KR101039647B1 - Device and method for providing goods information and system for marking certification code - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A product information supplying apparatus, method thereof, and system for marking an authentication code are provided to reduce product package cost and to recognize the marked code without separate medium. CONSTITUTION: A code registration module transmits product information of a code marking to a web server. The code registration module registers product information and code information of product. A code recognizer(110) recognizes a bar code or a QR(Quick Response) Code. An information request unit(120) requests product information of QR code to the web server. A display unit(140) displays product information which is received from the web server to a terminal screen.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a product information providing apparatus,

The present invention relates to a goods information providing apparatus, a method thereof, and a system for marking an authentication code.

In general, a product is packaged with a recognizable bar code or a product code, and is delivered to the consumer through production, distribution, and sales processes. However, fish, meat, and fruits and vegetables are often delivered to end consumers without much packaging.

Therefore, consumers tend to be interested in the authenticity of the product even if it is expensive, and if they are genuine, they will purchase even if it is expensive, because the trust of the product is the most important in case of expensive high-priced live fish or Hanwoo or special crop Ginseng.

In addition, when a product is packed using a packaging material, packaging of the fish and the like, which are distributed in large quantities, is limited and packaging costs are incurred.

In the case of fish or vegetable, it is difficult for the general person to judge the authenticity of the product without the help of the expert when the Chinese product is deceased into the domestic product in the case of the fake product or the fake product using the forged packing material. Therefore, there is a need to provide product information more effectively so that the consumer can trust and purchase the product.

One embodiment of the present invention recognizes a code directly marked without an intermediary in a product and provides product information corresponding to the code, thereby reducing the cost of packaging the product and providing reliable information about the product distributed and sold without packaging And to provide a system for marking an authentication code and a method for providing a product information providing device capable of forming a high quality market structure between a producer, a seller, and a consumer through provision of the product information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a product information providing apparatus including a code recognition unit for recognizing a code marked on a product, product information corresponding to the recognized code, And a display unit for receiving the product information corresponding to the code recognized from the web server and displaying the product information on the terminal screen, wherein the product includes a food or non-food, and the code is directly It is marked.

The method for providing product information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of recognizing a code marked on a product, requesting product information corresponding to the recognized code to the web server, And displaying the product on a screen of the terminal, wherein the product includes food or non-food, the code is directly marked on a part of the product, the code includes a marking technique using ink, a marking technique using light wavelength , Visible (invisible) or invisible by means of one or more of the following techniques: water marking, air pressure, marking using a specific wavelength of sound, The code is directly marked on one part of the body.

A method of providing product information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving authentication request data for a product code for a product and a code used for a product in the form of one or more of text, Transmitting the authentication permission information to the terminal in response to the authentication request data, storing at least one of the code information of the code for which the authentication is completed, the authentication registration information, and the product information of the code, And transmitting the product information corresponding to the code information to the terminal that has scanned the code when the code information is received, wherein the code includes a marking technique using ink, a marking technique using light wavelength, a water marking technique , A marking technique using air pressure, a marking technique using specific wavelength of sound, and a marking technique applying pressure or impact The code is a bar code or a Quick Response Code (QR) code, and the product information is a product of the origin, the producer, and the seller of the commodity , Production history, distribution history, price, event, and discount.

A system for marking an authentication code according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a marking technique using ink, a marking technique using light wavelength, a water marking technique, a marking technique using air pressure, A code marking module for marking a code directly on one part of a plurality of goods in a visible or invisible manner by at least one of a marking technique and a pressure or impact marking technique, And a code registration module for requesting registration of the product information and the code for the product, wherein the code is in the form of a bar code or a Quick Response Code (QR) code, and the product information includes at least one of a country of origin, a producer, a seller, Price, event and information related to the discount.

According to any one of the above objects of the present invention, it is possible to recognize a code directly marked on a product without an intermediary and provide product information corresponding to the code, thereby reducing the product packaging cost, To provide a reliable information on the products to be produced, and to enable a good quality market structure among the producers, sellers and consumers.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of providing product information by recognizing a code directly marked on one part of a product according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a configuration diagram of a product information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a goods information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram of a web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart of a method for providing goods information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart of a method of providing goods information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of providing product information by recognizing a code directly marked on one part of a product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, a product code (hereinafter referred to as " code ") 20 that is directly marked on one part of a product without being an intermediary is recognized and product information on the product is provided. The goods include food or non-food. The ingredients may include fish, meat, fruits, vegetables, and the like. The non-food materials may include, for example, various electronic products, household appliances, and the like.

