JPH0115441B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an article storage management method for effectively managing a medical chart file used in a hospital, for example, and shelf storage management of other items similar to this medical chart file.

For example, in a hospital, a chart file exists for each patient, and the chart file is classified by patient number or name, and stored and managed on shelves. Such chart files are kept for long periods of time, not only for patients who are currently hospitalized or attending the hospital, but also for patients who have received treatment in the past. The amount alone is extremely large. Each time a patient receives a medical examination, the patient's chart file is pulled out and stored repeatedly.Especially in large general hospitals, the ease of storage management, retrieval, and return storage of the patient's chart file is required. is considered important.

For this reason, for example, the storage positions of multiple storage shelves are determined based on the patient number, etc. Specifically, the shelves are identified in accordance with the patient number, and the tier positions within the shelves and the storage rows within the tiers are also identified. The patient's chart file is then managed to be stored there. and,
When a patient presents his or her consultation card to the reception desk, the patient number is read from the card and the shelf is
Location information such as rows and columns is read from a computer storage file, and a predetermined chart file is retrieved from the location specified by the location information.

However, in order to manage such a chart file, it is absolutely necessary to ensure that the chart file is stored in the specified row and position of the specified shelf. It's making it complicated. In other words, it is necessary to check the location information for each chart file, move it to the shelf position specified by that location, and return it, and since the location also exists in a random state, it is highly efficient. It is difficult to make the return work take place. Inevitably, there is a large possibility that errors in the return storage location will occur, and if such an error occurs, a great deal of effort will be required to find the next medical record file. I come to do it.

This invention was made in view of the above points, and in particular, when returning stored items, it is possible to return the stored items at any vacant place on the shelf without paying attention to the location. The present invention aims to provide a method for storing and managing articles that enables smooth management and retrieval work.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. This embodiment shows a case where it is used for chart file management in a general hospital, etc., and is indicated by serial numbers "1" to "14" as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. multiple shelves 11
a, 11b... These shelves 11a, 11b...
is set between a pair of upper and lower rails 12a and 12b, each set in a closed path, and is set to be able to move around the rails 12a and 12b as shown by an arrow 13, and its movement is controlled by a motor 14. This is performed by a driven rotating belt mechanism or the like.

For a plurality of shelves 11a, 11b... that rotate and move along such rails 12a, 12b,
Gate 15 and detection mechanism 16 are fixedly set. This gate 15 and detection mechanism 16 are connected to the shelf 1
The gates 1a, 11b, . . . are set opposite to each other in front of the movement passages, and in particular, the gate 15 is set to face the front of one selected shelf as shown in the figure. Then, the detection mechanism 16
The system detects and scans the shelf surface as the shelves 11a, 11b... move, and as shown in FIG. Readers 18a to 18a, which are barcode scanners, etc., correspond to each stage of 11b...
18f is attached.

In addition, the gate 15 has openings 19 formed so as to correspond to each stage of shelves set opposite each other, as one of them is shown in FIG. is medical file 20
Columns are set to accommodate a, 20b, . . . , respectively. Using the horizontal frame 21 that partitions the opening 19 of the gate 15, position indicators 22a, 22b, . . . corresponding to each of the columns are provided.

Here, the stored medical records 20a, 2
0b..., an identification barcode 23 consisting of a patient number or the like corresponding to that chart file is formed on the spine by tape, printing, or the like. The identification information of the stored files is read for each stage by scanning of the readers 18a to 18f as the shelves 11a, 11b, . . . rotate.

Further, in each shelf 11a, 11b..., a specified step frame 24 is specified, and as shown in FIG. form.
The marks 25a, 25b... are configured in a state that can be optically detected, such as a hole or a reflective mark, and are configured so that they can be detected by a detector 27 attached to the pillar 17 of the detection mechanism 16, so that they can be detected at each stage. Enables column order information set to be read.

That is, the detector 27 detects marks 25a and 25b.
... is read, and in synchronization with this, the reader 18a
By reading the identification code of each stage of the chart file in steps 18b to 18b, the location information of the stage number and column number can be read in combination with the identification code.

