JP4373548B2 - Automatic drafting system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an automatic drafting system that automatically creates a delivery slip to be attached when a multimedia product such as a video or a magnetic disk, or a book or magazine is delivered to each delivery destination.
[0002]
[Prior art]
For example, a book distributor sells books received from publishers to each bookstore as a delivery destination, creates a slip for each sorted book, and attaches this slip to the sorted books. , It is delivered to each bookstore. The slip contains information such as the name of the book to be delivered, the number of copies, the price, the total amount of the bill, etc., so each bookstore that is the delivery destination will see the name of the book, the number of copies delivered, And you can know how much you pay.
[0003]
Such a slip is created by a drafting device. That is, since a product code having information such as the name and price of the book is described in the book, the information of each book is recognized by reading this information, and each bookstore is based on this information. A voucher can be created.
[0004]
The product code in the present invention refers to a barcode corresponding to an ISBN code (usually a two-level barcode), an OCR-B font corresponding to an ISBN code, and a barcode corresponding to a common magazine code (usually 1 Corrugated bar code), OCR-B font corresponding to a common magazine code, JAN code used for multimedia products, or various codes and fonts such as ITF code, etc.
[0005]
There are various kinds of books such as paperback books and specialized books, and the sizes and thicknesses are also various. Therefore, the reading operation as described above must be input individually for each book. Therefore, as an apparatus for automatically performing such a reading operation, for example, an article sorting apparatus (hereinafter referred to as a conventional example) described in Japanese Patent No. 2736001 has been proposed and put into practical use. Yes.
[0006]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the article sorting apparatus 100 described in the conventional example. This article sorting apparatus 100 is a book that is collected in advance for each bookstore as a delivery destination from the upstream side of the carry-in conveyor 101. Is sent out one by one, the product code described in the book is read, and a slip is automatically created based on the reading result.
[0007]
When the operator sends out the article classification identification tag from the upstream side of the carry-in conveyor 101, the required data written on the article classification identification tag is read by the code automatic reading device 102, and the bookstore code as the delivery destination is recognized. Next, when the books addressed to the bookstore are sent one by one from the upstream side of the carry-in conveyor 101, the product code written in the book is read by the code automatic reading device 102, so that the bookstore code serving as the delivery destination and the book Are associated with each other. Thereafter, the book (OK product) is sent to the non-defective product conveyor 103 side.
[0008]
In addition, depending on the book, a product code is not described, or even a book with a product code may cause a reading error in the code automatic reading device 102, so these books (NG products) , And sent to the defective product conveyor 104 side. Since no data has been input for the NG product, the data of the book is input manually by the handy code reading device 105.
[0009]
When the data input for all books to be delivered to the bookstore is completed, a slip is automatically created by the processing of the processing device 106 based on these data. Therefore, a voucher can be automatically created without requiring a lot of manual labor. In addition, when the introduction of a book addressed to one bookstore is completed, an article classification identification tag corresponding to the next bookstore is continuously sent out, and then a book addressed to this bookstore (to the next bookstore) is inserted. The books can be continuously fed onto the conveyor without any breaks. That is, since an article classification identification tag is inserted each time the book destination changes, the processing device can divide the book data for each destination and create a slip without confusion between the book data of each destination. it can.
[0010]
However, in the article sorting apparatus 100 described in the above-described conventional example, since the required data written in the article classification identification tag is read by the code automatic reading apparatus 102, a reading error occurs, for example, “A”. If the book to be delivered to the bookstore is mistakenly recognized as the “B” bookstore, a slip is created with the delivery destination in the wrong state, which causes a major trouble.
[0011]
In addition, the books delivered to each bookstore are separated by article classification identification tags and put on the conveyor. However, if an operator makes a mistake in collecting the books on the downstream side of the conveyor, the book is originally delivered to the “A” bookstore. The book that should be mixed may be mixed into a group of books addressed to the “B” bookstore. In this case, the book that is actually delivered does not match the data of the book described in the slip, which also causes trouble.
