JP5678377B2 - Horizontally-sealed seal for shipping containers and sealing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a seal, a sealing method, and an authentication system using the seal, which are affixed to any delivery container such as a container for transportation, home delivery, and waste disposal. More specifically, a seal seal, a sealing method, and the seal for monitoring a state abnormality during delivery of the delivery container by being attached to the delivery container and confirming a healthy and safe delivery of the delivery container, and the seal The present invention relates to an authentication system using a seal.

  When requesting a delivery item to a delivery company, the delivery item is required to be delivered to the recipient without being unpacked. However, sometimes an unexpected situation may occur where the packaging container is broken and opened. In particular, packaging containers for products that directly affect the human body, such as food and pharmaceuticals, must absolutely prevent the contents from being intentionally opened and altered in the distribution process from the viewpoint of safety and hygiene. It is. In addition, container containers storing industrial wastes and the like need to be reliably transported to the final disposal site and disposed of without being opened during transportation. Containers storing important documents should never be opened during transportation.

  It is also considered to attach an IC tag label to the opening part of the package so that it can be confirmed that it has been opened after arrival even if the goods in the packaged state are opened illegally during transportation. Since the IC tag is destroyed when the tag label is peeled off, it cannot be used to authenticate that it has not been opened.

  There has also been proposed a non-contact IC tag label that can be determined from the state of communication from a non-contact IC tag (see, for example, Patent Document 1). However, even if the IC tag is attached to the opening part of the packaging container, if the label is replaced with another label, or if the IC tag is once peeled off and then attached again, fraudulent acts are performed. There is a problem of not knowing.

JP 2002-362613 A

  The present invention can identify the shipper and the contents of the delivery container, and also monitors the abnormal state of the delivery container during delivery by sticking it to the delivery container. It is another object of the present invention to provide a seal seal that can confirm safe delivery, a seal method, and an authentication system that uses the seal seal.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present inventors have intensively studied. As a result, a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes are attached to predetermined positions of the seal and each two-dimensional barcode is made unique to each delivery item. Therefore, even if the seal seal is peeled off, the recipient can confirm the delivery by reading the remaining two-dimensional bar code, and also visually confirm whether the seal seal has been peeled off. We focused on the fact that authentication is possible.
Therefore, in addition to the identification information such as the sender and contents, the number of the two-dimensional barcode printed on the seal sticker, the quantity information of the number of the seal sticker affixed to the delivery container, and the individual two-dimensional barcode The inventors have found that the object can be achieved by printing a two-dimensional bar code including individual information for distinction to constitute a seal seal, and have reached the present invention.

That is, the present invention is as follows.
(1) A horizontally long sealed sticker affixed to an opening portion of a delivery container, wherein a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes are printed on the base material surface of the sealed seal, and the printed two-dimensional bar The code includes identification information regarding the sender and contents of the delivery container, the number of printed two-dimensional barcodes printed on the seal sticker, the number of seal stickers affixed to the delivery container, and the two-dimensional bar. A horizontally long sticker characterized in that it includes quantity information indicating the total number of codes and individual information for distinguishing a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes.
(2) The horizontally long sealed seal according to (1), wherein the individual information is displayed separately from the two-dimensional barcode on the base material surface of the seal seal.
(3) The horizontally long sealed seal according to (1) or (2), wherein the individual information distinguishes each of a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes by a combination of alphabets and numbers.
(4) The horizontally long sealed seal according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the substrate of the horizontally long seal is any one of paper, synthetic paper, and film.
(5) The horizontal seal seal according to any one of the above (1) to (4) is used so as to straddle the unsealed portion of the delivery container containing the contents using an adhesive, and A sealing method, wherein a plurality of printed two-dimensional barcodes are pasted so that at least one two-dimensional barcode is disposed on each different surface of a delivery container across an opening .

