JP2017159995A - Handle type movable shelf device in library - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a handle type movable shelf enabling rapidly grasping positions of stored books.SOLUTION: A handle type movable shelf device in a library is characterized by: reading a matrix type two-dimensional code 25 stored in a takeout instruction slip 27 or a smartphone 28 over a reader 29; touching a touch panel switch after confirming that registration information displayed in a touch panel type display device 30 is a desired book; and lighting LED lamps of the same color among a plurality of LED lamps of different colors of a shelf row lighting instruction device 33 and a shelf column lighting instruction device which are installed on a front side board 5 of a handle type movable shelf where a desired book is stored, or the front side board 5 and a back side board, and a top board of a shelf column where a shelf board stored with a desired book is positioned.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a handle-type mobile shelf device for storing books in a library, and more particularly, using a matrix type two-dimensional code (generally called “QR code (registered trademark)”). In addition to displaying book information such as the book name and author name of the desired book on the touch panel display device, the handle-type movable shelf and the shelf series in which the books are stored are displayed in an LED light-emitting manner. A plurality of LED lamps of different colors are installed on the front side plate of the front panel, the front side plate and the rear side plate, and the top plate of each shelf series composed of a plurality of shelf series. The library can be used simultaneously by the library users, and the position of the handle-type mobile shelf that holds the desired books is indicated by the LED lamps of the same color for each user. The library user can quickly grasp the position of the handle type mobile shelf storing the desired books by visually checking the LED lamp on the sleeve plate of the handle type mobile shelf where the LED lamp is lit. The handle of the handle-type movable shelf where the LED lamp is lit is manually rotated to form a passage for taking out a desired book, while relying on a shelf-connected LED lamp in which the book is stored. In addition, the present invention relates to a handle-type movable shelf device in a library that can quickly search for the book and thereby efficiently carry out the book depositing / dispensing work.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a library has a large number of books, and the books are stored by using a plurality of handle type or electric moving shelves for the purpose of increasing the efficiency of storing the books. On the other hand, in order to manage an enormous amount of books, in the library, a book management system for managing each book is created by using the OPAC search system, which is widely used as a library search system, to create a database of information on each book. At the same time, each book is databased, managed and stored in accordance with a predetermined classification method. In order for the library user to take out these books from the handle-type mobile shelf, the OPAC search terminal searches for the desired book, searches for the location stored on the handle-type mobile shelf, and stores it. The handle type movable shelf that has been moved is moved to a predetermined position, and a desired book is taken out or stored.

On the other hand, regarding a handle type mobile shelf device in a library that searches a book using a matrix type two-dimensional code, a past patent document was searched retrospectively, but a technical idea that a book is searched using a matrix type two-dimensional code. There is no disclosure of any handle type mobile shelf device. An electric movable shelf apparatus in a library using the matrix type two-dimensional code is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-131717

In the conventional library management system using a plurality of handle-type mobile shelves in the library, as the number of books stored increases, the number of handle-type mobile shelves as storage facilities also increases, and therefore the storage location of books frequently changes. At the same time, since the handle type moving shelf is open to an unspecified number of users, the frequency of use is also increasing, and when a user searches for a target book and takes it out from the shelf stored, There has been an increasing number of cases where it is not possible to easily and quickly find the shelves stored even after searching, and as a result, there has been a problem that books cannot be easily taken out or stored.

The invention described in Patent Document 1 is an electric mobile shelf device that stores books in a library, and uses a matrix type two-dimensional code to store a desired book in a touch panel display device. Is displayed on the map, and the moving shelves and shelves in which the books are stored are displayed in LED light-emission, so that the front side plate of each moving shelf and the top plate of each shelving unit comprising a plurality of shelves have different colors. A plurality of LED lamps are installed so that a plurality of library users corresponding to the number of the LED lamps can be used at the same time. Books stored in the electric moving shelf by turning on the LED lamps of the same color for each person and allowing the user to visually check the moving shelf and the LED lamps connected to the shelf. The present invention relates to an electric mobile shelf device in a library that can quickly grasp the position and as a result can efficiently carry out the depositing / dispensing work, and has a configuration in which a storage position storing a desired book is displayed on a display device as a map. Although it is sufficient to simply check the position of the shelf in which the desired books are stored, the handle-type movable shelf device is unnecessary and urgent, and the system configuration is expensive and costly. There was a problem of becoming high.