In addition, on the lower side of each of the shelves 11a, 11b..., there is a position code plate 28 on which serial data corresponding to the serial number of the shelf is formed using, for example, reflective tape.
a, 28b... are provided. For these position code plates 28a, 28b..., the corresponding shelf is at the gate 15.
Alternatively, when positioned opposite the detection mechanism 16, the carousel position detectors 29 and 30, which are optical code reading devices attached to the gate 15 and the detection mechanism 16, respectively read the information and read it as continuous information on the shelf location. Make it.

That is, in this shelf device, the shelves 11a,
11b... along the rails 12a, 12b, the detection mechanism 16 scans the shelf surface, and the identification information of the stored chart file is detected by the stage number, column number, and code plates 28a, 28b...
The location information is read along with the location information by serial number, and stored and set in the computer storage file. When a patient's consultation ticket is received at the reception desk, an ID number corresponding to the patient number recorded magnetically on the ticket is read by a reader, and location information is read from the storage file based on this ID number. Then, a shelf is selected from the read sequence data of the location information, and the shelf is moved to the gate 15, and the compartment position where the predetermined chart file is stored is displayed on the display 22 based on the row and column data.
a, 22b, . . .

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the configuration of the main control section for the take-out mode and location detection mode in the above-mentioned shelf apparatus, and both modes are configured by substantially the same components. First, in the case of the retrieval mode shown in FIG. 6, reception information using an ID number based on the patient's examination ticket is input. This reception information is then stored and set in the buffer memory 35.
The buffer memory 35 may store reception information one by one, or may store a predetermined number of reception information or reception information in a specified time range in an integrated manner.

The reception information stored in the buffer memory 35 is
It is sent to the arithmetic control unit 36 and the file search circuit 37
control. This search circuit 37 drives a file reading circuit 38 to read shelf location information corresponding to reception information from an information file of a control section, which will be described later. This read location information is then sent to the buffer register 39 for location storage via the arithmetic control unit 36, and sent to the control unit as location information via the data output circuit 40, and is then sent to the control unit to correspond to the location information. , move the shelves 11a, 11b, etc., set the shelf corresponding to the information to a position facing the gate 15, and store the chart file corresponding to the reception information in accordance with the stage and column information included in the location information. Indicate the location of the shelves, tiers, and rows.

Here, the control console 31 attached to the gate 15 section
An operation mode command for setting the take-out mode and transmission is obtained via the input circuit 41, and a command for setting the take-out mode operation is given to the arithmetic control unit 36.
It performs the location operation to indicate the storage location of the medical chart file as described above.

The arithmetic control unit 36 sends the patient number (ID number) from the buffer register 35 as well as information such as the medical department, date, etc. of the read medical chart file to the printer control circuit 42, and sends information such as the medical department and date of the read medical chart file to the printer control circuit 42. Print out the attached delivery slip. After a predetermined chart file is retrieved in this manner, the file writing circuit 43 may be driven to appropriately erase location information and the like corresponding to the retrieved chart file from the information file.

When the detection mechanism 16 is in the chart file detection mode, as shown in FIG. A read command is given to the buffer register 39 for use. In this state, the shelves 11a, 11b, . . . are rotated, and the detection mechanism 16 detects serial data for identifying the shelves, as well as the identification ID data of the chart file, as well as the row and column data representing the storage section positions thereof. This detected data is stored in the buffer register 39 via the data input circuit 45, and this stored information is supplied to the file write circuit 43.

That is, the identification and location information supplied to the file writing circuit 43 by a command from the arithmetic control unit 36 to which the detection mode command was given is written and registered in the information file of the control unit, and the reception information is stored at the time of retrieval as described above. (ID number) is stored and set so that the medical file location information can be searched.

