis 002”, “tail plug 001”, and “tip 001” are obtained. Information “polypropylene”, “polypropylene” and “iron” indicating the corresponding material is acquired. Then, the acquisition unit 14 replaces the part identifier of the structure information “aba.jpg” with information indicating the material, and acquires the information indicating the material and the structure information “abb.jpg” corresponding to each part. Information is passed to the classification unit 51.

  The classification unit 51 sorts and rearranges the structure information “abb.jpg” or the like corresponding to each part by information indicating the material. Then, the acquisition information including the structure information “abb.jpg” classified for each material is passed to the output unit 15. The output unit 15 transmits the acquired information received from the classification unit 51 to the information processing device 34 of the recycler.

  The recycler can view the acquired information transmitted from the information processing server 50 on the display of the information processing apparatus 34. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of acquired information displayed on the display. On the left side of FIG. 15, the entire structure of the product “ballpoint pen” and the material of each part are shown in the same manner as in FIG. 8. In addition, on the right side of FIG. 15, an image of each component classified for each material is displayed. The recycler can easily know which part is made of, for example, “polypropylene” by looking at the display on the right side.

  The classification method is not limited to the above description. For example, when the material attribute information has a harmful flag, classification may be performed based on whether or not each part has a hazardous substance, and the classified result is, for example, , “Polypropylene: shaft 002, tail plug 001, iron: tip 001”, etc., may be indicated by correspondence between information indicating the material (material name) and the component identifier.

  In the above description, the classification unit 51 classifies and sorts the information itself. However, the classification unit 51 classifies the information, and the output unit 15 explicitly outputs the classification by the classification unit 51 and outputs the acquired information. May be. The classification is specified by adding information for classification to the information. Information for the classification includes, for example, color information added for each material, skull mark added to harmful information, etc. for structural information (for example, “abb.jpg”, etc.) that is a diagram of each part. There is. For example, polypropylene may be displayed in blue, iron may be displayed in brown, and harmful substances may be marked with a skull mark. Note that the classification unit 51 performs classification and adds information for classification after acquisition information may be acquired, the storage unit 12 may accumulate product information, or the like. It may be the timing when the processing amount of the processing server 50 is small.

  As described above, the information processing server 50 according to the present embodiment further includes the classification unit 51 that classifies the acquired information acquired by the acquiring unit 14 according to the material, thereby obtaining the acquired information as the material. It is possible to provide information that is easy to use for the user.

(Embodiment 3)
An information processing server according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing system according to this embodiment. 16, the information processing system according to the present embodiment includes an information processing server 60, information processing apparatuses 31 to 34, and a communication line 20 that connects them. The information processing server 60 further includes an information reception unit 11, an accumulation unit 12, an identifier reception unit 13, an acquisition unit 14, an output unit 15, and a calculation unit 61. Here, the component information received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12 includes content information that is information regarding the content of a predetermined material. Therefore, the content information is also included in the acquired information acquired by the acquiring unit 14. This content information may be information indicating the content (for example, 25 mg) of a predetermined substance, or information indicating the content ratio and concentration (for example, 20 ppm) of the predetermined substance. Further, the content information may exist for all materials, or the content information may exist for some materials. The predetermined material having the content information includes, for example, a valuable substance or a harmful substance material.

  The configuration and operation other than the calculation unit 61 are other than the acquisition unit 14 passing the acquisition information to the calculation unit 61, and the output unit 15 outputting the acquisition information received from the calculation unit 61 and the calculation result by the calculation unit 61. This is the same as Embodiment 1, and the description thereof is omitted.

The calculation unit 61 calculates the content of a predetermined material based on the content information included in the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit 14, and passes the calculation result to the output unit 15 together with the acquisition information. What is calculated by the calculation unit 61 may be the content (for example, 25 mg) of the predetermined material, or the ratio and concentration (for example, 30 ppm, 20%, etc.) of the predetermined material in the product. There may be.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 60 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing server 60 according to this embodiment. The processes other than step S301 are the same as those shown in FIG. 5 of the first embodiment except that the acquisition unit 14 passes the acquisition information to the calculation unit 61 and the output unit 15 outputs the acquisition information and the calculation result received from the calculation unit 61. This is the same as the flowchart in FIG.

