JP3916608B2 - Bill issuing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a label issuing apparatus that can issue a label of which information is visually recognizable, which is strong against soiling, of which information is also recognizable even if in a state of the label surface being unable to be seen, and in which the contents of information is changeable, and also that is prevented from writing errors when issuing the label. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus includes a plurality of labels fed sequentially, each having an embedded wireless chip 6, a print unit for printing on the fed label, and a wireless data writing circuit 55 for writing data in the wireless chip of the fed label by radio waves. The wireless data writing circuit 55 sends label ID data to be processed to the wireless chip when issuing the label. The wireless chip, if the ID data matches its own one, sends back a signal notifying the matching. The wireless data writing circuit sends writing data to the wireless chip only when receiving from the wireless chip the signal notifying the matching of the ID data. This permits the wireless chip to receive and store the writing data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&amp;NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a tag issuing device that issues tags such as labels, tags, and cards.

As this type of tag issuing device, there is a label issuing device for issuing a label (see, for example, Patent Document 1). Conventionally, a label issuing device prints on a label surface a character or graphic information that can be recognized by a human eye, or a symbol information such as a barcode or a two-dimensional code that can be read by a machine using an optical reader or the like. It was.
JP-A-6-328749

However, labels and the like issued by such an apparatus have the following problems.
First, there was a problem of being vulnerable to dirt. If the surface of the label becomes dirty, characters and figures cannot be read by human eyes, and symbols such as barcodes cannot be read accurately by an optical reader or the like.

  Second, if the articles with labels attached are stacked, the labels may not be visible, and the information on the labels cannot be recognized while they are stacked. There was a problem of being bad.

  Third, since information is printed on a label and issued, once the label is issued, the contents of the information on the label cannot be changed, and it is difficult to add information.

  By the way, a wireless data carrier that can read and write data by wireless communication is attached to the plate in tool management that identifies tools stored in a plurality of plates and recognizes the lending status of the tools, and wireless data carrier reading A device that performs wireless communication with a wireless data carrier by a device constituting the device or the system and recognizes information of a tool in the plate is known. At present, there is no example in which such a wireless data carrier is applied to a label. However, if the wireless data carrier is used as a label, the first to third problems do not occur.

  However, if a wireless data carrier is used as a label, information can be read indirectly by a wireless data carrier reader or a device constituting the system, but the wireless data carrier recognizes information directly by human eyes. There is a problem that can not be. Therefore, the wireless data carrier cannot be applied as it is as a label.

  For this reason, in order to solve the above first to third problems and to issue a label that allows a person to recognize information directly with the eyes, a label printed on a wireless data carrier is applied. It may be good. However, if the label sticking operation is performed manually, sticking mistakes are likely to occur.

  In this case, a label is automatically attached to the wireless data carrier continuously, or although not yet known, the wireless data carrier is embedded in the label as a wireless chip composed of an IC (integrated circuit), and these are integrated. It can be considered that it should be processed. However, in either case, the data to be written on the wireless data carrier and the data to be printed on the label need to be one label data.

  In other words, when writing data to a wireless data carrier, due to the nature of transmitting data by wireless radio waves, if there are multiple wireless data carriers within a certain range, data is transmitted to all of the wireless data carriers. Therefore, the same data may be written on a plurality of wireless data carriers. In addition, even if data is written once, when the next data is written, if the written wireless data carrier is within the range where the radio wave of the next written data reaches, the data is overwritten again. Is also possible. When such a writing error occurs, there is a problem that the data printed on the label and the data written on the wireless data carrier of the label become data of another label. In particular, when wireless data carriers are brought close to each other and processed continuously, the necessity to solve these problems becomes high.

  Therefore, the present invention can sequentially confirm the information with the human eye by carrying the tag embedded with the wireless chip sequentially, enabling printing on the surface of the tag and writing data to the wireless chip, It is resistant to dirt, can recognize information even when the surface of the tag is not visible, can issue a tag that can change the contents of the information of the tag, and can prevent writing mistakes when issuing the tag A bill issuing device is to be provided.

