JP2020160805A - Inventory management system - Google Patents

Abstract

To detect easily and accurately the presence/absence of an article at each of a plurality of arrangement parts for arranging articles, so as to perform easily and accurately inventory management of the articles to be arranged at the plurality of arrangement parts respectively.SOLUTION: An inventory management system includes: a plurality of arrangement parts 11 for arranging a plurality of articles X respectively; a detection mark 14 provided at each arrangement part to detect the presence/absence of an article at each arrangement part; a wearable terminal 20 configured to detect the presence/absence of an article at each arrangement part with the detection mark; and an inventory management server 40 connected with the wearable terminal via an Internet communication part 30 and configured to accumulate inventory data of articles. When the wearable terminal detects a detection mark provided at an arrangement part where no article is arranged, the absence of an article at the arrangement part is outputted via the Internet communication part to the inventory management server.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6

Description

The present invention relates to an inventory management system that detects the presence or absence of arrangement of articles in each arrangement portion in each of a plurality of arrangement portions in which articles are arranged and manages the inventory of each article arranged in each arrangement portion. is there. In particular, in each of the plurality of arrangement units where the articles are arranged, the presence or absence of the arrangement of each article in each arrangement portion can be easily and accurately detected, and the inventory management of each article arranged in each arrangement portion can be easily and accurately performed. It is characterized by the above points.

Conventionally, it has been generally practiced to detect the presence or absence of various articles arranged in each arrangement in a plurality of arrangements in which articles are arranged, and to manage the inventory of various articles arranged in each arrangement. ing.

Then, in detecting the presence or absence of various articles arranged in the plurality of arrangement units in this way and managing the inventory of various articles arranged in each arrangement unit, conventionally, the worker has been in charge of each arrangement unit. The presence or absence of various articles arranged in the above was visually observed and checked, and the inventory of various articles arranged in each arrangement section was managed.

However, the work of visually observing and checking the presence or absence of various articles placed in each arrangement portion in this way is extremely troublesome and requires a lot of time, and mistakes are made during observation and checking. As a result, it was difficult to carry out accurate inventory management easily and accurately.

For this reason, in recent years, as shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, various articles arranged in the arrangement portion and the like are attached with detection marks such as stickers and tags and arranged in the arrangement portion and the like in this way. A worker or the like observes the state of various articles with a wearable terminal such as a wearable glass, and outputs to an inventory management server via the Internet whether or not various articles are arranged in the arrangement unit or the like. Therefore, it is shown that inventory management of various articles arranged in the arrangement unit or the like is performed.

However, it is troublesome to attach a sticker or tag for identification to various articles arranged in the arrangement portion or the like, and it is forgotten to attach a detection mark such as a sticker or tag to some articles. Or, when a detection mark such as an erroneous sticker or tag is attached to an article or when an article is placed in an arrangement portion or the like, the detection mark such as a sticker or tag attached to the article cannot be detected by the wearable terminal. In some cases, the items are arranged in such a state, and it is still difficult to easily and accurately manage the inventory of various items arranged in the arrangement part or the like.

JP-A-2017-333332 JP-A-2018-81697

The present invention is described in a case where the presence or absence of arrangement of various articles in each arrangement portion is detected in each of a plurality of arrangement portions in which articles are arranged, and inventory of various articles arranged in each arrangement portion is managed. The challenge is to solve such problems.

That is, in the present invention, in each of the plurality of arrangement portions where the articles are arranged, the presence or absence of the arrangement of each article in each arrangement portion is easily and accurately detected, and the inventory management of various articles arranged in each arrangement portion is managed. The challenge is to make it easy and accurate.

In the inventory management system of the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a plurality of arrangement units for arranging a plurality of articles and each arrangement unit are provided so as to detect the presence or absence of the articles arranged in the arrangement unit. Inventory management that accumulates inventory data of articles by connecting the detection mark, a wearable terminal that detects the presence or absence of articles placed in each arrangement unit by the detection mark, and the wearable terminal via the Internet communication unit. When a detection mark provided on an arrangement portion where an article is not arranged is detected by the wearable terminal provided with a server, the article is placed on the arrangement portion on the inventory management server via the Internet communication unit. Changed to output that is not placed.