[0012]
Furthermore, in the article sorting apparatus 100 described in the above-described conventional example, a line for reading a product code described in a book with the code automatic reading device 102, and a line for reading a book that is an NG product with the handy code reading device 105; However, since there is a one-to-one correspondence, there is a drawback that work efficiency is poor. That is, usually, a book agency company often installs not only one system but also a plurality of systems as shown in FIG. Therefore, for example, in the case where many NG products are generated in the first system and manual input work increases, and in the second system, there are few NG products and manual input work is small. The work balance between the system and the second system is poor, and the work efficiency is reduced.
[0013]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, the article sorting apparatus 100 described in the conventional example may not be able to check the code automatic reading apparatus 102 even when the code written on the article classification identification tag is erroneously recognized. In this case, a trouble that the delivery destination of the book is wrong occurs.
[0014]
In addition, although the books for each delivery destination are placed on the conveyor in a state of being partitioned by the item classification identification tag, due to a work mistake, the books sent to the downstream side of the conveyor may be mixed into a group of different destinations, Cause trouble.
[0015]
Furthermore, since the line that automatically reads the product code of the book and the line that is manually input have a one-to-one correspondence, the work efficiency is deteriorated when operating a plurality of article sorting apparatuses. There was a problem.
[0016]
The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and the object of the present invention is to reliably deliver books sorted by each bookstore to a desired bookstore, Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic drafting system capable of improving work efficiency and creating a slip for each bookstore reliably and quickly.
[0017]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application has an automatic reading line and a manual input line connected to the automatic reading line by a relay conveyor, and is provided in each supply storage box. In the automatic drafting system for creating a slip of a plurality of stored products, the automatic reading line is provided in a delivery destination code described in an address sheet corresponding to each of the supply storage boxes and in the supply storage box. Manual reading means for manually reading the circulation label code described in the corresponding circulation label, delivery destination information display means for displaying the name of the delivery destination obtained from the information read by the manual reading means, Automatic reading to feed each product in the supply storage box to the downstream side after reading the address sheet and to read the product code of each product in the middle of the route Data that stores the reading conveyor in which the reading means is installed, the delivery destination code read by the manual reading means, the circulation label code, and the product code read by the automatic reading means in correspondence with each supply storage box The storage means, the sorting means for sorting the products for which the reading result by the automatic reading means is OK, and the products for which the reading result is NG, and the delivery of the products in the one supply storage box are all completed An end confirmation switch for confirming an instruction on the downstream side of the reading conveyor, and the OK product and the NG product are separated and stored in a transport storage box. In addition, the address sheet and the circulation label are attached to the transport storage box, and the transport storage box is further connected to the relay conveyor. Supplied to the manual input line, and the manual input line described in the product code and circulation label of the NG product stored in a transport storage box transported from the relay conveyor. A hand scanner device for reading a circulation label code; and a slip creation means for creating a slip of the destination from the product code read by the automatic reading device and the product code read by the hand scanner device. It is a feature.
[0018]
In the invention according to claim 2, the automatic reading lines are arranged in m series (m = 1, 2,...), And the manual input lines are arranged in n series (n = 1, 2,...). And data management means for comprehensively managing information input through each of the m-series automatic reading lines and each of the n-series manual input lines.
[0019]
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the manual reading means can read the delivery destination code corresponding to the next delivery destination after detecting the end confirmation switch being turned on. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the automatic reading line includes marker detection means for detecting the passage of an end confirmation marker to be sent out after the delivery of the products in one supply storage box is completed on the reading conveyor. The manual reading means is characterized in that the delivery destination code corresponding to the next supply storage box can be read after the passage of the end confirmation marker is detected.