Furthermore, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, only the LED lamps are installed on the front side sleeves of the moving shelf, and it is not assumed that the library user enters the passage formed from the back side. Therefore, there was a problem that it was extremely inconvenient.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and uses a matrix type two-dimensional code to display book information of a desired book on a touch panel type display device, while the handle type in which the book is stored. In order to display the moving shelves and shelves in an LED display, a plurality of different colors are provided on the front side plate of each handle type moving shelf, or on the front side plate and the rear side plate, and on the top plate of each shelf series composed of a plurality of shelves. LED lamps are installed, and the position of the handle-type movable shelf where the desired books are stored is turned on for each user by turning on the LED lamps of the same color. By visually recognizing the LED lamp of the handle type moving shelf, the position of the book stored in the handle type moving shelf is quickly grasped, and the LED lamp is lit. An object of the present invention is to provide a handle-type mobile shelf device in a library that can efficiently carry out books in and out by manually rotating the handle of the handle-type mobile shelf to form a passage for taking out a desired book. .

The present invention uses a barcode reader to read the shelf row / shelf management specific barcode of the shelf plate of each handle-type movable shelf in which books are stored, and the book management specific barcode of the books to be stored and stored is the bar code. Connect the barcode reader, which has been read by the code reader, and read the barcodes specific to the shelf row / shelf management and the barcodes specific to the book management, to the shelf and the book information management personal computer by wire or wirelessly. After the read shelf row / shelf management unique number and book management unique number are registered in the shelf and book information management personal computer, the registration information is transferred from the shelf and book information management personal computer to the business management server for registration. In addition, the bibliographic information such as the book name / author name and classification number and the bibliographic information are previously obtained by the OPAC search system. The registration information of the book management system in which the matrix type two-dimensional code formed in advance is registered and the registration information of the business management server are linked by the business management server, and the new information obtained by the linking is obtained. The book management system is constructed by registering the registration information, and the library user inputs and searches the bibliographic information of the desired book through the book management system, and the retrieval instruction sheet displaying the bibliographic information of the desired book is displayed. While printing out or storing the matrix type two-dimensional code on a smartphone, the front side plate of each handle-type movable shelf, or the front side plate and the back side plate are installed with a handle, and the matrix type two-dimensional code A reader for reading and a touch panel display device, any one of the front side plates, or any one of them Installed on the front side plate and any one back side plate, the matrix type two-dimensional code stored in the take-out instruction sheet or smartphone is read over the reader installed on the moving shelf, and the registered information is touch panel When the user confirms that the registration information displayed on the touch panel display device is the same as that of the desired book and touches the touch panel switch, the desired book is stored. Shelf row light indicator and shelf continuous light installed on the front side plate of the moving shelf, or the front side plate and the rear side plate, and the top plate of the shelf series on which the desired books are stored Adopting the means to turn on the LED lamp of the same color among the LED lamps of different colors that make up the indicating device By doing so, the above problems were solved.

According to the present invention configured as described above, in order to display the handle type moving shelves and shelves in which the desired books are stored in an LED light-emitting manner, the front side plate of each handle type moving shelf, or the front side plate and the back side plate, and A plurality of LED lamps of different colors are installed on the top plate of each shelf series composed of a plurality of shelf series so that a plurality of library users corresponding to the number of the LED lamps can be used simultaneously, The front side plate of the handle type movable shelf where the LED lamp is lit by the library user turning on the LED lamp of the same color for each user at the position of the handle type movable shelf storing the desired books. Alternatively, by visually recognizing the LED lamps on the front side plate and the rear side plate, the position of the handle type movable shelf storing a desired book can be quickly grasped, and the LED By manually rotating the handle of the handle type moving shelf whose lamp is lit, a passage for taking out a desired book is formed. On the other hand, after a library user enters the formed passage, the desired book is displayed. The books can be searched quickly by relying on the LED lamps lit on the tops of the shelves, and in the present invention, the library user can only search from the front side of the handle type mobile shelf. In addition, since it can be operated from the back side, it is possible to achieve an excellent effect that books can be put in and out efficiently.

It is a schematic front view of the handle type moving shelf device in the library of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the use condition of the handle type movable shelf apparatus in this invention library. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between the book used for the handle type movable shelf apparatus in this invention library, and a barcode reader. It is an enlarged front view of the shelf row lightning indicating device constituting the handle type moving shelf device in the library of the present invention. It is an expansion cross-sectional view of the shelf row lightning indicator device which comprises the handle | steering-wheel type movement shelf apparatus in this invention library. It is an enlarged front view of the shelf continuous electric light instruction | indication apparatus which comprises the handle | steering-wheel-type movement shelf apparatus in this invention library. It is a schematic rear view of the handle type moving shelf device in the library of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a handle type moving shelf apparatus T according to the present invention, in which moving shelves A, B, C, D, and E are traveling wheels W on a rail R laid on the floor. It is installed to be movable in the left-right direction via In the figure, K is a wall installed on the outside of each of the movable shelves A and E.

