JP2006044827A - Storage tool and article presence notifying device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably grasp the place of an article on the level of an storage tool storing the article and an approximate location in the storage tool. <P>SOLUTION: As shown in Fig. 5, 1st-8th antenna parts 4c1-4c8 are made to function sequentially and selectively through an antenna switching device 4c0 which is an antenna switching element, and according to the operation of the antenna switching device 4c0, an article identifier is obtained from an IC chip 1 attached to the document which is the article through an IC tag reader 4c which is an article detecting element. The functioning antenna part is specified from the 1st-8th antenna parts 4c1-4c8, and whether the IC tag reader 4c has obtained the article identifier included in calling signals received by wireless radio 4e which is a calling signal receiving element is determined. If the determination result is true, a main LED 4f and a buzzer 4h that are article presence notifying elements are operated, and based on article location information indicating the specified antenna part, a sub LED selecting device 4h and a sub LED corresponding to the article location information among 1st-8th sub LEDs 4h1-4h8, that are article location notifying elements, are operated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage tool and an article presence notification device that can more reliably search for articles such as documents stored in a storage space.

Conventionally, as a storage tool for storing articles such as documents, there are a known file as a tube file and a box file with a box opened upward (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). In order to organize articles such as documents using files such as tube files and box files, the articles are stored in the files, and labels with titles indicating the contents of the articles are printed on the files. In addition, a mode in which the label is stored in a bookshelf or the like in a state where the label is visible from the outside is widely used.
JP 2003-326887 A JP 7-172092 A

  However, when the amount of articles stored in the file increases, the number of files themselves increases, and when storing a large number of files in a bookshelf etc., it is troublesome to keep track of the management status. If you forget or do not know which article is stored in which file, there is a problem that it becomes difficult to search for and obtain the desired article. In addition, the correspondence between the file and each article itself may change, such as when a part of the article in the file is transferred to a new file. In this case, the correspondence between the file and each article is changed. Even when stored in error, the same problem as described above may occur.

  Therefore, a method is conceivable in which the articles are stored in a file as a storage tool, and the titles attached to the files are classified and stored in a personal computer or the like connected to the label printing apparatus, and the management location of each file can be searched.

  However, even in this case, if you forget the relationship between the file and each item, it is difficult to search for the item you want because you do not know the title of the file corresponding to the item you want. There is a bug.

  Furthermore, there is a request to know the position of an article in a storage device such as a file, but in such an aspect as described above, only the title of the label attached to the entire storage device is managed only. I can't respond.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and the object of the present invention is to reliably search for articles stored in the storage tool up to the level of the position in the storage tool. It is in providing the storage tool which can be performed.

  That is, the storage device according to the present invention is used together with an article identifier storage medium that stores an article identifier for identifying an article attached to an article such as a document, and has a main body having a storage space for storing the article. An article detection element that obtains a signal including an article identifier by communicating with the article identifier storage medium, and an article that is connected to the article detection element and that exists in a nearby region in cooperation with the article detection element A plurality of antenna units each of which is associated with the item position information, an antenna switching element for selectively functioning the antenna unit, and a call signal including an item identifier indicating an item to be searched A call signal receiving element to receive, an article presence notification element that issues an article presence notification signal for notifying the presence of an article to be searched, and an alarm that detects the presence of an article to be searched. Based on the article position information indicating the tenor part, an article position notification element that issues an article position notification signal that notifies the area where the article exists is used, and the antenna part is sequentially and selectively operated via the antenna switching element. Identifying the functioning antenna switching means, the article identifier obtaining means for obtaining the article identifier from the article identifier storage medium via the article detection element in response to the operation of the antenna switching means, and the functioning antenna unit Storage position specifying means, presence verification means for determining whether or not the article identifier acquisition means has acquired the article identifier included in the call signal received by the call signal receiving element, and the result of determination by the presence verification means is The result of determination by the presence notification command unit that activates the article presence notification element when it is “true” and the presence verification unit is “true” Characterized by comprising a position notification instruction means for operating an article position notification element based on the item position information indicating the antenna portion which is specified by the storage position specifying means.

  If this is the case, the plurality of antenna units sequentially acquire the article identifiers attached to the articles existing in the vicinity area in the storage space, and store the articles with the article identifiers included in the call signal. If there is an article, the presence of the article itself is notified by the article presence notification means, and the article is based on the article position information corresponding to the antenna unit functioning when the article identifier attached to the article is acquired. By operating the position notification element, it is possible to notify the approximate position of the article in the storage space.

  In addition, as an aspect capable of suppressing the power consumption of such a storage device, an article loading / unloading detection element for detecting that an article has been loaded / unloaded, an article identifier obtained by an article identifier obtaining unit, and the article identifier are obtained. When the article identifier acquired by the article identifier acquisition means and the article identifier are acquired by further using the stored article storage element that stores the article position identification record including the article position information indicating the antenna portion functioning when And an article position identification record generating means for generating the article position identification record including the article position information indicating the functioning antenna part, and the article insertion / removal detection element detects that an article has been put in and out. In response, the antenna switching means and the article identifier acquisition means operate, and the presence verification means Which collates the article identifier reception element included in the item position identification records stored with the article identifier to the stored articles storage means included in the call signal received and the like. In the case of operating the article identifier acquisition means and the switching means every time a call signal is received, the article identifier acquisition means and the switching means operate even when the article is not taken in / out from the previous call signal, In such a case, the article identifier acquisition means and the switching means operate only when an article is taken in and out, so that the number of times that the article identifier acquisition means and the switching means are operated can be reduced.

  Further, as a preferable aspect when storing documents as articles, a cover body integrally including a front cover, a back cover, and a back cover, and a document with an article identifier storage medium attached to a surface facing the spine are bound. And a binding tool having a function and having the antenna portion on the inner surface of the spine.

  On the other hand, as a preferred embodiment for storing various articles, the apparatus has a box-shaped main body having a storage space for storing the articles and a lid for concealing the storage space, and the antenna is provided on the inner surface of the main body. The thing which has a part is mentioned.

  In addition, as an aspect for enabling the position of the article to be notified in an easy-to-understand manner, the article position notification element is an LED provided in the vicinity of the article storage area indicated by the article position information. Can be mentioned. This is because the search target article exists in the vicinity of the lit LED.

  As an aspect for enabling the position of the article to be more accurately notified, there is one that further includes a biasing unit that biases the article in a certain direction. This is because the article can prevent the article from moving in the storage space.

  As an example of a specific aspect of such a storage device, the article detection element, the plurality of antenna units, the antenna switching element, the call signal receiving element, the article presence notification element, and the article position And a presence element having functions as the antenna switching means, the article identifier acquisition means, the storage position specifying means, the presence collating means, the presence notification command means, and the location notification command means. The thing which attaches a notification apparatus to a main body is mentioned. If it is such, such an accommodation tool can be implement | achieved by attaching an article presence notification apparatus later to the existing accommodation tool.

