JP4458290B2 - Lending management system and lending management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention, lending related to the management system and lending management how, particularly relates to a lending management system and lending management how to manage the lending of a plurality of rental objects having the same name.

  Usually, in the library, a plurality of popular books are prepared for lending. When a user searches from a personal computer or the like with a conventional search system for lending, a plurality of duplicates are displayed as lent out as a search result. Therefore, for example, if the display order is fixed, there is a possibility that a specific duplicate displayed at the top of the search result is lent out more than other duplicates.

  In a library, books with large damages cannot be lent, so it is desirable to equalize the frequency of use for each duplicate and equalize the deterioration of the books.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-163576 describes a management system capable of leveling deterioration of a plurality of rental objects.

In this management system, a loan object having the smallest deterioration degree is selected from a plurality of loan objects, and the selected loan object is lent.
JP 2002-163576 A

  For example, in a library, a book with the same name may be managed in a plurality of places. In general, borrowers tend to want books that are managed in geographically convenient locations (eg, locations near the borrower).

  The management system described in Patent Document 1 is based on the premise that rental objects are managed in one place. For this reason, this management system desires a rental object managed in a geographically convenient place in a situation where a plurality of rental objects having the same name are managed in different places. I cannot fully meet the borrower's request.

  An object of the present invention is to meet a borrower's request for a rental object managed in a geographically convenient place and a lender's request for leveling deterioration of a plurality of rental objects. A lending management system, a lending management method, a terminal device, and a lending management program.

To achieve the above object, a lending management system according to the present invention receives a search condition for searching for a lending object, a storage device storing object information related to the lending object, and transmits the search condition. And a management device that searches the storage device for the object information that meets the search conditions received from the terminal device, and transmits the search result to the terminal device. The storage device includes, for each of the plurality of rental objects having the same name, the name, identification information for identifying the loan object, the location of the loan object, and deterioration of the loan object. and degrees, records having, has stored, said management device, when the name input as the search condition to the terminal device received from the terminal device, the name A search unit that searches the storage device for a plurality of records to be transmitted, and transmits the plurality of records to the terminal device, the terminal device including a communication unit that receives the plurality of records transmitted by the management device, and a display Among the plurality of records received by the communication unit and the plurality of records, the plurality of records indicating the locations where the locations within the records can be rented are arranged in ascending order of the degree of deterioration. in order for each said record, said name records has, the identification information and the location, viewed contains a control unit, the to be displayed on the display unit, the search unit accepts the name reservation information is given In this case, reserved information indicating reserved is added to each record having the name, a plurality of records having the name are searched from the storage device, and the plurality of records are When the name to which the lending information is given is received, the plurality of records having the name are searched from the storage device, and the plurality of records are transmitted to the terminal device. When the plurality of records are received from the management device after transmitting the name to which the reservation information is given to the management device, only the contents common to the plurality of records are displayed on the display unit, When the plurality of records are received from the management apparatus after transmitting the name to which the lending information is given to the management apparatus, the deterioration degree in the records to which the reserved information is added in the plurality of records Is selected, and the name, identification information and location of the selected record are displayed on the display unit .

The lending management method of the present invention includes a storage device in which object information relating to a lent object is stored, a terminal device that receives a search condition for searching for the lent object, and transmits the search condition; A management device that searches the storage device for the object information that meets the search conditions received from the terminal device, and transmits the search result to the terminal device, and the storage device has a plurality of names having the same name. For each loan object, a record having the name, identification information for identifying the loan object, the location of the loan object, and the degree of deterioration of the loan object is stored. , a lending management method lending management system to perform the management device accepts the name input as the search condition to the terminal device from the terminal device, having a said name A search step of searching a plurality of records from the storage device and transmitting the plurality of records to the terminal device, a receiving step of receiving the plurality of records by the terminal device, and the terminal device including the plurality of records Among the records, a plurality of records indicating locations where the locations in the records can be lent are arranged in ascending order of the deterioration degree, and in the arrangement order, for each record, the name, identification information, and A control step for displaying the location, a reservation transmission step for the terminal device to transmit the name to which the reservation information is assigned to the management device, and the management device has received the name to which the reservation information is assigned. In this case, reserved information indicating reserved is added to each record having the name and a plurality of records having the name are stored in the storage device. A reservation reply step of searching for and transmitting the plurality of records to the terminal device, and the terminal device transmitting the plurality of records from the management device after transmitting the name assigned with the reservation information to the management device. A reservation display step for displaying only the contents common to the plurality of records on the display unit when accepted, and a lending transmission step for the terminal device to transmit the name to which the lending information is given to the management device; A lending reply step of retrieving a plurality of records having the name from the storage device and transmitting the plurality of records to the terminal device when the management device receives the name to which the lending information is given; The terminal device receives the plurality of records from the management device after transmitting the name to the management device for lending. In this case, the record having the smallest deterioration degree is selected from among the plurality of records to which the reserved information is added, and the name, identification information, and location of the selected record are displayed on the display unit. A lending display step .