That is, when the detection mark cannot be seen, it is determined that the article exists.

Then, if the detection mark for detecting the presence / absence of the article arranged in the arrangement portion is provided in each arrangement portion in this way, it is not necessary to attach the detection mark to the article itself arranged in each arrangement portion. , When you forget to attach the detection mark to some articles, attach the wrong detection mark to the article, or place the article in the placement part, the detection mark attached to the article is a wearable terminal. It is not necessary to perform the troublesome work of properly arranging the articles so that they can be appropriately detected by the wearable terminal, and the detection mark in the arranging portion where the article does not exist is detected by the wearable terminal and arranged in each arranging portion. It becomes possible to easily detect the presence or absence of various articles to be worn.

Here, in the inventory management system of the present invention, the wearable terminal is made to detect the detection mark provided in the arrangement portion where the article is not arranged, while being provided in the arrangement portion where the article is arranged. In order to prevent the detected detection mark from being detected, for example, the detection mark is provided at a position opposite to the article arranged in the arrangement portion with respect to the observation position by the wearable terminal. can do. The position opposite to the observation position refers to a position that is hidden and invisible when the article is placed, such as an arrangement portion on the back side of the article or the upper surface of the shelf board.

Further, in the inventory management system of the present invention, when the detection mark is provided in each arrangement portion as described above, even when various articles are arranged in each arrangement portion, the presence of various articles in each arrangement portion is present. In order to be able to appropriately detect the presence or absence, it is preferable to make the detection marks provided in each arrangement portion different according to the type of articles to be arranged in each arrangement portion.

Further, in the inventory management system of the present invention, when it is output to the inventory management server that the article is not arranged in a specific arrangement unit via the Internet communication unit as described above, the detection result is detected from the inventory management server. Can be output to the output unit to instruct the replenishment of the article.

Further, in the inventory management system of the present invention, the wearable glass worn by the worker can be used as the wearable terminal, and when the wearable glass worn by the worker is used in this way, the worker wears the wearable glass. By simply observing each arrangement portion through the device, the presence or absence of various articles in each arrangement portion can be easily detected by the detection marks provided in each arrangement portion.

In the inventory management system of the present invention, a detection mark for detecting the presence or absence of the arranged articles is provided in each arrangement portion in the plurality of arrangement portions in which the articles are arranged as described above, and the wearable terminal is used as described above. As described above, the presence or absence of an article in each arrangement portion provided with the detection mark is detected, and the detection provided in the arrangement portion where the article is not arranged in the arrangement portion and the article is not arranged by the wearable terminal. When the mark is detected, it is output from the wearable terminal to the inventory management server via the Internet communication unit that the article to be arranged in the arrangement unit does not exist.

As a result, in the inventory management system of the present invention, it is not necessary to perform the troublesome work of attaching a detection mark such as an identification sticker or a tag to each article to be arranged in each arrangement portion as in the conventional case. If you forget to attach a detection mark such as a sticker or tag to some articles, attach a detection mark such as an incorrect sticker or tag to each article, or place an article in the placement part, the article The wearable terminal does not prevent the detection mark such as a sticker or tag attached to the article from being properly detected due to the poor placement state, and the wearable terminal detects the detection mark in the arrangement part where the article does not exist. As a result, it becomes possible to appropriately detect the presence or absence of various articles arranged in each arrangement portion and to easily manage the inventory of various articles in each arrangement portion.

