JPH11216975A - Ic card and delivery cut form printer using the ic card - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an IC card and a delivery cut form printer using the IC card for immediately simply printing a deliverer and delivery address informa tion at any delivery dealer by guarding a privacy with a simple system. SOLUTION: The delivery cut form printer 11 comprises an IC card reader/ writer having a lowest limit of a function of a reading means 12 for reading deliverer information of card user's predetermined deliverer information such as address, name and the like and deliverer destination information groups such as plurality of the destination address, name and the like stored in a memory of an IC card, a keyboard as a selecting means 13 of a necessary delivery destination of the destination information group such as a plurality of read designation address, name and the like, a controller containing an editing means for editing the deliverer and destination information selected by the selecting means in combination, and a delivery label printing unit as a printing means 15 for printing a delivery cut form of an amount selected based on the edited delivery cut form information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an IC card on which delivery information is recorded and a delivery slip printing apparatus for reading delivery information of the IC card and printing a required delivery slip.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a delivery slip printing apparatus is, for example,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-307560, which is related to the applicant of the present invention, discloses a device in which a delivery destination is stored in a magnetic card, information on the card is read, and delivery destination information can be printed. Also, as described in JP-A-5-250390, the address and name of the owner are stored in an address card,
Based on the read information and the delivery information of the read address and name, specify the delivery source field when sending the product to another person, or specify it in the delivery destination field when sending the product to the owner himself. A printing device capable of printing in either one of the delivery destination columns is shown.

[0003] However, the delivery business is troublesome for both the delivery requester and the delivery company unless the delivery source and delivery destination information can be printed immediately. Therefore, in recent years, department stores or delivery companies have registered delivery destination information for each requester in a computer, and when a delivery request has been made by the requester, the delivery destination is searched from the computer, and the delivery source and delivery destination are checked. Attempts have been made to be able to print information.

[0004]

Such systems are less favorable in terms of privacy as they grow in size, and the host can search for a particular department store, delivery company or even the same company. There is a problem that cannot be used without a terminal or system. In view of these points, the present invention has a simple system,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an IC card in which privacy is protected and information of a delivery source and a delivery destination can be easily and immediately printed at any delivery company and a delivery slip printing apparatus using the IC card.

[0005]

The IC card according to the present invention comprises:
In order to achieve the above object, a storage unit in which predetermined delivery source information such as the address and name of a card user and a group of delivery destination information such as a plurality of delivery destination addresses and names are identified and electronically recorded. .

Further, as a delivery slip printing apparatus using an IC card, predetermined delivery source information such as a card user's address and name stored in a storage section of the IC card and a plurality of delivery destination addresses and names are provided. Reading means for reading a group of delivery destination information, such as a plurality of read destination addresses, a means for selecting a necessary delivery destination among a group of delivery destination information such as names, and a delivery source information selected by the selecting means. Editing means for combining delivery destination information to edit delivery slip information and printing means for printing a delivery slip of a selected amount based on the edited delivery slip information are provided.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an example of an IC card used between an individual user and a delivery company and a delivery slip printing apparatus using the IC card will be described with reference to FIGS. Will be explained. Here, FIG.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a card and a memory map of information stored in an IC card. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a system showing a relationship between an IC card issuer and an individual user and a delivery company. FIG. 4 is a system conceptual diagram of the delivery slip printing device of FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a flow explanatory diagram showing a use state of the delivery slip printing device of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a memory and a CPU are internally provided.
In particular, as shown in the figure, a personal identification number or the like is stored as a security management area 2 in a memory, and the IC card can be used in combination with a credit card. The access to the storage unit is restricted by the password. As the main storage information, the delivery address information 3 such as the address and name of the card user serving as the delivery source and the delivery destination information group 4 such as the addresses and the names of a plurality of delivery destinations serving as the delivery destinations are partitioned. In addition, the delivery source information and the plurality of delivery destination information are identified and electronically recorded. Reference numeral 5 denotes a history information area in which delivery request history information is written. In the above, as the delivery source and delivery destination information, a postal code (5 digits or 7 digits), a telephone number and the like are stored in addition to the address and the name.

When used in combination with a credit card or the like, a delivery request fee or the like can be settled for a credit, and in this case, an account number of a bank from which the fee has been debited is also stored ( (Not shown in the memory map). Further, the IC card of FIG. 1 has a built-in antenna so that data communication with an external reading / writing device can be performed in a non-contact manner using a non-contact type IC card.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the delivery slip printing device 11 includes predetermined delivery source information such as the address and name of the card user stored in the storage unit of the IC card 1 and a plurality of delivery information. An IC card reader / writer having at least a function as a reading unit 12 for reading a group of delivery destination information such as a previous address and a name, and a plurality of read destination addresses such as addresses and names of a plurality of read delivery destinations are required. A control unit including editing means 14 for editing delivery slip information by combining delivery source information and delivery destination information selected by the selection means; And a delivery label printing unit serving as printing means 15 for printing a delivery slip of a selected amount based on the delivery slip. 16 is a display device, 17 is an appropriate storage unit, 1
A CD-RO 8 supplies an application program for driving a delivery slip creation processing system described later.
It is a CD-ROM drive for receiving at M.