  According to the above invention, among the plurality of retrieved records, each record indicating a location where the location can be lent is arranged in ascending order of the deterioration degree of the record, and in the arrangement order, for each record, the record The name, identification information, and management location of the are displayed. Therefore, the loan target with a low degree of deterioration is displayed at the top of the search result, and the location of the loan target is also displayed.

  Therefore, the borrower can select a rental object that is geographically convenient.

  In addition, when loan objects with the same name are managed in the same place, loan objects with a low degree of deterioration are displayed at the top, so it is highly likely that a loan object with a low degree of deterioration will be selected by the borrower. Become. Therefore, it becomes possible to level the deterioration of a plurality of rental objects.

  Therefore, it becomes possible to respond to the borrower's request for a rental object managed in a geographically convenient place and the lender's request to level the deterioration of multiple loan objects. .

  It is desirable that the degree of deterioration is a change in the weight of the rental object.

  According to the above invention, it is possible to use the decrease in weight accompanying the wear of the rented object with a degree of deterioration.

  According to the above-described invention, when the rank is changed depending on the degree of deterioration from the time of reservation until it is actually lent, the change in the rank can be reflected at the time of actual rent.

  For this reason, it becomes possible to perform deterioration leveling more accurately.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to respond to a borrower's request for a rental object managed in a geographically convenient place and a lender's request for leveling deterioration of a plurality of rental objects. Is possible.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a lending management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  This lending management system is used in the library A that lends the duplicates 1 to 3. The duplicates 1 to 3 are examples of a plurality of rental objects having the same book name (name).

  The duplicate 1 is attached with an identification tag 4 in which unique ID information (UID) for identifying the duplicate 1 is recorded. Also, the duplicate 2 is attached with an identification tag 5 in which unique ID information (UID) is recorded for identifying the duplicate 2. Further, the duplicate 3 is attached with an identification tag 6 in which unique ID information (UID) is recorded for identifying the duplicate 3. In this embodiment, an RFID tag is used as the identification tag.

  The lending management system includes a front terminal 7, a reader 8, a management terminal 9, and a management database 10. The front terminal 7 and the management terminal 9 are connected to each other via a network 100 such as the Internet.

  The duplicates 1 to 3 are held for lending in the library A. In this case, the library A has three duplicates (same titles, more specifically, books for lending with the same contents). Suppose.

  The front terminal 7 is an example of a terminal device. The front terminal 7 is an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer installed in the library A, and includes an input unit 71, a display unit 72, a communication unit 73, and a control unit 74.

  The input unit 71 is a keyboard, for example, and accepts a book search condition from the user. The display unit 72 is an LCD, for example, and displays information. The communication unit 73 communicates with the management terminal 9 via the network 100.

  The control unit 74 is a computer that operates by executing a program, and controls various operations of the front terminal 7.

  For example, the control unit 74 reads the UIDs of the RFID tags 4 to 7 from the reader 8 and transmits the UIDs from the communication unit 73 to the management terminal 9 via the network 100.

  Further, when receiving the user's book search condition from the input unit 71, the control unit 74 provides the book search condition from the communication unit 73 to the management terminal 9 to which the management database 10 is connected via the network 100. Thereafter, the search result is received and displayed on the display unit 72.

  When the control unit 74 displays the result on the display unit 72, the control unit 74 determines not only the location of the book indicated in the search result but also the degree of deterioration of the book based on the number of times the book has been lent out in the past. The search result is edited and displayed so that it can be easily lent out from a duplicate with a low degree of deterioration.

  The reader 8 can read the UIDs of the RFID tags 4 to 6 and is connected to the front terminal 7. The user can read the UID of the RFID tags 4 to 6 by holding the duplicates 1 to 3 to the reader 8, and the reader 8 transmits the UID to the front terminal 7.

  The management terminal 9 is an information processing device such as a server, and includes a communication unit 91 and a search unit 92.

  The communication unit 91 communicates with the communication unit 73 of the front terminal 7 via the network 100.