  In addition, it is possible to communicate with an article identifier storage medium that stores an article identifier for identifying an article attached to an article such as a document, and can be attached to a storage device having a storage space for storing the article, An article detection element that acquires a signal including an article identifier by communicating with the article identifier storage medium, and a function of detecting the presence of an article that is connected to the article detection element and that exists in the vicinity region in cooperation with the article detection element Call signal reception for receiving a plurality of antenna units each corresponding to the item position information, an antenna switching element for selectively functioning the antenna unit, and a call signal including an item identifier indicating an item to be searched An article position indicating an element, an article presence notification element that issues an article presence notification signal that notifies the presence of an article to be searched, and an antenna unit that detects the presence of the article to be searched An antenna position change element that issues an article position notification signal for notifying the area where the article is present based on the information, and an antenna switching means for selectively functioning the antenna unit sequentially via the antenna switching element; An article identifier acquisition means for acquiring an article identifier from the article identifier storage medium via the article detection element in response to the operation of the antenna switching means, and a storage position specifying means for specifying the functioning antenna unit The presence verification unit for determining whether or not the item identifier acquisition unit has acquired the article identifier included in the call signal received by the call signal reception element, and the determination result by the presence verification unit is “true” The presence notification command means that activates the article presence notification element at the time, and the storage when the result of determination by the presence verification means is "true" Even if using the article presence notification device, further comprising position notification command means for operating the article position notification element based on the article position information indicating the antenna portion specified by the position specifying means, The main effect of the storage tool that was made is obtained. If such an article presence notification device is attached to a storage device having a storage space for storing an article and used together with an article identifier storage medium storing an article identifier attached to the article such as a document and identifying the article, the above-described storage This is because the same configuration as the tool can be obtained.

  In particular, an article including an article loading / unloading detection element for detecting that an article has been loaded / unloaded, an article identifier acquired by an article identifier acquisition unit, and article position information indicating an antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is acquired The article position identification comprising a stored article storage element for storing a position identification record and including an article identifier acquired by an article identifier acquisition means and article position information indicating an antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is acquired Further comprising an article position identification record generating means for generating a record, the antenna switching means and the article identifier acquiring means are activated in response to detection of the article insertion / removal detection element that an article has been put in / out, The presence collating means includes an article identifier included in the call signal received by the call signal receiving element and the stored item. As long as it matches the article identifier included in the item position identification records stored in the storage means, it is possible to suppress the power consumption of such articles presence notification apparatus.

  In the storage device and the article presence notification device according to the present invention, the plurality of antenna units sequentially acquire the article identifiers attached to the articles existing in the vicinity area in the storage space, and the article identifiers included in the call signal are attached. If the article is stored, the article corresponding to the antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is attached to the article is notified by the article presence notifying means. By operating the article position notification element based on the position information, it is possible to notify the approximate position of the article in the storage space.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The file 2 as a storage tool according to the present embodiment is used as a part of a document management system SS that manages documents as articles described below, for example.

  As shown schematically in FIG. 1, the document management system SS includes an IC chip 1 that is a storage medium storing an article identifier for identifying a document S, a plurality of the files 2, a set of document management apparatuses M, It is comprised from.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the IC chip 1 includes a storage unit 101 that stores a number that is an article identifier in a non-rewritable manner, a receiver 102 that receives electromagnetic waves, and power conversion that converts the electromagnetic waves into electric power. A circuit 104 and a transmitter 103 that transmits a signal including the article identifier as an electromagnetic wave are provided. In the present embodiment, the article identifier is a number stored in the IC chip 1, that is, a number as shown in FIG. 3, and all the IC chips 1 store different unique numbers. That is, different article identifiers are assigned to the respective documents S. In the present embodiment, the IC chip 1 is used in the document management apparatus M so as to be surely attached to the document S. As shown in FIG. 4, the rear surface of the tag T attached to the document S is abbreviated. Adhering to the central part is impossible. As will be described later, the article identifier forms a document identification record as shown in FIG. 3 in association with document information which is information indicating the title of the document to which the IC chip is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the file 2 includes a main body 3 having a configuration similar to a known binder-like file for binding documents (for example, the one described in Patent Document 1), and an article attached to the main body 3. The presence notification device 4 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the main body 3 has a cover body 31 that integrally includes a front cover 31a, a back cover 31b, and a spine 31c, and is attached to the cover 31 and has a function of binding documents. It further has a binding tool 32 and a leaf spring 33 as biasing means for biasing the document toward the back cover 31b.

  The binding tool 32 includes a base 321 fixed to the spine 31c, a pair of binding plates 322 detachably attached to the left and right sides of the base 321, and a binding leg extending between the binding plates 322. This is a pipe binding tool including an operation member 324 for performing a detaching operation of the binding tube 323 and the binding plate 322. The binding tube 323 moves up and down a binding shaft (not shown) provided on one side of the pair of binding plates 322 and a binding pipe (not shown) provided on the other side and having a cavity into which the binding shaft can be inserted. Are provided in pairs. Further, the binding plate 322 is detachably attached to a pair of shaft pins (not shown) supported on the left and right sides of the base 321. The operation member 324 is housed in a housing (not shown) provided at the center on both the left and right sides of the base 321, and holds a part of the shaft pin (not shown). The operation member 324 is placed in the base 321. The shaft pin (not shown) is displaced in its axial position by being pushed in, so that the engagement with the binding plate 322 can be released. That is, by operating the operation member 324, the binding tool 32 can selectively take an open state in which a document can be taken in and out and a closed state in which the document is held at a predetermined position. Further, the base 321 is attached to the spine 31c by a base fixing tool (not shown) that engages with a binding tool attachment hole (not shown) provided on the spine 31c.

  As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 which is an exploded perspective view, the article presence notification device 4 is attached to the spine 31c of the main body 3 in the present embodiment, and the configuration is illustrated inside. As shown in FIG. 7, a control unit 4a and an internal memory 4b are provided. The control unit 4a includes a CPU 4a1 and an input / output interface 4a2. 8 (a) has a power receiving portion 4z at the lower end as shown in a schematic perspective view of the bottom, and is arranged on a shelf T on which the file 2 is placed as shown in FIG. 8 (b). When the power is supplied from the power supply coil K via the power receiving unit 4z and the supplied power is stored in the secondary battery 4x and the power supply coil K does not receive the power, the secondary power is supplied. It operates with the electric power stored in the battery 4x. Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the control unit 4a includes an IC tag reader 4c, an open / close detection switch 4d, a wireless communication device 4e, a main LED 4f, a buzzer 4g, a sub LED selection device 4h, The timer 4i is connected.

  In a predetermined area of the internal memory 4b, a stored article storage element 4b1 for storing an article position identification record, which will be described later, is formed as shown in FIG.

  The IC tag reader 4c has a known configuration that emits an electromagnetic wave having a frequency in a predetermined band toward the IC chip 1 and receives a signal including an article identifier by the electromagnetic wave in the same band from the IC chip 1. It functions as an article detection element. In this embodiment, the first to eighth antenna units 4c1 to 4c8 are connected to the IC tag reader 4c via an antenna switching device 4c0. The first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 are provided on the inner surface of the spine 31c and exhibit the function of detecting the presence of an article existing in the vicinity region in cooperation with the IC tag reader 4c. . The first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 are associated with article position information L indicating the area where the article exists. The article position information L is numbers 1 to 8 assigned to the first to eighth antenna units 4c1 to 4c8 in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the antenna switching device 4c0 receives the article position information L from the control unit 4a, and selectively selects only one corresponding to the article position information L from the first to eighth antenna units 4c1 to 4c8. It has a function as an antenna switching element to be operated.