According to the present invention, since a plurality of two-dimensional bar codes containing identification information for identifying the sender and contents of a delivery container are printed on a single seal, for each delivery container, It is possible to provide a sealed seal that can be managed and does not fall into an indistinguishable state of the delivery container at a low cost. The two-dimensional bar code can be easily produced by synthesizing the sender's registration card and the database in the server, so that a sealed seal can be easily produced simply by printing it for each container.
In addition, the number of the two-dimensional barcode printed on the seal sticker and the quantity information indicating the number of the seal sticker affixed to the delivery container are input to the two-dimensional barcode, so that the seal sticker is apparently displayed. Even if it is unclear that the seal has been peeled off, the quantity information on the two-dimensional barcode is read and checked against the number of two-dimensional barcodes remaining in the delivery container to confirm whether the seal is removed. Is possible. In addition, since the individual information that can distinguish each two-dimensional barcode is input to the two-dimensional barcode, it is not easy to duplicate and cannot be rewritten.

  Even if the delivery is opened, the sealer's address can be changed from the two-dimensional bar code that is not damaged even if the delivery is opened. Specific information such as the name or name, the contents of the delivery container, and the weight can be read. In addition, since it is possible to visually confirm that there is a damaged two-dimensional barcode, it is possible to confirm that the delivery has been opened and fraud has been performed. On the other hand, when there is no peeling mark of the seal sticker and all the two-dimensional barcode printed on the sticker attached can be read, it can be confirmed that the seal is not opened.

  Even if the delivery is delivered via a relay office, the 2D barcode is read at each relay office, and the delivery container is not opened halfway, or the contents are opened and replaced. By tracking when a portion of the 2D barcode printed on the seal is no longer readable, It becomes possible to specify the place where there was fraud.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows one Embodiment of the horizontally long seal | sticker seal by this invention. It is a figure which shows the sticking example of the horizontally long seal sticker by this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a registration card. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of one Embodiment of the delivery system which uses the horizontally long seal | sticker seal by this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the creation procedure of the horizontally long seal sticker by this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the opening confirmation procedure of the delivery goods which affixed the horizontally long seal sticker by this invention.

First, the horizontally long seal of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a horizontally long seal according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view showing an example of application of a horizontally long seal according to the present invention.
Hereinafter, the “horizontal seal” according to the present invention is abbreviated as “sealing seal”.

  In the present invention, the “delivery container” refers to a cardboard box, a plastic, paper or wooden box, a container, etc., which contains all contents such as raw materials, products, waste, daily necessities, etc. Say the container.

As shown in FIG. 1, a seal 1 according to the present invention includes a plurality of 2 pieces of identification information 4 relating to a shipper and contents of a delivery container on the surface of a substrate 2 made of landscape paper, synthetic paper or film. The three-dimensional barcode 3 is printed with printer ink, and the identification information 4 for identifying the sender and contents of the delivery container and the seal sticker are printed on the printing surface of the two-dimensional barcode 3. The predetermined number of printed two-dimensional barcodes 3 (two in FIG. 1), the number of seal stickers affixed to the delivery container (two in FIG. 1), and the total number of two-dimensional barcodes (four in FIG. 1) ) And individual information 5 for distinguishing each of a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes are printed.
By configuring the seal seal 1 to be horizontally long, it can be pasted so as to straddle the opening of the delivery container, and printer printing is easier than a vertically long seal.

  The material of the sealing seal substrate 2 is not particularly limited. Paper has the disadvantage of being easily damaged, but is inexpensive. High quality tack (general white tack paper), thermal (thermal paper tack paper), POS (tack paper with high printability), OA multi-tack (tack paper capable of inkjet printing), post seal art Etc. Synthetic paper and film are expensive but difficult to break, and are not cut by anything other than a cutter, so they are suitable for authentication systems. Synthetic paper and films include YUPO (PP material, etc.), PVC white (PVC material), PET white (polyethylene terephthalate material), laminated paper of these materials and OPP (stretched polypropylene), YUPOthermal (white / film material) Thermal paper) and the like, and these are white tack papers, which have high durability and water resistance.

  As an embodiment of the seal seal base material 2, each seal seal base material 2 shown in the figure can be made to have a stretch seal specification. In this case, if a material based on a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) or an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer film is used for the seal seal substrate 2, it has self-restoration and can be suitably used as a stretch seal.

  The plurality of two-dimensional barcodes 3 have identification information 4 for identifying the sender and contents of the delivery container. This identification information 4 also includes additional information such as the company name, establishment name, volume, and weight of the sender. The additional information may be arbitrarily set by the user according to the type of delivery item and the delivery method, and may or may not be printed on the seal sticker 1. Additional information is included.

