JP2007326609A - Label pasting system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label pasting system which enables the pasting of a customer label on a packaging box, matching with the label carrying information matching customer information displayed on an order form in the packaging box, and thus remarkably reduces labor in sending out packaging boxes when the packaging box is packed and sent out. <P>SOLUTION: A scanner 6 optically reads customer information displayed on a content article 1 before packaging, while a first RFID reader reads a specific ID from an RFID appended to the content article 1 before packaging without touching the content article 1. A data management unit 32 associates the customer information with the specific ID, and reads the specific ID from an RFID 4 appended to the packaged content article 1 without touching it. The data management unit 32 thus outputs the customer information associated with the specific ID as print information. Based on the print information output from the data management unit 32, a label pasting apparatus 20 prints the customer information on a customer label 3, and pastes the customer label 3 on the packaging box 2. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a label affixing system that affixes a label to a packaging box, and more particularly to a label affixing system that affixes a label printed with information consistent with customer information displayed on an inclusion contained in a packaging box to the packaging box.

  Catalog gifts are sent as gifts at ceremonial occasions, etc. When sending catalog gifts, a catalog that contains multiple products and an order form that uses the products for ordering are generally available. Are sent to the customer in a packaging box.

  If customer information such as a customer number is displayed for the purchase order enclosed with the catalog in the packing box, it will be possible to verify the data when the purchase order is sent from the customer. The customer information displayed on the purchase order in the packing box, so that the work efficiency can be improved, but the customer information different from the customer information displayed on the purchase order in the packing box In order to match the customer information displayed on the box, it was necessary to spend a great deal of labor in carrying out the shipping work while checking one by one manually.

  Therefore, conventionally, in order to save labor for matching the customer information displayed on the purchase order in the packaging b box with the customer information displayed on the packaging box, a destination window is provided in the packaging box, and the order in the packaging box is provided. The customer information displayed on the certificate is handled by making it visible from the outside (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  However, in the conventional technology, when packing boxes are packaged and shipped, customer information displayed on the order form in the packing box cannot be seen from the outside even if a destination window is provided in the packing box. In order to match the customer information displayed on the purchase order with the customer information displayed on the packaging box, it is still necessary to spend a great deal of labor while confirming each item manually. There was a problem.

JP 2005-350068 A

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its purpose is consistent with customer information displayed on an order form in a packaging box even when the packaging box is packaged and shipped. The object is to provide a label attaching system that can attach a customer label to a packaging box and can greatly reduce the labor of shipping work.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
The gist of the invention of claim 1 is a label affixing system for affixing a customer label to a packing box in which an inclusion is packed, wherein customer information is displayed and a unique ID is stored in the inclusion. RFID is attached, scanner means for optically reading the customer information from the inclusion before being packed in the packing box, and attached to the inclusion before being packed in the packing box First reader means for reading the unique ID from the RFID without contact, and second reader means for reading the unique ID from the RFID attached to the inclusion packed in the packing box, The customer information read by the scanner means and the unique ID read by the first reader means are associated with each other and read by the first reader means. Data management means for outputting the customer information associated with the unique ID as print information, and printing the customer information on the customer label based on the print information output from the data management means, A label affixing system comprising label affixing means for affixing the customer label printed with customer information to the packaging box.
The gist of the invention described in claim 2 is that the inclusion includes a personal information entry field for a customer to enter personal information, and the RFID includes the information protection seal that blinds the personal information entry field. The label sticking system according to claim 1, wherein the label sticking system is temporarily attached to an inclusion.

  The labeling system of the present invention attaches an RFID storing a unique ID to an inclusion in which customer information is displayed, and optically reads the customer information from the inclusion before being packed in a packing box. The RFID attached to the inclusion packaged in the packaging box is read in a non-contact manner from the RFID attached to the packaging package before being packed in the packaging box, and the customer information is associated with the unique ID. By reading the unique ID in a non-contact manner, the customer information associated with the unique ID is printed on the customer label, and the customer label on which the customer information is printed is attached to the packaging box. Even when packaging and shipping, the customer information associated with the unique ID is printed on the customer label by reading the unique ID from the RFID attached to the inclusion in the packing box. Therefore, it is possible to affix the customer label that matches the customer information displayed on the inclusions in the packaging box to the packaging box, and it is possible to greatly reduce the labor of shipping work. .

