JP3063516B2 - Packaging material selection system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus used for designing a flexible packaging material (hereinafter referred to as a packaging material) which satisfies a user's requirements.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Packaging materials are required to have various functions for the purpose of protecting objects to be packaged. In order to satisfy the demand, a packaging material in which a plurality of materials are laminated is mainly used. Determining the layers constituting such a packaging material is referred to as “packaging material design”.

[0003] In the "packaging material design", it is necessary to take into consideration conditions (hereinafter referred to as condition information) such as functions necessary for the packaging material, requests from users and costs.
Here, the functions required for the packaging material include the durability when the packaging target is a liquid and the air permeability when the packaging target is a material that dislikes moisture.

[0004] Conventionally, "packaging material design" has been performed based on the designer's knowledge of packaging material and past experience in creating a usage manual. For example, if the designer had a lot of experience in “packaging material design”, the process was performed based on the past experience of the designer. On the other hand, when the designer did not have enough experience in “packaging material design”, the design was performed based on the past “packaging material design” design document (hereinafter referred to as “specification”).

[0005]

However, since there are many kinds of packaging materials and each has different physical properties, design often requires knowledge based on experience. Therefore, it is better for a designer to be an expert, but there is a problem that it takes time to train the designer.

[0006] On the other hand, as described above, even a designer with insufficient experience can design with reference to past specifications, but simply reading the specifications does not provide any functions. It is unknown whether the material was selected to satisfy the condition, and in the case of "packaging material design" based on past specifications, there were cases where a packaging material that did not satisfy the condition information was designed.

[0007] Or, if the past specifications selected based on the fact that the packaging objects are the same are to satisfy special condition information (for example, a request from a user that a metal deposition layer is required). However, packaging materials designed with reference to these specifications became unnecessarily expensive.

[0008] In the "packaging material design" performed by the above-described method, it is difficult to know whether the determined packaging material is optimal.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-described problems, a packaging material composition selecting apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. About the input means a and the request for the quality of the packaging material,
A second input means b for inputting a weight point, a storage means c for storing at least a packaging material name, a usable use and a function thereof in association with each other, and a use input from the first input means a A first arithmetic processing means d for selecting a packaging material that can be used from the storage means c, determining the superiority / deterioration for each function of the selected packaging material, and assigning a corresponding score; and a first arithmetic processing means. a second arithmetic processing means for adding a weighting point input from the second input means b to the score given in d, and assigning a score to each packaging material based on the value, and e, a second arithmetic processing means e to select the packaging material with the highest score
, Display means g for displaying the material composition of the packaging material selected by the third arithmetic processing means f, and output for outputting the material composition of the packaging material selected by the third arithmetic processing means It is characterized by comprising means h.

[0010]

Therefore, in the material composition selecting device according to the present invention, the first arithmetic processing means d searches the storage means c for all packaging materials suitable for the use inputted from the first input means a, The superiority or inferiority is determined for each function of the packaging material, and a corresponding score is given. Then, the second arithmetic processing means f assigns a score to each packaging material based on the score given by the first arithmetic processing means e and the weighted point input from the second input means b. The third arithmetic processing means selects the packaging material with the highest score by the second arithmetic processing means. Then, the selected packaging material is displayed on the display means g and output from the output means h.

[0011]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a system configuration of a packaging material configuration selecting apparatus according to the present invention. The system includes an interactive input means 1 such as a keyboard, a storage means 2 such as a magnetic disk device, an arithmetic processing means 3 such as a computer, an output means 4 such as a printer device, and a display such as a monitor. Means 5 is provided.

Here, the input means 1 is used for the purpose of the packaging material and the degree of demand for the quality of the packaging material ("weighting point" described later).
Is entered. Further, when constructing data to be described later, the user inputs condition information such as a packaging material, a packaging object in which the packaging material can be used, a function of the packaging material, and a price.