  (Step S301) The calculation unit 61 calculates the content of the predetermined material based on the content information included in the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14, and outputs the calculation result and the acquisition information to the output unit 15. hand over.

  Here, it is assumed that the information acquired by the acquisition unit 14 is acquired information, but part of the acquired information is also acquired information. For example, when the acquisition unit 14 acquires information indicating material and content information from component information, information summarizing both is also acquired information, and information indicating material and content information itself are also acquired information. .

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 60 according to the present embodiment will be described using a specific example. Here, it is assumed that the product information and the component information received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12 are those shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, respectively.

  In this case, when the product identifier “050001” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 34 to the information processing server 60 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the product identifier “050001” is received by the identifier receiving unit 13 and acquired. 14 Then, the acquisition unit 14 acquires product identifiers “component 501”, “component 502”, and the like corresponding to the product identifier “050001” by searching for product information using the product identifier “050001” as a key. Furthermore, by searching for part information using the part identifiers “part 501”, “part 502”, etc. as keys, information “cadmium” indicating the material corresponding to the part identifier “part 501”, “part 502”, etc., “Iron”, “polystyrene” and the like, and content information “10 mg” and “15 mg” corresponding to “cadmium” are acquired. Then, the acquisition unit 14 passes the acquired acquisition information to the calculation unit 61.

  The calculation unit 61 adds the weight of 10 mg and 15 mg to the cadmium content information included in the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14, and calculates that the cadmium content in the product is 25 mg. Then, the calculation result that 25 mg of cadmium is included in the product and the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14 are passed to the output unit 15. The output unit 15 transmits the acquired information and the calculation result to the information processing device 34 of the recycler.

  The recycler can view the acquired information transmitted from the information processing server 60 on the display of the information processing apparatus 34. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of acquired information displayed on the display. At the bottom of FIG. 20, it is shown that the cadmium content in the product is 25 mg. By looking at this display, the recycler can know that the product contains 25 mg of cadmium, which is a harmful substance, and can decide how to treat the product based on that information.

  In this specific example, the case where the part identifier consists of “part” and a number is described. However, this is for convenience of explanation, and the part identifier is the same as that in the first embodiment. It may be a color or the name of a part.

  In this specific example, the case of calculating the content of harmful substances has been described. However, the content of valuable substances may be calculated, and further, the content of materials that are neither harmful substances nor valuable substances may be calculated. Also good. Moreover, you may calculate not only content but content rate, a density | concentration, etc.

  As described above, according to the information processing server 60 according to the present embodiment, the user (for example, a recycler) can easily perform by further including the calculation unit 61 that performs calculation related to the content of a predetermined material. Information such as the content of harmful substances that cannot be known can be provided to the user.

  In the present embodiment, the case where material attribute information and structure information are not acquired has been described. However, the acquired information may include material attribute information and structure information.

  Further, for example, by using the 3D-CAD data, the volume of each part, or the like, the ratio or concentration of the predetermined material included in the product may be calculated based on the weight of the predetermined material, or vice versa. In addition, the weight of the predetermined material included in the product may be calculated based on the ratio of the predetermined material included in the product.

(Embodiment 4)
An information processing server according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing system according to this embodiment. 21, the information processing system according to the present embodiment includes an information processing server 70, information processing apparatuses 31 to 34, and a communication line 20 that connects them. The information processing server 70 further includes an information reception unit 11, a storage unit 12, an identifier reception unit 13, an acquisition unit 14, an output unit 15, a calculation unit 61, and a comparison unit 71. The configuration and operation other than the calculation unit 71 are as follows. The calculation unit 61 passes the acquisition information and the calculation result to the comparison unit 71, and the output unit 15 receives the acquisition information from the comparison unit 71 and the comparison result by the comparison unit 71. Is the same as in the third embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted.