The present invention is claimed in claim 1, wherein a conveying means for conveying the tag that is embedded, a non-linear chip that stores identification data previously, a printing unit for printing on the surface of the bill storage means for storing identification data A wireless communication control unit that controls wireless communication with the wireless chip via an antenna, data used only for printing the tag from a host computer , common data that is printed on the tag and also written to the wireless chip And an interface unit that receives data used only for the wireless chip , and the wireless communication control unit in the tag issuing device that prints the printing data composed of the data used only for printing the tag and the common data by the printing unit. is a wireless communication identification data tags that now processed radio chip embedded in tag conveyed to the vicinity of the front Symbol wireless communication control unit in the transport unit Send Ri, when a signal indicating that the identification data coincides with own identification data received from the wireless chip, the data to be used only for the common data and the wireless chip in the wireless chip by radio communication through the antenna When the wireless communication control unit receives a signal from the wireless chip that the identification data matches its own identification data, the printing unit transmits the signal to the surface of the tag embedded with the wireless chip. print data and the common data used only for printing, before cinchona line chip, identifying means for identifying whether the identification data received through the wireless chip side of the antenna matches the own identification data, data a memory for storing, when it is determined by said identification means and received identification data matches the own identification data, the common data and the radio A tag issuing apparatus characterized by the data to be used only in-up equipped with a control means for writing in said memory.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the control means before Symbol wireless chip receives the identification data, it is determined whether the write inhibit is set, the received identification data matches the own identification data Only when it is determined that the write prohibition is not set, a signal indicating that the identification data matches its own identification data is transmitted to the wireless communication control unit, and the wireless communication control unit transmits the signal by wireless communication. When the data to be used only for the common data and the wireless chip is transmitted, and sets the the write prohibited together when the stored in the memory to receive the data to be used only for the common data and the wireless chip It is a bill issuing device.

According to a third aspect of the invention, conveying means for conveying a tag that is embedded, a non-linear chip that stores identification data previously, a printing unit for printing on the surface of the bill storage means for storing identification data A wireless communication control unit that controls wireless communication with the wireless chip via an antenna, data used only for printing the tag from a host computer , common data that is printed on the tag and also written to the wireless chip And an interface unit that receives data used only for the wireless chip , and the wireless communication control unit in the tag issuing device that prints the printing data composed of the data used only for printing the tag and the common data by the printing unit. is a wireless communication identification data tags that now processed radio chip embedded in tag conveyed to the vicinity of the front Symbol wireless communication control unit in the transport unit Send Ri, when a signal indicating that the identification data coincides with own identification data received from the wireless chip, the data to be used only for the common data and the wireless chip in the wireless chip by radio communication through the antenna transmitted, the printing unit, the identification data and the radio communication control unit from the wireless chip receives a signal indicating that matches the own identification data, said tag on the surface of the tag that is embedded, the wireless chip A tag issuing device for printing data used only for printing and the common data .
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the bill issuing device, the data used only for the wireless chip is transport route data indicating through which relay point the package is transported.

  As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to convey a tag embedded with a wireless chip in order, print on the surface of the tag, and write data to the wireless chip. In addition to being able to confirm information, it is possible to issue a tag that is resistant to dirt, can recognize information even when the surface of the tag is not visible, and can change the information content of the tag.

  In addition, each time a tag is issued, the identification information of the tag to be processed is collated with the wireless chip of the transported tag, and the write data is written only when the wireless chip determines that the identification data matches. By transmitting and writing in the wireless chip, it is possible to prevent a writing mistake at the time of issuing a bill.

  When wireless data is stored, write prohibition is set, and when it is determined that write prohibition is set even when it is determined that the received identification data coincides with its own identification data. Because the wireless communication control unit does not transmit a signal indicating that its own identification data matches and does not receive the next wireless data, the wireless data even if the wireless communication control unit continuously transmits the same identification data. Overwriting can be prevented.

Hereinafter, an embodiment when the present invention is applied to a label issuing apparatus will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of a label issuing apparatus according to the present embodiment. 1 is a label sheet, 2 is a printing unit as a printing unit that outputs print data, and 3 is a wireless data output unit. It is a wireless unit. The wireless unit 3 is provided between a sheet holding roller 13 and a platen 14 which will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the label sheet 1 is formed by winding a long base sheet 5 on which a plurality of labels 4 are attached at a predetermined interval in a roll shape. The label 4 is embedded with a wireless chip 6 having a memory in which wireless data can be written, as will be described later.