  Furthermore, the labeling system of the present invention is configured to provide a personal information entry field for a customer to enter personal information on the inclusion, and to temporarily attach the RFID to the inclusion together with an information protection seal for hiding the personal information entry field. Thus, it is not necessary to use a special seal for attaching the RFID to the inclusion, and the cost can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a label affixing system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an inclusion shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. It is a figure which shows the customer data example memorize | stored in the customer data storage part to show, and FIG. 4 is a figure which shows the structure of the label sticking apparatus shown in FIG.

  The label affixing system of the present embodiment prints and affixes a customer label 3 that is consistent with the inclusion 1 on a packaging box 2 that encloses the inclusion 1 such as an order form on which customer information is printed. It is a system, RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1, a scanner 6 that is installed in the vicinity of the first conveyor 5 that conveys the inclusion 1 and reads customer information printed on the inclusion 1, and conveys the inclusion 1 Installed near the first conveyor 5, installed near the first conveyor 7 that conveys the first RFID reader 7 that reads the unique ID from the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 and the packaging box 2 that contains the inclusion 1. Is installed in the vicinity of the second RFID reader 9 that reads the unique ID from the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 contained in the packaging box 2 and the second conveyor 8 that conveys the packaging box 2 containing the inclusion 1, Consult The label affixing device 20 for affixing the customer label 3 on which information is printed to the packing box 2 is associated with the customer information read by the scanner 6 and the unique ID read by the first RFID reader 7 and read by the second RFID reader 9 It comprises a customer data management device 30 that supplies printing information corresponding to the unique ID to the label sticking device 20.

  The inclusion 1 of the present embodiment is an order sheet packed in a packing box 2 together with a catalog or the like. Referring to FIG. 2 (a), a first piece and a second piece with a perforation 11 therebetween. It consists of. The first piece functions as an order form. As customer information, a customer number assigned to each customer and a barcode 12 encoded with the customer number are printed, and the customer's personal information A personal information entry field 13 for entering information and an order content entry field 14 for entering the product to be ordered are printed. In the present embodiment, the customer number, which is customer information, is printed as a bar code, but may be printed as a two-dimensional code.

  In addition, when the order form (first piece) is sent to the second piece, an information protection seal 15 is attached to hide the personal information of the customer entered in the personal information entry column 13 and the order details entry column 14. Is temporarily worn. With reference to FIG. 2B, an RFID 4 comprising an IC chip 41 storing a unique ID in advance and an antenna 42 connected to the IC chip 41 is provided on the back surface to which the adhesive of the information protection seal 15 is applied. Is attached, and the RFID 4 is attached to the inclusion 1 by temporarily attaching the information protection seal 15 to the inclusion 1. The RFID 4 is a means capable of wireless (non-contact) information communication using radio waves, and may be represented by other names such as a non-contact IC circuit and a wireless IC circuit. , And representatively expressed as RFID4.

  The scanner 6 is information reading means for optically reading information printed on the inclusion 1, and optically reads the barcode 12 printed on the inclusion 1 and manages the decrypted customer number as customer data management. Output to device 30. In addition, when the two-dimensional code in which the customer number is encoded is printed on the inclusion 1, the two-dimensional code printed on the inclusion 1 may be optically read. A character recognition function for optically directly reading the customer number printed on the article 1 may be provided.

  The first RFID reader 7 and the second RFID reader 9 have a function of reading information stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 in a non-contact manner by transmitting a calling signal on a radio wave, and are attached to the inclusion 1 The unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 is read, and the read unique ID is output to the customer data management apparatus 30.

  Referring to FIG. 3, the label sticking device 20 prints on the customer label 3 and a label holding unit 21 that rotatably holds a label continuous body in which the customer label 3 is temporarily attached to the belt-like mount at intervals. , A print peeling unit 22 for peeling the customer label 3 after printing from the belt-like mount, a mount take-up unit 23 for winding the belt-like mount from which the customer label 3 has been peeled, and a packaging box 2 conveyed on the second conveyor 8 And an affixing portion 24 for affixing the customer label 3 peeled from the belt-like mount.

  The print peeling unit 22 includes a thermal head 221 that prints on the customer label 3 based on print information from the customer data management device 30, a platen roller 222 that sandwiches and conveys a label continuum between the thermal head 221, And a peeling plate 223 whose tip is formed at an acute angle.

  The label continuous body fed from the label holding unit 21 is nipped and conveyed by the thermal head 221 and the platen roller 222, and a plurality of heating elements formed on the thermal head 221 based on print information from the customer data management device 30 By selectively generating heat and printing on the customer label 3, the customer label 3 is peeled from the belt mount by folding back the belt mount at the tip of the peeling plate 223.

