JP2008186155A - Code management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect inconsistency between a place of origin shown on a commodity and the actual place of origin, before a commodity label is issued and attached, thereby preventing improper indication. <P>SOLUTION: In this code management system, a weighing apparatus connected to a commodity master server via a communication network reads a case code attached to a case that contains an article serving as a commodity; based on a commodity label attached to the case, the name of the commodity inputted is accepted. Commodity information is obtained from the commodity master server 10 and the name of the commodity accepted and inputted is compared with the name of the commodity included in the commodity information obtained from the commodity master server 10, to determine whether or not they match. When they do not match, the result is reported; when they match, a commodity label showing the corresponding name of the commodity and a commodity identification code is attached. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  In the traceability system, the present invention includes a weighing tag attaching device that measures a product and affixes a product tag (label) to the packaging of the product, and a product information server that manages product information including the product name of the product. The present invention relates to a code management system that assigns a product identification code for uniquely identifying a product and manages the assigned product identification code in order to be able to provide product history information.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, traceability systems that provide consumers and the like who have purchased specific vegetables and meat with a history of production and distribution of the vegetables and meat via a communication network such as the Internet have come to be used.

  The traceability system uses a code (label code) printed on a product tag affixed to a container such as a pack that contains products such as vegetables and meat as a search key, and the production / distribution history of that product Can be searched and browsed.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a weighing tag pasting device having a function of printing a label code used in a traceability system on a label in addition to a function of weighing products has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in a system that performs production management using a label code, a production management system has been proposed in which it is possible to grasp inconsistency related to receipt / shipment of the entire store network (for example, Patent Document 2). reference).

JP 2005-202475 A JP 2006-227862 A

  However, in the above-described conventional production management system, the inconsistency situation can only be grasped afterwards. For example, even if the production area attached to the product differs from the actual production area There has been a problem that there is a risk that the products will be sold in line with the store with the wrong indication.

  The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, can grasp in advance that there is a misconception that the production place attached to the product is different from the actual production place, and prevent the product from being erroneously displayed. Is to provide a secure code management system.

  A code management system according to the present invention includes a weighing tag attaching device that measures a product and affixes a product tag to the packaging of the product, and a product information server that manages product information including the product name of the product, and a traceability system. In order to make it possible to provide product history information, a product management code is assigned to a product identification code for uniquely identifying the product, and manages the product identification code that has been provided. A case code reading means for reading a case code attached to a case in which an article to be a product is stored, and a product name reception for receiving a product name input based on a product display attached to the case And a case code read by the case code reading means to the product information server with respect to the product information acquisition request including the product name of the product. Product information requesting means for presenting a product, product information obtaining means for obtaining product information from the product information server via a communication network, a product name accepted by the product name accepting means, and the product information obtaining means Is compared with the product name included in the product information acquired, and an error check unit that determines whether or not they match, and an error notification unit that notifies the fact when the error check unit determines that they do not match A product tag that includes a product identification code for uniquely identifying the matched product name and the product when it is determined by the error check means to match. It has a tag pasting means.

  By configuring as described above, it is possible to know that a misconception that the production area attached to the product is different from the actual production area has occurred before the product tag is issued and attached. Can be prevented from being erroneously displayed.

  The product name is, for example, a name including an indication of the origin of the corresponding product. In such a case, it is possible to prevent a product tag from being issued and affixed when the product is in the wrong place of origin, and to prevent the product with the wrong place of origin from being distributed. can do.