  Based on the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit 14 and the calculation result calculated by the calculation unit 61, the comparison unit 71 compares information on the content of harmful substances and the like with a predetermined threshold value. The comparison result is passed to the output unit 15 together with the acquired information. What is compared by the comparison unit 71 may be a content of harmful substances (for example, 25 mg), or may be a ratio and concentration (for example, 30 ppm) of the harmful substances in the product. Good.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 70 according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing server 70 according to this embodiment. It should be noted that the processing other than step S401 is performed except that the calculation unit 61 passes the acquisition information and the calculation result to the comparison unit 71, and the output unit 15 outputs the acquisition information and the comparison result received from the comparison unit 71. 3 is the same as the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S401) Based on the acquisition information and the calculation result received from the calculation unit 61, the comparison unit 71 compares the information on the content of harmful substances and the like with a predetermined threshold value, and compares the comparison result with The acquired information is passed to the output unit 15.

  Next, the operation of the information processing server 70 according to the present embodiment will be described using a specific example. Here, it is assumed that the product information, part information, and material attribute information received by the information receiving unit 11 and stored by the storage unit 12 are those shown in FIGS. 18, 19, and 23, respectively.

In this case, when the product identifier “050001” is transmitted from the information processing apparatus 34 to the information processing server 60 in the same manner as in the third embodiment, the product identifier “050001” is received by the identifier receiving unit 13 and acquired. 14 The acquisition unit 14 then obtains the product identifier “050”.
By searching for product information using “01” as a key, component identifiers “component 501”, “component 502” and the like corresponding to the product identifier “050001” are acquired. Further, by searching for part information using the part identifiers “part 501”, “part 502”, etc. as keys, information “cadmium” indicating the material corresponding to the part identifier “part 501”, “part 502”, etc., “Iron”, “polystyrene” and the like, and content information “10 mg” and “15 mg” corresponding to “cadmium” are acquired. Furthermore, the material attribute information corresponding to the information “cadmium” or the like indicating the material is acquired by searching the material attribute information using the information “cadmium” or the like indicating the material as a key. Then, the acquisition unit 14 passes the acquired acquisition information to the calculation unit 61.

  The calculation unit 61 passes the calculation result that 25 mg of cadmium is contained in the product and the acquisition information received from the acquisition unit 14 to the comparison unit 71 as in the third embodiment.

  When the comparison unit 71 receives the acquisition information and the calculation result, the comparison unit 71 compares the cadmium content of 25 mg with the cadmium threshold value obtained from the material attribute information of 20 mg. Then, as a result of the comparison, it is determined that the cadmium content exceeds the threshold value, and the determination result and the acquired information are passed to the output unit 15. The output unit 15 transmits the acquired information and the calculation result to the information processing device 34 of the recycler.

  The recycler can view the acquired information transmitted from the information processing server 60 on the display of the information processing apparatus 34. FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of acquired information displayed on the display. In the lowermost part of FIG. 24, it is shown that the product contains cadmium, which is a harmful substance, and that its content exceeds a specified amount (threshold value). By looking at this label, the recycler can know that the product contains cadmium, which is a harmful substance, and that the amount exceeds the specified amount. You can decide how.

