KR100230589B1 - Automatic book management method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic book loan return system and a method of driving the book, which are automatically corrected for every book in a library, and the book search is easily performed.

The present invention provides a conveyor for carrying a book, wherein a first position for placing a book and a second position for confirming the book with a scanner are set at both ends of the transfer, and a transfer path between the first position and the second position is inclined. Sensing means for sensing the presence or absence of a book, a motor for applying a driving force to the conveyor, and sensing the book in the sensing means to drive the conveyor from the first position to a second position. By controlling the rotation and controlling the rotation of the motor to drive the conveyor so that the book is transferred to the lending and returning position after the scanning, the microcomputer for controlling the lending and returning of the books becomes convenient, and various library items are stored in the library. This search for information about books The effect is easy.

Description

Automatic Book Loan Return System and Its Driving Method

The present invention relates to an automatic book loan return system and a driving method thereof, and more particularly, to automatically book loans and return books in units of books automatically, and to automatically search for books. A system and a method of driving the same.

The books currently in the library are selected by the user using the book list or directly viewed, and then applied for a loan through the librarian. After the confirmation of the librarian, the book is borrowed. When the user returns the book to the librarian, the librarian After confirmation, return is completed.

Recently, as the computer network is developed, library-related materials are built and managed as a database, and in the case of general users or school libraries, the need for students to be compatible with systems that are computerized or operated for other purposes is increasing.

However, the above-described conventional book loan and return process is a simple and repetitive process through a librarian, there is a problem that the efficiency is reduced due to the manual check operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic book loan returning system and a driving method thereof for automatically managing book information in combination with a host computer that automates loan and return of books and manages information on borrowers.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic book loan return system and a driving method thereof so that loans and returns can be made in a single volume when borrowing and returning books using a container having a predetermined inclined transport path.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an automatic book loan return system and a driving method thereof for automatically managing data using a database of a host computer while automating work for loaning and returning a series of books.

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic book loan return system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing a preferred embodiment of the automatic book loan return system according to the present invention.

3 is a view showing the position of the conveyor and the collection bin.

4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of a method of driving an automatic book loan return system according to the present invention.

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10: touch screen 12: handset

14 speaker 16 card reader

18: coin machine 20: inlet

22: Book 24: Conveyor

25: jaw 26: photosensor

28: proximity sensor 30-40: rotation support shaft

42: motor 46: belt

48: scanner 50: remove player

52: microcomputer 54: communication unit

56: database 58: host computer

The automatic book loan return system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the automatic book loan return system for performing a return or loan by scanning a barcode attached to the book to be returned or loaned with a scanner, the first book placing The position and the second position for checking the book by the scanner is set at this feed end, the conveyance path between the first position and the second position is formed to be inclined to transport the book, installed in the first position of the conveyor Sensing means for sensing the presence or absence of a book, a motor for applying a driving force to the conveyor, and controlling the rotation of the motor so that the conveyor is driven from the first position to the second position when the book is sensed by the sensing means. After the book is returned to the loan and return position And a microcomputer controlling the rotation of the motor to drive the conveyor to be transported.

In addition, it is preferable that the collection box is provided below the second position of the conveyor to collect books falling by the drive of the conveyor by the rotation of the motor.

In addition, the conveyor is formed on the upper surface of the jaw of a predetermined height at regular intervals so that when the books are stacked and transported on the inclined transport path, the lowermost book is supported by the jaw and the upper stacked books are inclined. It is preferred to be configured to slide apart.

In addition, it is preferable that the image information for each mode is stored in the microcomputer, a touch screen is installed so that the image for each mode is output through the touch screen, and a mode selection signal is input from the touch screen.

In addition, the guide voice may be stored in the microcomputer and the speaker may be connected to the guide voice for each mode.

The microcomputer is connected to a host computer on which a database is built, and is preferably configured to share information about a user and data about a book.

And a magnetizable and elementable tag is attached to the book, and a removal regenerator controlled by the microcomputer is installed on the second position of the container so that the removal regenerator demagnetizes and returns the tag upon loan. It can be configured to magnetize at the time.