  The search unit 92 is a computer that operates by executing a program, and controls various operations of the management terminal 9.

  The search unit 92 receives the UID from the front terminal 7 via the network 100 and writes the UID in the management database 10. Accordingly, when the duplicates 1 to 3 are lent or returned, the user performs the operation of holding the RFIDs 4 to 6 over the reader 8, thereby registering the number of lending and the holding status in the management database 10 for each duplicate. can do.

  In addition, when the search unit 92 receives a search condition from the front terminal 7 via the network 100, the search unit 92 searches the management database 10 for information that satisfies the search condition and returns the search result to the front terminal 7. Thereby, the user can confirm the information of the desired book, and can lend or make a reservation.

  The management database 10 is connected to or built in the management terminal 9 via a network.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the management database 10.

  In FIG. 2, the management database 10 records a UID 10a for individually identifying a book, a book name 10b, an author 10c, a publisher 10d, a state 10e, and a lending count 10f associated with the UID 10a. The UID 10a is the same as the UID recorded on the RFID tag.

  In the example shown in FIG. 2, the management database 10 includes a UID 10a, a book name (name) 10b, an author 10c, and a publication for each of a plurality of books (0000002A, 0000002B, 0000002C) having the same book name (bbb). Records 10B to 10D having a company 10d, a state (location) 10e, and a lending frequency (deterioration degree) 10f are stored.

  Next, the operation will be described.

  FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram for explaining the operation of the lending management system. Hereinafter, the operation of the lending management system will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, when a user inputs an instruction to open a book search screen to the input unit 71 of the front terminal 7 in order to confirm the location of the book desired in the library A and whether or not it can be lent out, the input unit 71 The instruction is output to the control unit 74, and when the control unit 74 receives the instruction, the book search screen is opened on the display unit 72 (step A1).

  Thereafter, when the user operates the input unit 71 to input the title (book name) or author name of the desired book as a search condition on the book search screen (step A2), the input unit 71 sets the search condition. When the search condition is received, the control section 74 transmits the search condition from the communication section 73 to the management terminal 9 via the network 100 (step A3).

  Thereafter, the search unit 92 of the management terminal 9 receives the search condition from the front terminal 7 via the communication unit 91 (step A4), and then searches the management database 10 for a book corresponding to the search condition. (Step A5), and the book search result is transmitted to the front terminal 7 (Step A6).

  For example, in step A5 and step A6, when the search unit 92 receives a book name (bbb) as a search condition, the search unit 92 searches the management database 10 for a plurality of records 10B to 10D having the book name (bbb), A plurality of records 10B to 10D are transmitted to the front terminal 7.

  Thereafter, the control unit 74 of the front terminal 7 receives the book search result from the management terminal 9 via the communication unit 73 (step A7), and a plurality of duplicates (records) can be lent to the book search result (ie, the record search result). If the record status 10e indicates that the location can be lent (specifically, it indicates a library), the deterioration degree is lent in the past for each duplicate (record). It is determined by the number of times (step A8). The control unit 74 determines that the degree of deterioration is greater as the number of lending in the past is larger. Therefore, the number of times of lending in the past indicates the degree of deterioration.

  Thereafter, the control unit 74 arranges the plurality of records in ascending order of the deterioration degree of the records, and in the arrangement order, the UID, the book name, the author, the publisher, and the possession of the record for each of the records. The state is displayed on the display unit 72 together with the reservation order and the rental reservation (step A9).

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a search result displayed on the display unit 72 as a search result when a book name (bbb) is used as a search condition.

  When the user sees it and operates the input unit 71 to perform lending or reservation, the input unit 71 outputs information on the lending or reservation to the control unit 74, and the control unit 74 receives the information. Then, the information is transmitted from the communication unit 73 to the management terminal 9 via the network 100 (step A10).

  Thereafter, when the search unit 92 of the management terminal 9 receives the information via the communication unit 91, the information is registered in the management database 10 as a book state (step A11).

  Further, when borrowing a book, it is recorded in the management database 10 that the user has been lent by performing an operation in which the reader 8 reads the UID of the RFID tag attached to the book. .

  Similarly, when the book is returned, the user is caused to read the UID of the RFID tag attached to the book by the reader 8 so that the return of the book is recorded in the management database 10.

  As a result, the number of loans for each book can be counted, and the count value can be used to determine the degree of deterioration. Here, the identification tag is not limited to RFID, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, a barcode or the like can be used.