The label paper 1 is held by the paper supply shaft 11 and is wound on the mount winding shaft 12 through a predetermined paper path passing through the printing unit 2. This sheet path continues from the sheet supply shaft 11 to the platen 14 through the sheet holding roller 13 disposed on the upstream side, and reaches the mount winding shaft 12 via the relay rollers 15 and 16. This sheet path forms a straight path from the sheet holding roller 13 to the platen 14, and the downstream side from the platen 14 is divided into two paths in a bending direction bent at a straight line and an acute angle by a label peeling plate 17. The label sheet 1 is peeled off from the mount 5 by the label peeling plate 17, and the label 4 advances straight and is discharged from a label issuing port (not shown). The mount 5 is mounted on the mount take-up shaft via the relay rollers 15 and 16. 12 is wound up.
The printing unit 2 includes a platen 14, a thermal head 18 disposed opposite to the platen 14, and a ribbon supply device 19 that supplies an ink ribbon 22 between the platen 14 and the thermal head 18. The ribbon supply device 19 is configured to take up the ink ribbon 22 held on the ribbon supply shaft 21 from the ribbon supply shaft 21 between the platen 14 and the thermal head 18 by the ribbon take-up shaft 23. The ribbon paper path is formed by a ribbon path frame 24. The ribbon path frame 24 is provided with a light transmission type ribbon sensor 25 that detects the presence or absence of the ink ribbon 22.

  The thermal head 18 has a plurality of heating elements arranged in a line, and heats the ink ribbon 22 conveyed between the platen 14 and the thermal head 18 to print out the label 4. The thermal head 18 is held by a head holding portion 27 that is configured to be rotatable about a fulcrum 26. The head holding portion 27 is urged in a direction in which the head holding portion 27 is pressed against the platen 14 by an urging member (not shown). 2, the heating element of the thermal head 18 can be separated from the platen 14 to be in the state shown in FIG.

  Each component of the printing unit 2 is held by a paper path frame 28 that forms a paper path. The paper path frame 28 is provided with the paper holding roller 13 and a paper width guide 31 for regulating the width direction of the label paper 1. A paper sensor 32 that detects the presence or absence of paper is disposed in the paper path between the paper holding roller 13 and the wireless unit 3. The sheet sensor 32 detects the leading end of the label 4 based on the difference in thickness between the mount 5 and the label 4. The output of the paper sensor 32 is monitored by a CPU 41 of a label issuing device to be described later. When the CPU 41 determines that the paper sensor 32 has detected the leading end of the label 4, it conveys the label 4 by conveying it for a predetermined distance from that timing. Is conveyed to the print output position.

  Further, the paper holding roller 13 is configured such that a capstan roller 13a and a pinch roller 13b are opposed to each other via a paper path, and the pinch roller 13b is pressed against the capstan roller 13a by a plate spring (not shown). .

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the label issuing apparatus according to the present embodiment. 41 is a CPU that constitutes the control unit main body, 42 is a ROM that stores program data and the like for the CPU 41 to control each unit, 43 is a memory area used for data processing, a RAM provided with a memory area for storing ID data as identification data for distinguishing from others used for ID check of label 4 to be described later, 44 is a label A drawing memory for developing an image of output data, 45 is an I / O (input / output) port, and 46 is an I / F (interface) to which the host computer 47 is connected by a communication cable.

  The CPU 41 and the ROM 42, RAM 43, drawing memory 44, I / O port 45, and I / F 46 are electrically connected by a bus line 48 such as an address bus, a data bus, and a control bus.

  The I / O port 45 is a sheet for conveying the label sheet 1 by driving the head driver 51 for driving the thermal head 18, the platen 14, the capstan roller 13 a of the sheet holding roller 13, the mount winding shaft 12, and the like. A motor driver 53 for driving the transport motor 52 and various sensors 54 such as the ribbon sensor 25 and the paper sensor 32 are connected.