  The affixing unit 24 includes a suction disk 241, a rod 242 that supports the suction disk 241, and a cylinder 243 that moves the suction disk 241 forward and backward toward the packing box 2 that is conveyed on the second conveyor 8 by expanding and contracting the rod 242. And. The suction plate 241 communicates with a vacuum device (not shown), sucks and holds the customer label 3 peeled off from the strip mount by the peeling plate 223 by the suction action of the vacuum device, and opposes the suction plate 241 by an adherend detection sensor (not shown). When it is detected that the packaging box 2 has been transported to the position where it is transported, the suction plate 241 that sucks and holds the customer label 3 is moved to the vicinity of the packaging box 2 and is air-injected by a vacuum device, and the customer label is placed on the packaging box 2. 3 is affixed.

  The customer data management device 30 is an information processing device that operates under program control. As shown in FIG. 1, the customer data management device 30 includes a customer data storage unit 31 and a data management unit 32.

  The customer data storage unit 31 is information storage means such as an HDD for storing customer data. Referring to FIG. 4, the customer data includes a unique customer number assigned to each customer, customer information including a customer zip code, address, and name, and a unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4. It is configured.

  Based on the customer number read by the scanner 6, the data management unit 32 stores the unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 read by the first RFID reader 7 and the customer data storage unit 31. The customer information printed on the inclusion 1 is associated with the unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1. That is, before the customer information (customer code) printed on the inclusion 1 is associated with the unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1, FIG. As shown, the unique ID is blank, and the customer information (customer code) printed on the inclusion 1 and the unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 are shown. When associated, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the ID is stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 as a unique ID corresponding to the customer information (customer code) printed on the inclusion 1. The unique ID is stored.

  In addition, the data management unit 32 searches the customer data stored in the customer data storage unit 31 based on the unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 read by the second RFID reader 9. The customer number and customer name are read as customer information corresponding to the unique ID read by the second RFID reader 9, and the read customer number and customer name are output to the label sticking device 20 as print information.

Next, the label sticking operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the label sticking operation in the embodiment of the label sticking system according to the present invention, and FIG. 6 shows an example of the address label stuck on the packaging box by the label sticking apparatus shown in FIG. FIG.

  First, a customer number assigned to each customer, which is customer information, and a bar in which the customer number is coded on the purchase order, which is the inclusion 1 packed in the packing box 2 together with the catalog or product, etc. The code 12 and the personal information entry column 13 and the order details entry column 14 for the customer to enter personal information are printed (step A1). The customer information does not necessarily have to be printed on the inclusion 1, and the customer information may be displayed on the inclusion 1 by being attached as a label.

  Next, the RFID 4 is affixed to the back surface to which the adhesive is applied, and the information protection seal 15 is affixed to cover the customer's personal information entered in the personal information entry column 13 and the order details entry column 14. By attaching it temporarily to 1, the RFID 4 in which the unique ID is stored in advance is attached to the inclusion 1 (step A2).

  Next, the inclusion 1 to which the information protection seal 15 is temporarily attached is conveyed by the first conveyor 5, and the customer information (customer number) displayed on the inclusion 1 is read by the scanner 6 (step A3). 1 The unique ID stored in the RFID 4 is read by the RFID reader 7 (step A4).

  Based on the customer number read by the scanner 6, the data management unit 32 stores the unique ID stored in the IC chip 41 of the RFID 4 read by the first RFID reader 7 and the customer data storage unit 31. The customer information printed on the inclusion 1 is associated with the unique ID stored in the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 (step A5).

  Next, the inclusion 1 to which the information protection seal 15 is temporarily attached is packed in the packing box 2 together with the catalog or the like (step A6), and further the packing box 2 is packed (step A7). In addition, the packing operation | work to the packaging box 2 of the inclusion 1 and the packaging operation | work of the packaging box 2 may be performed manually, and may be mechanized.

  Next, the packed packaging box 2 is transported by the second conveyor 8 and the unique ID stored in the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 contained in the packaging box 2 is read by the second RFID reader 9 ( Step A8). The data management unit 32 searches the customer data stored in the customer data storage unit 31 based on the unique ID stored in the RFID 4 read by the second RFID reader 9, thereby reading the data by the second RFID reader 9. The customer number and customer name are read as customer information associated with the unique ID, and the read customer number and customer name are output to the label sticking device 20 as print information.