The storage means 2 stores the packaging material input from the input means 1, the packaging object in which the packaging material can be used, and the condition information such as the function and price of the packaging material in association with each other. is there. In addition, it stores a "criterion for determining superiority" which is required for "determination of superiority of function" to be described later.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the data structure stored in the storage means 2. FIG. 4 is provided with a number column i for entering numbers in the order of registered packaging materials or the order of packaging materials to be displayed, and a material composition column j for entering the composition of materials used for the packaging material. Then, there is provided a use column k in which the packaging material and the contents that can be packed (they have been used in the past) are entered in association with each other. A function column m is provided for entering a numerical value such as a function or cost of the packaging material, and data is stored in a table format including all conditions necessary for determining the packaging material.

The arithmetic processing means 3 retrieves from the storage means 2 all the packaging materials which can be used for the packaging object inputted from the input means 1, and assigns a priority to each function of the retrieved packaging material. Then, the score of the packaging material is calculated by adding the weighting point of the function input from the input means 1 to the assigned priority, and the packaging material with the highest score is selected.

The display means 5 displays the data stored in the storage means 2, the name of the packaging material determined by the arithmetic processing means, its function, and the like. The output unit 4 outputs the items displayed by the display unit 5 on a sheet or the like in a predetermined format.

Next, the operation of the apparatus for selecting the optimum material configuration of the packaging material configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and FIGS.

First, a packaging object, for example, "chocolate" is input from the input means 1 [SP1]. Then, the arithmetic processing means 3 converts all the packaging materials (all the packaging materials described as “chocolate” in the application column k in FIG. 4) usable as the packaging target input from [SP1] as shown in FIG. A selection is made from among the stored information on packaging materials [SP2]. Information on the selected packaging material is represented, for example, as shown in FIG. That is, in FIG. 4, the number in the packaging material number column i (hereinafter referred to as the packaging material number) [1, 2, 3, 4] is “chocolate”.
Selected as a packaging material that can be used as

Subsequently, the arithmetic processing means 3 determines the superiority or inferiority of the packaging material for all the functions based on the numerical value described in the function column m and the "standard of superiority" stored in the storage means 2 [ SP3], score high in order of superiority [SP
4], as shown in FIG. 6, the score is displayed on the display means 5 in association with the packaging material name in the material composition column j [SP5].

For example, the "criterion for judging superiority" is as follows: "Oxygen permeability", "moisture permeability" and "seal strength" are in descending order of numerical values, and "unit price" is in descending order of numerical values. Then, it is stored in the storage means 2 in advance. When there are n kinds of packaging materials selected in [SP2], n points, (n-1) points,...
Give points and points. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, there are five types of packaging materials that can be used for “chocolate”. That is, when the function of “oxygen permeability” in FIG. 5 is applied to the “criterion for judging superiority” (which is assumed to be superior in descending order of numerical values), a function score column s in FIG. 6 is obtained. .

Next, the operator expresses the ratio of the importance of the function by a numerical value (hereinafter referred to as "weight point") as shown in a weight point column p of FIG. 6, and inputs the ratio from the input means 1 [SP6]. For example, if a user requests a packaging material to be created that "a cheaper one is better at the expense of some functionality" (hereinafter referred to as "request information"), the operator will
Input the importance ratio of “oxygen permeability”, “moisture permeability”, “seal strength” and “unit price” as 2: 1: 1: 3. Then, the arithmetic processing means 3 adds the score given in [SP5] to:
The "weighted point" input in [SP6] is multiplied for each function to calculate a "functional point" [SP7]. For example, the calculated value is as shown in a function point column q in FIG. That is, the stretched propylene film coated with polyvinylidene chloride (2
0 μm and an unstretched propylene film (25 μm) laminated by an extruder ”(hereinafter“ KO ”).
P # 20 / EX / CPP # 25 ”)
Since the score in the function score column s is 4 and the weight point is 2, the “function point” is 8.

