JP5458164B1 - Motorized mobile shelf device in a library using a matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code - Google Patents

Abstract

By using a matrix type two-dimensional code, it is possible to efficiently manage and put in and out a book stored in an electric mobile shelf device in a library.
A user searches for a desired book using a book management system, and displays the storage shelf row / shelf unique management number of the book and registration information of the book unique management number as a matrix type two-dimensional code. At the same time, the take-out instruction form 25 displaying the bibliographic information of the book is printed out, and the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 displayed on the take-out instruction form 25 is read by the reader 27 installed on the moving shelf, and the information is read. Is displayed on the touch panel type display device 28 installed on the moving shelf, and when the touch panel switch is touched, the moving shelf in which a desired book is stored is moved by a command signal of the moving shelf control system 29.
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Description

The present invention relates to an electric mobile shelf apparatus for storing books in a library, and more specifically, by using a matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code, and managing and managing the books stored in the electric mobile shelf apparatus. The present invention relates to an electric movable shelf apparatus in a library that can efficiently carry out the accounting work.

Conventionally, a library has a large number of books, and in order to store the books, the books are stored using a plurality of electric moving shelves for the purpose of improving the storage efficiency. On the other hand, in order to manage an enormous amount of books, libraries have established a book management system for managing the information of each book as a database. Each book is made into a database according to a predetermined classification method, and is managed and stored. In order to take out these books from the moving shelf, the book management system is used to search for the target book, search the stored place, and move the stored moving shelf to the predetermined shelf. Moved to the position and took out or stored the target book.

On the other hand, with respect to the electric mobile shelf device in the library using the matrix type two-dimensional code or the bar code, the past patent literature was searched retrospectively, but no electric mobile shelf device of the same technical idea was disclosed. It was. The touch panel type display apparatus as shown in the following Patent Document 1 is merely disclosed. The system disclosed in Patent Document 1 stores a book with an RFID tag, a plurality of shelves including an RFID reader for recognizing tag information recorded on the RFID tag, and at least one of the plurality of shelves. A moving unit for moving, and a control unit that controls the moving unit according to a user command through a server that manages that the book is put in and out of the shelf, and adjusts a separation distance of each of the shelves. Is formed.

JP 2012-106856 A

In the book management system that uses a plurality of electric mobile shelves in the conventional library, as the number of books stored increases, the number of mobile shelves as storage facilities also increases. As it changes, it is open to an unspecified number of users, and the frequency of use is increasing. When a user searches for a target book and removes it from the storage shelf, it is stored even if the book is searched. There was an increase in cases where shelves could not be specified, and there was a problem that books could not be easily taken out or stored.

Furthermore, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, the touch shelf of the touch panel type display device is touched, and the moving shelf of the book storing the desired book is automatically operated by the operation operation of the moving shelf, so that the depositing / dispensing work is performed. Since the use passage is formed, the user does not need to visually search for the target shelf, and can quickly and accurately take out or store a desired book. However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1, when a book once taken out is stored in the original shelf, or when the same book is taken out at a different time or at a different date, the book by the computer from the beginning. There was a problem that it was very troublesome to search again.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a user inputs and searches bibliographic information of a desired book by a book management system, and stores a shelf row / shelf stage storing the desired book. Print out a matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code that has been converted and saved from the registration information of the management unique number and book unique management number, and a take-out instruction sheet displaying the bibliographic information of the desired book. The dimensional code or bar code and the bibliographic information of the desired book are stored on the mobile terminal, and the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code stored on the take-out instruction form or the mobile terminal is stored by the reader installed on the mobile shelf. The registered information is read and displayed on the touch panel display device, and the user can display the information on the touch panel display device. Confirm that the displayed registration information is the same as that of the desired book, and touch the touch panel switch to move the mobile shelf that contains the desired book in response to a command signal from the mobile shelf control system. While the desired passage can be opened, the book management system can also be used to store the books once taken out in the original shelf, or to take out the same books at different times or on different days. Matrix-type two-dimensional data that can be put in and out of documents very quickly by reusing the instruction sheet that has been once printed out or the information stored on the mobile terminal without searching for the new book It is an object of the present invention to provide an electric mobile shelf device for a library that uses a code or a bar code.

The present invention includes a book management system that records and stores a storage shelf row / shelf unique management number, a book unique management number, and bibliographic information of each book stored in a plurality of electric mobile shelves in a library. Is a matrix in which the bibliographic information of a desired book is input and searched by the book management system, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number storing the desired book and the registration information of the book unique management number are converted and stored. Print out an instruction sheet that displays the type 2D code or barcode and the bibliographic information of the desired book, or the matrix type 2D code or barcode and the bibliographic information of the desired book on a mobile terminal Matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code stored in the retrieval instruction form, or matrix type two-dimensional code stored on a mobile terminal Or the barcode is read by a reader installed on the movable shelf, the information is displayed on the touch panel display device installed on the movable shelf, and the user wants the information displayed on the touch panel display device. When the touch panel switch of the touch panel display device is touched, the mobile shelf storing the desired book is moved by the command signal of the mobile shelf control system. The above-mentioned problem has been solved by adopting a means for forming the passage so that it can be opened.