For example, as shown in Figure 1, when the terminal 100 recognizes a code 20 that is directly marked invisible or visible to one part of the foodstuff, The goods information 102 is displayed on the terminal 100 screen.

In the past, fish, meat, fruits, and vegetables were often sold to consumers without additional packaging. In this case, it was difficult to confirm the quality of the ingredients. In addition, when packaging materials are used, separate packaging costs are incurred. Due to the time and labor cost involved in packaging each of the ingredients to be released in large quantities, the selling price of the food is considerably higher than the original price, .

However, as shown in FIG. 1, it is possible to solve the conventional problems by recognizing the code 20 directly marked on one part of the food material and informing the consumer of the related information about the food material through the terminal 100 in real time have. It goes without saying that this method can be equally applied to non-food materials. Hereinafter, this will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

2 is a configuration diagram of a product information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the product information providing system includes a terminal 100 for recognizing a code 20 directly marked on a product without providing a product and a product information corresponding to the recognized code 20 And a Web server 200 that is connected to the Internet.

At this time, the product includes various food materials or non-food materials as described above. The code 20 directly marked on the product can be used for marking using ink, marking using light wavelength, water marking, marking using air pressure, marking using specific wavelength of light, and pressure Or indirectly by means of one or more of the following impacting marking techniques:

The terminal 100 scans and recognizes the code 20 marked on the product and receives information corresponding to the recognized code 20 from the web server 200 and displays it on the screen. At this time, the information corresponding to the recognized code 20 may include at least one of information related to a product's origin, producer, seller, production history, distribution history, price, event and discount.

Then, the terminal 100 can display information corresponding to the recognized code 20 on the screen in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving picture. In addition, information corresponding to the recognized code 20 can be superimposed on a product using the augmented reality technique.

The terminal 100 may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal 100 that can access the web server 200 through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and the like, each of which is equipped with a web browser (WEB Browser), and the portable terminal 100 may include, for example, (Personal Digital Assistant), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), an IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), and the like, as a communication device, a smart phone, a PCS Based wireless communication device such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) -2000, W-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Wireless Broadband Internet .

The network may be a wired network such as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) or a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network such as 3G, WIFI, Satellite communication networks, and the like.

The web server 200 retrieves product information corresponding to the recognized code 20 through the terminal 100 and transmits the retrieved product information to the terminal 100. [ Further, the web server 200 can verify the legitimacy of the code 20 marked and distributed to the product.

The terminal 100 may be implemented as a product information providing apparatus 100, which will be described later with reference to FIG.

3 is a block diagram of a goods information providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the merchandise information providing apparatus 100 includes a code recognizing unit 110, an information requesting unit 120, an image processing unit 130, and a display unit 140. As shown in FIG.

The code recognition unit 110 recognizes a code marked on the product. Here, the cords can be marked in the cultivation or breeding process for meat, fish, shellfish, fruits, and vegetables. At this time, the code may be directly marked in the form of a one-dimensional bar code or a two-dimensional bar code, visually or invisibly, without a separate medium on one part of the product. Here, a Quick Response Code (QR) code can be used as a two-dimensional bar code. For example, the code recognition unit 110 may drive a smartphone-specific application to scan a marked QR code on a product.

In this way, the code directly marked on the product can be classified into a marking technique using ink, a marking technique using light wavelength, a water marking technique, a marking technique using air pressure, a marking technique using specific wavelength of sound, The marking method is a code that is directly or indirectly marked by one or more of the following marking techniques:

Each marking technique is described briefly. First, the ink marking technique is used to mark the surface of a product using ink. For example, in the case of an egg, a code can be marked using the ink on the surface of the shell of the egg have. At this time, in the case of a food material, food inks, food colors or edible materials harmless to the human body can be used. Such a marking method using an ink may include a contact marking method using a roller or the like and a non-contact marking method using a spray jet or the like.

A marking technique using light wavelengths is a method of irradiating a light of a specific wavelength onto a product to make the lighted portion stand out from other regions, and a single wavelength or a laser can be used. Such a marking technique using the wavelength of light is suitable for food materials which are easily deformed or deteriorated.

For example, high-priced food such as Hanwoongseong Hanwoo is exposed to light for several seconds to mark the size of the thumb nail. Because of the characteristics of the beef, it is in the form of a large-sized lump at first, and when the divided portion is gradually divided, the mark may disappear at the moment, so the code is marked by the marking technique using the light wavelength in the divided portion. At this time, chord marking can be performed for each beef lump.

The water marking technique is a method of marking a cord by deforming the surface of a product by spraying the product with water at a constant pressure. Watermarking is a suitable method for products that must be kept in water for long periods of time, for example, during distribution and sale.