  In a present Example, the control part 74 arranges each record which shows the place (library) where a location can be lent out among several records searched in the management terminal 9 in order with a small deterioration degree which a record has. In the arrangement order, the name, identification information, and management location of the record are displayed on the display unit 72 for each record. Therefore, a book with a low degree of deterioration is displayed at the top of the search result, and the management location of the book is also displayed.

  For example, in the case of FIG. 4, when a duplicate is shared between the A building, the B building, and the C building, the user who has searched for the A building can select and make a reservation for the closest copy of the A building. Also, if there are multiple duplicates in the same hall, a duplicate with a low degree of degradation is displayed at the top of the list, which increases the possibility that the duplicate will be selected by the user, which is convenient for the library.

  Therefore, it is possible to meet a borrower's request for a book managed in a geographically convenient place and a lender's request for leveling deterioration of a plurality of books.

  Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  In this embodiment, the basic configuration is the same as that of the above-described embodiment, or the following functions are added.

  In the present embodiment, when the front terminal 7 displays the search result of the book (step A9), the front terminal 7 displays the line excluding the UID as a search result even when there are a plurality of duplicates. This is different from the embodiment (see FIG. 5).

  For example, when the search unit 92 of the management terminal 9 receives a book name for reservation from the front terminal 7 (for example, when a book name to which reservation information is given is received), reservation is made for each record having the book name. The reserved information indicating “completed” is added, the record having the book name is searched from the management database 10, and the search result is output to the front terminal 7.

  When the control unit 74 of the front terminal 7 receives a record as a search result from the management terminal 9 after outputting a book name (book name to which reservation information is given) for reservation, even if a plurality of records exist. In addition, a part excluding the UID, that is, the content common to a plurality of records is displayed on the display unit 72 as a search result for only one line.

  After that, when the search unit 92 of the management terminal 9 receives a book name for rent from the front terminal 7 (for example, when a book name to which lending information is given is received), a record having the book name is managed in the management database. 10, and the search result is output to the front terminal 7.

  When the control unit 74 of the front terminal 7 receives a record as a search result from the management terminal 9 after outputting a book name (a book name to which lending information is given) for lending, the search result displays a plurality of records. In the case of indicating, the record to which the reserved information is added is specified from the plurality of records, the record having the smallest deterioration degree is selected from the specified records, and the book name, UID, and The location is displayed on the display unit 72 (see FIG. 6).

  In this embodiment, when a plurality of duplicates become candidates when searching for a book, and a user only makes a reservation for lending and comes to receive the book at a later date, prepare a duplicate with the least deterioration at the time of receiving the book. can do.

  For example, if there are 3 copies of loan candidates that can be loaned and all of them are loaned to other users, only one common line item such as the book title and author name is displayed in the search results. Then, display is not performed in units of UIDs.

  At this time, even when the user performs reservation registration, designation in UID units is not performed.

  When one of the three books is returned, the user is notified of this, but other duplicates may be returned while the user actually picks up.

  In that case, the control unit 74 of the front terminal 7 checks with the management terminal 9 whether or not another duplicate is reserved every time a duplicate is returned. The degree of deterioration is compared, and if the duplicate returned later is smaller in the degree of deterioration, it is replaced with the duplicate previously reserved.

  By doing so, whenever the user comes to receive the reserved book, the copy with the smallest deterioration level is lent out at that time, and the deterioration level can be leveled.

  In each of the above embodiments, the number of times the book has been lent out in the past is used as information for determining the degree of deterioration of the book. In each of the above embodiments, as information for determining the degree of deterioration of the book, The weight change of the book itself may be used. For example, instead of the lending frequency 10f in the management database 10, the weight change of the book itself is recorded.

  In this case, at the time of renting or returning the book, the user reads the UID with the reader 8 and simultaneously measures the weight of the book with the weight sensor and records the weight of the book in the management database 10. In the management database 10, the weight at the time of arrival of the book is recorded. Therefore, the difference between the weight at the time of arrival and the weight measured by the weight sensor is the change in the weight of the book itself, and this value is recorded in the management database 10.

  Thereby, the weight change for every rental of the book can be grasped, and the deterioration degree can be estimated by assuming that the weight decreases with the deterioration.

  In this case, it is possible to use the decrease in weight accompanying the wear of the rental object with a degree of deterioration.

  In addition, the determination of the degree of deterioration of the book may be made by a librarian visually determining when the book is returned, and the deterioration level may be manually input to the management database 10.

  Moreover, although the rental management of books has been described in the above embodiments, the present invention can also be applied to rental of other articles (for example, clothing, automobiles, bicycles, equipment, and facilities).