According to the present invention configured as described above, a user inputs and searches bibliographic information of a desired book by the book management system, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number and book unique management storing the desired book are stored. Print out an extraction instruction sheet displaying the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code converted from the registration information of the number and the bibliographic information of the desired book, or the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code, The bibliographic information of the desired book is stored on the mobile terminal, and the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code of the retrieval instruction form or the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code stored on the mobile terminal is installed on the moving shelf. Read by the reader, and the information is displayed on the touch panel display device installed on the movable shelf. When the user confirms that the information displayed on the touch panel type display device is the same as that of the desired book and touches the touch panel switch, the desired book is stored by the command signal of the moving shelf control system. The moving shelf that has been moved can be moved to open the desired passage, and when the books once taken out are stored in the original shelves, or when the same books are taken out at different times or on different days, There is an excellent effect that books can be put in and out very quickly by re-using the instruction form that has been once printed out or the mobile terminal without searching for the desired book one by one. Can do.

It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the electrically-driven movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention matrix type two-dimensional code or barcode. It is a perspective view which shows the relationship between the shelf in the motorized movable shelf apparatus in the library which uses this invention matrix type two-dimensional code or barcode, and a book and a handy terminal type barcode reader.

The electric moving shelf apparatus in the electric moving shelf apparatus for a library using the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code of the present invention is not particularly limited, but is preferably an electric moving shelf apparatus as shown in FIG. It is recommended to use That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the electric movable shelf device T is configured such that the movable shelves A to E are arranged along a predetermined arrangement direction on the rails R laid on the floor, and each movable shelf A -E are arranged so as to be movable in the left-right direction on the rail R via the traveling wheels W along a predetermined arrangement direction.

Among the moving shelves A to E, the moving shelves A and E at both ends may be fixed shelves or wall surfaces. In the embodiments of the present invention, all are described as moving shelves for convenience of explanation.

Between the moving shelves A to E, passages 11 to 14 can be formed between the moving shelves adjacent to each other. In FIG. 1, the moving shelves A, B, and C are moved to the left side to be dense. The moving shelves D and E are moved to the right side, and the passage 13 is opened as wide as possible to take out books so that the work of taking out books can be performed smoothly.

Self-propelled reversible motors M1 to M5 are attached to the lower portions of the movable shelves A to E, respectively, and the traveling wheels W mounted on the bottoms of the movable shelves A to E are rotated to provide rails. Drive on R.

Each book 15 stored in each of the moving shelves A to E is attached with a book management unique bar code 16 that records a unique registration number assigned to manage the book. In the moving shelves A to E, each shelf plate 17 that stores each book has a shelf row / shelf that records a unique registration number for managing the shelf row / shelf of each moving shelf A to E. A management unique barcode 18 is attached to each. In FIG. 2, the book management unique barcode 16 and the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 18 are used, but an RFID tag may be used instead of the barcodes 16 and 18.

In the present invention, the bar code 18 on the shelf row / shelf management of the shelf 17 of each of the moving shelves A to E in which the books 15 are stored is read by the handy terminal type bar code reader 19 and then stored and stored. It is necessary to read the book management unique barcode 16 of the book 15 to be read by the handy terminal type bar code reader 19 and specify the shelf row and shelf stage in which the book 15 is stored. Each time the new book 15 is stored and stored on any shelf 17 of each of the moving shelves A to E, each reading operation is repeated.

When the reading operation of the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 18 and the book management unique barcode 16 is completed, the book manager reads the shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 18 and the book management unique barcode 16. The handy terminal type bar code reader 19 is connected to the mobile shelf management personal computer 20 by wire or wireless, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number and the book management unique number read by the handy terminal type bar code reader 19 are obtained. After registration in the mobile shelf management personal computer 20, the registration information is transferred from the mobile shelf management personal computer 20 to the business management server 21 for registration, and bibliographic information such as the book name / author name and classification number of the book in advance. The registration information of the book management system 22 that has registered and the registration information of the business management server 21 By linking the server 21 registers the new registration information obtained by the link to the library management system 22, registration work books information is completed.

It is a precondition of the present invention that the registration information is registered in the book management system 22. That is, after registration of the book information is completed, the book user inputs predetermined book information related to a desired book in the book management system 22 to search for the book, and stores the book in the book management system 22. Matrix type two-dimensional code 23 (generally called "QR code (registered trademark)") or bar code registered by converting registration information of row / shelf management unique number and book unique management number (In the figure, a matrix type two-dimensional code is displayed and the barcode is not shown) and the bibliographic information registered in the book management system 22 are displayed as a take-out instruction form 25 by the printer 24. It is formed so that it can be printed out.

Although not shown, when the bibliographic information recorded in the library management system 22 is widely disclosed on a website in a library, a user uses a mobile terminal having an Internet function, The book management system 22 can be accessed and searched, and a matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code and bibliographic information relating to the selected book can be captured and stored in the mobile terminal.