  The opening / closing detection switch 4d detects opening / closing of the front cover 31a of the main body 3, and functions as an article loading / unloading detection element in claims. That is, a change from an open state where the front cover 31a is separated from the back cover 31b to a closed state where the front cover 31a and the back cover 31b are substantially opposed to each other is detected and a signal indicating the change is generated.

  In this embodiment, the wireless communication device 4e has a well-known configuration for receiving a signal from an electromagnetic wave from the document management apparatus M. In addition, the wireless communication device 4e has a function as a call signal receiving element that receives a call signal by an electromagnetic wave including an article identifier indicating an article to be searched. Here, as shown in FIG. 10, the call signal includes at least a header part indicating that the call signal is present and an article identifier indicating an article to be searched.

  The main LED 4f and the buzzer 4g operate in response to a command from the presence notification command unit 407 when the result of verification by the presence verification unit 406, which will be described later, is "true", and function as an article presence notification element in the claims.

  First to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 are connected to the sub LED selection device 4h. The first to eighth sub-LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 are associated with the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 via the article position information L, respectively. The article position information L is received, and the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 corresponding to the article position information L are turned on. The sub LED selection device 4h and the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 cooperate to function as an article position notification element in the claims.

  The timer 4i receives the operation start signal from the control unit 4a, sets the time t to 0, and controls the predetermined time elapsed signal when the predetermined time t0 has elapsed since the time t was set to 0. It has a function emitted to the part 4a.

  Then, when the control unit 4a executes the control program stored in the predetermined area of the internal memory 4b, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 11, the operation command unit 401, the antenna switching unit 402, and the article identifier acquisition unit 403. , Storage position specifying means 404, article position identification record generating means 405, presence collating means 406, presence notification command means 407, and position notification command means 408.

  The functional blocks of the article presence notification apparatus 4 will be described below with reference to FIG.

  The operation command means 401 receives a signal indicating that the file 2 has been closed from the open / close detection switch 4d, and issues an operation start signal to the timer 4i to set time t to 0, and antenna switching means A command for operating 402 and the article identifier acquisition means 403 is issued. In addition, every time a predetermined time t0 elapses from the reception of the signal and a predetermined time elapse signal is issued from the timer 4i, a command for operating the antenna switching means 402 and the article identifier acquisition means 403 is issued again, and the timer 4i An operation start signal is issued again to set time t to zero.

  The antenna switching means 402 receives the command from the operation command means 401, receives the article position information L from the storage position specifying means 404, passes the article position information L to the antenna switching device 4c0, and operates to receive the first to first items. Of the eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8, the one corresponding to the article position information L is caused to function.

  The article identifier acquisition unit 403 is configured to operate the IC tag reader 4c and the first to eighth antenna units connected to the IC tag reader 4c according to a command from the operation command unit 401 after the antenna switching unit 402 is activated. The article identifier is acquired from the IC chip 1 attached to the document bound in the file 2 via any of 4c1 to 4c8.

  The storage position specifying unit 404 passes the item position information L indicating the position of the antenna unit to be operated, that is, the item, to the antenna switching unit 402 in order to selectively operate the first to eighth antenna units 4c1 to 4c8 sequentially. This article position information L is stored in a predetermined area of the internal memory 4b. Further, the article position information L is updated every predetermined time t0.

  The article position identification record generation unit 405 associates the article identifier acquired by the article identifier acquisition unit 403 with the article position information stored in the predetermined area of the internal memory 4b by the storage position specifying unit 404. Is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1 in the manner shown in FIG.

  The presence checking unit 406 determines whether or not the article identifier included in the calling signal received by the wireless communication device 4e is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1, and if the result of this determination is “true”. The presence notification command unit 407 is operated, and the position notification command unit 408 is operated by passing the item position information L associated with the item identifier included in the calling signal and stored in the stored item storage element 4b1.

  The presence notification command unit 407 operates the main LED 4f and the buzzer 4g if the result of the determination by the presence verification unit 406 is “true”.

  If the determination result by the presence checking unit 406 is “true”, the position notification command unit 408 determines whether the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 are based on the article position information L passed from the presence checking unit 406. Of these, the one corresponding to the article position information L is caused to emit light.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the document management apparatus M is formed by connecting a body portion 5 and a personal computer 6 as an information processing apparatus to each other in the present embodiment. The body unit 5 and the personal computer 6 operate by receiving power from separate power sources.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the body unit 5 includes a control unit 5a, an internal memory 5b, and an input / output interface 5c. Further, a clip attachment detection sensor 5d, an IC tag reader 5e, a scanner 5f, and a wireless communication device 5g are connected to the input / output interface 5c. Then, when the control unit 5a executes the program stored in the predetermined area of the internal memory 5b, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 13, the article identifier adding means 501, the second article identifier acquiring means 502, the document name It functions as information acquisition means 503 and new document registration request means 504.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the personal computer 6 includes a CPU 6a, an internal memory 6b, an external storage device 6c, an input / output interface 6d, and the like. The input / output interface 6d includes a screen output device 6e, a keyboard and a mouse. A peripheral device such as an input device 6f is connected. Further, the personal computer 6 is connected to the body portion 5 through the input / output interface 6d. Further, a program for operating the personal computer 6 as a Windows (registered trademark) system and a control program are stored in a predetermined area of the external storage device 6c. When the CPU 6a executes these programs, the hardware constituting the personal computer 6 described above cooperates to operate the Windows (registered trademark) system and the control program. The Windows (registered trademark) system includes a known function as a Windows (registered trademark) OS and a Windows (registered trademark) file management system, and the basic function of the Windows (registered trademark) OS in a commercially available personal computer equipped with a Windows (registered trademark) OS. Have On the other hand, the control program is a program that operates on the Windows (registered trademark) system. As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 13, a new document name decrypting unit 601, a new document registering unit 602, a search target specifying unit 603, And function as the calling signal transmission means 604.

  The article identifier adding means 501 supplies the tag T and issues an article identifier acquisition command.

  The second article identifier obtaining unit 502 receives the article identifier obtaining command from the article identifier adding unit 501 and obtains the article identifier from the IC chip 1 attached to the tag T via the IC tag reader 5e.

  The document name information acquisition unit 503 acquires the image information of the document name, that is, the image information of the document name via the scanner 5f.

  The new document registration request unit 504 includes the item identifier acquired by the second item identifier acquisition unit 502 and image information of the document name acquired by the document name information acquisition unit 503 as shown in FIG. A request signal is generated and issued to the personal computer 6.

  The new document name decoding means 601 acquires the document name as character information based on the image information of the document name included in the new document registration request signal.