  The I / O port 45 is connected to a wireless data writing circuit 55 as a wireless communication control unit provided in the wireless unit 3. The wireless data writing circuit 55 writes predetermined wireless data to the wireless chip 6 of the label 4 by wireless communication. The wireless data writing circuit 55 supplies a non-modulated wave signal from the power transmission circuit 61 to the power transmission antenna 62 as shown in FIG. 6 supplies the modulated wave signal modulated by the modulation / demodulation circuit 63 with the wireless data inputted via the I / O port 45 to the data communication antenna 64, and supplies the data communication antenna 64 64, a second frequency system that radiates as a modulated wave from 64 and transmits wireless data to the wireless chip 6 of the label 4. The signal received from the data communication antenna 64 is demodulated by the modem circuit 63 and input to the control unit via the I / O port 45 as received data.

  The power transmission circuit 61 is configured to supply a non-modulated wave signal from the power transmission circuit 61 to the power transmission antenna 62 when the label issuing device main body is turned on, and the modulation / demodulation circuit 63 is controlled by the CPU 41. It comes to be driven by.

  On the other hand, the wireless chip 6 includes a CPU 70 constituting a control body, and the CPU 70 is connected to a memory 71 and an I / O port 72 which are composed of a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM. In this memory 71, write data received as wireless data by wireless radio wave communication from the wireless data writing circuit 55 of the label issuing device, program data executed by the CPU 70, own ID data for performing ID check, write prohibition A data area for storing a write end flag as a flag is provided. In the ID data storage area in the memory 71 of each label, ID data of 0, 1, 2,... Is stored in advance from the label at the leading end of the unused label paper 1.

  The wireless chip 6 includes a data communication antenna 73 that receives a modulated wave from the wireless data writing circuit 55. A signal received by the communication antenna 73 is demodulated by a modulation / demodulation circuit, and is received as I / O port 72 as received data. Is stored in the memory 71 via Further, the wireless chip 6 includes a power receiving antenna 75 that receives an unmodulated wave from the wireless data writing circuit 55, and the unmodulated wave signal received by the power receiving antenna 75 is rectified by a rectifier circuit 77 as power. The power is supplied to the power circuit 67. Each part of the wireless chip 6 is operated by the power from the power supply circuit 67. Note that the wireless chip is composed of a very small IC that can be embedded in the label 4, and each antenna is disposed around the wireless chip.

  In the embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration, when the label issuing device is turned on, the initial process is performed and the label is ready for printing. At this time, the power transmission circuit 61 of the wireless data writing circuit 55 is driven to supply the unmodulated wave signal to the power transmission antenna, and the non-modulation for supplying power from the power transmission antenna 62 to the wireless chip 6 of the label 4. Radiate waves.

  When outputting predetermined information to the label 4 and issuing it, the CPU 41 of the label issuing device performs processing as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 based on the program stored in the ROM 42.

  That is, the CPU 41 first waits for receiving data from the host computer 47 in ST (step) 1. Note that the data here includes print data (printing and printing data that can be recognized by the human eye, as well as symbol data such as barcodes that can be recognized by the machine). ), Command data such as a print issuance command for executing print output is included in addition to the wireless data transmitted to the wireless chip of the label 4.

  If it is determined in ST1 that data has been received from the host computer 47, it is determined in ST2 whether the received data is print data. If it is determined in ST2 that the data is print data, it is determined in ST3 whether the data is barcode print data. If it is determined in ST3 that the print data is not barcode data, the print data received in ST4 is developed in the drawing memory 44 and the process proceeds to ST8.

  If it is determined in ST3 that the data received from the host computer 47 is barcode print data, the print data received in ST5 is developed in the drawing memory 44, and the data is written in wireless data in ST6. The data is transferred to the circuit 55 and the process proceeds to ST8.