  The print peeling unit 22 of the label sticking device 20 selectively heats a plurality of heating elements formed on the thermal head 221 based on the print information from the customer data management device 30, and the customer label 3 has customer number and customer information as customer information. The customer's name is printed (step A9), and the sticking unit 24 sucks and holds the customer label 3 peeled off from the belt-like mount by the peeling plate 223 by the suction action of the vacuum device on the suction disk 241. When it is detected by the detection sensor that the packaging box 2 has been transported to a position facing the suction disk 241, the suction disk 241 that sucks and holds the customer label 3 is moved to the vicinity of the packaging box 2 and is air-jetted by a vacuum device. The customer label 3 is stuck on the packaging box 2 (step A10). Thereby, as shown in FIG. 6, the customer information displayed on the inclusion 1 contained in the packaging box 2 and the customer information printed on the customer label 3 attached to the packaging box 2 are reliably aligned. It becomes possible to make it.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the RFID 4 storing the unique ID is attached to the inclusion 1 on which the customer information is displayed, and before being packed in the packing box 2 by the scanner 6. The customer information is optically read from the inclusion 1 and the unique ID is read in a non-contact manner from the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 before being packed in the packing box by the first RFID reader 7. The data management unit 32 associates the customer information with the unique ID, and reads the unique ID from the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 packed in the packing box 2 in a non-contact manner, so that the data management unit 32 is associated with the unique ID. The customer information is output as print information, and the label sticking device 20 prints the customer information on the customer label 3 based on the print information output from the data management unit 32, and the customer information. By configuring the customer label 3 on which information is printed to be affixed to the packaging box 2, even when the packaging box 2 is packaged and shipped, it is unique from the RFID 4 attached to the inclusion 1 in the packaging box 2. By reading the ID, the customer information associated with the unique ID can be printed and pasted on the customer label 3, so that it matches the customer information displayed on the inclusion 1 (order form) in the packaging box 2. The customer label 3 can be affixed to the packaging box 2, and the labor of shipping work can be greatly reduced.

  Furthermore, the labeling system of the present invention is provided with a personal information entry field 13 for a customer to enter personal information on the inclusion 1, and the RFID 4 is temporarily attached to the inclusion 1 together with an information protection seal 15 for hiding the personal information entry field 13. By configuring so, it is not necessary to use a special seal for attaching the RFID 4 to the inclusion 1, and the cost can be reduced.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it is obvious that each embodiment can be appropriately changed within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, the number, position, shape, and the like of the constituent members are not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be set to a suitable number, position, shape, and the like in practicing the present invention. In each figure, the same numerals are given to the same component.

It is a system configuration figure showing the composition of the embodiment of the label sticking system concerning the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the inclusion shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the customer data example memorize | stored in the customer data memory | storage part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the label sticking apparatus shown in FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the label sticking operation | movement in embodiment of the label sticking system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the address label stuck on the packaging box by the label sticking apparatus shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 Package 2 Packing box 3 Customer label 4 RFID
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 1st conveyor 6 Scanner 7 1st RFID reader 8 2nd conveyor 9 2nd RFID reader 11 Perforation 12 Bar code 13 Personal information entry column 14 Order content entry column 15 Information protection seal 20 Label sticking device 21 Label holding part 22 Print peeling part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 23 Mount winding part 24 Pasting part 30 Customer data management apparatus 31 Customer data storage part 32 Data management part 41 IC chip 42 Antenna 221 Thermal head 222 Platen roller 223 Release plate 241 Suction board 242 Rod 243 Cylinder

Claims (2)

A label affixing system for affixing a customer label to a packing box that packs inclusions,
The inclusion is accompanied by an RFID in which customer information is displayed and a unique ID is stored,
Scanner means for optically reading the customer information from the inclusions before being packed in the packing box;
First reader means for reading the unique ID from the RFID attached to the inclusion before being packed in the packing box in a non-contact manner;
Second reader means for reading the unique ID from the RFID attached to the inclusion packaged in the packaging box in a non-contact manner;
The customer information read by the scanner unit is associated with the unique ID read by the first reader unit, and the customer information associated with the unique ID read by the first reader unit is printed Data management means for outputting as information,
Labeling means for printing the customer information on the customer label based on the printing information output from the data management means, and affixing the customer label on which the customer information is printed on the packaging box. A labeling system characterized by that. The inclusion is provided with a personal information entry field for the customer to enter personal information,
2. The labeling system according to claim 1, wherein the RFID is temporarily attached to the inclusion together with an information protection seal that blinds the personal information entry column.

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