  When producing the seal 1, the identification information 4 may be input each time. However, the identification information 4 for identifying the shipper of the delivery to be printed as the two-dimensional barcode 3 is displayed for each shipper. Alternatively, if a pre-registration card having a residence is prepared, the identification information 4 can be easily rewritten by downloading the preset identification information 4 from the server. FIG. 3 shows an example (a), (b) or (c) of a registration card.

  A plurality of two-dimensional barcodes 3 are a number representing the number of printed two-dimensional barcodes 3 printed on a seal sticker, the number of seal stickers affixed to a delivery container, and the total number of two-dimensional barcodes. Have information. This quantity information can be arbitrarily set for each delivery container. For example, when sending a plurality of delivery containers containing the same contents to the same place, By changing the number of two-dimensional barcodes printed on the seal sticker, or by changing the number of seal stickers to be attached, unique information can be given to each delivery container. Easy to manage.

  Then, the quantity information input to the two-dimensional barcode is read, and the number of seal stickers remaining in the delivery container and the total number of two-dimensional barcodes are checked to determine whether the seal stickers have been removed during delivery. It becomes possible to judge.

  Further, the plurality of two-dimensional barcodes 3 have individual information 5 for distinguishing each two-dimensional barcode. The display method of the individual information 5 is not specifically limited, For example, it can display combining an alphabet and a number. In the case of FIG. 1, since two two-dimensional barcodes are printed on one seal sticker and two seal stickers are used, the individual information 5 of the total number of two-dimensional barcodes is A-1, A -2, B-1, and B-2 are shown as examples.

  Alternatively, as another example, when three sealing stickers 1 each having two two-dimensional barcodes 3 printed thereon are produced, the individual information 5 is C-1-1 and C-1-2. , C-2-1, C-2-2, C-3-1 and C-3-2.

  Each two-dimensional barcode printed on the seal sticker according to the individual information 5 includes unique information, and it becomes difficult to forge or duplicate the seal sticker, thus preventing unauthorized opening during delivery. be able to.

  The individual information 5 only needs to be input to each two-dimensional barcode, but can also be printed on a seal sticker according to the operation of the visual check. For example, in FIG. 1, when the individual information 5 is printed on the surface of the base material of the seal sticker, only the seal sticker on which B-1 and B-2 are printed is attached as the individual information 5 when the delivery container is checked. If there is no seal sticker on which individual information of A-1 and A-2 is printed, it can be seen that the seal sticker has been peeled off without using a barcode reader. It becomes easy.

The two-dimensional barcode 3 may be of any size, but considering that the amount of information that can be input varies depending on the size, a two-dimensional barcode having a size of approximately 17 mm × 17 mm is used as a minimum. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes 3 need to be printed on the base material 2 of the seal sticker 1. Of course, the pattern is not limited to the left and right symmetrical patterns 31 and 32 as shown in FIG. If only a single two-dimensional barcode is printed on the seal sticker 1, if the two-dimensional barcode is peeled off, it will be possible to know the existence of fraud, but it will enter the two-dimensional barcode 3 This is because the identification information 4 that is present cannot be read.
If the sealing sticker 1 on which a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes are printed is pasted on two different surfaces across the opening portion 7 as in the present invention, the seal sticker 1 is delivered by peeling or cutting action. Even if the container 6 is opened, the identification information 4 can be read from the remaining two-dimensional barcode 3. Furthermore, the safety | security can be ensured more by sticking the some seal sticker 1. FIG.

  When the sealing sticker 1 is affixed to the delivery container 6 containing the contents and sealed, as shown in FIG. 2, so as to straddle the unsealed portion 7 of the delivery container 6 containing the contents, and At least 1 so that a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes 3 printed on the horizontally long seal 1 are arranged on the opening surface 61 of the delivery container 6 and the surface 62 adjacent thereto across the opening 7. Affix the sheet. When three or more two-dimensional barcodes are printed on one sealing sticker, a part of the two-dimensional barcodes may be hung on the opening portion. FIG. 2 shows an example in which three sheets are pasted, and there is no restriction on the number of pasted sheets. It is not preferable to stick the horizontally long seal 1 along the opening 7 because the two-dimensional barcode 3 cannot be read when the horizontally long seal 1 is cut with a cutter.