[0020]
The invention according to claim 5 is that the product is a book, and the product code is either a barcode corresponding to the ISBN code described in the book or an OCR-B font corresponding to the ISBN code. It is characterized by. In the invention described in claim 6, the product is a magazine, and the product code is either a barcode corresponding to the common magazine code described in the magazine or an OCR-B font corresponding to the common magazine code. It is characterized by being.
[0021]
The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the automatic reading means reads a barcode corresponding to the ISBN code and / or a barcode corresponding to the common magazine code, and an OCR corresponding to the ISBN code. And an automatic character recognition device for reading an OCR-B font corresponding to the B font and / or the common magazine code.
[0022]
In the present invention configured as described above, first, the address sheet attached to the supply storage box conveyed to the upstream side of the automatic reading line is taken out, and the delivery address code described in the address sheet is used as the manual reading means. Read. Further, an arbitrary circulating label is taken out, and this circulating label code is read by a manual reading means. Thus, the name of the delivery destination is displayed on the delivery destination information display means, and the delivery destination code, the circulation label code, and the supply storage box are associated with each other.
[0023]
Next, the products in the supply storage box are taken out one by one and are put in from the upstream side of the automatic reading line. Each introduced product passes through an automatic reading device, whereby a product code is read, and an OK product and an NG product are sorted. When all the automatic reading operations for the products in one supply storage box are completed, the operator inserts an end confirmation marker from the upstream side of the automatic reading line and confirms the completion at the downstream side of the automatic reading line. When the switch is pressed, it is confirmed that all the automatic reading operations for the products in the supply storage box have been completed, and on the upstream side of the automatic reading line, the introduction of the product into the next supply storage box is started. Can do.
[0024]
Here, an NG product is a product for which the product code could not be read, or a product set in advance so as not to use the read product code data, and an OK product is a product code. This means products that have been read normally and are other than the above NG products.
[0025]
Products for which all automatic reading operations have been completed are classified into OK products and NG products, and further, addressed sheets and circulation labels are attached and stored in a transport storage box. To the manual input line.
[0026]
In the manual input line, the hand scanner device manually reads the circulating label code written on the circulating label, and further reads the product code of the product that could not be read by the automatic reading device (product that has been determined to be NG). Is done.
[0027]
The slip creation means creates a slip based on the product information read by the automatic reading device and the product information read by the hand scanner device, and outputs this as a hard copy. Thus, a slip for each supply storage box is automatically created. When there are a plurality of supply storage boxes for the same delivery destination, a slip is created for each supply storage box.
[0028]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of an automatic drafting system 1 according to the present invention. In this automatic drafting system 1, when packing multimedia products such as videos and magnetic disks, books and magazines and delivering them to each delivery destination, a delivery slip attached to these products can be automatically created. it can. In the following, a book is taken as an example of a product, and an example of creating a delivery slip attached to a book when the book is delivered from an agency that handles delivery of the book to each bookstore as a delivery destination is described. To do.
[0029]
As shown in FIG. 1, this automatic drafting system 1 includes a plurality of series (m series) automatic reading lines 3 (3-1 to 3-m) and a plurality of series (n series) manual input. Line 7 (7-1 to 7-n), and each automatic reading line 3 and each manual input line 7 are connected by a relay conveyor 8.
[0030]
Each automatic reading line 3 is provided with a unit server 4 (4-1 to 4-m), and each manual input line 7 is provided with a drafting terminal (slip creation means) 5 (5-1 to 5-n) are arranged, and these are connected to a section server (data management means) 2 which is a control center of the entire system. The section server 2 has data storage means 2a for storing and storing information input at each unit server 4 and each drafting terminal 5. The unit server 4 does not necessarily correspond to the automatic reading line 3 on a one-to-one basis, and may be configured so that one unit server 4 is also used for several automatic reading lines 3. good. That is, when the number of unit servers 4 is m ′, there is a relationship m ′ ≦ m.
