JP4853889B2 - Process management information rewrite display system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information recording medium. Of process management information using Rewrite display system, more specifically, Process management An information recording medium having a storage area for storing electronic information and a rewrite area for displaying the electronic information as readable information is used. Process management information The present invention relates to a rewrite display system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, card-like recording media such as credit cards, cash cards, license cards, ID cards, commuter passes, and membership cards have been used as information recording media. These recording media include a magnetic tape or IC that stores information indicating the type of the recording medium or the ticketing organization, a print area printed so that information relating to the owner can be visually confirmed, and electronic information relating to the owner of the recording medium. And a storage area such as a chip. Usually, such a recording medium is disposable. For example, when the expiration date expires, the recording medium is disposed of.
[0003]
In order to solve such a problem, a noncontact IC card composed of a rewrite layer, an intermediate layer, and an IC layer is disclosed. The rewritable layer is provided with a rewritable recording layer in which an organic low molecular weight material, an infrared absorbing material, and the like are dispersed. As this organic low molecular weight substance, a substance whose crystal state changes when heated is selected. For this reason, visible information can be recorded by heating. Thereby, visible information, such as a boarding area and an effective period, is displayed, for example. Further, the module layer of the IC layer is provided with a CPU and a memory, in which data indicating a boarding section and a valid period is stored, and the data is read by an automatic ticket gate device or the like (for example, Patent Document 1). reference).
[0004]
Here, a reusable recording medium as described above is applied to a process management system. This performs communication between digital paper and an information processing apparatus, digital paper as a process management slip for displaying required information in a rewritable manner, an information processing apparatus for processing information related to process management, and the like. Communication means for performing efficient process management using a process management form that can be reused even when process management information is changed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).
[0005]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-10-287072
[Patent Document 2]
JP 2002-73138 A
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, according to the invention described in Patent Document 2, the process manager downloads information on process management to digital paper, and each process manager works based on the information. For example, a plurality of process managers In an operation such as assembly that flows between processes, information transmission between process managers (pre-process, post-process, etc.) may not be performed successfully.
Further, in each process, when a work instruction is given to the subsequent process, a form / instruction corresponding to each process is issued each time, and the form / instruction is output. It was necessary. Performing such processing has been one of the factors that hinder the efficiency of information transmission in the flow work.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a storage area storing process management information and transmission information between processes and process management information and transmission information stored in the storage area can be rewritten as visible information. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information recording medium having a rewritable area for display on the screen, and to provide a rewriting display system for enabling efficient process management work using the information recording medium. It is a thing.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to a storage area in which electronic information related to process management is stored in association with a process, and rewriting for displaying electronic information related to process management corresponding to any process stored in the storage area as visible information in a rewritable manner. An information recording medium having an area, a rewritable device for rewriting visible information that is installed in association with each step and displayed in the rewriting area of the information recording medium, and the information recording medium and the rewritable device The electronic information includes information to be displayed in the rewrite area, and includes one or more of the number of rewrite areas and / or display areas, display positions, and display areas. In each process, the information recording medium includes information and communicates via the communication means, so that the storage medium is required for subsequent processes. Together and stores the Do output information, the rewritable apparatus reads electronic information about the process control of the corresponding process from the information storage medium, an electronic information on the read, process control Depending on the type and amount of information displayed in the process A rewriting display system for process management information that rewrites a rewrite area of the information recording medium based on the layout information, and the information recording medium stores the transmission information in the information storage area for display in a subsequent process. It is.
[0022]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of an information recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is an information recording medium, and the information recording medium 10 includes a rewritable rewrite area 11, The display area 12 is non-rewritable and the IC area 13 includes an IC chip. In the rewrite area 11, electronic information stored in the IC area 13 is displayed so as to be rewritable as visible information by a rewritable device (hereinafter referred to as a rewritable device) described later. Since the display area 12 is a non-rewritable area, the visible information once printed cannot be rewritten. Note that the display area 12 may be configured as a rewrite area, and rewriteability may be controlled by rewriteability control information described later. The information recording medium 10 only needs to have at least one rewrite area 11, and the rewrite area 11 may be arranged in any manner. Further, the shape of the rewrite area 11 and the display area 12 is not rectangular, but may be a circle, an ellipse, or a polygon. Further, the information recording medium 10 is provided with the IC area 13 on a surface different from the surface on which the rewrite area 11 and the display area 12 are provided. This makes it possible to increase the display area for displaying information.