Between the moving shelves A, B, C, D, and E, passages 1, 2, 3, and 4 can be formed between adjacent shelves. In FIG. 1, the B and C are moved to the left. In addition to being densely packed, the moving shelf D is moved to the right side, and the passage 3 portion is widened as much as possible to form a depositing / dispensing work passage so that the depositing / dispensing work can be performed smoothly.

Each front side plate 5 of each of the movable shelves A, B, C, D, and E is provided with a handle H for running the movable shelf. The vehicle travels on the rail R by rotating the traveling wheels W mounted on the bottom of the movable shelves A, B, C, D, and E.

Each of the movable shelves A to E includes a plurality of shelf boards 17 in which a plurality of shelves 15 are vertically partitioned by a plurality of partition plates 16 at regular intervals. In FIG. 2, the shelf plate 15 is formed in six stages, the partition plates 16 are formed in two pieces, and the shelf series 17 is formed in three series, but is not limited thereto.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a book management unique bar code 19 that records a unique registration number assigned for managing the book is attached to each book 18 stored in each of the moving shelves A to E. In addition, in each of the movable shelves A to E, each shelf plate 15 that stores each book 18 has a unique registration number for managing the shelf rows and shelves of each of the movable shelves A to E. Are respectively attached to the shelf row / shelf management specific barcode 20. 2 and 3, the book management unique barcode 19 and the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 20 are used, but an RFID tag may be used in place of the barcodes 19 and 20. Good.

In the present invention, the barcode 20 is read by the barcode reader 21 for the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 20 of the shelf 15 of each of the moving shelves A to E in which the book 18 is stored, and then the book is stored and stored. It is necessary to read 18 book management unique barcodes 19 by the barcode reader 21 and specify the shelf rows and shelf stages in which the books 18 are stored. Each time the new book 18 is stored and stored on any shelf 15 of each of the moving shelves A to E, the reading operation is repeated.

When the reading operation of the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 20 and the book management unique barcode 19 is completed, the book manager in the library stores the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 20 and the book management unique barcode 19. The read barcode reader 21 is connected to the shelf and book information management personal computer 22 by wire or wirelessly, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number and the book management unique number read by the barcode reader 21 are stored in the shelf. And the book information management personal computer 22, the registration information is transferred from the shelf and the book information management personal computer 22 to the business management server 23 for registration, and the book name of the book previously acquired by the OPAC search system is registered. -Bibliographic information such as author name and classification number, and matrix type two-dimensional formed by converting the bibliographic information Link the registration information of the book management system 24 that registered the mode and the registration information of the business management server 23 with the business management server 23, and the new registration information obtained by the link is Registration in the book management system 24 completes the registration of bibliographic information and shelf information for shelf row / shelf management.

After the registration of the bibliographic information and the shelf information is completed, the library user inputs predetermined book information related to a desired book in the book management system 24, searches for the book, and enters the book management system 24. The printer 26 displays the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 formed by converting the registration information of the shelf row / shelf management number and the book unique management number and the bibliographic information registered in the book management system 24. It is formed so that it can be printed out as the take-out instruction form 27. The matrix type two-dimensional code 25 displayed on the take-out instruction form 27 can be taken into the smartphone 28 and stored.

Although not shown, when the bibliographic information registered in the book management system 24 is widely disclosed on the website in the library, the user uses the smartphone 28 to use the book management system 24. The matrix type two-dimensional code 25 relating to the selected book can be retrieved into the smartphone 28 and stored.

On the other hand, the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 of the printed out instruction sheet 27 or the smartphone is placed on the front side sleeve 5 of any one of the moving shelves A to E (moving shelf A in the present embodiment). A reader 29 that reads the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 displayed on the take-out instruction sheet 27 or the smartphone 28 is set up while holding the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 displayed on the smart phone 28, and is read by the reader 29. A touch panel display device 30 for displaying information converted into the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 is installed.