[0031]
Each drafting terminal 5 includes a hand scanner device 6 (6-1 to 6-n) capable of manually inputting a product code described in a book, and a printer 9 (9) for printing a created delivery slip. -1 to 9-n).
[0032]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the automatic reading line 3. This automatic reading line 3 is pre-sorted for each bookstore as a delivery destination, puts in one book stored in the supply storage box 41, and automatically reads the product code described in each book. As shown in the figure, at the upstream end of the line, a hand bar code reader (manual reading means) for manually reading a bar code written on an address sheet and a circulating label described later 11 and a display (delivery destination information display means) 12 that displays information read by the hand bar code reader 11 on a screen.
[0033]
In addition, a loading conveyor 13 is provided at the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3 to send out the books to be loaded one by one to the downstream side. A marker detection sensor (marker detection means) 15 for detecting that a marker, which will be described later, is inserted, a start sensor 16 for detecting the start of insertion of a book, and a reading conveyor disposed on the rear side of the start sensor 16 28 and an automatic reading device (automatic reading means) 17 located on the conveying path of the reading conveyor 28 are installed.
[0034]
A control panel 29 and a control computer 30 for controlling the automatic reading line 3 are disposed below the charging conveyor 13.
Further, a sorting sensor 20 for detecting the passage of the book after passing through the automatic reading device 17 is arranged at the rear stage of the reading conveyor 28, and a sorting conveyor (which can be tilted in the vertical direction) is arranged at the rear stage of the sorting sensor 20. Sorting means) 21 is arranged. When the passage of a book whose reading result by the automatic reading device 17 is OK (hereinafter referred to as “OK product”) is detected, the sorting conveyor 21 is turned upward, and the automatic reading device 17 When the passage of a book whose reading result is “NG” (hereinafter referred to as “NG product”) is detected, the conveyor angle is controlled to be downward.
[0035]
Here, the NG product refers to a book whose product code could not be read by the automatic reading device 17, a book that was read but the response from the unit server 4 was delayed, or for other reasons, the unit server 4 Is a book set to be handled as an NG product. The OK product is a book whose product code is read by the automatic reading device 17 and is other than the NG product.
[0036]
Further, the rear stage side of the sorting conveyor 21 has a two-stage type conveyor structure, of which the upper stage side is an OK product chute conveyor 18 for delivering OK products, and the lower side is NG for delivering NG products. The product chute conveyor 19 is used. Accordingly, a book that is an OK product is sent to the downstream side of the OK product chute conveyor 18 via the sorting conveyor 21, and a book that is an NG product is sent to the downstream side of the NG product chute conveyor 19 via the sorting conveyor 21. Will be.
[0037]
At the downstream end of the OK product chute conveyor 18, a completion button (end confirmation switch) 22 is provided for notifying the upstream side that all the delivery of books to one supply storage box 41 has been completed. In addition, a passage confirmation sensor 27 for detecting the passage of the book sent to the OK product chute conveyor 18 is mounted on the upstream end of the OK product chute conveyor 18.
[0038]
The automatic reading device 17 includes a bar code reader 23 for reading a bar code (usually a two-level bar code) corresponding to an ISBN code among product codes described in books, and an OCR- corresponding to the ISBN code. An OCR camera 24 for reading B font as image information, an image processing device 25 for recognizing character information from image information read by the OCR camera 24, and an illumination device 26 are provided. .
[0039]
The information read by the automatic reading device 17 and the information read by the hand bar code reader 11 are transmitted to the section server 2 via the unit server 4 shown in FIG. 1, and the data storage means 2a. Is stored in memory.
[0040]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described. A supply storage box 41 storing books to be delivered to each bookstore is supplied from the upstream side of the automatic reading line 3 to the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3. Further, an address sheet 31 as shown in FIG. 3 is attached to the supply storage box 41. In the address sheet 31, the name of the bookstore that delivers the book in the supply storage box 41 is described, and the bookstore code (delivery destination code) is described as a barcode 31a.