  An individual product code management server for managing individual product codes for uniquely identifying each product, and the weighing tag pasting device sends an individual product code acquisition request for uniquely identifying each product Individual item code requesting means for presenting a device number that can identify the weighing tag pasting device to the item code management server, and an item for obtaining an individual item code from the individual item code management server via a communication network Product code acquisition means, product identification code determination means for determining that the individual product code acquired by the individual product code acquisition means is a product identification code for uniquely identifying the product, and the product identification code; Individual code distribution destination in which measurement-related information storage means for storing measurement-related information including measurement results is associated with an individual product code and a device number indicating a measurement tag pasting device to which the individual product code is distributed In response to a history information acquisition request that presents a product identification code from the individual product code management server that manages information, weighing related information including the product identification code is sent to the individual product code management server via a communication network. Measurement-related information providing means to provide, the individual item code management server, in response to an acquisition request by the individual item code request unit, an individual item code transmission unit that transmits an unused individual item code, Individual code for storing individual code distribution destination information in which the device number indicating the weighing tag pasting device presented by the individual item code requesting unit and the individual item code transmitted by the individual item code transmitting unit are associated with each other When the distribution destination information storage means and the request for providing the history information presenting the product identification code from the terminal device are received via the communication network, The history information acquisition request means for making the history information acquisition request presenting the presented product identification code to the device, and the measurement related information provided by the measurement related information providing means, a part or all of the history information History information providing means to be provided to the terminal device, and the product tag attaching means affixes a product tag with a product identification code determined by the product identification code determination means to the packaging of the product It is good also as composition to do. If comprised in this way, the data amount of the goods identification code allocated in order to identify goods in a traceability system can be reduced, and the individual item code management server which manages the information required for the history inquiry in a traceability system Can reduce the information management burden.

  The individual item code acquisition unit acquires a plurality of individual item codes from the individual item code management server, and the item identification code determination unit determines whether the individual item code acquisition unit has not yet acquired the plurality of individual item codes acquired by the individual item code acquisition unit. It is desirable to determine that one of the individual product codes to be used is a product identification code for uniquely specifying a product. If comprised in this way, allocation of the merchandise identification code with respect to each of a plurality of the same kind of merchandise can be performed quickly and smoothly.

  The weighing tag pasting device includes a price calculation unit that calculates a price according to a unit price of the product indicated by the product information acquired by the product information acquisition unit and a measurement result of the product, and the product tag pasting unit Attaches a product tag with the price calculated by the price calculation means to the packaging of the product, and the measurement related information storage means stores measurement related information including the price calculated by the price calculation means It is desirable. If comprised in this way, a price can be included in the information required for the historical inquiry in a traceability system.

  The case code is, for example, a code attached to a case or a package, and is a production code (individual identification number) that can specify production information (for example, production place, producer, etc.) of an article that is a product.

  The product includes, for example, a meat product obtained by cutting a partial meat of an edible animal (eg, pig, cow, sheep, chicken, etc.), a meat product (eg, minced meat) containing a plurality of edible animal individuals, a seafood (eg, Fish products such as fish, shellfish, etc.), fruits and vegetables products obtained by cutting or sorting fruits and vegetables (eg, vegetables, fruits), and beverage products obtained by sorting beverages into beverage containers.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to grasp that a misconception that the production place attached to the product is different from the actual production place has occurred before the product tag is issued and pasted, which is erroneously displayed on the product. It is possible to provide a code management system capable of preventing the occurrence of

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the following description, for the sake of simplicity, meat products such as minced meat mixed mainly with raw pork individuals and mixed meats of multiple raw pig individuals are weighed, and label codes are used for the partial meat and meat products. The case of giving is described.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a code management system 100 including a weighing machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the code management system 100 includes an individual product code distribution server 10, a product master server 20, an in-store weighing machine server 30, weighing machines 41 to 4N (N: any positive integer), including.

  The individual product code distribution server 10, the product master server 20, and the in-store weighing machine server 30 are each connected to a communication network 50 such as the Internet. Further, the in-store weighing machine server 30 and the weighing machines 41 to 4N are respectively connected to a communication network 60 such as a LAN arranged in the shop A, for example.

  In FIG. 1, the in-store weighing machine server 30 and the weighing machines 41 to 4N installed in the store A are shown, but are managed by a store general manager who manages a plurality of stores including the store A. The code management system 100 may include an in-store weighing machine server and a weighing machine installed in other stores. Moreover, although one merchandise master server 20 is shown in FIG. 1, the code management system 100 may include a plurality of merchandise master servers each managed by a large number of store general managers.

  The individual product code distribution server 10, the product master server 20, and the in-store weighing machine server 30 are each configured by an information processing device such as a WWW server.