On the other hand, each front side plate 5 of the movable shelves A to E and each top plate 31a to 31c of each shelf sequence 17a to 17c of each shelf plate 15 store the movable shelf and shelf sequence in which a desired book 18 is stored. For displaying the LED in a light-emitting manner, a shelf-line light-indicating device 33 having a plurality of different-colored LED lamps 32a to 32e and a shelf-connected light-light indicating device 35 having a plurality of different-colored LED lamps 34a to 34e. Are installed, and a plurality of users can use the LED lamps 32a to 32e and 34a to 34e having different colors at the same time, and a predetermined same color LED lamp is turned on for each user. By doing so, the user is instructed to the desired storage shelf and storage shelf level of the book 18 so that the desired storage position of the book 18 can be surely recognized.

Note that the LED lamps 32a to 32a of the shelf array light-emitting instruction device 33 installed on the front side plates 5 of the movable shelves A to E and the top plates 31a to 31c of the shelf trains 17a to 17c of the shelf plates 15, respectively. In FIG. 4 and FIG. 6, five LED lamps 34a to 34e of 32e and the shelf continuous light instruction device 35 are respectively installed, so that the device of the present invention can be used simultaneously by up to five users. It is formed as follows. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of simultaneously usable users can be adjusted by arbitrarily setting the number of LED lamps.

The LED lamps 32a to 32e of the shelf array light-indicating device 33 are provided on both side end surfaces of the upper part of each front side plate 5 of each movable shelf A to E (if the shelf is only on one side of the movable shelf, It is installed on the side end face with the plate. The shelf array light-indicating device 33 is not particularly limited, but it is recommended to have a configuration as shown in the figure. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the shelf array lightning instruction device 33 obliquely cuts both side end surfaces of the upper part of each front side plate 5 of the movable shelves A to E, and fixes the LED lamps to the cut portions. The plate 36 is fixed to the front side plate 5 and the bent plate 37 connected to the front side plate 5 in an oblique manner, and a plurality of partition plates 38 are fixed to the LED lamp fixing plate 36 at regular intervals. In addition, a plurality of lamp chambers 39 (five chambers are installed in FIG. 4), LED lamps 32a to 32e having different colors are installed in the lamp chambers 39, and the LED lamps 32a to 32e are further provided. A translucent plastic cover 40 bent at a right angle is fixed to the outside of 32e. By setting it as the above structures, the lighting state of each LED lamp of each movement shelf AE can be visually recognized also from the front side and the open channel | path side.

Further, the LED lamps 34 a to 34 e of the shelf continuous light instruction device 35 are respectively installed on the top plates 31 a to 31 c of the stations 17 a to 17 c of the shelf boards 15. The shelf continuous light instruction device 35 need not be particularly limited, but preferably it is recommended to have a configuration as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the shelf continuous light instruction device 35 fixes the LED lamp fixing plate 41 to the front surface side of each top plate 31 a to 31 c of each series 17 a to 17 c of each shelf plate 15, and A plurality of partition plates 42 are fixed to the LED lamp fixing plate 41 at regular intervals to provide a plurality of lamp chambers 43 (five chambers are installed in FIG. 6). The LED lamps 34a to 34e having different colors are installed, and a U-shaped translucent plastic cover 44 is fixed to the outside of the LED lamps 34a to 34e.

In addition, although the said description demonstrated as what a user approachs into a channel | path from the front side, it can be employ | adopted also as a steering wheel type | mold moving shelf of the bi-directional use type that a user can enter a channel | path also from the back side. When the user enters the passage from the back side, as shown in the rear view of the handle type moving shelf apparatus of the present invention in FIG. 7, the rear side plate 6 of the moving shelves A and E is installed on the front side plate 6. A reader 29 that reads the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 is installed on any one of the rear side plates 6, and the shelf 29 is read by the reader 29. In addition, a touch panel display device 30 for displaying the information converted into the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 is installed.

The operation of the handle-type movable shelf device T will be described from the above configuration. The user searches for a desired book using the book management system 24, displays the book name of the selected book and book information such as the author on the book management system 24 as a matrix type two-dimensional code 25, and the matrix. The two-dimensional code 25 and the book information are printed out as a take-out instruction form 27 by the printer 26, or the matrix-type two-dimensional code 25 is taken into the smartphone 28 and stored.