In the present invention, as described above, both the matrix type two-dimensional code and the barcode are adopted. The bar code has information only in the horizontal direction, whereas the matrix type two-dimensional code has information in the vertical and horizontal directions. Therefore, the amount of information that can be stored is large, and not only numbers but also multilingual data such as English letters and Chinese characters can be stored. However, in the present invention, the information stored in the matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code includes the storage shelf row / shelf unique management number of each book stored in the electric moving shelf and the unique management number of each book. Therefore, it is possible to employ either a matrix type two-dimensional code or a bar code.

On the other hand, the front plate 26 of each of the moving shelves A to E has a matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or bar code of the printed out instruction sheet 25 or a matrix type two-dimensional code displayed on the mobile terminal. Alternatively, a reader 27 for reading a matrix type two-dimensional code or bar code displayed on the take-out instruction sheet 25 or the mobile terminal is installed while holding the barcode, and the matrix type two-dimensional code read by the reader 27 is installed. 23 or a touch panel type display device 28 for displaying information recorded on the bar code is installed on the front plate 26. The touch panel display device 28 is connected to the movable shelf control system 29 by a cable or the like.

Then, in order for the user to take out the desired book 15 from the moving shelf based on the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or the barcode, the user searches for the moving shelf storing the desired book 15 and removes it from the predetermined moving shelf. Although necessary, each of the mobile shelves A to E is centrally managed by the mobile shelf management personal computer 20, and a predetermined movement of each of the mobile shelves A to E is controlled by the control of the mobile shelf control system 29. The shelf can be moved to form a working path for taking out the desired book 15.

The operation of the electric movable shelf apparatus will be described from the above configuration. The user searches for a desired book using the book management system 22, displays the shelf row and shelf number of the selected book and the book management unique number as a matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or a barcode, Bibliographic information is also displayed on the book management system 22, and the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or bar code and the bibliographic information are printed out as a take-out instruction form 25 by the printer 24, or the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or bar code is displayed. Save bibliographic information on mobile devices.

The matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or barcode and other bibliographic information are printed out as a take-out instruction form 25 by the printer 24 and stored in the mobile terminal, and then the user is saved in the take-out instruction form 25 or the mobile terminal. The matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or bar code is held over the reader 27 so that information recorded in the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or bar code and other bibliographic information is displayed on the touch panel type display device 28, and the touch panel type If the information displayed on the display device 28 matches the information of the book desired by the user, the user touches the touch panel switch of the touch panel display device 28 and moves through the moving shelf control system 29. A shelf movement command is issued.

When the user touches the touch panel switch of the touch panel type display device 28 and issues a moving shelf movement command, the moving shelf is automatically operated by the moving shelf control system 29, and the book 15 can be taken out or stored. Thus, a working passage is formed. As a result, the user can enter the passage and take out or store the desired book 15.

The matrix-type two-dimensional code 23 or bar code displayed on the take-out instruction sheet 25 or the mobile terminal is stored even after the book 15 is taken out, so that the book 15 once taken is stored in the original shelf. If the same book 15 is taken out at a later time, or at a different date, the storage is performed without retrieving the desired book 15 by the book management system 22 every time it is taken out or stored. By using the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or the barcode, the book can be put in and out very quickly.

In the figure, reference numeral 30 denotes a manual operation switch, and the moving shelf does not use the matrix type two-dimensional code 23 or the bar code, but the operation switch 30 passes through the moving shelf control system 29. It is configured to drive.

T Motorized moving shelf device A to E Moving shelf M1 to M5 Reversible motor W Traveling wheel R Rail 11 to 14 Passage 15 Book 16 Book management unique barcode 17 Shelf plate 18 Shelf row / shelf management unique barcode 19 Handy terminal type Bar code reader 20 Mobile shelf management personal computer 21 Business management server 22 Book management system 23 Matrix type two-dimensional code 24 Printer 25 Extraction instruction sheet 26 Front panel 27 Reader 28 Touch panel display device 29 Mobile shelf control system 30 Operation switch

Claims (1)

A library management system is provided for storing and storing the storage shelf row / shelf unique management number, book unique management number, and bibliographic information of each book stored in a plurality of electric mobile shelves in the library, and the user manages the book. A matrix type two-dimensional code that is input and searched by the system for bibliographic information of a desired book, and the shelf row / shelf management unique number storing the desired book and the registered information of the book unique management number are converted and saved Or, print out a fetch instruction form displaying the barcode and the bibliographic information of the desired book, or store the matrix type two-dimensional code or barcode and the bibliographic information of the desired book on a mobile terminal, Read the matrix-type 2D code or bar code saved on the take-out instruction form or mobile terminal with a reader installed on the moving shelf. The information is displayed on the touch panel display device installed on the movable shelf, and the user confirms that the information displayed on the touch panel display device is the same as that of the desired book. Matrix type, characterized in that when a touch panel switch of a touch panel display device is touched, a moving shelf storing a desired book can be moved and a desired passage can be opened by a command signal of a moving shelf control system A motorized moving shelf device in a library using a two-dimensional code or bar code.

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