[0041]
The operator located at the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3 first reads the bookstore code 31a of the address sheet 31 using the hand bar code reader 11 shown in FIG. Since the bookstore name 31 and the bookstore code 31a described in the address sheet 31 are associated with each other and registered and stored in the data storage unit 2a of the section server 2, the unit server 4 performs processing on the display 12. The bookstore name that is the same as the bookstore name written on the address sheet 31 is displayed.
[0042]
For example, if “A” bookstore is written on the address sheet 31, “A” bookstore is displayed on the display 12 in the same manner. If the bookstore name described on the address sheet 31 is different from the bookstore name displayed on the display 12, the operator can recognize that an erroneous input has occurred.
[0043]
Further, a plurality of circulation labels 32 having a sheet shape as shown in FIG. 4 are installed at the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3, and the operator takes out one of the circulation labels 32 and puts it on the circulation label. The bar code (circulation label code) 32 a described is read using the hand bar code reader 11. A plurality of circulation labels 32 are assigned different numbers. Thereby, in the data storage means 2a of the section server 2, the name of the bookstore that is the delivery destination of the book and the number of the circulation label are stored in association with each other. Further, even when a plurality of supply storage boxes 41 are assigned to the same bookstore, the data for each supply storage box 41 can be differentiated.
[0044]
Subsequently, the worker takes out a plurality of books stored in the supply storage box 41 one by one and places them on the loading conveyor 13 with the surface on which the product code is written facing upward. The placed book is sent to the downstream side by the separation conveyor 14, and when the book passes through the start sensor 16, the operation of the automatic reading device 17 is started.
[0045]
Then, the bar code reader 23 of the automatic reading device 17 reads the bar code corresponding to the ISBN code among the merchandise codes described in the delivered book. The OCR camera 24 captures an OCR-B font corresponding to the ISBN code, and the image processing device 25 recognizes the OCR-B font number.
[0046]
At this time, if the barcode is not described or the barcode cannot be read for some reason, the OCR-B font recognized using the OCR camera 24 is adopted as the reading result. If both the barcode and the OCR-B font are recognized and match, the matching recognition result is adopted as the reading result of the automatic reading device 17. Further, when the barcode reading result is different from the OCR-B font reading result, the barcode reading result is prioritized and adopted as the reading result of the automatic reading device 17.
[0047]
Then, the book whose product code is read by the above method is recognized by the unit server 4 as an OK product. At this time, as described above, a book set to be recognized as an NG product in advance recognizes this as an NG product even when the product code is normally read.
[0048]
Information about the book recognized as an OK product is transmitted from the unit server 4 to the section server 2 and stored in the data storage unit 2a. In addition, the book which cannot read both the barcode and the OCR-B font by the automatic reading device 17 such as a book in which neither the barcode nor the OCR-B font is described, or the NG product is set in advance. The book is recognized by the unit server 4 as an NG product.
[0049]
When the book recognized as an OK product is sent, the sorting conveyor 21 sends the book to the OK product chute conveyor 18 side with the inclination angle upward, and is recognized as an NG product. When the book is sent, the book is sent to the NG product chute conveyor 19 side with the inclination angle downward. As a result, the book that is an OK product is sent to the downstream end of the OK product chute conveyor 18 after its passage is confirmed by the passage confirmation sensor 27. An NG product book is sent to the downstream end of the NG product chute conveyor 19.
[0050]
The information of the OK product confirmed by the passage confirmation sensor 27 is transmitted to the section server 2, and is stored in the data storage unit 2a in association with the delivery destination information (bookstore code) and the circulation label code 32a.