In the inventory management system according to the embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of arrangement units for arranging a plurality of articles of different types indicate a mounting shelf in which a plurality of articles are arranged in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, respectively, and various articles are arranged. It is a schematic front view which showed the state which provided the detection mark for detecting the presence or absence of various articles in each arrangement part on the back part of each arrangement part in the mounting shelf. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a plurality of types of articles to be arranged in each arrangement portion of the mounting shelf in the inventory management system according to the above embodiment. In the inventory management system according to the above-described embodiment, when an article is arranged in a plurality of arrangement portions in the mounting shelf, the detection mark provided on the back portion of the arrangement portion in which the article is arranged is provided. Is a schematic front view showing a state in which the detection mark provided on the back surface of the arrangement portion is visible in the arrangement portion where the article is not arranged. In the inventory management system according to the above-described embodiment, a wearable glass, which is a wearable terminal, is in a state in which articles are arranged in a plurality of arrangement portions on the mounting shelf, but articles are not arranged in some of the arrangement portions. It is the schematic explanatory view of the side surface side which showed the state of wearing and observing. In the inventory management system according to the above-described embodiment, a wearable glass, which is a wearable terminal, is in a state in which articles are arranged in a plurality of arrangement portions on the mounting shelf, but articles are not arranged in some of the arrangement portions. It is a schematic explanatory view seen from above which showed the state of wearing and observing. In the inventory management system according to the embodiment, it is detected by the wearable glass whether or not the article is arranged in each arrangement portion in the mounting shelf, and the result detected by the wearable glass is inventoried via the Internet communication unit. A block that outputs information on articles that are not placed in the placement section to the management server, outputs information on articles that are not placed in the placement section from the inventory management server to the output section, and indicates a state in which replenishment of articles is instructed. It is a figure. FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing an example in which the detection mark provided on the back surface of each arrangement portion in the mounting shelf is changed to one type in the inventory management system according to the above embodiment. In the inventory management system according to the above-described embodiment, it is detected by each wearable glass whether or not articles are arranged in each of the two mounting shelves at distant positions, and the result of detection by each wearable glass. Is output to each corresponding inventory management server unit in the inventory management server via the Internet communication unit, and information on articles not arranged in the arrangement unit is output from each inventory management server unit to each corresponding output unit. It is a block diagram which shows the state which outputs the information of the article which is not arranged in the arrangement part to each arrangement part in each place shelf, and instructs the replenishment of article.

The inventory management system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The inventory management system according to the present invention is not limited to the one shown in the following embodiment, and can be appropriately modified and implemented without changing the gist of the invention.

In the inventory management system of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of arrangement portions 11 for arranging articles X are provided with a plurality of shelves 12 provided in the horizontal direction and a plurality of partitions provided in the vertical direction. Detection that detects the presence or absence of articles X arranged in the arrangement portion 11 on the back surface of each arrangement portion 11 on which the articles X are arranged in a plurality of mounting shelves 10 arranged vertically and horizontally by the plate 13. A mark 14 is provided. In this embodiment, the number of the arrangement portions 11 partitioned by the shelf plate 12 and the partition plate 13 in the mounting shelf 10 is 4 in the vertical direction and 4 in the horizontal direction, but the mounting shelf 10 By changing the number of the shelves 12 and the partition plates 13 in the above, the number of the arrangement portion 11 in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction can be freely changed.

Then, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, four types of articles Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd are used as the articles X to be arranged in the arrangement portion 11 of the mounting shelf 10.

On the other hand, in providing the detection mark 14 for detecting the presence / absence of the article X arranged in each arrangement portion 11 on the mounting shelf 10 on the back surface portion of each arrangement portion 11, as shown in FIG. Detection marks 14a corresponding to the above-mentioned article Xa are vertically placed on the back portions of each of the four horizontally arranged arrangement portions 11 of the first stage located at the uppermost stage in the vertical direction of the mounting shelf 10. Detection marks 14b corresponding to the article Xb are arranged in the horizontal direction of the third row in the vertical direction on each back portion of the four arrangement portions 11 arranged in the horizontal direction of the second row in the direction. The detection marks 14c corresponding to the article Xc are placed on the back surfaces of the four arrangement portions 11 of the four arrangement portions 11 arranged in the horizontal direction of the fourth stage located at the bottom in the vertical direction. A detection mark 14d corresponding to the above-mentioned article Xd is provided on each back surface.

Here, in the inventory management system of this embodiment, as described above, each of the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d) provided on each back portion of each arrangement portion 11 in each stage of the mounting shelf 10 is marked. The corresponding articles X (Xa to Xd) are arranged, and the articles X (Xa to Xd) that have been shipped and disappeared from the mounting shelf 10 are newly placed corresponding to the arrangement portion 11 at an appropriate position on the mounting shelf 10. Articles X (Xa to Xd) are arranged (replenished).