  The individual product code distribution server 10 is a headquarter server managed by a system administrator of the code management system 100, for example, and executes various processes such as processing for distributing individual codes and processing for providing history information in the traceability system. To do. The individual product code distribution server 10 includes a distribution history information DB 11 in which distribution history information indicating a distribution history of individual product codes is stored. The distribution history information DB 11 may be inside or outside the individual product code distribution server 10.

  The product master server 20 is managed by, for example, a store general manager who manages a plurality of stores including the store A, and stores a product master including various product information related to each product sold at each managed store. The product master DB 21 is provided. In the product master, for example, for each product, the case code when the product is transported from the production area or the case code, product name, unit price (price per unit weight, price per piece), Includes various product information such as producers and production areas. The product master DB 21 may be inside or outside the product master server 20.

  The in-store weighing machine server 30 is managed by, for example, a store manager who manages the store A, exchanges information with each of the weighing machines 41 to 4N via the communication network 60, and an individual product code via the communication network 50. Information is exchanged with the distribution server 10 and the product master server 20.

  Each weighing machine 41 to 4N has a function of measuring products such as meat, vegetables, fish, and eggs, for example, a function of measuring products, and a function of dividing (separating and dividing) meat and vegetables, and traceability. The system has various functions such as a function of attaching a label with a product identification number (label code) assigned to identify a product in the system and a function of managing a part of history information inquired in the traceability system. In addition, since each weighing machine 41-4N is the same structure, the weighing machine 41 is mainly demonstrated in the following description.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the weighing machine 41. As shown in FIG. 2, the weighing machine 41 includes a case code reading unit 411, an individual product code request unit 412, a data communication unit 413, a product master data request unit 414, an article dividing unit 415, and an article weighing unit. 416, a price calculation unit 417, a label code determination unit 418, a label printing unit 419, a label pasting unit 420, a packaging processing unit 421, a data input unit 422, a data display unit 423, and an error check unit 424 , Weighing machine DB425.

  Note that a storage medium such as a ROM provided in the weighing machine 41 stores a control program for causing the units 411 to 424 constituting the weighing machine 41 to execute various processes.

  The weighing machine 41 is provided with a transport path for transporting an article (product) to be processed and a transport mechanism for transporting the transport path in order to sequentially execute various processes.

  The case code reading unit 411 has a function of reading a code (case code) attached to a case in which an article such as meat is carried into a store. Specifically, the case code reading unit 411 is configured by a barcode reader when the case code is written in a barcode, and when the case code is stored in an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tag. Consists of a tag reader.

  The individual product code request unit 412 performs processing for requesting an individual product code that can be assigned to the individual product code distribution server 10. The data communication unit 413 has a function of exchanging various data via the communication networks 50 and 60.

  The product master data request unit 414 performs processing for requesting the product master server 20 to provide part or all of the product information indicated by the product master.

  The article dividing unit 415 performs a process of cutting the received partial meat, a meat processing for converting the partial meat of one or more raw meat individuals into minced meat, and the like. In addition, you may make it the person in charge of a store perform the division | segmentation operations, such as cutting of a partial meat, and the meat processing which meat-throws into minced meat. In this case, it is not necessary to provide the article dividing unit 415.

  The article weighing unit 416 includes a placing table on which products are placed, and performs processing for weighing the products placed on the placing table. The placement on the placement table may be automatically performed by a transport mechanism that transports the product, or may be performed by a person in charge at the store. The price calculation unit 417 performs processing for calculating the price of the product based on the measurement result by the article measurement unit 416.

  The label code determination unit 418 performs processing for determining a code (label code) to be printed on the label. The label printing unit 419 has a printing mechanism such as a print head, and performs a process of printing label information including a label code on a label. When an IC tag is used as a label, the label printing unit 419 is configured by an IC tag writer.

  The label affixing unit 420 performs a process of affixing the label on which the label information is printed on a packaging medium (for example, a packaging container or a packaging cover) for packaging the product. The packaging processing unit 421 performs a process of packaging the product with the packaging medium to which the label is attached.

  The data input unit 422 is configured by an input device such as a keyboard, for example, and has a function of inputting various information to the weighing machine 41. The data display unit 423 is configured by a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and has a function of displaying various information.