  If it is determined in ST2 that the data received from the host computer 47 is not print data, a print issuance command reception wait is performed in ST8. If it is determined in ST8 that the data received from the host computer 47 is not a print issuance command, the process returns to ST1. If it is determined that the data is a print issuance command, the paper transport motor 52 is controlled and wirelessly controlled in ST9. The label sheet 1 is moved backward to the data writing position. This is because when the label 4 process is performed, the label 4 is conveyed as a home position of the label 4 past the position facing the wireless unit 3 to the print output position. The label paper 1 is moved backward to a position within a range where the radio wave from the writing circuit 55 can reach the label 4 sufficiently. In order to transmit data more reliably, it is preferable to retract the wireless unit 3 to the opposite position.

  Next, wireless data writing processing is performed in ST10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, “0” is stored as ID data in the RAM 43 in ST21. Subsequently, the ID data together with the ID check command is transmitted to the wireless chip 6 of the label 4 as wireless data by wireless radio wave communication. Specifically, the ID data is transferred from the RAM 43 together with the ID check command to the wireless data writing circuit 55, and is radiated from the data communication antenna 64 as wireless data.

  Then, in ST23, reception of an ID response from the wireless chip 6 labeled 4 is awaited. That is, it is determined whether the ID response is received as wireless data via the data communication antenna 64 of the wireless data writing circuit 55. If it is determined that the ID response has not been received within the predetermined time, the ID data in the RAM 43 is incremented and updated in ST24, and the process proceeds to ST22.

If it is determined in ST23 that an ID response has been received within a predetermined time, the write data is transmitted from the wireless data writing circuit 55 as wireless data to the wireless chip 6 of the label 4 by wireless radio wave communication in ST25. Returning to the process shown in FIG.
In ST11, the paper transport motor 52 is controlled to advance the label paper 1 and feed the label 4 to the print output position.
Next, in ST12, printing is performed on the surface of the label 4 from the thermal head 18 based on the data in the drawing memory 44, and the process returns to ST1.

  On the other hand, the wireless chip 6 of the label 4 receives an unmodulated wave from the power receiving antenna 75 when entering the range where the radio wave of the wireless data writing circuit 3 can reach. As a result, the power supply circuit 77 operates to supply power to the CPU 70 and the like of the wireless chip 6. Then, the CPU 70 of the wireless chip 6 performs processing as shown in FIG. 8 based on the program stored in the memory 71.

  That is, CPU 70 waits for reception of an ID check command from wireless data writing circuit 55 in ST31. In ST31, when an ID check command is received as radio data from the data receiving antenna 73 by radio wave communication, ID data is subsequently received, and the ID data matches the own ID data already stored in the memory 71. Judge whether to do.

  If it is determined in ST32 that the ID data received from the wireless data writing circuit 55 does not match its own ID data, this process ends. If it is determined that the ID data matches, the write end flag is set in ST33. It is determined whether it is set. If it is determined in ST33 that the write end flag is set, this process is terminated. If it is determined that the write end flag is not set, an ID response is transmitted from the data communication antenna 73 to the radio wave in ST34. The data is transmitted to the wireless data writing circuit 55 as wireless data by communication.

  Subsequently, in ST35, the write data from the wireless data writing circuit 55 is received from the data communication antenna 73 as wireless data by wireless radio wave communication. Then, the received write data is written in a predetermined area of the memory 71, and a write end flag of the memory 71 is set in ST37, and this process is ended.

Next, a case where a product tag used in the field of manufacturing is issued with the label issuing apparatus as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 9 shows an example of data output to the label, and this data is constructed as a database in the hard disk device of the host computer 47 or the like. This database is roughly divided into “data used only for printing” and “common data”. “Data used only for printing” is data that prints only on the surface of the label 4 and is not written on the wireless chip 6. “Common data” prints data on the surface of the label 4 and wireless chip 6. It is data to write to.

  “Data used only for printing” is composed of fields of product name, delivery destination, ordering party, and shelf number, and “common data” is composed of fields of product number and delivery quantity (number of receipts). Here, the product number is displayed as a barcode as print data and can be read by a machine by a barcode reader or the like, and is displayed as product number information of the barcode as wireless data.

  Further, in the wireless chip 6, as the wireless data writing format, in addition to the above-mentioned product number information and the delivered number, three pieces of information such as the number of parts taken out from the storage box are prepared in advance as fields.