FIG. 8 shows the configuration of a control section coupled to the main control section 46 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 above, and the main control section 46 is coupled to an input/output circuit 47. For this input/output circuit 47, the operation console 31
A control circuit 48 whose operating mode is set is connected to
For example, in the retrieval mode shown in FIG. 6, when a file search command is given from the main control unit 46 using the identification ID number corresponding to the reception information, the control circuit 48 sends the information file to the registered data storage unit 49. A command to read data corresponding to the ID number is given, and the read data from the storage section 49 is supplied to the main control section 46 as file information via the input/output circuit 47. That is,
Location information corresponding to the reception information can now be obtained from the data output circuit 40 of the main control unit 46, and this location information is transferred to the input/output circuit 4 again.
7 to the data storage circuit 50 and stored therein. The storage circuit 50 generates location data for series, rows, and columns based on the supplied location information, and the series data is supplied to the carousel control section 52 via the input/output circuit 51.
The shelf corresponding to the series data is moved and set to a position facing the gate 15. When the movement of the carousel is completed, the serial data is stored in the serial storage circuit 53, and a command is given to the data storage circuit 50, and a display timing signal is given to command the reading of the row and column data. The data is provided to a decoder 54. This decoder 54 drives a gate section display circuit 56 via an output circuit 55 to selectively display one of the display sections 22a, 22b, . Then, the storage compartment position of the retrieved chart file will be displayed.

That is, in this way, the storage position of the medical chart file based on the reception information is specified and displayed, and the medical chart file corresponding to the displayed column and column is retrieved.

Next, when the main control section 46 is set to the detection mode as shown in FIG.
1, the detection mode is set, and the registered data storage unit 4
9, it issues a command to delete stored data as appropriate and sets it to a write state.

When the stored item is a medical record file, it is usually taken out once, returned and stored, and then it is not taken out again on the same day. Therefore, regarding this storage shelf device,
As mentioned above, after retrieving the medical chart file based on the patient ID number and using it for examination, etc.,
The items are returned and stored at an appropriate time in an empty section of an empty shelf. Then, for example, once at the end of the day, the shelves 11a, 11b, etc. are set to the detection mode, and the shelves 11a, 11b, etc. are moved several times, and each shelf surface is scanned by the detection mechanism 16, and the identification is performed.
The ID number is read and the ren, dan,
The location data of the column is detected and the storage file of the registered data storage section 49 is updated.

That is, in addition to setting the detection mode, the shelves 11a,
11b... are controlled to move so as to pass in front of the detection mechanism 16, and in response to the movement, the shelf position detector 30
The serial number data of the shelves facing each other is read,
It is obtained from the carousel control unit 52 as continuous data.
This series data is then stored in the series storage circuit 53. Further, as the shelves move, the column detector 27 detects the marks 25a, 25b, etc. formed on each shelf to generate column data, and this column data is sent to the output circuit 5.
7 to the decoder 58 and the column storage circuit 5
Memorize this in 9. At the same time, each time this row is detected,
Output circuits 60a to 60 with signals from output circuit 57
Control f. The output circuits 60a to 60f receive signals from the chart files from the readers 18a to 18f provided corresponding to each stage of the detection mechanism 16.
ID number reading information is supplied, and the ID numbers of each stage are stored in memory circuits 61a to 61, respectively.
Store in f. The information stored in the storage circuits 61a to 61f is supplied to the multiplexer 62. This multiplexer 62 is controlled by a control circuit 63 every time a column mark is detected from the output circuit 57, so that ID numbers stored in a state corresponding to the row data are sequentially read out.

The ID number, column data, column data from the storage circuit 59, and series data from the series memory circuit 53 are then stored in the registered data storage section 49.

Note that this registered data storage section 49 may be used as it is as an information file, but the information file may be placed separately from the main control and the data in the storage section 49 may be transferred.

