JP4402490B2 - Distribution information management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a distribution information management system that uses information tags (RFID tags) for distribution without contact using a carrier wave of a radio frequency band.

  Conventionally, RFID tags are attached to consigned delivery items such as registered mail and parcel post, and from the stage of preparation for delivery on the part of the user, acceptance, delivery, delivery, follow-up surveys, other office work and There has been proposed a method of performing data communication with an RFID function device for processing operations such as distribution at large delivery destinations (for example, Patent Document 1).

However, for example, when 200-300 mails (envelopes) with RFID tags attached are placed in one mail bag (storage box) for delivery, data of each registered mail is acquired by data communication. Although the storage state can be managed, it has been necessary to check 200 to 300 mails when checking the storage state of the actual product or when checking the actual product due to an abnormality.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-175621

  As described above, when a large number of registered mail items (envelopes: distribution items) with RFID tags attached are delivered in one mail bag (storage box), the data of each registered mail item is acquired by data communication. However, there is a problem that a large number of registered postal items must be confirmed, such as when checking the actual storage state or when there is an abnormality and checking the actual item.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a distribution information management system capable of easily confirming a large number of distribution items even when a distribution item (envelope) with a large number of RFID tags attached is delivered in one storage box. It is to be.

  The product information management system according to the present invention is a product information management system for managing information on a product to which a RFID tag that performs non-contact communication using a carrier wave of a radio frequency band is attached. Affixed and storage means for storing the plurality of distribution items having a plurality of sections, and information on RFID tags of the storage means for storing the plurality of distribution items when delivering the plurality of distribution items, A first reading means for reading the RFID tag information affixed to a plurality of articles stored for each section of the storage means in a non-contact manner, and reading by the first reading means The storage means for storing the RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means and storing the RFID tag information of the storage means, and a plurality of distribution items stored in the storage means are delivered. When A second reading means for communicating and reading the RFID tag information of the storage means storing a plurality of distribution goods and the RFID tag information of the distribution goods for each section of the storage means in a non-contact manner; A reading means for reading the RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means stored in the storage means, using the RFID tag information of the storage means read by the reading means; The RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means read by the means and the RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means read by the second reading means for each section. And a control means for performing control to display the section information when there is a section that is not matched by the collating means.

  The information tag detection apparatus of the present invention can easily check a large number of distribution items even when the distribution items with a large number of RFID tags attached are delivered in one storage box.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a schematic configuration of a distributed information management system according to the present invention. That is, when the distribution information management system puts a plurality of distribution items from the post office (underwriting station) 1 in the shipping box into a storage box and delivers them to the destination post office (delivery station or relay station) 2, Delivery information of envelopes (for example, registered mail) is stored in the upper system database 4 of the center 3 for management. The destination post office 2 may be a relay station that relays the storage box or a delivery station that delivers envelopes in the storage box, and the main point is a post office that receives a storage box containing a plurality of envelopes. .

  FIG. 2 shows the storage box 10 and peripheral devices. The storage box 10 shown in FIG. 2 is partitioned into six sections. In addition, an RFID tag 11 for identifying the storage box is attached to the storage box 10. The storage box 10 is delivered with a plurality of envelopes 12 with RFID tags 13 attached to each compartment. For example, when 50 envelopes 12 are put in one section, 300 envelopes 12 are put in the storage box 10.

  Further, the RFID tag 13 attached to the envelope 12 in the storage box 10 is read by the RFID reading scanner 20. The RFID reading scanner 20 has six antenna units 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 in accordance with the partition of the six sections of the storage box 10 as will be described in detail later. Further, a personal computer (PC) 30 is connected to the RFID reading scanner 20 by the RS-232C standard or USB (Universal Serial Bus).

  The PC 30 is connected to the center 3 via a communication line. Since the PC 30 is a personal computer having a general configuration, it is not shown in the figure, but a CPU that controls the entire control, a ROM that stores a control program, a RAM that temporarily stores data, an input unit, a display unit, a communication line And an interface connected to the RFID reading scanner 20.

  Further, the RFID reading scanner 20 and the PC 30 are provided in the above-mentioned post office 1 of the shipping source and the post office 2 of the destination.

  FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration of the storage box 10. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the storage box 10 is viewed from above, and is divided into six sections. For example, it is composed of section numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

  FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of a portion where the storage box 10 of the RFID reading scanner 20 is placed. FIG. 4 shows a state where the storage box 10 of the RFID reading scanner 20 is viewed from above, and the inside is partitioned by six antenna portions.

  FIG. 5 shows a cross section when the storage box 10 is placed on the RFID reading scanner 20 as viewed from the front. The section number 1 of the storage box 10 has an antenna portion 21 of the RFID reading scanner 20, the section number 2 of the storage box 10 has an antenna portion 22 of the RFID reading scanner 20, and the section number 3 of the storage box 10 has an RFID reading scanner 20. The antenna unit 23 corresponds.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the shaded part a as a partition of the storage box 10 is a radio wave absorbing sheet. Further, the hatched portions b that partition the antenna units 21, 22, and 23 of the RFID reading scanner 20 are also radio wave absorbing sheets.