  The new document registration unit 602 generates a document identification record including the article identifier included in the new document registration request signal and the document name acquired by the new document name decoding unit 601 and forms it in a predetermined area of the external storage device 6c. The data is stored in the main storage area 6c1 in a manner as shown in FIG. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, a folder associated with the storage device identifier is formed in the main storage area 6c1, and the storage device identifier is stored in the folder indicated by the storage device identifier. The article identifier indicating the document bound in the file 2 indicated by is stored. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a non-storage document folder is also formed in the main storage area 6c1 of the external storage device 6c, and an article identifier indicating a document not bound to any file 2 is stored in this non-storage document folder. is doing. The article identifier is paired with a document name which is character information indicating the title of the document indicated by the article identifier to form a document identification record.

  In this embodiment, the search target specifying unit 603 displays a search target specifying auxiliary screen as shown in FIG. 18A based on the search target specifying auxiliary screen data stored in the predetermined area of the external storage device 6c. Visualizing and displaying via the output device 6e, prompting the user to input a character string included in the document name of the document to be searched, and searching the stored contents of the main storage area 6c1 for the document name including the character string. . Further, a search command button for prompting a search for a document corresponding to the search result based on the search target specific screen data and the search result stored in a predetermined area of the external storage device 6c is displayed via the screen output device 6e. It is visualized and displayed on a search target specifying screen as shown in FIG. 18B, and selection input of a document to be searched is accepted. Then, an input to the search command button is received, an article identification record including a document name corresponding to the search command button is acquired, the call signal is generated from the article identifier included in the article identification record, and the call signal is It passes to the call signal transmission means 604.

  The call signal transmitting unit 604 is configured to transmit the call signal including the article identifier indicating the document specified by the search target specifying unit 603 to the article presence notification unit 4. To pass.

  When a new document is registered in the document management system SS, the main memory is associated with the article identifier stored in the IC chip 1 by registering the document name and binding the IC chip 1 with the document. The data is stored in the area 6c1.

  The processing performed at this time will be described below with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20 which are flowcharts.

  First, as shown in FIG. 19, the body unit 5 supplies a tag T to the document via the article identifier adding means 501 (ST101) and issues an article identifier acquisition command (ST102). Next, an article identifier is obtained from the IC chip 1 attached to the tag T via the second article identifier obtaining means 502 (ST103). Further, the image information of the document name is acquired through the document name information acquisition unit 503 (ST104), and a new document registration request signal is issued to the personal computer 6 through the new document registration request unit 504 (ST105).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 20, the personal computer 6 receives the new document registration request signal (ST201), and based on the image information of the document name included in the new document registration request signal, new document name decoding means 601. The document name is acquired as the character information through (ST202). Then, an article identification record including the article identifier and the document name included in the new document registration request signal is generated via the new document registration means 602 (ST203), and the article identification record is stored in the main storage area 6c1. Store (ST204).

  When the document is stored in the file 2, the front cover 31a and the binding tool 32 of the file 2 are operated to be opened, and after the document is taken in and out, the front cover 31a and the binding tool 32 are operated again to be closed. To. When the file 2 is closed, the open / close detection switch 4d is activated, and the document presence notification device 4 acquires the article identifier from the IC chip 1 attached to the document via the IC tag reader 4c, and The stored item storage element 4b1 is stored in the predetermined area of the internal memory 4b in association with the item position information L indicating the position. At this time, the flow of processing performed by the document presence notification device 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22 which are flowcharts.

  First, as shown in FIG. 21, it is determined whether or not a signal indicating that the file 2 has been closed is received from the open / close detection switch 4d (ST301). If the result of this determination is “false”, the step of determining whether or not the signal has been received is repeated (ST301). On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “true”, the stored contents of the stored article storage element 4b1 are erased (ST302), the article position information L is set to 1 and passed to the storage position specifying means 404 (ST303). The time t is set to 0 (ST304). Then, the value of the article position information L is passed to the antenna switching means 402, the antenna switching device 4c0 is operated via the antenna switching means 402, and the article position information L among the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 is changed to the article position information L. The corresponding one is made to function (ST305). Next, the IC tag reader 4c is operated via the article identifier acquisition means 403 to acquire the article identifier (ST306). Thereafter, an article position identification record storage routine is executed (ST307). This article position identification record storage routine generates an article position identification record including an article identifier acquired via the article identifier acquisition means 403 and the article position information L as shown in the flowchart of FIG. It is generated by means 405 (ST3071). Next, it is determined whether or not an article position identification record including the same article identifier as the generated article position identification record is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1 (ST3072), and the result of this determination is “true”. If there is, the article position identification record that matches the article position identification record generated in step ST306 is deleted from the stored article storage element 4b1 (ST3073), and the generated article position identification record is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1. (ST3074) and the article position identification record storage routine is terminated. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step ST307 is “false”, the article position identification record generated as it is is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1 (ST3074), and the article position identification record storage routine is terminated. . Then, as shown in FIG. 21, it is determined whether or not the predetermined time t0 has elapsed since the time t was set to 0 (ST308). If the result of this determination is “false”, the time t is set. The step of determining whether or not a predetermined time t0 has elapsed since setting to 0 is repeated (ST308). On the other hand, if the result of determination in step ST308 is “true”, it is then determined whether or not the value of the article position information L is 8 (ST309). If the result of this determination is “true”, the process is terminated. On the other hand, if the result of determination in step ST309 is “false”, 1 is added to the value of the article position information L (ST310), and time t is set to 0 again (ST311). And it returns to the process which operates the antenna switching device 4c0 via the antenna switching means 402 (ST305).

  Further, when searching for and calling a document, the user inputs a character string included in the document name of the document to be searched while referring to the search target specifying auxiliary screen, and inputs to the document name search button. . Next, referring to the search target specifying screen, a document to be searched is selected and input via a search command button. The article management apparatus M transmits a call signal including an article identifier indicating the selected and input document to the article presence notification apparatus 4. The article presence notification device 4 receives the call signal, and when an article position identification record including an article identifier indicated by the call signal is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1, the article presence notification signal and the article position notification Send a signal. At this time, processing performed by the article management apparatus M will be described below with reference to FIG. 23 which is a flowchart.

  First, the search target specifying unit 603 operates and performs the following processing. That is, the search target specifying auxiliary screen is visualized and prompted to input a character string included in the document name of the document to be searched (ST401). Next, it is determined whether or not the document name search button has been pressed (ST402). If the result of the determination is “false”, the process returns to the step of determining whether or not an input to the document name search button has been performed ( ST402). On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “true”, the document name including the input character string is searched from the stored contents of the main storage area 6c1 of the external storage device 6c (ST403). Further, the search target identification screen is visualized and displayed, and the user is prompted to select and input a document to be searched (ST404). Then, it is determined whether or not an input to the search command button has been performed (ST405). If the result of the determination is “true”, an article identification record including the document name corresponding to the search command button is acquired ( (ST406), the article identifier included in the article identification record is passed to the calling signal transmission means 604 (ST407). Call signal transmitting means 604 issues a call signal to article presence notifying means 4 (ST408). On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “false”, the process returns to the step of determining whether or not the search command button has been pressed (ST405).

  On the other hand, processing performed by the article presence notification device 4 in response to the calling signal will be described below with reference to FIG. 24 which is a flowchart.