In addition, a deposit coin is installed in the microcomputer, and the microcomputer may be configured to settle the late fee calculated by referring to the loan date and the return date as data on the amount of money deposited through the coin machine.

In addition, a proximity sensor may be installed in the microcomputer to start the user's proximity operation.

On the other hand, the method of driving the automatic book loan return system according to the present invention, the first step of reading the data stored in the ID card with the card reader, the second step of determining whether the loan mode or return mode according to the mode setting through the touch screen And a third step of carrying the book to the first location after carrying out the loan registration by scanning the barcode of the book after carrying the book to be loaned at the first location to the second location by the conveyor if the loan is determined in the second step. In step 2 and step 2, if it is determined that the book is to be returned, the book to be returned at the first position is transported to the second position by a conveyor, and the barcode of the book is registered to perform the return registration. It consists of four steps.

The method may further include displaying a mode selection screen by detecting the proximity of the person with the proximity sensor before the first step.

And before the third step, it is preferable to further include a step of determining whether the loan card by searching the database for the identification card user.

And, it is preferable to further include the step of performing the return registration after depositing the late fee by checking the late fee when registering the return in the fourth step.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Embodiment according to the present invention can be produced in a tower (Tower) type, as shown in Figure 1, the touch screen 10, the receiver 12, the speaker 14, the card reader 16 and the coin 18 on the top ) Is disposed outside, the inlet 20 is formed in the middle, the inlet 20 is formed at one end of the conveyor 24 for transporting the book 22 forms a plane for placing the book, the conveyor 24 The photo sensor 26 is installed at both sides of the book opening of the inlet 20, and the proximity sensor 28 is installed at the lower front of the inlet 20.

Then, the elements included in the embodiment according to the present invention arranged as shown in FIG. 1 are configured as shown in FIG.

First, the conveyor 24 is configured such that rotation is supported by the plurality of rotation support shafts 30 to 40, and the rotation support shafts 30 to 40 are positioned at the inlet 20 at which the book 22 is placed. The conveyor 24 is provided in a plane at the position where 24 is a plane and the scanning of the barcode of the book 22 is performed. In addition, the conveyor 24 is configured such that the plane where scanning is performed is located above the plane on which the book is placed, and an upward inclined feed path is formed in the intermediate path thereof. Further, a jaw 41 for supporting the bottom of the book to be placed is formed on the upper side of the conveyor 24.

And, one rotation support shaft 30 for supporting the conveyor 24 is connected to the rotation shaft of the motor 42 and the belt 46 is configured to receive a rotational force.

A collection bin 25 is provided below the end of the plane where the conveyor 24 is scanned, as shown in FIG.

The book placed in the inlet 20 by the above-described configuration of the conveyor 24 is transported to the scanning position by driving the conveyor 24 for lending and returning.

In this case, when books are stacked in two or more books instead of in a single book, the lower book 22 is supported by the jaw 41 when being transported in the inclined transport path, and the remaining books in the upper part are separated by sliding downward. . Therefore, only a single book supported by the lower jaw 41 is reached as the scanning position.

Meanwhile, in the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the scanner 48 is configured to scan the barcode of the book 22 on the conveyor 24, and is attached to the book 22 above the scanning position in proximity to the scanner 48. The removal / reproducing unit 50 for reproducing or elementizing the magnetism of the tag (not shown) is configured.

In addition, the motor 42 is configured to be controlled to be driven by the microcomputer 52, and the microcomputer 52 includes the removal / reproducing device 50, the scanner 48, the photosensor 26, and the proximity sensor 28. Interface with the card reader 16, the speaker 14, the touch screen 10, and the coin 18, using the internally set program and stored data to perform a predetermined sequence of driving for the loan and return of books It is.

The microcomputer 52 is connected to a host computer 58 equipped with a database 56 through the communication unit 54.

The operation of the embodiment according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

In the embodiment according to the present invention, the operation is started according to the sensing of the proximity sensor 28.

