JPH02309896A - Collection and delivery data acquisition device for packed container - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the size and weight of a 1st terminal device that a person in charge needs to carry by sending data which are collected by the 1st terminal device to a 2nd terminal device mounted on a collection and delivery vehicle, and storing them on the 2nd terminal device. CONSTITUTION:When the collection and delivery vehicle 2 arrives at a customer' s place, the person in charge replaces a 1st cylinder and a 2nd cylinder and reads code plates 15 stuck on the shoulder parts of the cylinders by the 1st terminal device 14a that the person in charge carries. In such a case, the data which are read by the 1st terminal device 14a are sent as an electromagnetic wave 16. The 2nd terminal device 14b is mounted on the collection and delivery vehicle 2 and the electromagnetic wave 16 is received by an antenna 17. The 2nd terminal device 14b inputs the electromagnetic wave 1 which is received by the antenna 17 to a terminal control part 12 after it is modulated by a reception part 21 and the data are stored on a memory 11. Consequently, the 1st terminal device 14 that the person in charge carries is reducible in size and weight.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data collection device used when collecting and distributing filled containers such as LPG cylinders.

In the conventional sales format of liquefied gas, the LPG cylinders in use at the customer's site are not replaced after they are emptied, but instead the LPG cylinders 1 that have been refilled to the specified amount are collected, as shown in Figure 3. Dispatch 2
The LPG cylinders that are being used at the customer sites (hereinafter, the cylinders used at the customer site will be referred to as the first cylinders) are loaded on the LPG cylinders and the staff periodically circulates them to the customer sites 38, 3□... The refilled LPG cylinder (hereinafter, the refilled cylinder will be referred to as a second cylinder) is replaced, and the staff places the first cylinder on the collection and delivery vehicle 2 and takes it home. In addition, when refilling and shipping, the total weight of each cylinder is recorded in the information processing center 5, and the weight value of the first cylinder brought home by the staff and the weight value at the time of shipping this first cylinder are recorded. The difference between the weight value and the total weight value is billed as the amount of gas used at the customer site.

Therefore, when exchanging the first cylinder and the second cylinder, the staff member uses the handy terminal 4 to record at least the code number of the second cylinder that was unloaded one container ahead of the customer. Okay, the staff member is at Information Processing Center 5.
When the customer returns to the station, the data is transferred from the India terminal 4 to the information processing device, and the information processing device calculates the amount of gas used and the charges for each customer.

Note that when the staff member uses the handy terminal 3 to read data at a customer's location, a predetermined slip 6 is printed and issued from the handy terminal 4. Handy
As shown in FIG. 4, the terminal 4 includes a pen scanner body 7a and a light pen 7b for reading the code number of the cylinder from a code plate attached to the shoulder of the LPG cylinder 1.

A keyboard 8 for inputting various codes, a slip issuing device 9,
It is composed of a display panel 10, a terminal control section 12 that controls these sections, and a battery 13 that supplies power to each section.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In such a conventional configuration, the keyboard 8 and the slip issuing device 9. It is necessary to carry a large and heavy handheld terminal 4 with a built-in battery 13 between the collection and delivery vehicle 2 and the customer's cylinder installation location.
Poor workability.

An object of the present invention is to provide a collection/delivery data collection device that allows necessary data to be brought back to the information processing center 5 without the need for staff to carry large and heavy handheld terminals.

Means for Solving the Problems The filling container collection and delivery data collection device of the present invention includes a first terminal device that transmits data collected at a collection and delivery destination using electromagnetic waves, and a first terminal device that is mounted on a collection and delivery vehicle and transmits electromagnetic waves from the first terminal device. and a second terminal device that receives, demodulates and stores data, and is configured to transfer the stored data from the second terminal device to the information processing device of the information processing center when the collection and delivery vehicle arrives at the information processing center. It is characterized by

Further, when issuing a slip using a second terminal device mounted on a collection and delivery vehicle, the first terminal device can be further downsized.

Function: According to this configuration, an attendant carries the first terminal device having a data collection function and moves between the customer's cylinder installation location and the collection/delivery vehicle. The data collected by the first terminal device is wirelessly transmitted to the second terminal device on the side of the collection and delivery vehicle and stored therein.

