JP4669950B2 - Portable information terminal, identification information management system, identification information management method, and identification information management program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal provided with an identification information reading device that reads encoded identification information, an identification information management system, an identification information management method, and an identification information management program for managing identification information in a database using the portable information terminal. About.

  Conventionally, a code reading means such as a pen scanner is connected to a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), and a code string, a one-dimensional bar code, a two-dimensional bar code, etc. There is a technique for reading a code such as a code and performing various processes.

For example, Patent Document 1 includes a processing instruction indicating an instruction for providing a code reading means for reading a code to a portable information terminal, and causing the server code connected to the communication network to execute a predetermined process. In the case of a code, a technique is disclosed in which processing instruction information for causing a device to execute a predetermined process is generated based on a read processing instruction code, and the generated processing instruction information is transmitted to a server device.
Accordingly, the communication service can be provided in various situations such as going out, and a predetermined code can be read by the reading means without performing various operations using an input means such as a mouse and a keyboard. Can be used to replace various operations.
JP 2002-351863 A

The portable information terminal described above transmits to the generated processing command information server device. This transmission process is premised on being executed in a state connected to the network. For example, an error is returned in a state disconnected from the network.
However, in an area where the radio wave condition is unstable, it is not always guaranteed that it is connected to the network, and there is a problem that errors frequently occur.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the object of the present invention is to provide a portable information terminal, an identification information management system, and an identification information management capable of stably transmitting a code reading process result. A method and an identification information management program are provided.

In order to solve the above problems, the mobile terminal of the present invention includes an identification information reading unit that reads encoded identification information, an identification information decoding unit that decodes the identification information read by the identification information reading unit, Identification information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of identification information decoded by the identification information decoding means, and a number of pieces of identification information stored by the identification information storage means are transmitted to a predetermined identification information management device, and as a result, Identification information transmission for collectively transmitting the plurality of identification information to the identification information management apparatus by adding a transmission data number when receiving a reception permission response indicating that the identification information management apparatus permits reception Means.

  In the present invention, the identification information reading unit reads the encoded identification information as image information, and the identification information decoding unit encodes the encoded information based on the image information read by the identification information reading unit. The identification information is decrypted.

  In the present invention, the authentication means for authenticating with a predetermined program distribution apparatus using the telephone number set in the terminal, and the encoded identification information from the program distribution apparatus authenticated by the authentication means A program receiving means for receiving a program for executing a reading process and a decoding process for the read identification information, and executing the program received by the program receiving means to execute the identification information reading means, the identification The information decoding means, the identification information storage means, and the identification information batch transmission means are configured.

  In the present invention, the program distribution device and the identification information management device are configured in the same device.

In order to solve the above-described problems, an identification information management system according to the present invention uses a portable information terminal provided with identification information reading means for reading encoded identification information, and manages the identification information in a database using the identification information management apparatus. In the identification management system, the portable information terminal further stores identification information decoding means for decoding the identification information read by the identification information reading means, and a plurality of identification information decoded by the identification information decoding means Receiving the identification information storage means and the number of a plurality of identification information stored in the identification information storage means to the identification information management apparatus, and as a result, indicating that the identification information management apparatus permits reception when receiving the authorization response, the plurality of identification information, the identification information transmission means for collectively transmitting the added transmission data number to the identification information management device Characterized by including the.

In order to solve the above-described problem, in the identification information management method of the present invention, a portable information terminal reads encoded identification information, decodes the read identification information, and stores a plurality of the decoded identification information. , transmits a number of the plurality of identification information the storage in the predetermined identification information management device, so that, when receiving the reception permission response indicating that the identification information management device is authorized to receive, the plurality The identification information is added to a transmission data number and transmitted to the identification information management apparatus at once .

In order to solve the above-described problems, an identification information management program of the present invention stores a process of reading encoded identification information, a process of decoding the read identification information, and a plurality of the decoded identification information When the process and the number of the plurality of pieces of identification information to be stored are transmitted to a predetermined identification information management apparatus, and as a result, a reception permission response indicating that the identification information management apparatus permits reception, The portable information terminal is caused to execute a process of collectively transmitting the plurality of pieces of identification information to the identification information management apparatus by adding a transmission data number .

According to the present invention, the portable information terminal reads the encoded identification information, decodes and stores a plurality of the read identification information, and transmits the stored plurality of identification information collectively to a predetermined identification information management device. By doing so, the identification information reading process result can be stably transmitted, and the workload of the identification information reading operation can be reduced.
Furthermore, by reading the encoded identification information as image information and decoding the encoded identification information from the read image information, the identification information can be processed as an image, and the reading accuracy of the identification information can be improved. .