  First, it is determined whether or not a call signal has been received (ST501). If the result of this determination is “false”, the step of determining whether or not a call signal has been received is repeated (ST501). On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “true”, it is determined whether or not an article position identification record including an article identifier that matches the article identifier included in the call signal is stored in the stored article storage element 4b1 ( ST502). If the result of the determination is “true”, the main LED 4f and the buzzer 4g are actuated to issue an article presence notification signal (ST503), and then the stored article is associated with the article identifier via the article position identification record. The article position information L stored in the storage element 4b1 is passed to the position notification command means 408 (ST504). Then, the article position information L is passed from the position notification command means 408 to the sub LED selection device 4h (ST505), and the sub LED selection device 4h corresponds to the article position information L among the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8. A thing is emitted and a presence notification signal is emitted (ST506). Then, the process ends. On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “false”, the process ends.

  The file 2 according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration, and each functional element operates as described above. Therefore, when the file 2 is used, the following effects can be obtained.

  When the antenna switching device 4c0 operates, the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 sequentially function, and the documents existing in the vicinity of the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 in the storage space. When the attached article identifier is sequentially acquired via the IC tag reader 4c and a document with the article identifier included in the calling signal is stored, the article identifier is notified via the article presence notification means 407. Based on the article position information L corresponding to what is functioning when the article identifier attached to the document is acquired among the first to eighth antenna units 4c1 to 4c8, while notifying the existence of the document itself, When the sub LED selection device 4h operates and the one corresponding to the article position information L among the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 is turned on, It can be informed of the position.

  The antenna switching means 402 and the article identifier acquisition means 403 are activated only when an article is taken in or out, that is, when a signal indicating that the file 2 is closed is issued from the file open / close detection switch 4d. Therefore, the number of times the antenna switching unit 402 and the article identifier acquisition unit 403 are operated as compared with the mode in which the antenna switching unit 402 and the article identifier acquisition unit 403 are operated each time a call signal is received. And power consumption can be reduced.

  Further, a cover body 31 that integrally includes a front cover 31a, a back cover 31b, and a spine cover 31c, and a binding tool 32 that has a function of binding a document with the IC chip 1 attached to the surface facing the spine 31c. In addition, since the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 are provided on the inner surface of the spine 31c, the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 are connected to the IC when storing documents as articles. The electromagnetic wave output of the IC chip reader 4c can be reduced by approaching the chip 1.

  Further, the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8 are arranged in the vicinity of the first to eighth antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8 associated with the article position information L, that is, the first to eighth antennas. Since the vicinity of the parts 4c1 to 4c8 is provided in the vicinity of the document storage area to be detected, the search target document exists in the vicinity of the lighted one of the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8. It is possible to inform the position of the document more clearly.

  Since the main body 3 is provided with a leaf spring 33 for urging the document toward the back cover 31b, it is possible to prevent the document from moving in the storage space, and thus to notify the position of the document more accurately. be able to. The leaf spring 33 may be omitted, for example, when it is assumed that a document having a full storage capacity is bound in the file 2.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  The file 102 that is a storage tool according to the present embodiment is used as a part of a document management system SSS that manages a document S that is a storage object described below, for example.

  As shown schematically in FIG. 25, the document management system SSS includes an IC chip 1 which is a storage medium storing a storage object identifier for identifying a document S, a plurality of the files 102, and a set of document management apparatus. And M.

  Since the IC chip 1 and the document management apparatus M are configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above and function in the same manner, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the file 102 includes a main body 3 having a configuration similar to that of a known binder-like file for binding documents (for example, the one described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-326887), And an article presence notification device 104 to be attached.

  Since the main body 3 is configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above and functions in the same manner, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 26, the article presence notification device 104 is also attached to the spine 31c of the main body 3 in the present embodiment, and inside the control unit 104a as shown in FIG. And an internal memory 104b. The control unit 104a includes a CPU 104a1 and an input / output interface 104a2. The power is supplied from the power supply coil, and the power is stored in the secondary battery 104x. When the power is not supplied from the power supply coil, the power is stored by the power stored in the secondary battery 104x. . Further, as shown in FIG. 27, an IC tag reader 104c, a wireless communicator 104e, a main LED 104f, a buzzer 104g, and a sub LED selection device 104h are connected to the control unit 104a.

  The wireless communicator 104e, the main LED 104f, the buzzer 104g, and the sub LED selection device 104h are configured in the same manner as those having the same names in the first embodiment described above, and function in the same manner. Description is omitted.

  Similarly to the IC tag reader 4c in the first embodiment described above, the IC tag reader 104c emits an electromagnetic wave having a frequency of 2.45 GHz toward the IC chip 1, and the IC chip 1 emits an electromagnetic wave in the same band. And has a well-known configuration for receiving a signal including an article identifier, and functions as an article detection element in the claims. The IC tag reader 104c is connected to the first to eighth antenna units 104c1 to 104c8 and the antenna switching device 104c0, similarly to the IC tag reader 4c in the first embodiment described above. The first to eighth antenna portions 104c1 to 104c8 are provided on the inner surface of the spine 31c and exhibit a function of detecting the presence of an article existing in the vicinity region in cooperation with the IC tag reader 104c. . The first to eighth antenna portions 104c1 to 104c8 are associated with article position information L indicating the area where the article exists. In this embodiment, the article position information L is a variable that takes numbers 1 to 8 assigned to the first to eighth antenna units 104c1 to 104c8 as values. The antenna switching device 104c0 has a function as an antenna switching element that selectively functions the first to eighth antenna units 104c1 to 104c8. In the present embodiment, the antenna switching device 104c0 receives the article position information L from the control unit 104a, and operates only the one corresponding to the article position information L among the first to eighth antenna units 104c1 to 104c8. It functions as an antenna switching element.

  Similarly to the sub LED selection device 4h in the first embodiment described above, the first to eighth sub LEDs 104h1 to 104h8 are connected to the sub LED selection device 104h. The first to eighth sub LEDs 104h1 to 104h8 are respectively associated with the first to eighth antenna units 104c1 to 104c8, and the sub LED selection device 104h receives the article position information L as will be described later. Of the first to eighth sub-LEDs 104h1 to 104h8, the one corresponding to the article position information L is turned on. The sub LED selection device 104h and the first to eighth sub LEDs 104h1 to 104h8 cooperate to function as an article position notification element in the claims.

  Then, when the control unit 104a executes the control program stored in the predetermined area of the internal memory 104b, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 28, the operation command means 10401, the antenna switching means 10402, the article identifier acquisition means 10403. , Storage location specifying means 10404, presence collating means 10406, presence notification command means 10407, and position notification command means 10408.

  Hereinafter, each functional block of the article presence notification apparatus 104 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When receiving the call signal from the wireless communication device 104e, the operation command unit 10401 issues a command to operate the antenna switching unit 10402 and the article identifier acquisition unit 10403. In addition, every time a signal indicating that the result of determination by the presence collating unit 10406 is “false” is received, a command to operate the antenna switching unit 10402 and the article identifier acquiring unit 10403 is issued again.

  The antenna switching unit 10402 and the article identifier acquisition unit 10403 are configured in the same manner as the antenna switching unit 402 and the article identifier acquisition unit 403 in the first embodiment described above, and function in the same manner, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  The storage position specifying unit 10404 passes to the antenna switching unit 10402 the item position information L indicating the antenna unit to be operated, that is, the item position, in order to selectively operate the first to eighth antenna units 104c1 to 104c8 sequentially. This article position information L is stored in a predetermined area of the internal memory 104b. Further, the article position information L is updated every time a signal indicating that the result of determination by the presence collating unit 10406 is “false” is received.