[0023]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the IC area 13 shown in FIG. 1, and the IC area 13 is classified into a contact type and a non-contact type according to the type of the IC tag. In this embodiment, the contact type IC is used. A description will be given assuming that a tag is used as a contact IC area 13a, and a non-contact IC tag is used as a non-contact IC area 13b.
[0024]
FIG. 2A is a diagram showing the contact IC region 13a. The contact IC region 13a is formed on the contact portion 13a on the substrate. ₁ And an IC chip (CPU 13a ₂ ROM13a ₃ , EEPROM13a ₄ RAM 13a ₅ Including). FIG. 2B is a diagram showing the non-contact type IC region 13b, and the non-contact type IC region 13b is formed on the antenna portion 13b on the base material. ₁ And an IC chip (CPU 13b ₂ ROM13b ₃ , EEPROM13b ₄ RAM 13b ₅ Including). Since the configuration of the IC chip described above is the same in the contact IC region 13a and the non-contact IC region 13b, in this example, the non-contact IC region 13b will be described as a representative example.
First, the EEPROM 13b included in the IC chip ₄ Is an electrically writable / erasable non-volatile memory that can store data and programs. This EEPROM 13b ₄ In addition, for example, a flash memory, FeRAM, or the like can be applied. CPU13b ₂ The (central processing unit) calculates according to a program and controls transmission / reception of information. ROM13b ₃ And RAM 13b ₅ Is the CPU 13b ₂ And stores data and programs as needed. This IC chip takes in information from the outside at the core of the IC area 13 and performs storage processing.
[0025]
In the case of the contact type IC region 13a, the contact portion 13a ₁ A contact portion 13a. ₁ Supplies data for exchanging data between the contact IC area 13a and the reader / writer device, or for operating the IC chip in the contact IC area 13a. This contact portion 13a ₁ The role is determined in advance according to each contact. In the case of the non-contact type IC region 13b, the antenna portion 13b ₁ The antenna unit 13b ₁ Exchanges information with external devices via radio waves and generates power for operating the IC chip in the non-contact type IC region 13b. The information recording medium 10 may be provided with either the contact IC area 13a or the non-contact IC area 13b described above, but a reader / writer device corresponding to each IC area is provided. It is necessary to keep.
[0026]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a communication method of the non-contact type IC region 13b illustrated in FIG. The communication methods of the non-contact type IC region 13b are roughly classified into three methods, ie, a magnetic field method, a radio wave method, and an optical method. FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electromagnetic coupling method which is one of magnetic field methods, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an optical method using infrared rays. FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a configuration example of an electromagnetic induction method which is one of magnetic field methods, and FIG. 3D is a diagram showing a configuration example of a microwave method using a microwave. It is. Thus, the non-contact type IC tag has various shapes and characteristics depending on the application, and the communication distance is wide, for example, from about 1 mm to about 5 m. Since there are several types of communication systems as described above, an optimal communication system can be selected according to the application. Further, the non-contact type IC tag has various shapes such as a label shape, a card shape, a coin shape, and a stick shape.
[0027]
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a rewritable display system using the information recording medium 10 of the present invention. The rewritable display system includes an information recording medium 10, a rewritable (hereinafter referred to as rewritable) device 21, A communication means 22 for transmitting / receiving information to / from the information recording medium 10 and a terminal device 23 for inputting various information are provided. In this embodiment, the rewritable device 21 and the communication unit 22 are illustrated separately, but the communication unit 22 may be physically included in the rewritable device 21.
[0028]
In the rewritable display system shown in this embodiment, the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10 will be described using a non-contact type IC area 13b as shown in FIG.
The non-contact type IC region 13b transmits radio waves from the communication means 22 to the antenna unit 13b. ₁ The CPU 13b incorporated by various communication methods such as the magnetic field method, the radio wave method, and the optical method as described above. ₂ To generate power. CPU13b ₂ Performs various processes such as calculating according to a program stored in the IC chip by the generated power, and instructing the rewritable device 21 to rewrite the rewrite area 11 based on electronic information stored in the IC chip. Control of transmission / reception of information, etc. is performed via radio waves. The rewritable device 21 rewrites the rewrite area 11 based on the electronic information in accordance with a rewrite instruction from the information recording medium 10.