Air pressure marking is a method of marking the surface of a product with a certain intensity of wind blowing on the surface of the product. This method is suitable for products that are not in contact with water or discolored by light.

A marking method using a specific wavelength of sound is a method of marking the surface of a product using a specific wavelength of sound and is suitable for an expensive product without deforming the material of the product.

The marking method applying pressure or impact is a method of applying a certain pressure and impact to a product by using a tool such as a paint or a knife, and is suitable for a food material which does not affect the capacity increase or the surface deformation.

One or more of the above-described marking techniques may be performed by a code marking module (not shown), and the code marking module may operate in conjunction with the product information providing system. When a code is marked on a product using the above-described marking techniques, a plurality of markings can be performed on a plurality of products, and code marking can be effectively performed on a large number of products. At this time, code marking can be performed by arranging a large amount of commodities in a specific space using one or more of the above-described marking techniques, or code marking for a large amount of commodities can be performed while moving commodities through the conveyor belt.

For example, in the case of a marking technique using ink, code marking can be performed while moving a product through a conveyor belt, and in the case of a marking technique using light wavelength, code marking can be performed by arranging a large amount of products in one space have.

The product information and the code can be registered with respect to the product in which the code marking is performed. That is, the code registration module (not shown) sends the product information and information on the code to be used for the product to the web server 200 for the code-marked product, and registers code and product information to be used for the product. This will be described later with reference to FIG.

The information requesting unit 120 requests the Web server 200 for product information corresponding to the recognized code. That is, the information requesting unit 120 may transmit the scanned code information to the web server 200 and request information corresponding to the code. The product information may include at least one of information related to the product's origin, producer, seller, production history, distribution history, price, event and discount.

More specifically, the origin information of the product includes information on the cultivation area and the breeding area in the case of the food, and may include the manufacturer information in the case of the non-food. The producer information may include the information of the producer, and the seller information may include information related to the seller's personal information, sales history, and reliability. Information related to the production history may include information on the cultivation process and the breeding process for the foodstuffs, and information on the manufacturing process for the non-foodstuffs.

Information relating to the distribution history may include information on the initial source, the intermediate distribution site, the final destination, and the like. In addition to such information, a consumer's preference, a product evaluation history, discount information on the current product, and event information may be included in the product information.

The image processing unit 130 superimposes the product information corresponding to the recognized code on the product using the augmented reality technique. That is, the image processing unit 130 can display the product information corresponding to the code on the screen as a 3D enhanced image based on the position and attitude information of the point at which the image of the product is captured. The image processing unit 130 may be omitted in other embodiments.

The display unit 140 receives product information corresponding to the recognized code from the web server 200 and displays the product information on the screen of the terminal 100. The display unit 140 may display the product information corresponding to the recognized code on the screen of the terminal 100 in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving picture. Thus, the product information corresponding to the recognized code can be displayed on the screen without inputting another search word or URL.

4 is a block diagram of a web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, the web server 200 includes a communication unit 210, an authentication unit 220, a data processing unit 230, and a data storage unit 240. Here, at least one of the components of the web server 200 may be configured as a separate server and operate in conjunction with the product information providing apparatus 100.

The communication unit 210 performs data communication with an external device. For example, the communication unit 210 performs data transmission / reception with the terminal 100 that scans the marked code on the product. Specifically, the communication unit 210 can receive, from the terminal 100, data obtained by scanning a code directly marked on one part of the foodstuff without a separate medium.

The authentication unit 220 verifies the legitimacy of the code marked on the product. That is, in order to prevent a code from being leaked due to a malicious purpose of a third party, or to prevent the distribution of a code that is not legitimately issued by the code generator, the authentication unit 220, Can verify whether the scanned code is a legitimately authenticated registered code.

To this end, the authentication unit 220 may compare the code information stored in the data storage unit 240 and the code information received from the terminal 100 to verify whether the received code is a registered code. If the code is a registered code, the product information corresponding to the code is transmitted through the data processing unit 230. Otherwise, the product information is not transmitted.

When the authentication unit 220 receives the authentication request data for the code to be used for the product together with the product information for the product in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice and moving image from the terminal 100 in another embodiment, And may transmit the authentication permission information to the corresponding terminal 100 in response to the authentication request data of the received code. This will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

The data processing unit 230 retrieves the product information corresponding to the data (that is, the code information) scanned with the marked code on the product, and transmits the retrieved product information to the recognized terminal 100.