  The presence collation unit 10406 determines whether or not the article identifier acquisition unit 10403 has acquired an article identifier that matches the article identifier included in the call signal received by the wireless communication device 104e, and the result of this determination is “true”. If so, the presence notification command means 10407 is operated, and the position notification command means 10408 is operated by passing the article position information L associated with the article identifier included in the call signal and stored in the stored article storage element 104b1. Let On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “false”, the storage position specifying means 10404 is urged to update the article position information L, and the operation command means 10401 is operated.

  The presence notification command unit 10407 and the location notification command unit 10408 are configured in the same manner as the presence notification command unit 407 and the position notification command unit 408 in the first embodiment described above, and function in the same manner, so detailed description thereof will be omitted.

  In this embodiment, when searching for and calling a document, the article management apparatus M performs exactly the same processing as steps ST401 to ST408 in the first embodiment described above.

  On the other hand, processing performed by the article presence notification device 4 in response to the call signal will be described below with reference to FIG. 29 which is a flowchart.

  First, it is determined whether or not a call signal has been received (ST701). If the result of this determination is “false”, the step of determining whether or not a call signal has been received is repeated (ST701). On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “true”, the article position information L is set to 1 and passed to the storage position specifying means 10404 (ST702). Then, the value of the article position information L is passed to the antenna switching means 10402, the antenna switching device 104c0 is operated via the antenna switching means 10402, and the article position information L among the first to eighth antenna portions 104c1 to 104c8 is entered. The corresponding one is made to function (ST703). Next, IC tag reader 104c is operated via article identifier acquisition means 10403 to acquire an article identifier (ST704). Then, it is determined whether or not the acquired product identifier includes the product identifier indicated by the call signal (ST705). If the result of the determination is “true”, the main LED 104f and the buzzer 104g are actuated to issue an article presence notification signal (ST706), and then the storage position specifying means 10404 sends the article position information L to the position notification command means 10408. Hand it over (ST707). Then, the article position information L is passed from the position notification command means 10408 to the sub LED selecting device 104h (ST708), and the sub LED selecting device 104h corresponds to the article position information L among the first to eighth sub LEDs 104h1 to 104h8. A position notification signal is emitted by emitting light (ST709). Then, the process ends. On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “false”, it is subsequently determined whether or not the value of the article position information L is less than 8 (ST710). If the result of this determination is “true”, 1 is added to the value of the article position information L (ST711), and the process returns to the step of operating the antenna switching device 104c0 (ST703). On the other hand, if the value of the article position information L is 8 or more, the process is terminated as it is.

  Even in the file 102 configured as described above, among the effects of the file 2 described in the first embodiment, the article identifier acquisition unit and the switching unit are operated only when an article is put in and out. All effects are obtained except for the corresponding effects.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above.

  For example, the storage device is not a file for binding a document as described in the above-described embodiment, but a main body 2001 having a storage space and a lid 2002 having a function of concealing the storage space, as shown in FIG. A box-shaped storage tool 200 including a document presence notification device 2003 having the same configuration as the document presence notification device 4 in the above-described embodiment may be used. In this case, for example, electrodes 2003a and 2003b connected to the article presence notification unit 2003 are provided at predetermined positions of the lid body 2002 and corresponding positions of the main body 2001, respectively, so that these electrodes 2003a and 2003b are in contact with each other in the closed state. In addition, the article loading / unloading detection element may be formed using these electrodes 2003a and 2003b.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the files 2 and 102 in which the article presence notification devices 4 and 104 are attached to the main body 3 having the same configuration as the existing file are used. Of course, a mode in which the corresponding portion is embedded in the portion corresponding to the main body 3 in an inseparable manner may be adopted. Conversely, the above-described article presence notification devices 4 and 104 may be attached to a storage device such as an existing file to realize the same configuration as the files 2 and 102 in the above-described embodiment.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 31 (a), the first article position notification auxiliary element 4h101, for example, a number indicating the value of the article position information L is provided in the vicinity of the antenna portions 4c1 to 4c8. As shown in (b) of the figure, the second article is exposed to the outside when the file 2 is stored on a shelf or the like, such as the outer surface of the article presence notification device 4 provided outside the spine of the file 2. A position notification auxiliary element 4h102, for example, an apparatus for receiving article position information L indicating the antenna units 4c1 to 4c8 that have detected an article to be searched and visualizing and displaying a number indicating the value of the article position information L is provided. A configuration may be adopted in which the two article position notification auxiliary elements 4h101, 4h102 function as an article position notification element indicating the approximate position of the article to the user in cooperation.

  In addition, when a file having a binding tool is used as a storage tool, if the binding tool has an operation unit, the operation unit changes to a state taken in the closed state of the file as an article insertion / removal detection element. A contact sensor or a physical switch for detecting this may be employed instead of the open / close detection switch in the first embodiment described above.

  In addition, a plurality of IC tag readers each having only one antenna unit connected thereto are connected, and the plurality of IC tag readers are connected to an IC tag reader selection device serving as an antenna switching element. A mode is also conceivable in which the IC tag reader having only one antenna unit connected sequentially functions by being operated. In this aspect, as the IC tag reader selection device, for example, a semiconductor switch or the like electrically connected to the power supply terminal of each IC tag reader can be considered.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the antenna switching device may be configured to accept only the operation start signal and switch the antenna that functions autonomously at every predetermined time t1. In this case, the step of passing the storage position information to the storage position specifying means in the embodiment described above may be omitted. Further, when such an antenna switching device is used in the second embodiment described above, the step of setting time t to 0 between the above-described step ST701 and step ST702, and the above-described step ST710 and step ST711. It is preferable to perform a step of waiting until a predetermined time t1 elapses after setting time t to 0 and a step of setting time t to 0 again.

  As a modification of the first embodiment described above, an article identifier indicating a document as an article stored in a file as a storage tool is transmitted from the article presence notification apparatus to the article management apparatus, and the article management apparatus stores the article identifier in the file. It is conceivable to store the information in association with the storage device identifier indicating “”. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 32, a storage device identifier indicating a file is included in the call signal, and the storage device identifier is stored in the article presence notification device, and the storage device identifier and the product presence notification device included in the call signal are stored in the call signal. An article presence notification signal and an article position notification signal may be issued when the stored storage device identifier matches.

  An example of an embodiment that specifically realizes these will be described below.

  In this aspect, the article presence notification device 4 has the same configuration as that in the first embodiment described above. Further, a storage device identifier storage area 4b2 for storing the storage device identifier is formed in a predetermined area of the internal memory 4b. Then, when the control unit 4a executes the control program stored in the predetermined area of the internal memory 4b, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 33, the operation command means 401, the antenna switching means 402, the article identifier acquisition means. 403, storage position specifying means 404, article position identification record generating means 405, presence collating means 406, presence notification command means 407, position notification command means 408, and registration request signal generation means 451.