  When the label issuing device receives such data from the host computer 47, the print data is image-developed in the drawing memory 44. In this case, since “data used only for printing” and “common data” are print data, the data in the six fields of product name, delivery destination, ordering party, shelf number, product number, and delivery quantity (incoming quantity) are stored. The image is developed in the drawing memory 44. At the same time, “common data” is also transferred to the wireless data writing circuit 55. As described above, the “common data” is received from the host computer 47 at a time and is processed not only as print data but also as wireless data, so that the processing speed can be improved.

  Subsequently, when a print issuance command is received from the host computer 47, the label sheet 1 is retracted to the wireless data writing position, and ID check is performed by wireless radio wave communication. That is, when the ID data is transmitted together with the ID check command from the label issuing device side, the wireless chip 6 of the label 4 determines whether or not the ID data matches its own ID data. Unless set, an ID response is returned to the label issuing device. As a result, the label issuing device can determine that it is the label 4 to which data is written, so that it is possible to prevent a writing mistake that would cause writing to another label 4.

  Also, if wireless data has already been written, a write flag is set. Unless this write flag is set, another wireless data will not be written. Such a writing mistake can be prevented.

When the label issuing device receives the ID response from the wireless chip 6 of the label 4, the label issuing device writes the wireless data. In this case, the number information extracted from the storage box is not written. Therefore, the information area of the number of parts taken out from the storage box is reserved as a writable area after label issuance.
Then, the label 4 is fed to the print output position and printed by the thermal head 18. FIG. 10 shows a label of the issued product slip.

  In addition, the label of the issued product label is affixed to the storage box in which the parts are stored. When an operator takes out a part from the storage box, an optical reader (barcode scanner) (not shown) reads barcode information printed on the label surface of the actual product slip, or a wireless chip reader (not shown) After reading the information stored in the wireless chip on the label of the actual product slip and confirming the part, the necessary number of parts are taken out. After taking out the parts, the cumulative number of pieces taken out so far by the wireless chip writing device is written into the wireless chip on the label of the actual product slip.

  The data of the cumulative number taken so far is used when checking the number of stocks and the actual number written in the wireless chip on the label of the actual product slip during inventory management. In this example, the data written to the wireless chip is the number of extracted parts, but the remaining number may be written. In this case, if the delivery number in the wireless chip is directly rewritten, the field for storing the number of parts taken out can be omitted.

Next, the case of issuing an invoice for use in the field of transportation with the label issuing device as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 11 shows an example of data to be output on the label, and this data is constructed as a database in the hard disk device of the host computer 47 or the like. This database is roughly divided into “data used only for printing”, “common data”, and “data used only for radio”. “Data used only for wireless” is data that is written to the wireless chip 6 but is not printed on the surface of the label 4.

“Data used only for printing” includes a consignee and a consignor, and “common data” includes a load management code and a number. Here, the load management code is displayed as a barcode as print data, can be read by a machine by a barcode reader or the like, and is displayed as code information as wireless data.
The “data used only for radio” includes a routing (transportation route) indicating through which relay point the package is transported. This routing may be one or more. In the example shown in FIG. 11, there are two routing possibilities.

  When the label issuing device receives such data from the host computer 47, the print data is image-developed in the drawing memory 44. In this case, since the data used only for printing and the common data become print data, the data of the four fields of consignee, consignor, cargo management code, and number are developed in the drawing memory 44 as an image. At the same time, the common data is also transferred to the wireless data writing circuit 55. Further, routing data which is data used only for radio is also transferred to the radio data writing circuit 55.

  Subsequently, when a print issuance command is received from the host computer 47, the ID check is performed and the ID response is received based on the data as described above, as in the case of the label issuance of the actual product slip described above. Print on the label surface or write data on the wireless chip. The invoice label issued in this way is shown in FIG.

The issued invoice label is affixed to the package. Then, by checking the routing data using a wireless chip reader (not shown) at each relay point during the transportation of the package, it is possible to check whether the wrong package is mixed. In addition, when a scheduled routing cannot be used due to a traffic trouble or the like, a new routing may be written.
Also, instead of storing the package routing data in the label wireless chip in advance, a field (relay point field) for storing a relay point through which the package is transported and a time for storing the time at that time A field may be prepared in advance, and data may not be written in this area when a label is issued. Thus, it is possible to determine the route through which the package has arrived by writing data in the relay point field and the time field for each relay point and finally reading the contents of the relay point field of this label.