  As described above, according to the information processing server 70 according to the present embodiment, it is usually easy to know by further including the comparison unit 71 that compares the calculation result by the calculation unit 61 and a predetermined threshold value. Information on whether or not a certain amount of a predetermined material is contained in the product can be easily obtained. In particular, it is possible to determine whether or not a hazardous substance contains an environmental standard value or more determined by the government, so that the processing method (disposal method) of the product can be determined. Further, since the comparison with a predetermined threshold is performed, only the calculation result is output, and the convenience of the user can be improved as compared with the case where the user compares with the threshold based on the calculation result. it can.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the information processing server 70 includes the calculation unit 61 and the comparison unit 71 has been described. However, as illustrated in FIG. 25, only the comparison unit 71 may be included. In this case, the comparison unit 71 compares the content information, which is information related to the content of the material included in the acquired information, with a predetermined threshold value, and passes the comparison result to the output unit 15 together with the acquired information. The output unit 15 outputs them.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the output unit 15 outputs the comparison result and the acquisition information has been described. However, the output unit 15 may output the calculation result calculated by the calculation unit 61 in addition to them. Good.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the threshold value used for comparison is included in the material attribute information has been described. However, the threshold value may be included in addition to the material attribute information. For example, the comparison unit 71 may have information indicating a material to be compared and a threshold corresponding to the material.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the information receiving unit 11 has been described with respect to a case where product information, part information, or the like transmitted from an external device is received via the communication line 20. Product information read from the medium may be received, product information directly input from an input device such as a keyboard may be received, or product information may be received in other forms.

  In each of the above embodiments, the case where product information, part information, etc. are provided in a table has been described. However, product information, part information, etc. may be provided in a data format other than a table, and in particular, a product identifier and The relationship with the component identifier or the like may be indicated by a data structure (for example, when there is a rule that an identifier sandwiched between a product identifier and a product identifier is a component identifier).

  In each of the above embodiments, the case where the identifier receiving unit 13 receives a product identifier transmitted via the network 20 has been described. However, the identifier receiving unit 13 is input via an input device such as a keyboard connected to the information processing server. A product identifier may be accepted.

  Further, in the specific examples in the above embodiments, the case where the recycler accesses the information processing server has been described. However, it is the recycling that accesses the information processing server and acquires information on the material of the parts constituting the product. For example, a general consumer may access the information processing server via the communication line 20 such as the Internet to obtain a product processing method and the like.

  In the specific examples in the above embodiments, the case where the product manufacturer provides the product information, the component manufacturer provides the component information, and the inspection organization provides the material attribute information has been described. The person is not limited to the specific example. For example, the product manufacturer may provide both product information and component information, or the component manufacturer may provide material attribute information.

  Further, in the specific examples in the above embodiments, the case where the structure information is a single drawing showing the structure has been described. However, the structure information may be a plurality of drawings, and in particular, the product is assigned to each part. It may be a continuous drawing for showing a procedure for disassembling. Such continuous drawings show two-dimensionally how a product is disassembled into parts using 3D-CAD data (data having three-dimensional information used in computer design). A continuous drawing for showing the disassembling procedure can be created by applying a technique for creating a product assembly manual based on 3D-CAD data. The structure information thus created is, for example, shown in FIG. 26, and the manner in which the telephone is disassembled is shown in FIGS. 26 (a) to 26 (c). When a recycler or the like disassembles a product in accordance with FIGS. 26A to 26C, as shown in FIG. 26C, it is possible to know the material names and the like of each part. In the same way as described in, the material attributes can be viewed by clicking each material name. By using such information, a recycler or the like can easily know a product disassembly method. Furthermore, the structure information may be three-dimensional data (for example, 3D-CAD data), and the data may be displayed on a display or the like to indicate the structure of the product.

  Moreover, the output aspect of the acquisition information by the output part 15 is not limited to the said specific example, Other things may be sufficient.

In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be configured by software under program control. In addition, the software which implement | achieves the information processing server in each said embodiment is the following programs, for example. In other words, this program includes product information including a product identifier for identifying a product, a component identifier for identifying a component constituting the product, a component identifier, and information indicating the material of the component identified by the component identifier. An information reception step for receiving component information including: an accumulation step for storing information received in the information reception step; an identifier reception step for receiving a product identifier; and a product identifier received in the identifier reception step An information processing method for causing a computer to execute an acquisition step for acquiring information related to materials of parts constituting a product from the information stored in the storage step, and an output step for outputting acquisition information that is information acquired in the acquisition step. Is.