  On the other hand, the article management apparatus M has the same configuration as that in the first embodiment described above. When the control unit 5a executes a control program stored in a predetermined area of the internal memory 5b, the body unit 5 obtains an article identifier adding unit 501 and a second article identifier as shown in a functional block diagram in FIG. Functions as a means 502, a document name information acquisition means 503, a new document registration request means 504, and a first registration request signal reception means 551. Further, as shown in FIG. 34, the control program of the personal computer 6 has a new document name decoding means 601, a new document registration means 602, a search target specifying means 603, a call signal transmission means 604, a second registration request. It functions as a signal receiving unit 651 and a stored content display unit 652.

  The operation command means 401, the antenna switching means 402, the article identifier acquisition means 403, the storage position specifying means 404, the article position identification record generation means 405, the presence notification command means 407, the position notification command means 408, the article identifier addition means 501, and the second. (2) Article identifier acquisition unit 502, document name information acquisition unit 503, new document registration request unit 504, new document name decryption unit 601, new document registration unit 602, search target identification unit 603, and call signal transmission unit 604 are described above. It has the same configuration as that in the first embodiment and operates in the same manner.

  In the above-described first embodiment, the presence collating unit 406 collates the article identifier included in the call signal received by the wireless communication device 4e and the stored content of the stored article storage unit 4b1, whereas in this aspect, The storage device identifier included in the call signal received by the wireless communication device 4e is collated with the stored contents of the storage device identifier storage area 4b2. Other functions are the same as those in the first embodiment described above.

  The registration request signal generation means 451 generates a registration request signal as shown in FIG. 35 based on the stored content of the stored article storage element 4b1 and the stored content of the storage device identifier storage area 4b2, and sends it to the wireless communication device. An instruction to transmit a registration request signal to the article management apparatus M is given.

  The first registration request signal receiving means 551 receives the registration request signal transmitted from the article presence notification device 4 via the wireless communication device 5g, and performs a process of passing the registration request signal to the personal computer 6 through the input / output interface 5c.

  The second registration request signal receiving means 651 receives a registration request signal from the body unit 5 through the input / output interface 6d, and stores the contents of the folder in the main storage area 6c1 indicated by the storage device identifier included in the received registration request signal. The received identifier request signal is collated, and the article identification record including the article identifier existing only in the former is moved to the non-contained object folder, and the article identification record including the article identifier existing only in the latter is It is stored inside the folder in the main storage area 6c1 shown.

  The storage content display means 652 visualizes and displays the storage content of the folder in the main storage area 6c1 indicated by the storage device identifier included in the received registration request signal as shown in FIG.

  With reference to FIG. 37, which is a flowchart, the flow of processing performed by the document presence notification device 4 when an article is put in and out is described.

  First, steps ST301 to ST311 in the first embodiment are similarly performed. Next, when the result of the determination in step ST309 is “true”, the registration request signal generation means 451, based on the storage content of the storage article storage element 4b1 and the storage content of the storage device identifier storage area 4b2, A registration request signal as shown in the figure is generated (ST351). Then, a registration request signal is transmitted to the article management apparatus M via the wireless communication device (ST352).

  On the other hand, the article management apparatus M that has received the registration request signal performs the following processing.

  First, as shown in FIG. 38, the body unit 5 receives the registration request signal via a wireless communication device (ST801), and passes the received registration request signal to the personal computer 6 (ST802).

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 39, the personal computer 6 first receives the registration request signal via the input / output interface 6d (ST811). Next, it is determined whether or not an article identification record including an article identifier not included in the registration request signal exists in the folder of the personal computer 6 indicated by the storage tool identifier included in the received registration request signal (ST812). . If the result of this determination is “true”, the corresponding item identification record is moved to the non-contained item folder (ST813). On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “false”, the process proceeds to the next process. Then, it is determined whether there is an item identifier included in the registration request signal among the item identifiers in the item identification record stored in the non-contained item folder (ST814). If the result of this determination is “true”, the corresponding article identification record is moved into the folder corresponding to the storage device identifier included in the registration request signal (ST815). Then, the stored contents display means 652 displays the stored contents of the folder as a visualization (ST816). On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “false”, the storage content display means 652 immediately displays the storage content of the folder corresponding to the storage device identifier included in the registration request signal (ST816).

  On the other hand, when retrieving and calling an article, the article management apparatus M performs the same processing as in the first embodiment described above except that the storage device identifier is included in the calling signal.

  As shown in FIG. 40, article presence notification apparatus 4 first determines whether or not a call signal has been received (ST501). If the result of this determination is “false”, whether or not a call signal has been received. The step of determining whether or not is repeated (ST501). On the other hand, if the result of this determination is “true”, the storage device identifier matching determination means 452 is activated, and the storage device identifier included in the calling signal matches the storage content of the storage device identifier storage area 4b2. It is determined whether or not (ST552). If the result of the determination is “true”, the main LED 4f and the buzzer 4g are actuated to issue an article presence notification signal (ST503), and then the stored article is associated with the article identifier via the article position identification record. The article position information L stored in the storage element 4b1 is passed to the position notification command means 408 (ST504). Then, the article position information L is passed from the position notification command means 408 to the sub LED selection device 4h (ST505), and the sub LED selection device 4h corresponds to the article position information L among the first to eighth sub LEDs 4h1 to 4h8. A thing is emitted and a presence notification signal is emitted (ST506). Then, the process ends. On the other hand, if the result of the determination is “false”, the process ends.

  When such an aspect is adopted, a registration request signal is issued from the article presence notification device 4 to the article management device M every time an article is put in and out, and the article management device M generates an article identifier and a storage device identifier based on the registration request signal. Since they are stored in association with each other, the documents in the file can be listed and understood in real time on a personal computer.