  Note that the relay point field in this case needs to be the same as or more than the number of relay points that pass through in order to allow data to be written at all the relay points. However, when the actual number of relay points is larger than the number of relay fields, the routing data to be written in the relay field is only the data of the current relay point and the data of the next relay point. Sometimes mixing checks are possible.

  In this way, the label embedded with the wireless chip is sequentially conveyed, printed on the surface of the label, and data can be written to the wireless chip. Strong, can recognize information even when the surface of the tag is not visible, can issue a tag that can change the information content of the tag.

  Also, each time one label is issued, the ID of the label 4 to be processed is checked for the wireless chip 6 of the transported label 4, and the write data is written only when the wireless chip 6 transmits an ID response. By transmitting and writing in the wireless chip 6, it is possible to prevent crosstalk and to prevent writing mistakes at the time of label issuance.

  Furthermore, when the wireless data is stored, the writing end flag is set, and it is determined that the writing end flag is set even when it is determined that the received ID data matches the own ID data. When the wireless data writing circuit 55 continuously transmits the same ID data because the next wireless data is not received without transmitting its own ID response to the wireless data writing circuit 55. However, overwriting of wireless data can be prevented.

  In the present embodiment, when the wireless unit 3 is arranged upstream of the print output position of the printing unit 2 and the wireless chip 6 does not transmit an ID response in the label issuing process, printing on the label 4 is also performed. Since this is not performed, it is possible to prevent erroneous printing on the label 4 with different ID data, and it is possible to prevent the label 4 from being wasted.

  The wireless unit 3 may be arranged on the downstream side of the print output position of the printing unit 2. In this case, it is not necessary to retract the label sheet when writing data to the wireless chip 6 of the label 4, and the processing speed can be improved.

  Further, the wireless chip 6 may be embedded in the non-printing range of the label 4. Accordingly, when the wireless chip 6 is thick, it is considered that the embedded portion of the wireless chip 6 cannot be accurately printed because the thickness of the label 4 differs in the arrangement direction of the heating elements of the thermal head 18. It is possible to avoid printing out. This is particularly effective when printing is performed by pressing the head against the label 4 as in the thermal printer as in the present embodiment.

  In this case, when the portion in which the wireless chip 6 is embedded passes between the thermal head 18 and the platen 17, the thermal head 18 may be separated from the platen 17 as shown in FIG. Thereby, when the wireless chip 6 is thick, it is possible to prevent the thermal head 18 from being damaged due to the wireless chip 6 hitting the thermal head 18 when passing between the thermal head 18 and the platen 17.

  Although the printing unit 2 is provided with the thermal head 18, the printing unit 2 is not necessarily limited thereto, and the printing unit 2 may be provided with an inkjet head, an impact head, and the like.

  In this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a label issuing device that issues a label as a tag has been described.

The side view which shows the principal part structure inside the label issuing apparatus concerning embodiment of this invention. The side view which shows the state which spaced apart the thermal head in the embodiment from the platen. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the label sheet illustrated in FIG. 1. The block diagram which shows the structure of the label issuing apparatus concerning this Embodiment. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing details of the configuration of the wireless data writing circuit and the wireless chip shown in FIG. 4. The flowchart which shows the process which CPU of the label issuing apparatus shown in FIG. 4 performs. 7 is a flowchart showing the wireless data writing process shown in FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing performed by a CPU of the wireless chip shown in FIG. The figure which shows an example of the database constructed | assembled on the host computer side in the case of issuing the label of a physical tag with the label issuing apparatus concerning this Embodiment. The figure which shows the label of the product label issued with the label issuing apparatus concerning this Embodiment. The figure which shows an example of the database constructed | assembled on the host computer side in the case of issuing an invoice label with the label issuing apparatus concerning this Embodiment. The figure which shows the label of the invoice issued with the label issuing apparatus concerning this Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Label paper 2 ... Printing unit 3 ... Wireless unit 4 ... Label 6 ... Wireless chip 18 ... Thermal head 55 ... Wireless data writing device