[0029]
When the replacement display system of this book is applied to a process management system, for example, when transmission information between processes is input from the terminal device 23 in the process management, the transmission information is transmitted to the information recording medium 10 via the communication means 22. The non-contact type IC area 13b (IC chip) may be stored, and the stored transmission information may be displayed in the rewrite area 11 as visible information. The communication means 22 includes a control unit for controlling transmission / reception of information in a non-contact manner with the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10 and an antenna connected to the control unit. And
[0030]
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example when the information recording medium 10 of the present invention is applied to a process management system. The information recording medium 10 is an IC including a rewrite area 11, a display area 12, and an IC chip. A region 13 is provided. The information recording medium 10 is attached to, for example, a cabinet for storing parts, and includes, for example, a plurality of processes including a first process (part registration) to a second process (part processing) to a third process (product delivery). In the production process, the person in charge of each process or the process manager uses it around. In the rewrite area 11, the rewritable device 21 displays the process management information corresponding to each production process (first process, second process, third process, etc.) as visible information so that it can be rewritten. In addition, although the information recording medium 10 in this embodiment has shown about the example applied with respect to the series of processes which consist of each 3 work processes, this invention is the process of performing the series of flow work which consists of several processes. The present invention can be applied to general process management for executing various flow operations such as management, for example, production management, logistics management, inspection management at an airfield, and the like.
[0031]
According to the present invention, with respect to process management in which flow work is performed, it is possible to improve the efficiency of instructions for the next process or unprocessed process by rewriting the display content of the information recording medium according to each process. By repeatedly rewriting and using the paper resources, it is not necessary to use paper resources wastefully and the environmental load can be reduced.
In addition, regarding the display of the information recording medium, since the display area can be set according to the instruction content, for example, a display method of enlarging and displaying the transmission information in an emergency is possible. For this reason, the person in charge or the like can visually confirm the information and can take a quick response.
In addition, it is possible to rewrite multiple forms into a single form in an integrated process that combines multiple parts or put together the same type of parts, so paper resources are not wasted and the environmental burden is reduced. In addition, by reducing the number of confirmations of the form, it becomes possible to prevent a check mistake of the person in charge.
[0032]
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the process management information table and the display area management table stored in the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10. FIG. 6A shows an example of a process management information table for managing each production process. This process management information table includes attributes for managing attribute information for each type of form to be printed out. Information shall be included. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example of a display area management table for managing each display area. These process management information table and display area management table are stored in advance in the IC chip of the information recording medium 10.
[0033]
6A, information relating to process management such as part registration information, processing instruction information, and delivery information is registered for each production process in the process management information table. This process management information includes, for example, process details (registration process, processing process, delivery process, etc.), process identification information (process specific) for each process (in this example, the first process, the second process, and the third process). And the type of information to be displayed in the rewrite area 11 and display area 12 (for example, the rewrite area 11 displays registration information, instruction information, delivery information, etc., and the display area 12 displays the date and time of production. Display a person in charge, etc.), and a unique number assigned to each rewritable device. Also, the attribute information included in the process management information table includes the presence / absence of instruction information and the notification destination (person in charge, administrator) according to the type of form to be printed (in this example, registered form, processed form, delivery form). , Delivery destination, etc.), contact means (email, telephone, FAX, etc.), presence / absence of related processing, presence / absence of integration processing, and the like.
[0034]
Here, when several different processes are integrated in another subsequent process, specifically, for example, an integration process in which a plurality of parts are assembled into a new one part (product). When a plurality of forms are included, a plurality of forms (information recording media) corresponding to the processes of the plurality of parts are integrated into one information recording medium 10. Whether or not the integration process is required can be determined by the “integration process” of the attribute information. In this example, it can be seen that it is necessary to perform an integrated process on the processed form and the delivery form.