  As the adhesive used when the seal seal 1 is applied, ordinary glue, strong adhesive glue, super strong adhesive glue, freezing glue, or the like is used. The material of these adhesives is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include adhesives such as rubber adhesives, acrylic adhesives, silicone adhesives, and urethane adhesives using natural rubber or synthetic rubber as a base polymer. Therefore, when the adhesive 2 is coated on the back surface of the base material 2 of the seal seal 1 and the coated surface is protected with a release paper or the like, the seal seal 1 can be easily applied.

  The size of the seal seal 1 is not limited, but if the width is about 20 mm to 50 mm and the length is about 60 mm to 200 mm, the seal seal 1 can be easily attached to the delivery container 6 and used for delivery of the seal seal 1. Adhesiveness to the container 6 is also increased.

  In order to confirm the sound and safe delivery of the delivery container by the sealing seal and sealing method of the present invention, the sender and the recipient (including the recipient at the relay establishment, etc.) are loaded with the same software. It is necessary to use a personal computer and a printer, reader or scanner. Commercially available products may be used as the printer, printing ink, reader, or scanner.

  The reader or scanner varies depending on the size and shape of the delivery container 6, the size of the two-dimensional barcode 3, the output of the reader or scanner, and the like. By using a mold that can simultaneously read a dimensional barcode, the reading work burden can be reduced. A two-dimensional barcode can be read one by one with a reader or a scanner. Since the two-dimensional barcode 3 appears on the surface of the delivery container 6, the reader can easily perform the reading operation and has high reliability.

  Next, an embodiment of an authentication system using a seal seal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the sender and the recipient are equipped with personal computers equipped with the same two-dimensional barcode generation software. The shipper has a printer connected to the personal computer. The recipient has a reader connected to the personal computer.

  First, as shown in FIG. 5, the shipper reads the shipper's identification information 4 from the registration card and inputs the identification information (step 1). Next, the identification information 4 and additional information regarding the contents such as the type, weight, and shipping date and time of the contents of the shipping container 6 are input (step 2), and the identification information 4 and the quantity are obtained using the two-dimensional barcode generation software. A plurality of two-dimensional barcodes 3 including information and individual information 5 are created (step 3). Next, the two-dimensional barcode 3 created in step 3 and individual information (for example, a symbol unique to each two-dimensional barcode composed of alphabets and numerals) 5 are sealed using a printer. It prints on the base material 2 and creates the sealing sticker 1 (step 4).

  Next, the shipper affixes the created seal seal 1 to a predetermined position of the shipping container 6 of the delivery 10 (step 5).

  When the delivery 10 is delivered to the recipient, the recipient checks the state of the seal seal 1 attached to the delivery container 6 and confirms that there is no peeling mark and the seal is not damaged. Count the number of stickers and the total number of printed 2D barcodes. If the seal seal is peeled off or the seal is damaged, the possibility of opening is high (step 6).

  Next, the recipient reads the two-dimensional barcode 3 of the seal seal 1 affixed to the delivery container 6 with a reader (step 7). When all the two-dimensional barcodes cannot be read, only the two-dimensional barcode that can be read is read. As a result, when the reader can read all the two-dimensional barcodes 3 and the total number of two-dimensional barcodes and the number of seals are all satisfied, the shipping container 6 is not opened. Can be confirmed. If any two-dimensional barcode cannot be read, the shipping container 6 may have been opened.

However, even if the seal sticker 1 is stuck on the corner of the shipping container 6 or cannot be read due to dirt, etc., the number of stickers of quantity information read from any two-dimensional barcode and the total number of two-dimensional barcodes However, if it can be confirmed that it matches the quantity counted visually, it can be considered that the shipping container 6 is not opened.
Further, when there is no peeling mark of the seal sticker, even if there is a seal sticker 1 that cannot read the two-dimensional barcode 3, it is possible to read at least half of the two-dimensional barcode printed for each sticker. If possible, it can be considered not opened.