In the above embodiment, in the detection mechanism 16, the readers 18a to 18f are arranged corresponding to each stage. However, Fig. 9 and 1
As shown in FIG. 0, the detection mechanism 16 may be configured by one reader 18. That is, the wire 65 is set to be movable up and down using a pulley with respect to the column 17, and the wire 65 supports the reader 18, and is set to be movable up and down so as to correspond to each stage. Then, one reader 18 can read the ID numbers on the spines of the storage chart files on each shelf. In this case, on the side of the support column 17,
A detection mark 66 is set corresponding to each stage position, and a detection piece 67 is provided in the reader 18 corresponding to the position of this detection mark 66, and the stage position is detected by the coincidence of the mark 66 and the detection piece 67. , so that stage data can be obtained. This detection mark 66
The detection piece 67 may be anything that forms a through hole that communicates when a match occurs and can optically detect the match. Alternatively, a bar code corresponding to the row data may be formed separately for each row position, and the bar code may be read.

In addition, in the embodiment, there are a plurality of shelves 11a, 11b...
Although shown as moving on the floor, this can be similarly implemented even if the object rotates in three dimensions.

As described above, according to the present invention, when returning a stored item, it is possible to freely return and store the stored item in an empty compartment of an empty shelf without paying attention to the consecutive storage compartments, and in that state. Location information indicating the storage section of the stored item is set in the storage file. Therefore, not only can the task of retrieving and retrieving the item be carried out with high efficiency, but also the task of returning the item is greatly simplified, and in particular, there are no factors that can cause errors in the return storage compartment, making it easier to store the item on the shelf. Article management can be made highly efficient and accurate.

Note that the items stored in this storage shelf device are not limited to the medical chart files as in the embodiment, but can be used as appropriate as long as they are not taken in and out multiple times within a specified time range, etc. It can also be effectively used in warehouse systems that classify and store various parts.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a plan view illustrating the configuration of a shelf device for carrying out a storage management method for articles according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view, and Fig. 3 is a partially omitted front view. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of the gate of the shelving device, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a part of the shelf, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are views showing the main part of the shelf device. FIG. 8 is a block diagram explaining the control section for the main control section; FIG. 9 is a block diagram explaining another embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
A in the figure is a diagram showing the detection mechanism section of the above embodiment taken out, and B in the same figure is a cross-sectional view taken along the line bb of diagram A. 11a, 11b...shelf, 12a, 12b...rail, 15...gate, 16...detection mechanism, 17
...Strut, 18, 18a, 18b...Reader, 19...Aperture, 20a, 20b...Chart file, 21...Horizontal frame, 22a, 22b...Display device, 23...Identification barcode (ID number) ), 2
4...Step frame, 25a, 25b...Mark, 27...
...Detector, 28a, 28b...Position code plate, 2
9,30...Carousel position detector.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A plurality of shelves in which a large number of files each having identification information attached thereto are stored in storage compartments formed by arranging them in a horizontal direction, each of which corresponds to one of the shelves. a detection mechanism and a gate, and means for moving the shelf relative to the detection mechanism and the gate, the detection mechanism scanning a corresponding shelf surface to detect each file stored on the shelf. an information reader for reading identification information of the shelf, a location information detection mechanism for reading serial information for identifying the corresponding shelf, and compartment information for identifying the compartment scanned by the reader; A method for managing article storage in a storage shelf device having a display function for specifying and displaying storage compartments, wherein the plurality of shelves are sequentially set to face the detection mechanism, and the detection mechanism and one shelf are set to face each other. in the state where the location information detection mechanism is located, the linked information is read by the location information detection mechanism, compartment information is also read by the location information detection mechanism, and with the detection mechanism facing the one shelf, the reader is used to detect the facing shelf compartments. reads the identification information of each of the files stored in the storage space, and with the detection mechanism set facing one of the shelves, based on the serial information read from this shelf, the partition information read subsequently, and the identification information. hand,
Location information indicating the storage position of each of the multiple files set to be stored on each of the plurality of shelves is formed, and the corresponding file is selected from the stored location information based on the file identification information designated for retrieval. Reads out the stored run and section information, and uses the read out run and section information to
A method for storing and managing articles, characterized in that the front surface of the relevant shelf faces the gate, and the compartment in which the files are stored is displayed at the gate.