  As described above, the information processing server according to the present invention can output information on the material of parts constituting a predetermined product, and is useful as, for example, a recycling server that provides information on recycling.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing server by Embodiment 1 of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the product information which the accumulation | storage part in the same embodiment accumulate | stored The figure which shows an example of the component information which the accumulation | storage part in the same embodiment accumulate | stored The figure which shows an example of the material attribute information which the accumulation | storage part in the same embodiment accumulate | stored The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing server by the embodiment Schematic diagram showing an example of the information processing apparatus in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the structure information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the output acquisition information in the same embodiment The figure which shows an example of the output acquisition information in the same embodiment The figure which shows an example of the product information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the component information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the output acquisition information in the same embodiment The block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing server by Embodiment 2 of this invention. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing server by the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the output acquisition information in the same embodiment The block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing server by Embodiment 3 of this invention. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing server by the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the product information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the component information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the output acquisition information in the same embodiment The block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing server by Embodiment 4 of this invention. The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing server by the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the material attribute information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the output acquisition information in the same embodiment The block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing server by the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the structure information in each embodiment

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10, 50, 60, 70, 80 Information processing server 11 Information receiving unit 12 Accumulating unit 13 Identifier receiving unit 14 Acquisition unit 15 Output unit 20 Communication line 31-34 Information processing device 51 Classification unit 61 Calculation unit 71 Comparison unit

Claims (13)

Accepts product information including a product identifier for identifying a product, a component identifier for identifying a component constituting the product, and component information including a component identifier and information indicating the material of the component identified by the component identifier. An information reception part;
A storage unit for storing the information received by the information reception unit;
An identifier receiving unit for receiving a product identifier;
An acquisition unit for acquiring information on the material of the parts constituting the product identified by the product identifier received by the identifier reception unit from the information stored by the storage unit;
An information processing server comprising: an output unit that outputs acquired information that is information acquired by the acquiring unit. The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the information receiving unit receives the product information and the component information transmitted from an external device. The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the information receiving unit receives the product information transmitted from the first information processing apparatus and receives the component information transmitted from the second information processing apparatus. The information processing server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the identifier receiving unit receives the product identifier transmitted from a third information processing apparatus. The product information includes structure information indicating a structure of parts of the product,
The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition information includes the structure information. A classification unit that classifies the acquired information acquired by the acquisition unit;
The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the output unit explicitly outputs a classification by the classification unit and outputs acquired information. The information receiving unit also receives material attribute information indicating material attributes,
The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information indicating material attributes. The material attribute information includes information on whether the material has harmful substances or valuable substances,
The information processing server according to claim 7, wherein the acquired information includes information regarding whether the product has the harmful substance or the valuable substance. The component information and the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit have content information that is information regarding the content of a predetermined material,
Based on the content information included in the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit, further comprising a calculation unit that performs a calculation regarding the content of the predetermined material,
The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs a calculation result by the calculation unit. A comparison unit that compares a calculation result by the calculation unit with a predetermined threshold;
The information processing server according to claim 9, wherein the output unit outputs a comparison result by the comparison unit. The component information and the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit have content information that is information regarding the content of a predetermined material,
A comparison unit that compares the content information included in the acquisition information acquired by the acquisition unit with a predetermined threshold;
The information processing server according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs a comparison result by the comparison unit. The information processing server according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined material is a material of a valuable substance or a harmful substance. Accepts product information including a product identifier for identifying a product, a component identifier for identifying a component constituting the product, and component information including a component identifier and information indicating the material of the component identified by the component identifier. An information reception step;
An accumulation step for accumulating the information received in the information reception step;
An identifier receiving step for receiving a product identifier;
An acquisition step of acquiring information on the material of the parts constituting the product identified by the product identifier received in the identifier reception step from the information stored in the storage step;
A program for causing a computer to execute an output step of outputting acquisition information that is information acquired in the acquisition step.

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