[0051]
In addition, at the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3, when all the books for one supply storage box have been flown, the operator can set a rectangular marker (end confirmation marker) 33 as shown in FIG. With the address sheet 31 and the circulation label 32 sandwiched between the binder 33b, the binder 33b is loaded onto the loading conveyor 13. As shown in FIG. 5, a reflective tape 33a is attached to the four circumferences of the marker 33. When the marker 33 passes near the side of the marker detection sensor 15, the sensor 15 is separated from the reflective tape 33a. The reflected light is received, it is recognized that the marker 33 has passed, and it is confirmed that the automatic book reading operation for one supply storage box 41 has been completed.
[0052]
On the downstream side of the automatic reading line 3, a book that is an OK product and a book that is an NG product are stored in the same cardboard box (conveyance storage box) (not shown), and further, a marker The address sheet 31 and the circulation label 32 sent together with 33 are attached to the cardboard box and sent to the relay conveyor 8 shown in FIG. Then, the worker presses the completion button 22 to notify the worker located upstream that all the automatic reading operations for books delivered to one bookstore have been completed.
[0053]
Upon receiving this notification, the upstream worker starts loading the book in the next supply storage box 41. Further, under the control of the control computer 30, the hand bar code reader 11 receives the next address sheet until the completion signal 22 is input and the marker detection sensor 15 detects the passage of the marker 33. 31 and an interlock are applied so that the circulation label 32 cannot be read. In other words, the books in the next supply storage box 41 cannot be loaded onto the loading conveyor 13 until all of the automatic reading operations for the books in one supply storage box 41 are completed. The books in each supply storage box 41 are prevented from being mixed.
[0054]
Next, the cardboard box sent to the relay conveyor 8 is supplied to any one of the manual input lines 7 (7-1 to 7-n) shown in FIG. Then, when the cardboard box is sent to the operator located in the manual input line 7, first, the circulation label code 32a described in the circulation label 32 attached to the cardboard box is displayed on the hand scanner device 6. Read with.
[0055]
In the storage means 2a of the section server 2, since the code 32a of the circulation label 32 and the bookstore code 31a described in the address sheet 31 are stored in association with each other, by reading the circulation label code 32a, the cardboard box The name of the bookstore serving as the delivery destination of the stored book is specified, and this bookstore name is displayed on the display (not shown) of the drafting terminal 5. The operator confirms that the bookstore name displayed on the display matches the bookstore name written on the address sheet 31 attached to the cardboard box.
[0056]
Thereafter, the NG product stored in the cardboard box is taken out, and the product code written in the NG product is read one by one by the hand scanner device 6. In addition, for a book without a product code, necessary information such as a book publisher, the number of copies, and a price is manually input. Further, for a book for which special conditions are set, information that meets the conditions is manually input.
[0057]
In this way, the input of information about all books delivered to one bookstore is completed. Thereafter, under the control of the section server 2, a delivery slip to be attached to the book to be delivered to the bookstore is created based on the input information, and is output as a hard copy by the printer 9. In the delivery slip, information such as the name, number of copies, price, and total amount of books to be delivered is described. In addition, the delivery slip describes the total number of OK products counted by the passage confirmation sensor 27 of the automatic reading line 3 and the number of NG products input by the hand scanner device 6.
[0058]
When the delivery slip is created, the correspondence between the address sheet 31 and the circulation label 32 is released, and the circulation label 32 is returned to the upstream side of the automatic reading line 3 to create a new supply storage box. 41 is possible.
[0059]
The operator returns the circulation label 32 to the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3 and stores both the book read by the automatic reading line 3 and the book read by the manual input line 7 in the cardboard box. The delivery slip and the address sheet 31 output from the printer 9 are attached to the cardboard box and sent to the subsequent processing. Thus, a delivery slip to be delivered to each bookstore is automatically created and delivered to each bookstore along with the book.
[0060]
As described above, in the automatic drafting system according to the present embodiment, the information of the book in one supply storage box 41 is read by the automatic reading line 3, and further, the automatic reading line 3 cannot read the information. Is read again on the manual input line 7 and a delivery slip is created. Therefore, a reliable and quick delivery slip can be created.