  The error check unit 424 compares the product name input by the worker with the product name included in the corresponding product master, and determines whether or not the product name input by the worker is the correct product name. Process to check.

  The weighing machine DB 425 is configured by a storage medium such as a RAM, for example, and stores various types of information such as weighing related information (see FIG. 6) described later, which is a part of information used for history inquiry in the traceability system. .

Next, the operation of the code management system 100 of this example will be described.
Here, a process until the article carried into the store A is processed by the weighing machine 41 and packaged for each product unit will be described. In addition, here, in order to simplify the explanation, the raw meat partial meat B is divided and weighed, and a case where a label printed with a label coat is attached to the packaging will be described as an example, and is particularly related to the present invention. Except for processing, the description may be omitted.

  3 and 4 are flowcharts showing an example of the measurement label attaching process in the code management system 100 of this example. In the weighing label pasting process, first, the case code reading unit 411 reads the case code attached to the case in which the raw pork meat B is accommodated, and stores the read case code in the weighing machine DB 425 (step S101). ). Here, the case code is an individual identification number of the corresponding raw pig. In addition, the case code reading part 411 reads the case code attached | subjected to each case, when using the partial meat | flesh of the multiple types of raw pig accommodated in two or more cases.

  Next, the weighing machine 41 receives the product name input by the operation of the data input unit 422 by the worker in charge (step S102). For example, the worker in charge confirms the product name of the product stored in the case by looking at the description content of the product display affixed to the case, and operates the data input unit 422 for the confirmed product name. input. In this example, it is assumed that the product name accepted in step S102 includes the place of origin (production area), such as “Hokkaido pork”.

  Next, the merchandise master data request unit 414 presents the case code read in step S <b> 101 to the merchandise master server 20 via the communication network 60, the in-store weighing machine server 30, and the communication network 50. Then, specific product information about the product specified by the case code is requested (step S103). The specific product information means specific information included in the product information indicated by the product master. In this example, the specific product information is assumed to be information including the unit price of the product and the product name.

  In response to a request from the product master data request unit 414, the product master server 20 extracts specific product information about the product specified by the received case code from the product master stored in the product master DB 21, and performs weighing. Transmit to the machine 41 (step S104).

  The weighing machine 41 acquires specific product information from the product master server 20 via the communication network 50, the in-store weighing machine server 30, and the communication network 60 by the data communication unit 413. That is, specific product information including the product name and unit price of the partial meat B specified by the case code is acquired.

  Next, the error check unit 424 compares the product name received in step S102 with the product name included in the specific product information acquired from the product master server 20 to determine whether there is an error in the product name. A process for checking is performed (step S105).

  If the product name received in step S102 does not match the product name included in the specific product information acquired from the product master server 20, the error check unit 424 determines that an error has occurred (in step S106). Y). If an error has occurred, the data output unit 423 displays an error screen indicating that the product name has an error (step S107).

  In the error screen, when the re-input button for requesting execution of re-input of the product name is pressed by the operation of the data input unit 422 by the worker in charge (Y in step S108), the weighing machine 41 performs the step The process returns to S102. The worker in charge should press the re-entry button and re-enter the correct product name if the error is due to his carelessness (such as wrong product display or input error). To do.

  On the other hand, in the error screen, when the operator in charge of the data input unit 422 operates the end button for requesting the end of error to end the process without re-inputting the product name (N in step S108). ), The weighing machine 41 determines that the product name of the product to be weighed cannot be specified, and ends the process here without weighing. If the cause of the error is not a mistake due to carelessness by itself, but the cause is unknown, there is a possibility that the case code has been tampered with. finish.

  If the product name received in step S102 matches the product name included in the specific product information acquired from the product master server 20, the error check unit 424 determines that an error has not occurred (step). N of S106).

  If no error has occurred, the individual product code request unit 412 presents the weighing machine number for uniquely identifying the weighing machine 41 to the individual product code distribution server 10, and the communication network 60, in-store A distribution of usable individual product codes is requested via the weighing machine server 30 and the communication network 50 (step S109).