When issuing and using the above-mentioned IC card, as shown in FIG. 2, first, a user who becomes the user 21 in a registration request form provided at the head office of a delivery company or at each delivery reception window. Enter his / her own address, name, postal code, telephone number, and a plurality of addresses, names, postal codes, telephone numbers, etc., to which delivery is made. Also, in the case of simultaneous use as a credit card, the credit card debit bank and its account number are also entered and the delivery company 2
The IC card registration received in step 2 is accepted (step 25). Registration request form 24 collected by delivery company 22
Are compiled (step 26), and an IC card is issued by the IC card issuer 23 with the user ID number added (step 27).

The IC card is sent out (step 28) in a state where the address and name of the registration requester are pasted on a backing sheet on which the IC card is printed. At the same time as printing the address and name of the registration requester with the unwritten IC card affixed to the mount, the data is written and sent. Therefore, in this case, steps 27 and 28 are simultaneous processing.

In the above, the IC card issuer 23
Is a card production company that issues an IC card based on a request from a delivery company, but if the IC card is a credit card, the IC card issuer 23 is a credit company and issues an IC card Is examined by the credit company based on the registration request form 24 of the customer user and an IC card is issued.

The IC card sent by the user 21 is carried by the user 21 together with the delivery to the delivery company 22, where the address, name, zip code, telephone number, and telephone number of the user 21 who is the card user are stored in the IC card. A predetermined number of delivery source information and a plurality of delivery destination addresses, names, postal codes, and telephone numbers are read (step 29), and the read delivery destination information groups such as a plurality of delivery destination addresses and names are read. The required delivery destination is selected with a keyboard (if there is no delivery destination, blank) (step 30), and the delivery slip information is edited by combining the delivery source information and the delivery destination information. A delivery slip (or delivery label) of a selected amount is printed based on the edited delivery slip information (step 31). Then, a delivery slip is affixed to the delivery (Step 32), the delivery is accepted (Step 33), and the delivery is delivered (Step 34).

If the necessary delivery destination is not registered when selecting the delivery destination in step 30, the user 21 is prompted to change (add) and register the registration request form. In addition, the change (addition) of the request form of the user 21 can be easily changed and registered with the registered user ID.

In the case where the department store performs the reception of the delivery company 22, the process up to printing of the delivery slip in step 31 is performed.
Attachment of the delivery slip to the delivery section is performed later, until the delivery fee is settled, and the subsequent delivery request procedure is performed between the department store and the delivery company.

Now, the processing for issuing and printing a delivery slip in the delivery slip printing apparatus 11 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4. In the delivery business, the delivery work is delivered to the final delivery destination via several agencies. It is important to manage the arrival at the delivery site, and it is necessary to designate or print out the arrival at the delivery site when receiving the delivery. However, due to various circumstances such as a delivery management system, the delivery address may sometimes be changed even if the delivery address is the same. For this reason, the delivery slip printing apparatus 11 supplies the control program to each delivery company (delivery dealer) on a CD-ROM or MO storing a file storing a delivery arrival code table corresponding to a delivery address. Then, the arrival code is searched for each delivery destination, and the arrival code is printed together with the edited delivery slip information.

The store code search for each delivery destination can be performed using address information or 7-digit postal code information. Therefore, if the destination code system of the delivery destination is changed among the delivery companies, the CD-RO is provided to each delivery store in advance.
By distributing a control program to be supplied, such as M or MO, it is possible to easily cope with the problem.

In the above description, an IC card with a CPU is used, but the IC card does not necessarily need a CPU.
It may be a memory card format in which at least delivery source information and delivery destination information group are stored. In addition, IC card,
In addition to the non-contact type, it may have a connection terminal for accessing an external device.

[0020]

As is clear from the above description,
ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, privacy can be protected, and the delivery source and delivery destination information can be easily and immediately printed at any delivery destination, and the time required for delivery request and delivery acceptance processing can be greatly reduced, thereby improving work efficiency. It has the effect of greatly improving.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an IC card and a memory map of information stored and emitted in the IC card.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a system concept showing a relationship between an IC card issuer, an individual user, and a delivery company.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory perspective view of a delivery slip printing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of the delivery slip printing device of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a use state of the delivery slip printing apparatus of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 IC card 3 Delivery source information 4 Delivery destination information group 11 Delivery slip printing device 12 Reading means 13 Selection means 14 Editing means 15 Printing means

Claims (2)

[Claims] An IC having a storage unit in which predetermined delivery source information such as an address and name of a card user and a group of delivery destination information such as addresses and names of a plurality of delivery destinations are identified and electronically recorded.
card. 2. Reading means for reading predetermined delivery source information such as the address and name of a card user and a group of delivery destination information such as addresses and names of a plurality of delivery destinations stored in a storage unit of an IC card; A means for selecting a necessary delivery destination from a group of the read delivery destination information such as addresses and names of a plurality of delivery destinations, and editing the delivery slip information by combining the delivery source information and the delivery destination information selected by the selection means. Means for printing a delivery slip of a selected amount based on the edited delivery slip information.