Further, according to the present invention, authentication with a predetermined program distribution device is performed using the telephone number set in the terminal, and the encoded identification information is read from the program distribution device and the read identification is performed. By receiving a program for executing the information decryption process in advance and executing the received program, only the identification information reading process result can be transmitted stably, reducing the workload for reading the identification information. A portable terminal can be provided.
Furthermore, by configuring the program distribution device and the identification information management device with the same device, an inexpensive identification information management system can be provided.

FIG. 1 is a diagram quoted for explaining the relationship between the portable information terminal and the program distribution apparatus of the present invention.
Here, the program distribution device is deployed on an ASP (Application Service Provider) provider or customer's APL (Application) server 1, and the portable information terminal 2 can be used as a customer or a client such as a hospital, which will be described later. Provided. A portable information terminal 2 composed of a PDA with a built-in web browser, a mobile phone, etc., connects to the APL server 1 by an APL operator to access web content, and the identification information management program (application) of the present invention is securely maintained. A download is obtained through the dedicated private line 4.

FIG. 2 is a diagram quoted for explaining the business model for realizing the identification information management method of the present invention and the relationship between the users.
Here, the object managed by the identification information management system of the present invention is medical waste, and the hospital, which is the customer or the client of the customer, installs and manages the trace server 3 as the identification information management device, and medical waste We will track and manage. Therefore, the customer or the client of the customer hands over the portable information terminal 2 in which the identification information management program of the present invention is installed or installable to the carrier.

In addition, the customer or the client who is the client of the customer generates a solid identification ID label to be affixed to medical waste in advance and prints a barcode or an RF-ID tag affixed to the label. Affixing to medical waste and registering the medical waste and the solid identification ID in association with each other in the trace DB (linking registration). Here, it is assumed that a mobile phone with a camera is used as the portable information terminal 2, and the QR code printed on the medical waste is read as an image in accordance with a previously installed identification information management program, via the dedicated line 6 where the security is maintained. To the trace server 3.
In the trace server 3, the trace DB is updated to track and manage the transportation status.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an expanded function of the internal configuration of the portable information terminal of the present invention.
If the portable information terminal 2 of this invention is divided roughly functionally, it will be comprised by the APL acquisition part 21, the APL execution part 22, and the APL function part 23. The APL acquisition unit 21 has a function of acquiring the identification information management program of the present invention from the APL server 1 and includes an authentication unit 211 and a program reception unit 212.
The authentication unit 211 has a function of performing authentication with the APL server 1 using the telephone number set in the portable information terminal 2, and the program receiving unit 212 receives a code from the APL server 1 authenticated by the authentication unit 211. And a function of receiving an identification information management program for executing the read processing of the converted identification information and the decoding processing of the read identification information.

The APL execution unit 22 has a function of executing the identification information management program acquired by the APL acquisition unit 21, and is expanded and executed by the activation unit 221. The APL execution unit 22 includes an identification information acquisition unit 231, an identification information decoding unit 232, an identification information storage unit 233, and an identification information transmission unit 234, and controls the APL function unit 23 by starting a program. To do.
The identification information reading unit 231 has a function of reading the encoded identification information, and the identification information decoding 232 has a function of decoding the identification information read by the identification information reading unit 231. The identification information storage unit 233 has a function of storing a plurality of pieces of identification information decoded by the identification information decoding unit 232, and the identification information transmission unit 234 traces a plurality of pieces of identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 233. It has a function of transmitting to the server 3 and enables batch transmission by a program developed and executed by the activation unit 221 of the APL execution unit.
Here, the identification information reading unit 231 reads the encoded identification information as image information, and the identification information decoding 232 decodes the encoded identification information based on the image information read by the identification information reading unit 231. Will do.

4 and 5 are flowcharts cited for explaining the operation of the portable information terminal of the present invention, and partially show the processing procedure of the identification information management program of the present invention.
The operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 will be described in detail below with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

First, the APL acquisition unit 21 of the portable information terminal 2 accesses the Web content by connecting to the APL server 1 (S401). Here, when authentication is performed with the APL server 1 (S402) and it is authenticated through the authentication unit 211 that the mobile phone is a registered regular portable information terminal, the APL server 1 identifies the present invention. The information management program can be downloaded and received by the program receiving unit 212 (S403).
Next, the QR code reading operation using the portable information terminal 2 by the medical waste transporting and collecting company can be performed by starting the downloaded application (S404). The QR code reading operation is started by the collector activated by the portable information terminal 2 by the collector (S405 “Yes”). By the reading operation, the identification information reading process, the identification information storage process, and the identification information decoding process of the APL function unit 23 are executed under the control of the APL execution unit 22 (S406). The identification information reading unit 231 reads the identification information, and the identification information decoding unit 232 decodes the identification information and stores it in the identification information storage unit 233. Here, the stored decrypted data is collectively transmitted to the trace server 3 via the identification information transmitting unit 234 by application operation of the collector.