  Upon receiving a request from the weighing machine 41, the individual item code distribution server 10 selects a predetermined number of individual item codes that are not yet used in the code management system 100, and transmits them to the weighing machine 41 together (step S110). ). In this example, for example, 20 individual product codes are selected and transmitted. The number of individual product codes to be selected is determined in advance for each weighing machine as a distribution destination, for example. Note that the same number of individual product codes may be distributed to all weighing machines. Further, the number determined for each weighing machine as a distribution destination may be a constant or an indefinite number. In the case of an inconstant number, for example, a parameter for determining the number of individual codes may be changed according to the amount of usage (operation rate) of the target weighing machine.

  When distributing the selected individual item code to the weighing machine 41, the individual item code distribution server 10 updates individual item code distribution destination information as shown in FIG. That is, the distributed individual product code and the weighing machine number for specifying the distribution-destination weighing machine 41 are associated with each other and stored as individual product code distribution destination information. The individual product code distribution destination information is stored in the distribution history information DB 11 provided in the individual product code distribution server 10.

  The weighing machine 41 acquires a predetermined number of unused individual product codes from the individual product code distribution server 10 via the communication network 50, the in-store weighing machine server 30, and the communication network 60 by the data communication unit 413.

  Next, in this example, the article dividing unit 415 performs processing for dividing the partial meat B and dividing it into product units (step S111).

  When divided into product units, the article weighing unit 416 weighs the products in the product units, and stores the weighing results in the weighing machine DB 425 in association with the corresponding case codes (step S112).

  Based on the measurement result of the article weighing unit 416 and the product unit price included in the acquired specific product information, the price calculation unit 417 calculates the price of the weighed product and applies the calculation result to the corresponding case. The data is stored in the weighing machine DB 425 in association with the code (step S113).

  Then, the label code determination unit 418 assigns one of the individual product codes that have not been used among the plurality of individual product codes distributed by the individual product code distribution server 10 to the product to be processed. The label code to be given to the product is determined (step S114). That is, any one of the plurality of individual product codes acquired from the individual product code distribution server 10 becomes a label code to be given to the product to be processed. The label code determination result is stored in the weighing machine DB 425 by the label code determination unit 418 in association with the corresponding case code.

  When the label code is determined, the label printing unit 419 prints label information such as a label code on the label, and the label sticking unit 420 sticks the label printed with the label information on the packaging medium (step S115).

  In the label information, for example, it is determined that the label code, the current date, date and time, and the product name (checked in steps S105 and S106 and input by the operator match those registered in the product chart. Product name), product weight, product price, store name, quality assurance date, expiration date, production location, and the like.

  Then, the packaging processing unit 421 packages the product to be processed with the packaging medium to which the label is attached (Step S116).

  Further, the weighing machine 41 transmits the label code and the weighing related information to the product master server 20 (step S117). The merchandise master server 20 stores the received label code and measurement related information (step S118).

  When the processing up to the packaging of one unit of a plurality of products as a product unit is completed, the weighing machine 41 returns to step S112 if the product to be processed remains (step S119). By repeatedly executing the processing from step S112 to step S119, the processing from weighing to packaging is completed for all of the plurality of products in the product unit.

  Note that the processing of step S112 to step S117 may be sequentially performed for each processing unit instead of sequentially performing the processing of step S112 to step S117 for each product. That is, for example, product A may be weighed, product B may be weighed and product A price may be calculated, product C may be weighed, product B price calculated, and product A label code may be determined. The processing procedure for a plurality of products may be determined in any way as long as it is a procedure that enables the weighing to packaging of each product.

  The weighing machine 41 of this example determines the weighing result (weight) in step S112, the calculation result (price) in step S113, and the determination in step S114 in the case code read in step S101 in the weighing label pasting process described above. The measurement-related information is created by sequentially associating the label code and the contents of label information other than the label code printed in step S115, for example, the quality guarantee period. Therefore, by executing the above-described measurement label pasting process, the measurement related information as shown in FIG. 6 stored in the weighing machine DB 425 is created.

  In the above-described measurement label affixing processing, weighing is performed after the article contained in the case is divided, but the article contained in the case is processed as one product without being divided. May be.