  In addition, although the above-described method can be used for the degree of deterioration in the case of a book, the degree of deterioration may be determined in proportion to the travel distance when the rental object is a car or a bicycle.

  In each of the embodiments described above, the illustrated configuration is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited to the configuration.

  The present invention can be used in the rental field of clothing, automobiles, equipment, equipment, books, and the like.

It is the block diagram which showed the rental management system of one Example of this invention. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a management database 10. FIG. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of a rental management system. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the search result. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the search result display of the other Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the search result display of the other Example of this invention.

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1-3 Duplicate 4-6 Identification tag 7 Front terminal 71 Input unit 72 Display unit 73 Communication unit 74 Control unit 8 Reader 9 Management terminal 91 Communication unit 92 Search unit 10 Management database

Claims (4)

A storage device in which object information relating to a loan object is stored, a terminal device that receives a search condition for searching for the loan object, transmits the search condition, and the search condition received from the terminal device A lending management system including a management device that retrieves object information from the storage device and transmits the search result to the terminal device,
The storage device includes, for each of the plurality of rental objects having the same name, the name, identification information for identifying the loan object, the location of the loan object, and deterioration of the loan object. Store records with degrees, and
The management device
When the name input as the search condition to the terminal device is received from the terminal device , a search for searching the storage device for a plurality of records having the name and transmitting the plurality of records to the terminal device Part
The terminal device
A communication unit for receiving a plurality of records transmitted by the management device;
A display unit;
Among the plurality of records received by the communication unit, arrange a plurality of records indicating locations where the location within the record can be lent in advance in ascending order of the deterioration degree, in the arrangement order, each said record, the name included in the record, the identity and location, viewed contains a control unit, the to be displayed on said display unit,
When the search unit receives the name with reservation information, the search unit adds reserved information indicating reservation to each record having the name and searches a plurality of records having the name from the storage device. When the plurality of records are transmitted to the terminal device and the name to which the lending information is given is received, the plurality of records having the name are searched from the storage device, and the plurality of records are stored in the terminal device. Send
When the control unit receives the plurality of records from the management device after transmitting the name to which the reservation information is given to the management device, the control unit displays only the content common to the plurality of records on the display unit. In addition, when the plurality of records are received from the management apparatus after the name to which the lending information is given is transmitted to the management apparatus, the records in which the reserved information is added in the plurality of records. The lending management system that selects the record having the smallest deterioration degree and displays the name, identification information, and location of the selected record on the display unit .   The rental management system according to claim 1, wherein the deterioration degree is a change in weight of the rental object. A storage device in which object information relating to a loan object is stored, a terminal device that receives a search condition for searching for the loan object, transmits the search condition, and the search condition received from the terminal device A management device that retrieves object information from the storage device and transmits the search result to the terminal device, and the storage device includes a name and a name for each of the plurality of rental objects having the same name. The lending management system stores a record having identification information for identifying the lending object, the location of the lending object, and the degree of deterioration of the lending object. There,
When the management device accepts the name input as the search condition to the terminal device from the terminal device , the management device searches the storage device for a plurality of records having the name, and the terminal device A search step to send to
The terminal device accepting the plurality of records;
Among the plurality of records, the terminal device arranges a plurality of records indicating locations where the location in the record can be lent out in ascending order of the degree of deterioration, and for each record in the arrangement order, A control step for displaying the name, identification information and location of the record;
A reservation transmission step in which the terminal device transmits the name to which reservation information is given to the management device;
When the management device accepts the name to which the reservation information is assigned, it adds reserved information indicating reservation to each record having the name and also stores a plurality of records having the name from the storage device. A reservation reply step of searching and transmitting the plurality of records to the terminal device;
When the terminal device receives the plurality of records from the management device after transmitting the name assigned with the reservation information to the management device, only the content common to the plurality of records is displayed on the display unit. A reservation display step to display;
A lending transmission step in which the terminal device transmits the name given lending information to the management device;
When the management device accepts the name to which the lending information is given, a lending reply step of searching the storage device for a plurality of records having the name and transmitting the plurality of records to the terminal device;
When the terminal device receives the plurality of records from the management device after transmitting the name to the management device for renting, the record among the records to which the reserved information is added in the plurality of records A lending management method comprising: a lending display step of selecting a record having the smallest deterioration degree and displaying a name, identification information, and location of the selected record on the display unit . The lending management method according to claim 3 , wherein the deterioration degree is a change in weight of the lending object.

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