Here, the identification information transmission processing by the identification information transmission unit 234 will be described in detail. Here, since access from the portable information terminal 2 is assumed, packet communication is considered. First, the identification information transmission unit 234 transmits only the data number information to be transmitted (S407). The data configuration at that time is header + “current transmission data total number information (N)”.
Receiving this, the trace server 3 grasps the number of valid data to be transmitted from the information N and returns a reception permission response. On the other hand, when the communication with another portable information terminal 2 is not permitted (busy), a waiting response is returned. The portable information terminal 2 that has received the reception permission response (S408 “Yes”) transmits the data string in which the transmission data number is added to the unique ID read as the data body unit via the identification information transmission unit 234 (S408). . The above operation is repeated until the identification information transmission unit 234 counts the number N of transmission data (S409).

Note that the data can be discriminated by the delimiter in the trace server 3. That is, the transmission data configuration at this time is as follows: header + “current transmission data number (x)” + “data body (unique ID, sender ID, transmission date / time, collection location)” + “delimiter”, “current “Transmission data number (x + 1)” + “data body (unique ID, sender ID, transmission date and time, collection location)” + “delimiter”.
Further, when there is a defect in the received data, the trace server 3 can transmit a corresponding transmission data number to the portable information terminal 2 to request retransmission of only the designated data. If there is a retransmission request (FIG. 5, S411 “Yes”), the portable information terminal 2 retransmits only the designated transmission data (S412). Then, the process proceeds to the next reading target process, and the above-described processing from S405 is repeated until there is no reading target (S413 “None”) or the application is forcibly terminated (S414 “Yes”).

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the system provider (or customer), customer (or hospital), and collection carrier in the case of tracking and managing medical waste using the portable information terminal described above. It is the figure put together in time series about the division of role duties. FIG. 6 shows the preparation stage, and FIG. 7 shows the flow in the collection report.
The time series shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 can be briefly described as follows while avoiding duplication with the contents described with reference to FIGS.

That is, in the preparation stage, the system provider (or customer) first arranges a mobile phone used as the portable information terminal 2 of the present invention and provides the content (download of the application) (S515-S516). The contract number (telephone number) is notified to the customer or the hospital of the customer, and the database registration of the bibliographic items is prompted (S513-S514). Further, the developed application (identification information management program) is installed in the customer or the trace server 3 installed and managed in the customer's hospital (S511, S512). The mobile phone is handed over to the collection carrier through the customer or the customer's hospital (S517, S518, S519), and preparation for medical waste tracking management is completed.
The ASP operator or hospital creates a solid identification ID label to be attached to the tracking management object (S520), registers the tracking management object and the solid identification ID in the trace DB, and creates the label. It is assumed that the work for pasting the solid identification ID is completed (S521, S522).

On the other hand, in the collection report, the hospital collects the medical waste to be tracked in the collection storage place and requests the collection and transportation company to collect and transport (S523).
The collection carrier starts the downloaded application on the mobile phone (S524), undergoes user authentication (S525), and operates the mobile phone to read the solid identification ID attached to the tracked object. Then, the read data is accumulated within a range allowed by the storage capacity of the mobile phone and transmitted to the trace server 3 (S526, S527).
At the customer or the hospital that is the client of the customer, the individual identification ID is received and a receipt notification is transmitted, and the content of the trace DB that matches the received data is searched and updated (S528). The collection carrier receives the previous receipt notification with the mobile phone, loads the processed object into the vehicle (S529), completes the above reading operation on all the requested medical waste, and delivers to the destination. (S530).

As described above, according to the present invention, the mobile information terminal reads the encoded identification information, decodes and stores a plurality of the read identification information, and collectively transmits the stored plurality of identification information to a predetermined identification information management device. By doing so, the identification information reading process result is stably transmitted, and the work load of the worker for reading the identification information is reduced.
Specifically, by accumulating the read information within the range permitted by the capacity of the portable information terminal and sending it to the hourly information management device in a batch, the access and the next operation request are made every time a read operation is performed as in the past. There is no need to do so, and the workload is greatly reduced. In addition, since continuous connection to the network from access to notification completion is unnecessary, communication costs can be saved. Furthermore, the frequency at which communication is interrupted is reduced, and a highly reliable identification information management system can be constructed.