  Further, in the above-described measurement label affixing process, a predetermined number of individual product codes are distributed together and distributed as a label code to each product obtained by dividing an article. If the number of divided products is small, the individual product code that has not been used may be notified to the individual product code distribution server 10. In this way, since the individual product codes that are not used in the individual product code distribution server 10 can be handled as unused individual product codes, the individual product codes can be distributed without waste. become. If the number of products divided into the number of individual product codes is large, the individual product code distribution server 10 may be requested to additionally distribute individual product codes.

Next, history providing processing based on product history inquiry in the traceability system will be described.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a history inquiry system including a consumer terminal 70 used by a consumer who has purchased a product. In FIG. 7, the same components as those in the system 100 shown in FIG.

  The consumer terminal 70 is configured by an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a portable information terminal, for example, and includes an environment including software and hardware for connecting to the communication network 50.

  Here, a case where the consumer X who has purchased the product Y requests a history inquiry of the product Y using the consumer terminal 70 will be described as an example.

  First, the consumer terminal 70 accesses the headquarters server 10 according to the operation of the consumer X and presents the label code written on the label attached to the product Y.

  When the headquarters server 10 receives the history inquiry request that presents the label code, the head office server 10 refers to the individual product code distribution destination information (FIG. 5) stored in the DB provided therein, and presents the label coat (individual product code) The distribution-destination weighing machine number associated with is searched, and the weighing machine that performed processing such as weighing of the product Y is identified from the retrieved distribution-destination weighing machine number. Here, it is assumed that the weighing machine 41 is specified.

  Next, the headquarter server 10 presents the label code presented from the consumer terminal 70 to the specified weighing machine 41 and makes an acquisition request for weighing related information. Then, the weighing machine 41 extracts the measurement related information including the presented label code in response to a request from the headquarter server 10 and transmits it to the headquarter server 10.

  When the headquarter server 10 receives the measurement related information, the headquarter server 10 searches the production information including the production place and the producer from the case code (individual identification number) included in the received measurement related information. The production information is stored in a DB provided in the headquarter server 10 in association with, for example, a case code. The production information may be managed by another server. In this case, the headquarter server 10 inquires of the server that manages the production information using the case code as a key, and the production of the product Y from that server. What is necessary is just to acquire information.

  Then, the headquarter server 10 provides part or all of the information indicated by the acquired measurement-related information to the consumer terminal 70 as part or all of the distribution history, and part or all of the acquired production information. Provide as part or all of the production history.

  Note that the measurement related information may be stored in the headquarter server 10, and the process for acquiring the measurement related information from the weighing machine 41 may be omitted as the measurement related information when the history inquiry request is received.

  As described above, in the above-described embodiment, the weighing machine that measures the product and attaches the product tag to the packaging of the product, the product master server 10 that manages the product information including the product name of the product, A code management system 100 that assigns a product identification code for uniquely identifying a product and manages the assigned product identification code in order to be able to provide product history information in the traceability system, The machine reads the case code attached to the case that contains the goods to be the product, accepts the product name entered based on the product display attached to this case, and includes the product name of the product The product information acquisition request is made by presenting the read case code to the product master server 10 that manages the product information and communicates from the product master server 10. Product information is acquired via the network 50, the received input product name is compared with the product name included in the product information acquired from the product master server 10, and it is determined whether or not they match. When it is determined, the fact is notified, and when it is determined that the product matches, a product tag with the product name and product identification code for uniquely identifying the product is affixed to the product packaging. Since it is configured, it is possible to grasp that there is a misconception that the production area attached to the product is different from the actual production area before the product tag is issued and pasted, and the product is incorrectly displayed. Can be prevented.

  In other words, when an incorrect product name is input due to carelessness of the worker in charge (such as wrong product display or input error), when the worker in charge enters a different product name intentionally, or a case code (individual identification) If the product name entered by the worker in charge does not match the product name included in the product information acquired from the product master server 10, an error occurs. It is possible to know before the product tag is issued and affixed that the misappropriation that the production place attached to the product is different from the actual production location has occurred, and prevent the product from being displayed incorrectly. can do.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, since the product name is a name including the indication of the origin of the corresponding product, the product tag is issued and pasted with the product origin being incorrect. It is possible to prevent the product with the display of the origin being displayed erroneously from being distributed. That is, it is possible to prevent an erroneous origin indication such as Aomori Prefecture pigs from being made in Hokkaido.