Then, the articles X (Xa to Xd) that have been shipped and disappeared from the mounting shelf 10 are arranged (replenished) with the new articles X (Xa to Xd) in the arrangement portion 11 at an appropriate position of the mounting shelf 10. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the storage shelf on the side opposite to the back surface of the arrangement portion 11 on which the articles X (Xa to Xd) are arranged. At a distant position in front of the 10th, the worker M wearing the wearable terminal made of the wearable glass 20 looks at the arrangement portion 11 on which the articles X (Xa to Xd) are arranged from the front of the mounting shelf 10.

In this way, in the arrangement portion 11 in which the articles X (Xa to Xd) are arranged, the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d) provided on the back surface thereof are hidden by the articles X (Xa to Xd). Therefore, while the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d) are not detected by the wearable glass 20, the detection portion 11 provided on the back surface of the arrangement portion 11 in which the articles X (Xa to Xd) are not arranged is provided. The marks 14 (14a to 14d) are each detected by the wearable glass 20. When the wearable glass 20 detects the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d) provided on the back surface of each arrangement portion 11 in this way, the wearable glass 20 makes it easy to detect the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d). Therefore, although not shown, it is possible to provide illumination in the vicinity of the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d), and when the wearable glass 20 detects each detection mark 14 (14a to 14d). In addition, each detection mark 14 (14a to 14d) on the back surface of each arrangement portion 11 is provided at a position not hidden by the shelf plate 12 or the partition plate 13 on the mounting shelf 10.

Then, as described above, the wearable glass 20 detects the result, and as shown in FIG. 6, the wearable glass 20 outputs the result to the inventory management server 40 through the Internet communication unit 30, and the wearable glass 20 outputs the result to the arrangement unit 11. When the detection marks 14 (14a to 14d) provided on the back surface are detected and it is confirmed that the article X (Xa to Xd) is not arranged on the arrangement portion 11, the above-mentioned article X (Xa to Xd) is not arranged. The detection result is output from the inventory management server 40 to the output unit 50 at the place where the inventory management is performed, such as the number of articles X (Xa to Xd) arranged in each arrangement unit 11 on the mounting shelf 10. In addition, information such as the number of articles X (Xa to Xd) to be replenished as needed is instructed.

Here, as a method of instructing by the output unit 50, for example, a worker in the management room can be displayed on the display panel, printed by a printer, or a wearable glass of the worker M in front of the mounting shelf 10. There is a method of transmitting information by displaying it directly on the 20th. Further, if there is an automatic transport system for the article X, it is possible to send a command signal directly to the system.

In this embodiment, the types of articles X to be arranged on the arrangement section 11 on the mounting shelf 10 are four types of articles Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd, and each of the arrangement sections 11 on the mounting shelf 10 is arranged. The detection marks 14 provided on the back surface are four types of detection marks 14a, 14b, 14c, and 14d corresponding to the four types of articles Xa, Xb, Xc, and Xd, but the types of articles X to be arranged and each The type of the detection mark 14 provided on each back surface of the arrangement portion 11 is not particularly limited. For example, when only one type of article Xa is arranged on each arrangement portion 11 of the mounting shelf 10, as shown in FIG. 7, each back portion of each arrangement portion 11 of the mounting shelf 10 is arranged. While the detection mark 14 to be provided can be only one type of detection mark 14a, although not shown, when a large number of types of articles X are arranged in each arrangement portion 11 of the mounting shelf 10, they are arranged. Different types of detection marks 14 are provided so as to correspond to the type of the article X to be made.

Further, in this embodiment, a detection mark 14 for detecting the presence / absence of the article X arranged in each arrangement portion 11 of the mounting shelf 10 is provided on each back portion of each arrangement portion 11 in the mounting shelf 10. However, the position where the detection mark 14 is provided is not limited to the back surface portion, and may be a position where the presence or absence of the article X arranged in the arrangement portion 11 can be detected by the wearable glass 20 as described above. Although not shown, for example, it is provided on the shelf board 12 in each arrangement portion 11 on which the article X is placed so that the detection mark 14 is hidden by placing the article X on the detection mark 14. , It is also possible to detect that the article X is arranged.