In addition, according to the above-described embodiment, only the example in which the present invention is applied to the tracking management of medical waste has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to industrial waste or general transported goods. However, the same application is possible. In addition, although barcodes are printed on these transported items and read with a mobile phone with a camera, an RF-ID may be embedded in the transported items and read by short-range wireless communication, or a normal bar The code may be read by a mobile phone with a barcode reader.
3, the authentication unit 211 constituting the APL acquisition unit 21, the program receiving unit 212, the identification information reading unit 221 constituting the APL execution unit 22, the identification information decoding unit 222, and the identification information The present invention can also be realized by recording the procedure executed by each of the storage unit 223 and the identification information transmission unit 224 on a computer-readable recording medium, and causing the computer system to read and execute the program recorded on the recording medium. Can be realized. The computer system here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

  The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes designs and the like that do not depart from the gist of the present invention.

It is the figure quoted in order to demonstrate the relationship between the portable information terminal and program distribution apparatus of this invention. It is the figure quoted in order to demonstrate the business model which implement | achieves the identification information management method of this invention, and the relationship between the utilization subjects. It is the block diagram which expanded the function and showed the internal structure of the portable information terminal of this invention. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate operation | movement of the portable information terminal of this invention. It is the flowchart quoted in order to demonstrate operation | movement of the portable information terminal of this invention. It is the figure put together in a time series about the division of duties duties between users when performing tracking management of medical waste using a portable information terminal. It is the figure put together in a time series about the division of duties duties between users when performing tracking management of medical waste using a portable information terminal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... APL server, 2 ... Portable information terminal, 3 ... Trace server, 4, 5, 6 ... Dedicated line, 21 ... APL acquisition part, 22 ... APL execution part, 23 ... APL function part, 211 ... Authentication part, 212 ... Program receiving unit, 221 ... start-up unit, 222 standby unit, 231 ... identification information reading unit, 232 ... identification information decoding unit, 233 ... identification information storage unit, 234 ... identification information transmission unit

Claims (7)

Identification information reading means for reading the encoded identification information;
Identification information decoding means for decoding the identification information read by the identification information reading means;
Identification information storage means for storing a plurality of identification information decoded by the identification information decoding means;
When the number of a plurality of pieces of identification information stored in the identification information storage means is transmitted to a predetermined identification information management device, and as a result, a reception permission response indicating that the identification information management device permits reception is received And an identification information transmitting means for collectively transmitting the plurality of identification information to the identification information management apparatus with a transmission data number added thereto. The identification information reading means reads the encoded identification information as image information,
The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the identification information decoding unit decodes the encoded identification information from image information read by the identification information reading unit. An authentication means for authenticating with a predetermined program distribution device using a telephone number set in the terminal;
Program receiving means for receiving a program for executing the process of reading the encoded identification information and the process of decoding the read identification information from the program distribution apparatus authenticated by the authentication means;
Further comprising
3. The identification information reading means, the identification information decoding means, the identification information storage means, and the identification information batch transmission means are configured by executing the program received by the program receiving means. The portable information terminal described in 1.   4. The portable information terminal according to claim 3, wherein the program distribution device and the identification information management device are configured in the same device. In an identification management system for managing the identification information in a database with an identification information management device, using a portable information terminal comprising identification information reading means for reading encoded identification information,
The portable information terminal further includes:
Identification information decoding means for decoding the identification information read by the identification information reading means;
Identification information storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of identification information decoded by the identification information decoding means;
Send a number of the plurality of identification information the identification information storage means for storing the identification information management device, so that, when the identification information management apparatus receives the reception permission response indicating that it is authorized to receive Identification information transmitting means for collectively transmitting the plurality of identification information to the identification information management device with a transmission data number added thereto;
An identification information management system comprising: Mobile information device
Read the encoded identification information,
Decrypting the read identification information;
Storing a plurality of the decrypted identification information;
Send a number of the plurality of identification information the storage in the predetermined identification information management device, so that, when the identification information management apparatus receives the reception permission response indicating that it is authorized to receive the plurality of An identification information management method, wherein identification information is added to a transmission data number and transmitted to the identification information management apparatus at a time. Reading the encoded identification information;
A process of decrypting the read identification information;
A process of storing a plurality of the decrypted identification information;
Send a number of the plurality of identification information the storage in the predetermined identification information management device, so that, when the identification information management apparatus receives the reception permission response indicating that it is authorized to receive the plurality of An identification information management program for causing a portable information terminal to execute a process of collectively transmitting identification information to the identification information management apparatus by adding a transmission data number .

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