  In the above-described embodiment, the individual code acquisition request for uniquely identifying each product is made by presenting the weighing machine number to the individual code distribution server 10 that manages the individual code. Thus, the individual product code is acquired from the individual product code distribution server 10 via the communication networks 50 and 60, and the acquired individual product code is determined to be a label code to be given to the product to be processed. A label with the label code is pasted on the product packaging, and weighing-related information including the label code is stored, and the individual machine code and the weighing machine number indicating the weighing machine to which the individual code is distributed In response to a history information acquisition request from the individual product code distribution server 10 that manages the individual product code distribution destination information managing the individual product code distribution destination information, the measurement related information including the label code is obtained. Since the product code distribution server 10 is provided via the communication networks 50 and 60, the data amount of the label code assigned to identify the product in the traceability system can be greatly reduced, and the traceability system It is possible to provide a weighing machine 41 that functions effectively in order to reduce the information management burden in the individual product code distribution server 10 that manages the information necessary for the history inquiry.

  In other words, it is sufficient that the number of digits of the label code is sufficient to cover the number of products handled by the entire system, and it is not necessary to include information such as date and individual identification number in the label code. The amount of code data can be greatly reduced. Therefore, the required storage capacity of the storage medium for storing the label code can be reduced, and the processing load when transmitting the label code over the communication network and the search processing load when searching using the label code as a key are reduced. It can be reduced.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, a plurality of individual product codes are collectively acquired from the individual product code distribution server 10, and any unused individual product code among the acquired individual product codes is a processing target. Since the label code to be assigned to the merchandise is determined, the label code can be quickly and smoothly assigned to each of a plurality of same-type merchandise.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case code attached to the case in which the article to be the product is stored is read, and the read case code is presented to the product master server 20 that manages the product information. The specific product information is acquired from the product master server 20 via the communication networks 50 and 60, and the unit price of the product indicated by the acquired specific product information and the measurement result of the product are obtained. Necessary for querying history in the traceability system because the price is calculated according to the above, and a label with the calculated price is affixed to the product packaging, and the measurement related information including the calculated price is stored. Information can include the price.

  In the embodiment described above, meat products such as minced meat mixed mainly with raw pork individuals and minced meat mixed with plural raw pork individuals are weighed, and the label code is applied to the partial meat and meat products. In the case of products, food products other than pigs (for example, cattle, sheep, chickens, marine products (for example, fish, shellfish, etc.)) are products. Alternatively, the present invention can be applied even when other foods such as eggs and fruits and vegetables (for example, vegetables and fruits) become products. For example, when the product is a marine product, a label code is given to a product such as a fish processed by carving or the like, or a product such as a fish or a shellfish divided into a predetermined number or a predetermined weight. Further, when the product is a fruit or vegetable, a label code is given to the fruit or vegetable processed by cutting or the like (for example, cut fruit) or the fruit or vegetable divided into a predetermined number or a predetermined weight. In addition, you may make it make a drink into goods, In this case, a label code will be given to the drink product (goods) in which the drink was divided into drink containers (for example, a bottle, a pack).

  In the above-described embodiment, the case code is an individual identification number. However, any code may be used as long as the production information of the corresponding product can be specified.

  According to the present invention, it is applied to the code management system, and grasps that the misconception that the production place attached to the product is different from the actual production place has occurred before the product tag is issued and attached, This is useful for preventing the product from being erroneously displayed.

It is a block diagram which shows the example of a structure of the code | cord | chord management system containing the weighing machine in one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of a structure of a weighing machine. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a measurement label sticking process. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a measurement label sticking process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of individual product code distribution destination information. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of measurement relevant information. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the log | history inquiry system containing the consumer terminal used for the consumer who purchased goods.