[0061]
Further, at the upstream end of the automatic reading line 3, before the books in one supply storage box 41 are put on the loading conveyor 13, they are written on the address sheet 31 using the hand bar code reader 11. Since the bookstore code is read and the bookstore name is displayed on the display 12 based on the read bookstore code, it is possible to prevent a trouble that the bookstore name as the delivery destination is wrong.
[0062]
Furthermore, since the markers 33 are sent out after the books in one supply storage box 41 have been input to the input conveyor 13, the books are separated for each supply storage box 41. In addition, after all the automatic reading operations for the books in one supply storage box 41 have been completed and it has been detected that the completion button 22 has been pressed, the insertion of the book in the next supply storage box 41 is performed. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent the books in each supply storage box 41 from being mixed with each other.
[0063]
Further, each unit server 4 and drafting terminal 5 are configured to be connected to and controlled by the section server 2, so that the automatic reading line 3 and the manual input line 7 need to correspond one-to-one. There can be a m-to-n correspondence. Therefore, the number of activations of the automatic reading line 3 and the number of activations of the manual input line 7 can be set as appropriate according to the system operation status.
[0064]
For example, if the total number of books processed is small and many NG products are generated, the number of activation of the automatic reading line 3 may be reduced and the number of activation of the manual input line 7 may be increased. When the number of books processed is large and NG products are not generated very much, it is possible to set the number of activation of the automatic reading line 3 to be large and the number of activation of the manual input line 7 to be small. It is.
[0065]
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the automatic reading line 3 is arranged in m series and the manual input line 7 is arranged in n series has been described. However, the automatic reading line 3 and the manual input line 7 may be arranged in one series each. good.
[0066]
In the above-described embodiment, a book is described as an example of a product for creating a delivery slip. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various multimedia products such as videos and magnetic disks, magazines, and the like. It can be applied to other products. In the case of a magazine, a barcode and OCR-B font corresponding to a common magazine code can be automatically read as a product code.
[0067]
In the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which an automatic drafting device is used to create a slip attached to a book when the book is delivered from a book agency to each bookstore. The present invention is not limited to this, and it can also be used when creating a slip when returning a book from each bookstore to an agency.
[0068]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the automatic drafting system of the present invention, the product code written in each product is read by putting the product in one supply storage box into the automatic reading line, and the automatic reading line For products that could not be read by the product or products that were previously set not to be automatically read (NG products), the product code was reliably entered in the manual input line that is placed after the automatic reading line. Therefore, a delivery slip can be created quickly and reliably.
[0069]
In addition, if all the automatic reading operations for the products in one supply storage box have been completed and it is not detected that the operator has turned on the end confirmation switch, the delivery address described in the address sheet of the next supply storage box Since the code cannot be read, it is possible to prevent the products in the supply storage boxes from being mixed.
[0070]
Furthermore, since the automatic reading line and the manual input line can be made into m: n series (m = 1, 2,..., N = 1, 2,...) The number of activations of the automatic reading line and the number of activations of the manual input line can be appropriately set according to the situation, and efficient operation is possible.