To this end, the microcomputer 52 determines whether the user is close by the sensing signal scanned and input by the proximity sensor 28 in step S2. If the user is close in step S4, the microcomputer 52 sets the mode to the touch screen 10 by performing step S6. Display the screen.

Then, the microcomputer 52 performs step S8 to output a voice of "insert an ID card" through the speaker 14.

When the user hears the voice guidance and inserts the card into the card reader 16, the microcomputer 52 performs the step S10 to confirm the information read and input from the card reader 16, and performs the step S12 to read With reference to the information, the contents of the book loan status, the return status and the delinquency status of the user are searched, and then step S14 is performed.

At this time, the user looks at the screen displayed on the touch screen 10 and selects a mode in step S14. Accordingly, the microcomputer 52 performs steps S16 and S18 to confirm whether the selected mode is loan or return. If not, the microcomputer 52 performs step S20 to perform another function selected.

If the mode selected in step S14 is a loan mode, the microcomputer 52 checks whether the current user is a loaner in step S22. If the user is not loanable, the microcomputer 52 performs step S24 to output an error message, and then executes step S14 again to allow the user to change the mode. Make a choice.

If the user is a borrower in step S22, the microcomputer 52 performs step S26 to display the message "put a book" on the touch screen 10, and then the photo of the location where the book is placed in step S28. The book 26 is detected using the sensor 26. If the book is not placed at the position where the book is placed in step S30, the microcomputer 52 performs step S26 again, and if there is a book, performs the step S32 to drive the conveyor 24.

At this time, the microcomputer 52 controls the driving distance so that the book 22 is transported from the input port position to the scanning position by adjusting the driving of the motor 42.

When the book 22 reaches the scanning position, the barcode attached to the book is scanned by the scanner 48 in step S34, and the microcomputer 52 performs step S36 to loan-register the scanned book to the database. . Then, step S38 is performed to display the loan deadline as determined on the touch screen 10.

Then, the tag magnetization of the book 22 is removed by the removal and reproducing device 50 in step S40, and then the microcomputer 52 performs step S42 to carry the book 22 to the inlet position. Drive the conveyor 24 in the reverse direction.

Then, the message “Take a book” is displayed on the touch screen 10 in step S44, and the microcomputer 52 uses the sensing signal applied from the photosensor 20 to read the book in the slot position in step S46. If it is determined that the user has not taken the book in step S48, the process is performed again in step S44.

On the other hand, in step S18, if the currently selected mode is returned, the microcomputer 52 performs the step S50 to display the message "Load a book" on the touch screen 10, and then the position in which the book is placed in step S52. Detect the book using the photosensor 26 of. If the book is not placed at the position where the book is placed in step S54, the microcomputer 52 performs step S50 again, and if there is a book, performs the step S56 to drive the conveyor 24.

At this time, the microcomputer 52 controls the driving distance so that the book 22 is transported from the input port position to the scanning position by adjusting the driving of the motor 42.

When the book 22 reaches the scanning position, the barcode attached to the book 22 is scanned by the scanner 48 in step S58, and thus the microcomputer 52 performs the step S60 to scan the scanned book 22. Register a loan in the database.

Then, the microcomputer 52 checks the late fee based on the loan date and the return date in step S62, and if there is a late fee, performs the step S64 to display "the late fee is XXX" on the touch screen 10. Then, the user inputs cash corresponding to the late fee to the coin machine 18, the coin machine 18 inputs data on the amount of money deposited into the microcomputer 52, and the microcomputer 52 performs step S66. Then, the amount of money received by the coin machine 18 is checked, and it is determined in step S68. If the payment is not completed, step S62 is repeated.

The microcomputer 52 removes the magnetism of the tag of the book 22 in step S70, and drives the motor 42 in step S72 to rotate the conveyor 24 in the forward direction. Then, as the conveyor 24 proceeds, the book falls to the lower collection bin 25 when it reaches the end of the conveyor 24. And the loan is terminated.

By operating as described above, the automatic loan and return of the book is carried out according to the embodiment, and if an operation abnormality or inquiry occurs can be directly talking to the librarian in charge through the receiver 12. To this end, the handset 12 should be connected directly to the librarian.