Subsequently, the arithmetic processing means 3 adds up the "function points" of all the functions calculated in [SP7], calculates a "function total point" [SP8], and calculates the highest "function total point". Select the packaging material as the optimal packaging material for the required information [SP
9]. For example, based on the function point column p in FIG. 5, the “function total points” calculated in [SP8] are respectively as in the function total column r in FIG. 6, and based on that, the optimal packaging material selected by [SP9] is , The highest total score "Polyvinylidene chloride coated propylene film (20 μm)
And aluminum-deposited polypropylene film (25μ
m) by an extruder ”(hereinafter referred to as“ KOP # 20 / EX / PP vapor-deposited # 25 ”).

The optimum packaging material selected in [SP9] is displayed on the display means 5 [SP10], and is output from the output means 4 to a sheet or the like in a predetermined format [SP1].
1].

The above is one embodiment of the present invention, and the information such as the packaging material stored in the storage means 2 is not limited to this.
Additions and changes are also possible.

In [SP5] of the present embodiment, the display means 5 displays the information on the packaging material once.
In [SP1], if "weight point" is also input,
The arithmetic processing means 3 may continuously perform [SP2] to [SP8], and the display means 5 may display only the result selected in [SP9].

In addition, if a certain function does not have a certain value, [SP9] should not be selected as the optimum packaging material even if the other function is superior to other packaging materials. You may. For example, if the request information input in [SP6] is "low price even if some functions are sacrificed-specifically, one with a unit price of less than 60 yen", "oxygen permeability" and "moisture permeability" When the ratio of importance between "seal strength" and "unit price" is input as "2: 1: 1: 3 (X <60)", the arithmetic processing means 3 continuously performs [SP7] to [SP8]. Subsequently, [SP9] excludes the packaging materials No. 3, 4 and 5 whose “unit price is 60 yen or more” and “OPP # 30” which is the highest total packaging material among the remaining 1 and 2.
/ DL / PP evaporation # 25 "as the most suitable packaging material for the required information.

Alternatively, as described above, in [SP1], when "2: 1: 1: 3 (X <60)" is input when "weight point" is input together with the packaging object, [SP1]
2] When selecting all packaging materials that can be used as the packaging target, only those having a unit price of less than 60 yen are selected, and from [SP3] to [SP8] for only the selected packaging materials. Subsequently, the display means 5 may display only the result selected in [SP9].

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, the packaging material designing time can be remarkably reduced, and the packaging material can be easily designed by anyone who is not an expert. Especially, it is possible to compare the superiority of the function of the packaging material by numerical value, and the "importance of the function of the packaging material" requested by the user
Can be reflected in the packaging material design, so that packaging material design without variation due to individual differences can be achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an example of a data configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an example of a data configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an example of a data configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an example of a data configuration in the embodiment.

[Description of Signs] a: first input means b: second input means c: storage means d: first arithmetic processing means e: second arithmetic processing means f: third arithmetic processing means g: display Means h ... Output means i ... Number field j ... Material composition field k ... Application field m ... Function field p ... Weight point field q ... Function point field r ... Function total field s ... Function score field 1 ... Input means 2 ... Storage means 3 arithmetic processing means 4 output means 5 display means

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A first input means for inputting a use of a packaging material, a second input means for inputting a weight point regarding a request for quality of the packaging material, and at least a packaging material name, A storage unit that stores usable applications and functions in association with each other, and a packaging material that can be used for the application input from the first input unit is selected from the storage unit, and for each function of the selected packaging material First arithmetic processing means for determining superiority and giving a corresponding score; and a weighting point input from the second input means is added to the score given by the first arithmetic processing means. Second arithmetic processing means for calculating the score of each packaging material based on the third arithmetic processing means; selecting the packaging material having the highest score calculated in the second arithmetic processing means; Display means for displaying the material composition of the packaging material selected by the means; 3. An apparatus for selecting a material configuration of a packaging material, comprising output means for outputting the material configuration of the packaging material selected by the arithmetic processing means of 3.