  Steps 1 to 7 above describe the case where delivery is made from the sender to the recipient without going through the relay establishment / consignment company, but is delivered via the relay establishment / consignment company. Even in this case, it is possible to confirm that the shipping container 6 has not been opened by carrying out step 6 to step 7 at each relay establishment / consignment company.

  In the authentication system of the present invention, the recipient only needs to read the two-dimensional barcode 3 printed on the seal sticker 1 that can be read. This is because the number of two-dimensional barcodes attached to the shipping container 6 is displayed as quantity information, so that the recipient can know the number of two-dimensional barcodes that cannot be read. When there are relay establishments / consignment companies, etc., it is possible to know where the abnormal situation has occurred by collating the read data of the two-dimensional barcode at each relay establishment / consignment company.

  In particular, as in the processing and transportation of waste, containers filled with waste are discharged from (i.e., the shipper), consigned collection carriers (recipients), intermediate disposal operators (recipients), When transported sequentially to the final disposal contractor (recipient), abnormalities during the transport from the discharger to the intermediate disposal contractor by the collection transporter and / or during the transport from the intermediate disposal contractor to the final disposal contractor Even if a situation arises, it is possible to follow up on the existence and cause of an abnormal situation.

  Embodiments of the present invention (examples of creating seals and examples of sealing) will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

Example 1
The name, address or whereabouts of the shipper, the type of contents, etc. were entered into a personal computer pre-installed with predetermined two-dimensional barcode generation software. Using a printer connected to a personal computer, a two-dimensional barcode 3 having a size of 20 mm × 20 mm is applied to the surface of a horizontally long sealing base 2 having a thickness of 90 μm, a width of 30 mm, and a length of 120 mm, based on commercially available OA paper. At the same time, two pieces were printed at a position 20 mm from the end of each seal substrate, and at the same time, the individual information 5 of the barcode was printed on the lower part of the printed two-dimensional barcode 3, thereby creating a horizontally long seal 1 (FIG. 1). .

  The size of the delivery container is not particularly specified, but as an example, the length, width, and height of the opening portion 7 of the delivery container 6 having a size of 400 mm × 400 mm × 400 mm are used as commercially available cloth gum tapes. After sealing with the above, the above-mentioned horizontally long seal 1 is opened from the top of this gum tape using a commercially available adhesive or a seal with an adhesive in advance. The two-dimensional barcodes 31 and 32 are pasted so as to be positioned on different surfaces 61 and 62 (FIG. 2).

In Example 1 described above, when an information reading test was performed on the two-dimensional barcode using a commercially available reader, it was confirmed that both could be read without any problem.
In addition, all of the sealed seals maintained a good sticking state with respect to the delivery container 6 and were not peeled off or damaged by handling the cargo.

  The sealing and sealing method of the present invention can be applied to any delivery container such as a container for transportation, home delivery, and waste disposal.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Horizontal seal sticker 2 Sealing base material 3 Two-dimensional barcode 4 Identification information 5 Individual information 6 Delivery container 7 Unsealing part 10 Delivery thing 20 Registration card

Claims (5)

A horizontally long seal sticked to the opening of the shipping container, wherein a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes are printed on the base material surface of the seal seal,
The printed two-dimensional barcode includes identification information regarding the sender and contents of the delivery container,
Quantity information indicating the number of printed two-dimensional barcodes printed on the seal sticker, the number of seal stickers attached to the delivery container, and the total number of two-dimensional barcodes;
A horizontally long sealed seal characterized by including individual information for distinguishing a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes.   The horizontally long seal according to claim 1, wherein the individual information is displayed separately from the two-dimensional barcode on the surface of the base material of the seal.   The horizontally long seal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the individual information distinguishes each of a plurality of two-dimensional barcodes by a combination of alphabets and numbers.   The horizontally long seal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a substrate of the horizontally long seal is one of paper, synthetic paper, and film. The horizontal seal seal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an adhesive is used to straddle the opening portion of the delivery container containing the contents, and a plurality of the horizontal seal seal printed on the horizontal seal seal A sealing method, wherein a two-dimensional bar code is pasted so that at least one two-dimensional barcode is disposed on each of different surfaces of a delivery container across an opening .