[0035]
In FIG. 6B, management information relating to the display area including the rewritability control information corresponding to the display area and the layout information is registered in the display area management table. The rewritability control information is obtained when a plurality of rewrite areas of the information recording medium 10 are provided on the same surface, that is, when both the rewrite area 11 and the display area 12 of the information recording medium 10 are configured as rewrite areas. In this example, it can be seen that the rewrite area 11 is rewritable and the display area 12 is not rewritable. Thus, the rewritable area and the non-rewritable area can be controlled by software.
[0036]
The layout information includes one or more of the number of rewrite areas, the display position, and the display area, and the process management information and the transmission information can be rewritten in the rewrite area 11 according to the layout information. Here, the layout information may be changed according to the information amount of the process management information, for example, the data amount of the instruction content displayed as visible information. The visible information to be displayed includes, for example, characters, alphabets, numbers, symbols, codes, etc., and is printed out by the rewritable device 21.
[0037]
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a process management system using the information recording medium 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 20 denotes a first process (part registration process). The first step 20 includes an information recording medium 10, a rewritable device 21, a communication means 22 for transmitting / receiving information to / from the information recording medium 10, and a terminal device 23 used by a person in charge. In the processing step, the second step 30 is used by the person in charge and the communication means 32 for transmitting / receiving information to / from the information recording medium 10, the rewritable device 31, and the information recording medium 10 from the first step 20. The terminal device 33 is provided, 40 is a third process (delivery process), and the third process 40 is for transferring information between the information recording medium 10, the rewritable device 41 and the information recording medium 10 from the second process 30. Communication means 4 for transmitting and receiving Has a terminal device 43 personnel to use, 50 are process management information DB that registers the process control information. A system configuration that does not include the process management information DB 50 may be adopted. In the present embodiment, the information recording medium 10 has a process selection means 14, a process management information reading means 15, a rewrite instruction means 16, a process management information table and a display area management table stored in the IC area 13, and each process ( The display contents of the rewrite area 11 are rewritten and used each time by the rewritable devices 21, 31, 41 installed in association with the first step 20, the second step 30, and the third step 40).
[0038]
Here, the configuration included in the first step 20 will be described below as a representative example. Note that the second step 30 and the third step 40 also have the same configuration as the first step 20, and thus description thereof is omitted here.
First, the rewritable device 21 is associated with the first step 20, can communicate with the information recording medium 10 via the communication means 22, and displays visible information displayed in the rewrite area 11 of the information recording medium 10. Can be rewritten. In this embodiment, the rewritable device 21 and the communication unit 22 are illustrated separately, but the communication unit 22 may be physically included in the rewritable device 21. Printing / erasing on the display area 11 of the information recording medium 10 can be realized by, for example, a known rewriting technique using light (in the case of color) or heat (in the case of monochrome).
[0039]
The rewritable device 21 may rewrite the rewrite area 11 according to the layout information included in the display area management table stored in the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10. Further, when the information recording medium 10 has a plurality of rewrite areas 11, the rewritable device 21 can rewrite in each rewrite area in accordance with the rewriteability control information included in the process management information table stored in the IC area 13. Can be rewritten selectively.
[0040]
Further, the terminal device 23 can communicate with the information recording medium 10 via the communication means 22, and when the person in charge inputs the transmission information between processes from the terminal device 23, the transmission information is stored in the information recording medium. 10 IC areas 13 can be stored. Although the terminal device 23 of the present embodiment is illustrated as a desktop computer, it may be a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile computer, or the like, and write / read information to / from the information recording medium 10. What is necessary is just to have a means. The transmission information includes the work result in the own process (in this example, the first process 20), the next process (the second process 30), and the unprocessed processes (the second process 30 and the third process 40). Including communication matters.
[0041]
Storage area of information recording medium 10 (ROM 13b ₃ , EEPROM13b ₄ RAM 13b ₅ Etc.), the process selection means 14, the process management information reading means 15, and the rewrite instruction means 16 are stored as programs, and the above-described process management information table and display area management table are stored in advance. The process selection unit 14 selects a production process corresponding to the rewritable device 21 accessed via the communication unit 22 from the storage area. The process management information reading unit 15 reads process management information corresponding to the production process selected by the process selection unit 14. The rewrite instruction unit 16 instructs the rewritable device 21 to rewrite the display area 12 based on the process management information read from the process management information reading unit 15. Here, when the non-contact type IC area 13 b is provided as the IC area 13, it is possible to exchange information only by bringing it closer to the communication means 22. The storage location of the program for executing the above means may not be stored in the information recording medium 10, but may be stored in the communication means 22, the rewritable device 21 or the terminal device 23.