Claims (4)

Is attached at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the elongated backing sheet and each wireless chip previously made and stored as identification data for distinguishing the ascending sequence number with other sequentially from the distal end of the mount is embedded a plurality A transport unit that transports the bills; a printing unit that prints on a surface of the bill; and a wireless unit that communicates with the wireless chip via an antenna provided upstream of the printing unit in the direction of transporting the bills by the transport unit. A wireless communication control unit that controls communication, and an interface that receives data used only for printing the tag from the host computer, common data that is printed on the tag and written to the wireless chip, and data used only for the wireless chip A bill issuing device that prints data that is used only for printing the tag and print data composed of the common data in the printing unit,
A storage unit for storing identification data incremented by “1”;
The wireless communication control unit transmits the identification data stored in the storage unit to a wireless chip embedded in a tag conveyed in the vicinity of the wireless communication control unit by the transport unit by wireless communication, and the identification data is If a signal indicating that it matches the identification data stored in the wireless chip is not received from the wireless chip within a predetermined time, the identification data in the storage unit is incremented by “1”, and the incremented identification data is When a signal indicating that the identification data matches the identification data stored in the wireless chip is received from the wireless chip by wireless communication, the common to the wireless chip by wireless communication via the antenna Send data and data used only for wireless chip,
The transport means transmits the common data and data used only for the wireless chip to the wireless chip in the wireless communication control unit, and then transports the tag embedded with the wireless chip to the printing position of the printing unit,
The printing unit prints data used only for printing the tag and the common data on the surface of the tag conveyed to the printing position ,
The wireless chip includes identification means for identifying whether the identification data received via the antenna on the wireless chip side matches the identification data of the wireless chip, a memory for storing the data, and the received identification data of the identification data of the wireless chip. A tag issuing device comprising: control means for writing, in the memory, data used only for the common data and the wireless chip when the identification means determines that they match.   When the wireless chip control means receives the identification data, it determines whether or not write prohibition is set. When it is determined that the received identification data matches its own identification data, the write prohibition is set. Only when it is determined that it has not been performed, a signal indicating that the identification data coincides with its own identification data is transmitted to the wireless communication control unit, and data used only for the common data and the wireless chip by wireless communication from the wireless communication control unit The bill issuing device according to claim 1, wherein when the message is transmitted, the common data and data used only for the wireless chip are received and stored in the memory, and write prohibition is set. Is attached at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction of the elongated backing sheet and each wireless chip previously made and stored as identification data for distinguishing the ascending sequence number with other sequentially from the distal end of the mount is embedded a plurality A transport unit that transports the bills; a printing unit that prints on a surface of the bill; and a wireless unit that communicates with the wireless chip via an antenna provided upstream of the printing unit in the direction of transporting the bills by the transport unit. A wireless communication control unit that controls communication, and an interface that receives data used only for printing the tag from the host computer, common data that is printed on the tag and written to the wireless chip, and data used only for the wireless chip A bill issuing device that prints data that is used only for printing the tag and print data composed of the common data in the printing unit,
A storage unit for storing identification data incremented by “1”;
The wireless communication control unit transmits the identification data stored in the storage unit to a wireless chip embedded in a tag conveyed in the vicinity of the wireless communication control unit by the transport unit by wireless communication, and the identification data is If a signal indicating that it matches the identification data stored in the wireless chip is not received from the wireless chip within a predetermined time, the identification data in the storage unit is incremented by “1”, and the incremented identification data is When a signal indicating that the identification data matches the identification data stored in the wireless chip is received from the wireless chip by wireless communication, the common to the wireless chip by wireless communication via the antenna Send data and data used only for wireless chip,
The transport means transmits the common data and data used only for the wireless chip to the wireless chip in the wireless communication control unit, and then transports the tag embedded with the wireless chip to the printing position of the printing unit,
The tag issuing device, wherein the printing unit prints data used only for printing the tag and the common data on a surface of the tag conveyed to the printing position .   The tag issuing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the data used only for the wireless chip is transport route data indicating through which relay point the package is transported.

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