In addition, when issuing a slip using the second terminal device,
There is no need to provide the first terminal device with a slip issuing function, and the first terminal device carried by the staff member can be made smaller and weigh more.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be explained based on FIGS. 1 and 2. Components having the same functions as those shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 showing the conventional example will be described with the same reference numerals.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the collection and delivery vehicle 2 arrives at the customer's location, the staff member replaces the first cylinder with the second cylinder, and also replaces the code plate I5 attached to the shoulder of the cylinder. The reading is carried out by the first terminal device 14a carried. Here, the first terminal device 1
The data read by 4a is transmitted by electromagnetic waves 16.

The collection and delivery vehicle 2 is equipped with a second terminal device 14b, and the electromagnetic waves 16 are received by an antenna 17.

1st. The second terminal devices 14a, 14b are constructed as shown in FIG. First terminal device 1
4a is a pen scanner body 7a and a light pen 7b, as well as
The pen scanner is composed of a transmitting section 18 which uses data outputted from the main body 7a as an input signal, a transmitting antenna 19, and a battery 20 for power supply.

In the second terminal device 14b, the electromagnetic wave 16 received by the antenna 17 is demodulated by the receiving section 21 and then input to the terminal control section 12, and is stored in the memo January 1.

In this way, the data accumulated in the memory 11 at each customer site is transferred from the memo to the information processing center 5 via the terminal control unit 12 when the collection and delivery vehicle 2 returns to the information processing center 5. Accumulated data is sucked up to a device (not shown), and aggregation processing is performed by the information processing device.

Here, since the second terminal device 14b is provided with the slip issuing device 9, when data is sent from the first terminal device +4a to the second terminal device 14b, the second terminal device 14b sends the slip issuing device 9 to the second terminal device 14b. A slip will be issued. Therefore, there is no need to provide a slip issuing device like the conventional handy terminal 4 at the first terminal device 14a.

Note that in the above embodiment, the first. Second terminal device 1
The data exchange between 4a and 14b was carried out using radio frequency electromagnetic waves 16, but in a broad sense, electromagnetic waves are modulated and transmitted, such as infrared light, ultrasonic waves, or sound waves in the nearby frequency range. It is also possible to send and receive data by receiving and demodulating the data.

In the above embodiment, from the first terminal device 14a to the second terminal device 14a
The explanation has been given using an example of unilateral data transfer to the first terminal device 14b, but it is also possible to add a receiver to the first terminal device 14a and a transmitter to the second terminal device 14b. Then, it detects that the data has been correctly transmitted to the second terminal device 14b and sends a confirmation signal to the first terminal device 14a, and the first terminal device 14a sends the confirmation signal. By detecting this and activating a buzzer or the like, it is possible to instruct a staff member to resend data in the event of a data transfer failure.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, the data collected by the first terminal device is transmitted by electromagnetic waves to the second terminal device mounted on the collection and delivery vehicle, and is stored in the second terminal device. Because of this structure, the first terminal device that staff members must carry can be made smaller than conventional handheld terminals because it does not have a large built-in memory, improving work efficiency. It can be improved.

Furthermore, when issuing a slip for the collection/delivery destination at the second terminal device, there is no need to provide a slip issuing device in the first terminal device, so the first terminal device, which the staff member must carry, is not required. , it is possible to further advance miniaturization and measurement, and workability can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the main parts of the same device, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional collection and delivery data collection method for filled containers, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of a conventional handheld device. - It is a block diagram of a terminal. 1... LPG cylinder, 2... Collection and delivery vehicle, 3. ．． 3□・
...Customer [collection and delivery], 5. Information processing center, 6.
... slip, 9... slip issuing device, 14a... first terminal device, 14b... second terminal device,
15...Code board.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first terminal device that transmits data collected at a collection/delivery destination using electromagnetic waves, and a second terminal mounted on a collection/delivery vehicle that receives, demodulates, and stores the electromagnetic waves from the first terminal device. 1. A collection and delivery data collection device for filled containers, which is configured to transfer accumulated data from a second terminal device to an information processing device of an information processing center when a collection and delivery vehicle arrives at an information processing center. 2. The collection and delivery data collection device for filled containers according to claim 1, wherein the second terminal device is provided with a slip issuing device for the collection and delivery destination.