In addition, the microcomputer 52 of the embodiment may utilize the data stored in the database 56 by being connected to the host computer 58 through the communication unit 54, and the information on the loan and return of the book to the database 56. It can be transmitted and stored for general purpose data.

If an embodiment according to the present invention is applied to a library of a school, information about the student is recorded in the host computer 58, and information on loaning and returning books when the student uses the library is also stored.

In addition, it is possible for the embodiments to share data in the database 56, so that it is possible to inquire and search for information on various books or other general information by adding the functions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the loan registration and return registration are automatically performed in connection with the loan and return of books, so that the management of book loans and returns becomes convenient, and the search for information on various books stored in the library is easy to search. It works.

Although the present invention has been described in detail only with respect to the described embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations are possible within the technical scope of the present invention, and such modifications and modifications are within the scope of the appended claims.

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In an automatic book loan return system that performs a return or loan by scanning a barcode attached to a book to be returned or loaned with a scanner, A first position at which the book is placed and a second position at which the scanner checks the book with the scanner is set at this feed end, and a conveyance path between the first position and the second position is inclined to convey the book; Sensing means installed at a first position of the conveyor to sense the presence or absence of a book; A motor for applying a driving force to the conveyor; And When the book is sensed by the sensing means, the rotation of the motor is controlled so that the conveyor is driven from the first position to the second position, and the motor is operated to drive the conveyor so that the book is transferred to the loan and return position after the scanning. Microcomputer to control rotation; Automatic book loan return system, characterized in that provided with. The method of claim 1, And a collection box for collecting a book which is installed under the second position of the conveyor and is dropped by the driving of the conveyor by the rotation of the motor. The method of claim 1, The conveyor is formed on the upper surface of the jaw of a predetermined height at regular intervals so that when the books are stacked and transported on the inclined transport path, the lowermost book is supported by the jaws and the upper stacked books are inclined by sliding. The automatic book loan return system, characterized in that configured to be separated. The method of claim 1, The automatic book loan return system, characterized in that the image information for each mode is stored in the microcomputer, the touch screen is installed so that the image for each mode is output through the touch screen, and a mode selection signal is input from the touch screen. The method according to claim 1 or 4, The automatic book loan return system, characterized in that the guide voice is stored in the microcomputer and the speaker is connected so that the guide voice for each mode is output through the speaker. The method of claim 1, And the microcomputer is connected to a host computer on which a database is established, and is configured to share information about a user and data about a book. The method of claim 1, A magnetizable and elementable tag is attached to the book, and a removal regenerator controlled by the microcomputer is installed above the second position of the container so that the removal regenerator demagnetizes the tag upon loaning and magnetization upon return. The automatic book loan return system, characterized in that configured to. The method of claim 1, A deposit coin is installed in the microcomputer, and the microcomputer returns the automatic book loan, wherein the late fee calculated by referring to the loan date and the return date is configured as data on the amount of money deposited through the coin machine. system. The method of claim 1, The automatic book loan return system, characterized in that the proximity sensor is installed in the microcomputer is configured to start the operation in the proximity of the user. In the driving method of the automatic book loan return system, A first step of reading data stored in the identification card by the card reader; Determining whether the loan mode or the return mode is set according to the mode setting through the touch screen; If it is determined that the loan is made in the second step, the book to be loaned at the first location is transported to the second location by the conveyor, and the third step of carrying out the book registration after scanning the barcode of the book is carried out and the book is transported to the first location. ; And If it is determined in the second step that the book is to be returned, the fourth step of transporting the book to be returned at the first position to the second position by the conveyor and performing a return registration by scanning the barcode of the book and then moving the book to the position of collecting the book. ; Method of driving the automatic book loan return system characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 10, And displaying a mode selection screen by detecting a proximity sensor by a proximity sensor before the first step. The method of claim 10, And before the third step, searching for the ID card user in a database and determining whether the loan is possible. The method of claim 10, The method of driving the automatic book loan return system, characterized in that for confirming the late fee when registering the return in the fourth step and performing the return registration after depositing the late fee.

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