[0071]
In addition, if all automatic reading operations for products in one supply storage box have been completed, an end confirmation marker will be placed on the automatic reading line to ensure that the products in each supply storage box are sorted. In addition, by making it impossible to read the delivery destination code described in the address sheet of the next supply storage box until the marker detection means confirms the passage of the end confirmation marker, The products in each supply storage box can be reliably separated.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an automatic drafting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a configuration of an automatic reading line.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an address sheet.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a circulation label.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a marker.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an article sorting apparatus described in a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Automatic drafting system
2 Section server (data management means)
2a Data storage means
3 Automatic reading line
4 Unit server
5 drafting terminal (slip creation means)
6 Hand scanner device
7 Manual input line
8 Relay for relay
9 Printer
11 Hand bar code reader (manual reading means)
12 Display (Delivery information display means)
13 Conveyor for loading
14 Separation conveyor
15 Marker detection sensor (marker detection means)
16 Start sensor
17 Automatic reading device (automatic reading means)
18 OK product chute conveyor
19 NG product chute conveyor
20 Sorting sensor
21 Sorting conveyor (sorting means)
22 Complete button (end confirmation switch)
23 Bar code reader
24 OCR camera (automatic character recognition device)
25 Image processing device
26 Lighting equipment
27 Passing confirmation sensor
28 Conveyor for reading
29 Control panel
30 Control computer
31 Address sheet
31a Bookstore code (Delivery address code)
32 Circular label
32a Circular label code
33 marker (end confirmation marker)
33a Reflective tape
33b binder
41 Storage box for supply
100 Article sorting apparatus
101 Carry-in conveyor
102 Automatic code reader
103 Good quality conveyor
104 Defective product conveyor
105 Handy code reader
106 processor

Claims (7)

In an automatic drafting system for creating a slip of a plurality of products stored in each supply storage box, having an automatic reading line and a manual input line connected to the automatic reading line by a relay conveyor ,
The automatic reading line is
Manual reading means for manually reading the delivery destination code described in the address sheet corresponding to each of the supply storage boxes and the circulation label code described in the circulation label corresponding to the supply storage box;
Delivery destination information display means for displaying the name of the delivery destination obtained from the information read by the manual reading means on a screen;
After the address sheet is read, each product in the supply storage box is sent to the downstream side, and a reading conveyor provided with automatic reading means for reading the product code of each product in the middle of the path,
Data storage means for storing the delivery destination code read by the manual reading means, the circulation label code and the product code read by the automatic reading means in correspondence with each supply storage box;
Sorting means for sorting the products whose reading result by the automatic reading means is OK and the products whose reading result is NG;
An end confirmation switch for confirming an instruction on the downstream side of the reading conveyor that all the products in the one supply storage box have been sent out;
Consisting of
The OK product and the NG product are separated and stored in a transport storage box, and the address sheet and the circulation label are attached to the transport storage box. The transport storage box is supplied to the manual input line via the relay conveyor,
The manual input line is:
A hand scanner device for reading a circulation label code described in a commodity code and a circulation label of the commodity made NG stored in a transport storage box transported from the relay conveyor;
From the product code read by the automatic reading device and the product code read by the hand scanner device, slip creation means for creating a slip of the destination,
An automatic drafting system characterized by comprising: The automatic reading lines are arranged in m series (m = 1, 2,...), The manual input lines are arranged in n series (n = 1, 2,...), And the m series automatic reading lines are arranged. And an automatic drafting system according to claim 1, further comprising data management means for comprehensively managing information input through each of the n series manual input lines. 3. The manual reading unit enables reading of a delivery destination code corresponding to a next delivery destination after detecting that the end confirmation switch is turned on. Automatic drafting system described. The automatic reading line includes marker detection means for detecting the passage of an end confirmation marker to be sent out after the delivery of the goods in one supply storage box is completed on the reading conveyor, and the manual reading means includes: The automatic delivery system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the delivery destination code corresponding to the next supply storage box can be read after the passage of the end confirmation marker is detected. Draft system. The product is a book, and the product code is either a barcode corresponding to the ISBN code described in the book or an OCR-B font corresponding to the ISBN code. Item 5. The automatic drafting system according to any one of Items 4 to 6. 2. The product is a magazine, and the product code is either a barcode corresponding to a common magazine code described in the magazine or an OCR-B font corresponding to the common magazine code. The automatic drafting system according to any one of claims 4 to 4. The automatic reading means includes a barcode reader for reading a barcode corresponding to the ISBN code and / or a barcode corresponding to a common magazine code, an OCR-B font corresponding to the ISBN code, and / or the common magazine. The automatic drafting system according to claim 5, further comprising an automatic character recognition device for reading an OCR-B font corresponding to the code.

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