  As a result, the RFID tag 13 of the envelope 12 placed in the section number 1 of the storage box 10 is read only by the antenna unit 21. Similarly, the section number 2 is read only by the antenna section 22, the section number 3 is read only by the antenna section 23, the section number 4 is read only by the antenna section 24, the section number 5 is read only by the antenna section 25, and the section number 6 is read only by the antenna section 26. .

  Next, the operation of the distributed information management system in such a configuration will be described.

  First, it is assumed that a plurality of envelopes 12 with RFID tags 13 to be delivered are put in the storage box 10 at the post office 1 as a shipping source shown in FIG.

  At that time, in the post office 1 as a shipping source, the information of the RFID tag 13 in the storage box 10 is read by the RFID reading scanner 20 as shown in FIG. As described above, the reading is divided into division numbers 1 to 6 of the storage box 10. Further, information on the RFID 11 attached to the storage box 10 is also read.

  The PC 30 edits the information of the RFID 11 read by the RFID reading scanner 20 and the information of the plurality of RFIDs 13 for each section number as delivery information and transmits it to the center 3.

  FIG. 6 shows an example of delivery information to be transmitted. As shown in the figure, the delivery information includes, for example, the storage box 10 with the ID number “306087”, the number of RFIDs of the section number 1 is “45”, the number of RFIDs of the section number 2 is “42”, and the section number 3 From the number of RFIDs “50”, the number of RFIDs of section number 4 is “50”, the number of RFIDs of section number 5 is “48”, the number of RFIDs of section number 6 is “35”, and the ID number of each RFID tag 13 Composed.

  The center 3 stores the delivery information transmitted from the shipping post office 1 in the host system database 4 as shipping source data.

  Here, it is assumed that the storage box 10 is delivered to the destination post office 2 by the truck 5 shown in FIG.

  At that time, the destination post office 2 reads the information of the RFID tag 13 in the storage box 10 delivered by the RFID reading scanner 20, as shown in FIG. As described above, the reading is divided into division numbers 1 to 6 of the storage box 10. Further, information on the RFID 11 attached to the storage box 10 is also read.

  The PC 30 uses the ID number of the RFID 11 affixed to the storage box 10 read by the RFID reading scanner 20 to read the delivery information as the shipping source data of the storage box 10 from the upper system database 4 of the center 3. .

  Then, the PC 30 collates the read delivery information with the information of the plurality of RFIDs 13 for each section number read by the RFID reading scanner 20 and confirms whether they all match.

  Here, if they do not match, it may be lost, removed, or a failure of the RFID tag 13.

  If they do not match, the PC 30 displays which section number of the envelope 12 (ID number of the RFID 13) does not match on a display unit (not shown).

  Therefore, the actual envelope 12 having the section number is visually confirmed, and the result is transmitted from the PC 30 to the center 3.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the invention, delivery information is created from the envelope ID number, the storage box ID number, and the storage box section number, and the delivery information is transmitted to the center. Managing delivery of envelopes by compartment number by saving the delivery information of the storage box stored at the delivery destination of the storage box and checking the ID number of the envelope for each compartment number of the storage box Can do.

  By managing each section number in this way, it is not necessary to visually check everything in the storage box when the collation does not match, and the envelope can be easily confirmed by visually checking only the sections that do not match. be able to.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, the embodiments may be appropriately combined as much as possible, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Furthermore, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

The figure which shows the example of schematic structure of the distribution information management system which concerns on this invention. The figure which shows a storage box and peripheral devices. The figure which shows schematic structure of a storage box. The figure which shows schematic structure of the part in which the storage box of an RFID reading scanner is set | placed. The figure which shows the cross section at the time of seeing the state where the storage box was put on the RFID reading scanner from the front. The figure which shows the delivery information example transmitted.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Shipping post office, 2 ... Destination post office, 3 ... Center, 4 ... Upper system database (storage means), 5 ... Truck, 10 ... Storage box (storage means), 11, 13 ... RFID tag, 12 ... envelope, 20 ... RFID reading scanner (reading means), 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 ... antenna unit, 30 ... personal computer (reading means, verification means, control means).

Claims (1)

A product information management system for managing information on a product to which an RFID tag for performing contactless communication using a radio frequency carrier wave is attached,
A storage means to which the RFID tag is attached and has a plurality of sections to store the plurality of distribution items,
When delivering the plurality of distribution items, information on the RFID tag of the storage means in which the plurality of distribution items are stored and the RFID attached to the plurality of distribution items stored for each section of the storage unit First reading means for communicating and reading tag information in a non-contact manner;
A storage unit for attaching and storing the RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage unit to the RFID tag information of the storage unit read by the first reading unit;
When a plurality of distribution items stored in the storage means are delivered, information on the RFID tag of the storage means in which the plurality of distribution items are stored, and information on the RFID tag of the distribution item for each section of the storage means, Second reading means for communicating and reading in a non-contact manner;
Reading means for reading the RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means stored in the storage means, using the RFID tag information of the storage means read by the second reading means;
The RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means read by the reading means, and the RFID tag information of the distribution for each section of the storage means read by the second reading means. Collation means for collating each section;
Control means for performing control to display the section information when there is a section that does not match by the checking means;
A distribution information management system characterized by comprising:

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