[0042]
When the information recording medium 10 is instructed to rewrite the rewritable device 31 (for example, the first step 20 → the second step 30), in the second step 30, the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10 from the first step 20 is used. In step S3, it is determined whether or not the transmission information related to the production process (second process 30) instructing the rewriting is stored. As a result, if the transmission information is stored, the process management information and the transmission information of the second process 30 Based on this, the rewritable device 31 is instructed to rewrite the rewrite area 11. In this case, the rewritable device 31 erases the process management information of the first process 20 displayed in the rewrite area 11 in accordance with the rewrite instruction from the information recording medium 10, and then changes the process management information of the second process 30 to the rewrite area. 11 is printed.
[0043]
Here, when several different processes are integrated in another subsequent process, specifically, for example, an integration process in which a plurality of parts are assembled into a new one part (product). When a plurality of forms are included, a plurality of forms (information recording media) corresponding to the production process of the plurality of parts are integrated into one information recording medium 10. As a specific example, when the communication information for the integration process is stored in the form corresponding to the production process of the plurality of parts, the terminal device 23 temporarily stores the transmission information, and collectively stores the stored transmission information. The information is stored in the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10. In the integration step, the rewritable device 21 prints out the transmission information stored in the IC area 13 to the rewrite area 11 at once.
[0044]
The process management information DB 50 is registered with process management information for each process. In the case of a system configuration having the process management information DB 50, the process management information is stored in the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10 in advance. There is no need to keep it. In this case, when performing work in each process, the terminal device 23 acquires process management information related to the process from the process management information DB 50 and stores the acquired process management information in the IC area 13 of the information recording medium 10. Remember each time. Furthermore, if the communication information between processes is registered in the process management information DB 50, the memory capacity of the IC area 13 can be reduced.
[0045]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, an information record having a storage area for storing process management information and transmission information between processes, and a rewrite area for displaying the process management information and transmission information stored in the storage area as visible information so as to be rewritable. By using the medium, it is possible to efficiently perform process management work and the like.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of an information recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an IC area illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication method in a non-contact IC area shown in FIG. 2 (B).
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a rewritable display system using the information recording medium of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example when the information recording medium of the present invention is applied to a process management system;
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a process management information table and a display area management table stored in an IC area of an information recording medium.
FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a configuration example of a process management system using an information recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Information recording medium, 11 ... Rewrite area, 12 ... Display area, 13 ... IC area (storage area), 13a ... Contact-type IC area, 13a ₁ ... Contact part, 13a ₂ , 13b ₂ ... CPU, 13a ₃ , 13b ₃ ... ROM, 13a ₄ , 13b ₄ ... EEPROM, 13a ₅ , 13b ₅ ... RAM, 13b ... Non-contact IC area, 13b ₁ ... Antenna unit, 14 ... Process selection means, 15 ... Process management information reading means, 16 ... Rewrite instruction means, 20 ... First process, 21, 31, 41 ... Rewritable device, 22, 32, 42 ... Communication Means, 23, 33, 43 ... terminal device, 30 ... second step, 40 ... third step, 50 ... step management information DB.

Claims (1)

A storage area storing electronic information related to process management in association with the process, and a rewrite area for displaying electronic information related to process management corresponding to any process stored in the storage area as visible information so as to be rewritable An information recording medium;
A rewritable device for rewriting visible information installed in association with each step and displayed in the rewrite area of the information recording medium;
Communication means for performing communication between the information recording medium and the rewritable device,
The electronic information includes layout information including one or more of the number of rewrite areas and / or display areas, display positions, and display areas, along with information displayed in the rewrite area,
In each step, the information recording medium communicates via the communication means to store transmission information necessary for a subsequent step in the storage medium, and the rewritable device has electronic information relating to step management of the corresponding step. From the information storage medium, and rewrites the rewrite area of the information recording medium based on the layout information corresponding to the type and amount of information displayed in the process of the electronic information related to the read process management. A renewal display system for process management information, wherein transmission information is stored in the information storage area for display in a subsequent process.

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