Explanation of symbols

10 Item code distribution server (headquarters server)
11 Distribution history information DB
20 Product Master Server 21 Product Master DB
30 In-Store Weighing Machine Server 41-4N Weighing Machine 50, 60 Communication Network 70 Consumer Terminal 100 Code Management System 411 Case Code Reading Unit 412 Individual Product Code Requesting Unit 413 Data Communication Unit 414 Product Master Data Requesting Unit 415 Product Dividing Unit 416 Item weighing section 417 Price calculating section 418 Label code determining section 419 Label printing section 420 Label attaching section 421 Packaging processing section 422 Data input section 423 Data output section 424 Error check section 425 Weighing machine DB

Claims (7)

We can provide product history information in a traceability system with a weighing tag application device that weighs products and attaches product tag to product packaging and a product information server that manages product information including product names. In order to do so, it is a code management system that gives a product identification code for uniquely identifying the product and manages the given product identification code,
The weighing tag pasting device is
Case code reading means for reading a case code attached to a case in which an article to be a product is stored;
Product name accepting means for accepting a product name input based on the product display attached to the case;
Product information requesting means for making an acquisition request for product information including the product name of the product by presenting the case code read by the case code reading means to the product information server;
Product information acquisition means for acquiring product information from the product information server via a communication network;
An error check unit that compares the product name received by the product name receiving unit with the product name included in the product information acquired by the product information acquisition unit, and determines whether or not they match.
Error notification means for notifying that when it is determined by the error check means that they do not match,
A product tag that attaches a product tag that includes the matched product name and a product identification code for uniquely identifying the product to the packaging of the product when it is determined by the error checking means to match A code management system comprising: an attaching means; The code management system according to claim 1, wherein the product name is a name including a display of an origin of the corresponding product. Equipped with an individual item code management server that manages individual item codes for uniquely identifying each product,
The weighing tag pasting device is
Individual item code requesting means for performing an acquisition request for an individual item code for uniquely identifying each product by presenting a device number that can identify the weighing tag attaching device to the individual item code management server;
Individual item code acquisition means for acquiring an individual item code from the individual item code management server via a communication network;
Product identification code determination means for determining that the individual product code acquired by the individual product code acquisition means is a product identification code for uniquely identifying the product;
Weighing related information storage means for storing weighing related information including the product identification code and the weighing result;
History of presenting a product identification code from the individual product code management server that manages individual product code distribution destination information that associates an individual product code with a device number indicating a weighing tag pasting device to which the individual product code is distributed In accordance with an information acquisition request, it has weighing related information providing means for providing weighing related information including the product identification code to the individual item code management server via a communication network,
The individual code management server is
In response to an acquisition request by the individual item code requesting unit, an individual item code transmitting unit that transmits an unused individual item code;
Individual item storing the individual item code distribution destination information in which the device number indicating the weighing tag pasting device presented by the individual item code requesting unit is associated with the individual item code transmitted by the individual item code transmitting unit Code distribution destination information storage means;
The history information acquisition request presenting the presented product identification code to the weighing tag pasting device when a request for providing history information presenting the product identification code from the terminal device is received via a communication network History information acquisition request means for performing
History information providing means for providing the measurement related information provided by the measurement related information providing means to the terminal device as part or all of history information;
The code management system according to claim 1, wherein the product tag pasting unit pastes a product tag on which the product identification code determined by the product identification code determination unit is written on a package of the product. The individual item code acquisition means acquires a plurality of individual item codes collectively from an individual item code management server,
The merchandise identification code determining means uses any of the unused individual article codes among the plurality of individual article codes obtained by the individual article code obtaining means as a merchandise identification code for uniquely identifying the merchandise. The code management system according to claim 3. The weighing tag pasting device has a price calculation unit that calculates a unit price of the product indicated by the product information acquired by the product information acquisition unit and a measurement result of the product,
The product tag affixing unit affixes a product tag with the price calculated by the price calculation unit to the packaging of the product,
The code management system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the measurement related information storage unit stores measurement related information including the price calculated by the price calculation unit. The code management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the case code is a code attached to a case or a package and capable of specifying production information of an article to be a product. Products include meat products in which partial meat of an edible animal individual is cut, meat products containing multiple edible animal individuals, marine products in which marine products are cut or divided, fruits and vegetables products in which fruits and vegetables are cut or divided, and beverages are beverage containers The code management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising:

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