  In addition, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 is a schematic diagram of a document management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the structure of the IC chip which concerns on the same embodiment. Schematic which shows the document identifier, document information, and document identification record which concern on the embodiment. The figure which shows the tag which adhere | attached the IC chip which concerns on the same embodiment. Schematic which shows the file which concerns on the same embodiment. The disassembled perspective view which shows the file which concerns on the same embodiment. The equipment block diagram of the article presence notification apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. The figure which shows the aspect of the electric power feeding to the article presence notification apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. Schematic which shows the memory | storage aspect of the article position identification record which concerns on the embodiment. Schematic which shows the paging signal which concerns on the same embodiment. The functional block diagram of the article presence notification apparatus concerning the embodiment. The equipment block diagram of the body part of the document management apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. The functional block diagram of the document management apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. The apparatus block diagram of the personal computer which concerns on the same embodiment. Schematic which shows the new document registration request signal which concerns on the same embodiment. Schematic which shows the memory | storage aspect of the article | item identification record which concerns on the embodiment. Schematic which shows the internal structure of the main storage area which concerns on the embodiment. Schematic which shows the search target specific auxiliary | assistant screen and search target specific screen which concern on the embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the body unit of the document management apparatus when a document is newly registered in the document management system according to the embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing processing performed by a personal computer when a new document is registered in the document management system according to the embodiment. 9 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the document presence notification device when a document is put in and out of a file according to the embodiment. 9 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the document presence notification device when a document is put in and out of a file according to the embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing processing performed by the article management apparatus when retrieving and calling a document in the embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which an article presence notification apparatus performs when searching and calling a document in the same embodiment. Schematic of the document management system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. Schematic which shows the file which concerns on the same embodiment. The equipment block diagram of the article presence notification apparatus which concerns on the embodiment. The functional block diagram of the article presence notification apparatus concerning the embodiment. 6 is an exemplary flowchart illustrating processing performed by the article management apparatus when retrieving and calling a document in the embodiment. Schematic which shows the storage tool which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. Schematic which shows the file which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. Schematic which shows the ringing signal which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. The functional block diagram of the article presence notification apparatus concerning the embodiment. The functional block diagram of the article | item management apparatus which concerns on the same embodiment. Schematic which shows the registration request signal which concerns on the same embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the content of the screen output via the storage content display means which concerns on the same embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which an article presence notification apparatus performs in the case of the taking in / out of the article | item with respect to the file which concerns on the same embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which the body part of an article | item management apparatus performs in the case of the taking in / out of the article | item with respect to the file which concerns on the same embodiment. The flowchart which shows the process which a personal computer performs in the case of taking in / out goods with respect to the file which concerns on the same embodiment. 6 is an exemplary flowchart illustrating processing performed by the article management apparatus when retrieving and calling a document in the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... IC chip (article identifier storage medium)
2 ... File (storage device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 ... Main body 31 ... Cover body 31a ... Cover cover 31b ... Back cover 31c ... Back cover 32 ... Binding tool 33 ... Leaf spring (biasing means)
4 ... Article presence notification device 4b1 ... Stored article storage unit (stored article storage element)
4c ... IC tag reader (article detection element)
4c0 ... Antenna switching device (antenna switching element)
4c1-4c8 ... 1st-8th antenna part 4d ... Open / close detection switch (article loading / unloading detection element)
4e ... Wireless communication device (call signal receiving element)
4f ... main LED (article presence notification element)
4g ... buzzer (article presence notification element)
4h ... Sub LED selection device (article position notification element)
4h1 to 4h8 ... 1st to 8th sub LEDs (article position notification element)
402 ... Antenna switching means 403 ... Article identifier acquisition means 404 ... Storage position specifying means 405 ... Article position identification record generating means 406 ... Presence matching means 407 ... Presence notification command means 408 ... Position notification command means

Claims (9)

An article identifier storage medium that is attached to an article such as a document and stores an article identifier that identifies the article, and includes a main body having a storage space for storing the article;
An article detection element that acquires a signal including an article identifier by communicating with the article identifier storage medium, and a function of detecting the presence of an article that is connected to the article detection element and that exists in the vicinity region in cooperation with the article detection element Call signal reception for receiving a plurality of antenna units each corresponding to the item position information, an antenna switching element for selectively functioning the antenna unit, and a call signal including an item identifier indicating an item to be searched An element presence notification element that issues an article presence notification signal that notifies the presence of an article to be searched, and the region where the article is present based on article position information indicating an antenna unit that has detected the presence of the article to be searched Using an article position notification element that issues an article position notification signal to be notified,
An antenna switching means for sequentially functioning the antenna unit via the antenna switching element, and an article identifier is obtained from the article identifier storage medium via the article detection element in response to the operation of the antenna switching means. Whether or not the article identifier acquiring means has acquired the article identifier included in the call signal received by the call signal receiving element, the storage position specifying means for specifying the functioning antenna unit, Presence verification means for determining, presence notification command means for activating the article presence notification element when the determination result by the presence verification means is “true”, and determination result by the presence verification means is “true” A position notification that activates an article position notification element based on article position information indicating the antenna unit specified by the storage position specifying means Storing tool, characterized by comprising a decree means. Article position identification including an article loading / unloading detection element for detecting that an article has been loaded and unloaded, an article identifier acquired by the article identifier acquisition means, and article position information indicating an antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is acquired Further utilizing storage article storage elements for storing records,
And an article position identification record generating means for generating the article position identification record including the article identifier acquired by the article identifier acquisition means and the article position information indicating the antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is acquired. ,
The antenna switching means and the article identifier acquisition means are activated in response to detection of the article insertion / removal detection element that an article has been put in / out.
The presence collating means collates an article identifier included in a call signal received by the calling signal receiving element with an article identifier included in an article position identification record stored in the stored article storage means. Item 1. A storage device according to item 1. A cover body integrally including a front cover, a back cover, and a back cover; The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna portion is provided on an inner surface. 3. The box-shaped main body having a storage space for storing articles and a lid for concealing the storage space, and having the antenna portion on the inner surface of the main body. Storage tool. 5. The storage tool according to claim 1, wherein the article position notification element is an LED provided in the vicinity of a storage area of an article indicated by the article position information. 6. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising biasing means for biasing the stored article toward a certain direction. The article detection element, the plurality of antenna units, the antenna switching element, the call signal reception element, the article presence notification element, and the article position notification element,
An article presence notification device having functions as the antenna switching means, the article identifier acquisition means, the storage position specification means, the presence collation means, the presence notification command means, and the position notification command means is attached to the main body. The storage device according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. It is possible to communicate with an article identifier storage medium storing an article identifier for identifying an article attached to an article such as a document, and attachable to a storage device having a storage space for storing the article,
An article detection element that acquires a signal including an article identifier by communicating with the article identifier storage medium, and a function of detecting the presence of an article that is connected to the article detection element and that exists in the vicinity region in cooperation with the article detection element Call signal reception for receiving a plurality of antenna units each corresponding to the item position information, an antenna switching element for selectively functioning the antenna unit, and a call signal including an item identifier indicating an item to be searched An element presence notification element that issues an article presence notification signal that notifies the presence of an article to be searched, and the region where the article is present based on article position information indicating an antenna unit that has detected the presence of the article to be searched An article position notification element that issues an article position notification signal to be notified,
An antenna switching means for sequentially functioning the antenna unit via the antenna switching element, and an article identifier is obtained from the article identifier storage medium via the article detection element in response to the operation of the antenna switching means. Whether or not the article identifier acquiring means has acquired the article identifier included in the call signal received by the call signal receiving element, the storage position specifying means for specifying the functioning antenna unit, Presence verification means for determining, presence notification command means for activating the article presence notification element when the determination result by the presence verification means is “true”, and determination result by the presence verification means is “true” A position notification that activates an article position notification element based on article position information indicating the antenna unit specified by the storage position specifying means Article presence notification apparatus characterized by further comprising a decree means. Article position identification including an article loading / unloading detection element for detecting that an article has been loaded and unloaded, an article identifier acquired by the article identifier acquisition means, and article position information indicating an antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is acquired A storage article storage element for storing records;
The apparatus further comprises an article position identification record generating means for generating the article position identification record including the article identifier acquired by the article identifier acquisition means and the article position information indicating the antenna unit functioning when the article identifier is acquired. With
The antenna switching means and the article identifier acquisition means are activated in response to detection of the article insertion / removal detection element that an article has been put in / out.
The presence collating means collates an article identifier included in a call signal received by the calling signal receiving element with an article identifier included in an article position identification record stored in the stored article storage means. Item 8. An article presence notifying device according to Item 8.

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