The matrix type two-dimensional code 25 and the book information are printed out as a take-out instruction form 27 by the printer 26, and after the matrix-type two-dimensional code 25 is stored in the smartphone 28, the user is displayed on the take-out instruction form 27. The matrix type two-dimensional code 25 or the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 stored in the smartphone 28 is held over the reader 29, and the book information recorded in the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 is displayed on the touch panel display device 30. If the information displayed on the touch panel type display device 30 matches the information of the book desired by the user, the desired book 18 is stored when the touch panel switch of the touch panel type display device 30 is touched. The front of the moving shelf being Any one of the LED lamps 34 a to 34 e of the shelf lightning display device 33 installed on the plate 5 and the shelf continuous light installed on the top plates 31 a to 31 c of the continuous 17 of the shelf 15. The LED lamps of any one of the LED lamps 34a to 34e of the pointing device 35 are turned on, and the library user can visually recognize the shelf row in which the desired books are stored. By rotating the handle H of the shelf row, a work passage is formed so that the books 18 can be taken out, and it enters the passage, and relies on the LED lamps that are lit up on the shelf, The desired book 18 stored on the shelf board can be quickly taken out.

Further, by storing the matrix type two-dimensional code 25 displayed on the take-out instruction form 27 or the smartphone 28 after taking out the book 18, the book 18 once taken out is stored in the original shelf, or Even when the same book 18 is taken out at a later time or on a different day, the book management system 24 stores the book 18 without retrieving it every time it is taken out or stored. By using the matrix type two-dimensional code 25, books can be put in and out very quickly.

The above description is of the type in which the library user enters the passage formed from the front side of the handle type movable shelf, but can also enter the passage from the back side shown in FIG. In the case of the type, since the handle H, the shelf array light indicator 33, the reader 29, and the display device 30 are also installed on the back side sleeve 6, by performing the same operation as the type entering from the front side, Library users can also enter the passage from the back side.

T Handle type moving shelf device A to E Moving shelf W Traveling wheel R Rail H Handle K Wall 1 to 4 Passage 5 Front side plate 6 Back side plate 15 Shelf plate 16 Partition plate 17 Shelf sequence 18 Book 19 Book management specific barcode 20 Shelf row Shelf management specific bar code 21 Bar code reader 22 Shelf and book information management personal computer 23 Business management server 24 Book management system 25 Matrix type two-dimensional code 26 Printer 27 Removal instruction form 28 Smartphone 29 Reader 30 Touch panel display device 31 Plate 32 LED lamp 33 Shelf array light display 34 LED lamp 35 Shelf continuous light display 36 LED lamp fixing plate 37 Bending plate 38 Partition plate 39 Lamp chamber 40 Translucent plastic cover 41 LED lamp fixing plate 42 Partition plate 43 Lamp chamber 44 translucent plastic cover

Claims (1)

Read the barcode unique to the shelf row / shelf management of the shelves of each handle-type mobile shelf where books are stored with the barcode reader, and read the barcode unique to the book management of the books to be stored and stored with the barcode reader. And the shelf read by the barcode reader by connecting the barcode reader that reads the barcode unique to the shelf row / shelf management and the barcode unique to the book management to the shelf and the book information management personal computer by wire or wireless. After registering the row / shelf management unique number and the book management unique number in the shelf and the book information management personal computer, the registration information is transferred from the shelf and the book information management personal computer to the business management server and registered, The bibliographic information such as the book name / author name and classification number and the bibliographic information are converted in advance by the OPAC search system. The registration information of the book management system registered with the matrix type two-dimensional code and the registration information of the business management server are linked by the business management server, and the new registration information obtained by the link is registered. Then, the book management system is constructed, and the library user inputs and searches the bibliographic information of the desired book by the book management system, prints out the takeout instruction sheet displaying the bibliographic information of the desired book, Alternatively, while storing the matrix type two-dimensional code with a smartphone, a handle is installed on each front side plate or each front side plate and each back side plate of each handle type moving shelf, and the matrix type two-dimensional code reading reader and , The touch panel type display device, any one front side plate, or any one front side And a matrix type two-dimensional code that is installed on any one of the back side plates and stored on the take-out instruction sheet or the smartphone, is read over a reader installed on the movable shelf, and the registration information is displayed on the touch panel display device. When the user confirms that the registration information displayed on the touch panel display device is the same as that of the desired book and touches the touch panel switch, the user can move the desired book. A shelf row lightning indicator device and a shelf continuous lightning indicator device installed on the front side plate of the shelf, or on the front side plate and the back side plate, and the shelf top plate where the shelf plate storing the desired book is located The library is characterized in that the LED lamps of the same color are turned on among the plurality of LED lamps of different colors. Handle type moving shelf device.

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