Further, in this embodiment, the article X is arranged in each arrangement portion 11 provided on the mounting shelf 10, but it is not always necessary to use the mounting shelf 10 as described above and is not shown. However, a plurality of arrangement portions 11 are provided on the floor by lines or tapes, detection marks 14 are provided on each arrangement portion 11, and each detection mark provided on each arrangement portion 11 in this way. Article X can also be placed on top of 14.

Further, in this embodiment, a detection mark 14 for detecting the presence / absence of the article X arranged in each arrangement portion 11 in one mounting shelf 10 is provided, and the presence / absence of the article X in one mounting shelf 10 is provided. Is only detected by one wearable glass 20, but for example, as shown in FIG. 8, two first and second mounting shelves 10 as described above are provided at distant positions. Wearable glasses 20 and 20 are used for the storage shelves 10A and 10B, respectively, and it is detected whether the article X is arranged in each arrangement portion 11 in each of the storage shelves 10A and 10B, and detected by the wearable glasses 20 and 20. You can also let it.

Then, in this case, the results detected by the wearable glasses 20 and 20 correspond to the first storage shelf 10A provided in the inventory management server 40 via the Internet communication unit 30 as described above. Information on the article X that is not arranged in the arrangement unit 11 of the first storage shelf 10A is output to the first inventory management server unit 40A, and this result is output to the first inventory management server unit 40A as needed. While outputting from 40A to the first output unit 50A at the place where inventory management is performed, the second is to the second inventory management server unit 40B corresponding to the second storage shelf 10B provided in the inventory management server 40. The information of the article X that is not arranged in the arrangement unit 11 of the storage shelf 10B of the above is output, and if necessary, the result is transmitted from the second inventory management server unit 40B to the second output unit 50B at the place where the inventory management is performed. Article X to be output and to be replenished by separately outputting information such as the number of articles X arranged in each arrangement unit 11 in each of the storage shelves 10A and 10B by the first output unit 50A and the second output unit 50B. Information such as the number of the above can be separately instructed by the first mounting shelf 10A and the second mounting shelf 10B.

In this way, even if the first mounting shelf 10A and the second mounting shelf 10B are provided in different companies, the mounting shelves 10A and 10B in the two companies It becomes possible to acquire the information of the article X and collectively manage these inventories. Further, the number of the mounting shelves 10 can be further increased, and inventory management of the articles X on a larger number of mounting shelves 10 can be performed collectively.
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10, 10A, 10B: Mounting shelf 11: Arrangement part 12: Shelf board 13: Partition board 14, 14a to 14d: Detection mark 20: Wearable glass (wearable terminal)
30: Internet communication unit 40: Inventory management server 40A: First inventory management server unit 40B: Second inventory management server unit 50: Output unit 50A: First output unit 50B: Second output unit M: Workers X, Xa ~ Xd: Goods

Claims (5)

A plurality of arrangement parts for arranging a plurality of articles, a detection mark provided on each arrangement part to detect the presence or absence of articles arranged in each arrangement part, and a detection mark for detecting the presence or absence of articles arranged in each arrangement part. A wearable terminal detected by a mark, an inventory management server connected to the wearable terminal via an Internet communication unit and accumulating inventory data of articles, and an arrangement unit in which articles are not arranged by the wearable terminal. An inventory management system characterized in that when an provided detection mark is detected, an article is output to the inventory management server via an Internet communication unit that no article is arranged in the arrangement unit. In the inventory management system according to claim 1, the detection mark provided on the arrangement unit is provided at a position opposite to the article arranged on the arrangement unit with respect to the observation position by the wearable terminal. An inventory management system that features that. In the inventory management system according to claim 1 or 2, the detection mark provided in the arrangement portion is different depending on the type of the article to be arranged in each arrangement portion. Inventory management system. In the inventory management system according to claims 1 to 3, when it is output from the inventory management server that the goods are not arranged in a specific arrangement unit via the Internet communication unit, the inventory management server An inventory management system characterized in that the detection result is output to an output unit to instruct replenishment of goods. The inventory management system according to claim 1 to 4, wherein the wearable terminal is a wearable glass worn by an operator.

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