JPH0812029A - Input of carrying in and out information and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the input of the ID No and the position information. CONSTITUTION:After warehousing an article 6 in a warehouse, an operator takes a reader 1 and directs a laser scanner 3 toward the label 7 of the article 6, and directs a laser scanner 4 toward the ceiling of the article. When a scan starting switch 2 is pushed, laser beams are irradiated from the scanners 3 and 4. Since the reflection light supplied from the bar code of the label 7 is received by the scanner 3, the ID No. of the article 6 is obtained. The reflection light supplied from the bar code written in the zone as the division unit of the ceiling is received by the scanner 4, the position information can be obtained. When the reflection light supplied from the bar code written in the zone as the division unit of the ceiling is received by the scanner 4, the position information is obtained. An input/output information assembly part 5 collects the ID No. and the position information to one, and outputs the result to a host computer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input method and an input device capable of surely and easily inputting an ID number of an article and position information indicating the whereabouts of the article in loading and unloading of articles in a warehouse or the like. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when goods are loaded or unloaded at a warehouse or distribution center, the ID (id
entification) number is read from the label attached to these items with a bar code reader, and the position in the warehouse where the goods are stored or the position where the goods were placed are entered from the keyboard of the terminal. You entered information on the host computer you want to manage.

[0003]

In such a loading / unloading operation, there is a problem that the work efficiency is lowered because the positional information of the article has to be input by the terminal operation. In addition, if the position information is erroneously input, it may be impossible to search for an article, which may cause a loss of inventory. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an input method and an input device capable of reliably and easily inputting entry / exit information including an item ID number and position information. And

[0004]

According to the present invention, the ceiling of a warehouse is divided into a plurality of zones, position information is written for each zone, and an ID number of the article is read from a label attached to the article, and at the same time, The position information is read from the ceiling located on the article, and the read ID number and position information are input to the host computer. Further, a first laser scanner that irradiates a laser beam on a label attached to an article to read an ID number of the article, and a second laser scanner that irradiates a ceiling located on the article with laser light to read position information. It has a scanner and an entry / exit information assembling section which collects the ID number from the first laser scanner and the position information from the second laser scanner into one and inputs them into the host computer.

[0005]

According to the present invention, the ID number of the article is read from the label attached to the article, and at the same time, the position information is read from the ceiling located on the article, and the ID number and the position information are stored in the host computer. Entered in. Further, the first laser scanner reads the ID number of the article from the label attached to the article, the second laser scanner reads the position information from the ceiling located on the article, and the loading / unloading information assembling unit uses the first laser scanner. The ID number from the scanner and the position information from the second laser scanner are put together into one and input to the host computer.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a storage / receipt information input device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. In FIG. 1, 1 is a bar code reader which is an input / output information input device, 2 is a scanning start switch for causing a laser scanner described later to start scanning with a laser beam, and 3 is a bar code label 7 attached to an article 6. The first laser scanner 4 for irradiating a laser beam to read the ID number of the article 6 is a laser on the ceiling located on the article 6 among the ceilings of a warehouse (not shown in FIG. 1 divided into a plurality of zones described later). It is a second laser scanner that irradiates light to read position information.

Further, 5 is a combination of the ID number from the laser scanner 3 and the position information from the laser scanner 4,
This is a warehousing / discharging information assembling unit that is input to a host computer (not shown). In FIG. 2, 8a-a to 8d-n are zones having a size of, for example, 2 m square which is a division unit of the ceiling of the warehouse. A bar code indicating unique position information is written in each of the zones 8a-a to 8d-n.

Next, as an operation of such a warehousing / receipt information input device, an operation at the time of warehousing work will be described first. The worker of the warehouse, when the goods 6 to be stored are stored in the warehouse,
The bar code reader 1 is picked up and the first laser scanner 3 is directed to the bar code label 7 of the article 6 and the second laser scanner 4 is directed to the ceiling on the article 6.

Here, when an operator pushes the scan start switch 2, a start signal is output to the laser scanners 3 and 4, and laser light is emitted from the laser scanners 3 and 4. Then, the laser light emitted from the laser scanner 3 scans the barcode label 7, and the laser scanner 3 receives the reflected light from the barcode printed on the label 7, whereby the ID of the article 6 indicated by the barcode is displayed. You get a number.

Similarly, the laser beam emitted from the laser scanner 4 scans the ceiling zone located on the article 6,
When the laser scanner 4 receives the reflected light from the bar code written in this zone, the position information indicated by the bar code is obtained. Thus, when these pieces of information are correctly read, the laser scanners 3 and 4 respectively output the ID numbers,
Since the position information is output, the warehousing / discharging information assembling unit 5 reassembles these into one piece of information, and outputs this as warehousing information to the host computer.

The host computer that manages the goods in the warehouse recognizes from this warehousing information that the goods 6 indicated by the ID number have been stored at the position in the warehouse indicated by the position information. Similarly, during the shipping operation, when the worker finds the article 6 to be shipped, he picks up the bar code reader 1 and points the laser scanner 3 at the label 7 of the article 6, and at the same time, the laser is placed on the ceiling of the article 6. The scanning start switch 2 is pushed with the scanner 4 facing to read the ID number and position information, and then the article 6 is unloaded.

The warehousing / dispatching information assembling section 5 in the bar code reader 1 outputs the obtained ID number and position information to the host computer as warehousing information, so that the host computer can obtain the position information from this warehousing information. It is recognized that the article 6 indicated by the ID number has been taken out from the position in the warehouse indicated. In the present embodiment, the first laser scanner 3 emits laser light downward in FIG. 1 and the second laser scanner 4 emits laser light upward. When the bar code label 7 is attached to the side surface of the above, the laser beam may be irradiated to the side according to this.

[0013]

According to the present invention, since the ID number of the article is read from the label attached to the article, the positional information is read from the ceiling located on the article and these are input to the host computer. Since it is not necessary to input the positional information of the article by a complicated terminal operation, the work efficiency can be greatly improved. In addition, inventory items will not be lost due to incorrect input of position information. Further, by providing the first laser scanner, the second laser scanner, and the warehousing / discharging information assembling unit, it is possible to realize an input device capable of surely and easily inputting the ID number and position information of the article.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an entry / exit information input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view of the ceiling of the warehouse as seen from below.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Bar code reader, 2 ... Scan start switch, 3 ... First laser scanner, 4 ... Second laser scanner, 5 ...
Entry / Exit Information Assembly Department, 6 ... Goods, 7 ... Bar code label,
8a-a to 8d-n ... Zone.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An article management host that stores goods in / out information including ID numbers of goods that are goods in and out and goods and goods and location information indicating the location of the goods in goods entering and exiting work.
A method of inputting entry / exit information to a computer, in which the ceiling of the warehouse is divided into a plurality of zones, position information is written in each zone, and the ID number of the article is read from the label attached to the article. At the same time, the position information is read from the ceiling located on the article, and the read ID number and the position information are input to the host computer. 2. An article management host that stores goods in / out information, which includes the ID number of an article that is a goods receipt or a goods issue and the position information indicating the whereabouts of the goods written on the ceiling of the warehouse, during the goods entry and exit work. An input / exit information input device to be input to a computer, wherein a label attached to the article is irradiated with laser light to read the ID number of the article, and a laser scanner is provided on a ceiling located on the article. A second laser scanner that irradiates laser light to read positional information, and an ID number from the first laser scanner and positional information from the second laser scanner are combined into one and input to the host computer. An input / output information input device, comprising: an input / output information assembling unit.