The data storage unit 240 stores the code information of the code marked on the product and the product information of the product in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving picture. Specifically, the data storage unit 240 may store at least one of the authentication registration information, the code information, and the product information of the code with respect to the code whose authentication has been completed by the authentication unit 220. [ Here, the code information may include information related to the image and the attribute of the code, and the product information may include at least one of information related to the origin, the producer, the seller, the production history, the distribution history, the price, .

The data storage unit 240 and the authentication unit 220 may be independent servers and operate in conjunction with the web server 200 and the product information providing apparatus 100, respectively.

5 is a flowchart of a method for providing goods information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 5, a code directly marked on one part of a product without an intermediary is recognized (S501). Here, the commodity includes foodstuffs or non-foodstuffs. The code is in the form of a one-dimensional bar code or a two-dimensional bar code, directly or indirectly marked with the code itself without a separate medium on one part of the article. The code recognition may be performed by the user's terminal 100, and the terminal 100 may be the portable terminal 100 capable of two-dimensional barcode scanning.

Next, the product information corresponding to the recognized code is requested to the web server 200 (S511). That is, the scanned code information is transmitted to the web server 200, and the web server 200 retrieves the product information corresponding to the code information and transmits the retrieved product information to the terminal 100. At this time, the web server 200 determines whether or not the authentication registration information of the code corresponding to the received code information is stored in the data storage unit 240, (100).

The goods information corresponding to the recognized code from the web server 200 is received and displayed on the screen of the terminal 100 (S521). At this time, the product information may be displayed in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving picture. In addition, the product information can be superimposed and displayed on the product through the augmented reality technique.

6 is a flowchart of a method of providing goods information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the communication unit 210 receives authentication request data for a code used for a product together with product information in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving image (S601). Here, the code registration module may transmit authentication request data for a code marked on a product to the web server 200 by a code marking module. The code registration module and the code marking module may be included in a terminal such as a dedicated terminal, a server, or a computer capable of communicating with the web server 200.

Next, the authentication unit 220 transmits the authentication permission information to the terminal in response to the authentication request data of the received code (S611). Here, the authenticity evaluation of the product information can be made.

Next, the data storage unit 240 stores at least one of the code information of the code for which the authentication is permitted, the authentication registration information, and the product information of the code (S621).

Next, when the data processing unit 230 receives the code data (information) scanned with the code marked on the product, the product information corresponding to the code data is transmitted to the terminal that has scanned the code (S631). Here, the portable terminal can be used as a terminal that has scanned the code.

By storing the authentication registration information, the code information, and the product information of the code used for the product in this manner, it is possible to prevent the unauthorized use of the code by the third party, and to verify the protection and authenticity of the code. If the data scanned in the code is received in step S631, the step of checking whether the code is registered may be further included. If the authentication registration information for the code does not exist, the product information is not provided.

The data storage unit 240 may be a nonvolatile memory device such as a cache, a read only memory (ROM), a programmable ROM (PROM), an erasable programmable ROM (EPROM), an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) But is not limited to, a volatile memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a storage medium such as a hard disk drive (HDD) and a CD-ROM.

Each of the components shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 may be composed of a kind of 'module'. The term 'module' refers to a hardware component such as software or a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and the module performs certain roles. However, a module is not limited to software or hardware. A module may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to execute one or more processors. The functionality provided by the components and modules may be combined into a smaller number of components and modules or further separated into additional components and modules.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes only and that those of ordinary skill in the art can readily understand that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present invention. will be. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single entity may be distributed and implemented, and components described as being distributed may also be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.

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Claims (11)

A product information providing apparatus comprising:
A code registration module for transmitting information on the product information and the code to be used for the product to the web server to register code information and product information to be used in the product,
A code recognition unit for operating a smartphone-specific application to recognize a bar code or a QR (Quick Response Code) code marked on the product;
An information request unit for requesting the web server for product information corresponding to the recognized bar code or QR code;
A display unit for receiving product information corresponding to the recognized bar code or QR code from the web server and displaying the product information on at least one of text, And
Product information corresponding to the recognized bar code or QR code is superimposed on the product as a three-dimensional enhanced image using an augmented reality technique based on position and attitude information of a point where the image of the product is taken, The image processing unit
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The product information
Information relating to at least one of the origin of the commodity, the producer, the seller, the production history, the distribution history, the price, the event and the discount,
The code marking
By using one or more of the marking technique using ink, the marking technique using light wavelength, the watermarking technique, the air pressure marking technique, the sound wavelength specific marking technique, and the pressure or impact marking technique, In a manner that is marked directly or invisibly on a part of the goods sold without separate packaging, without any intermediary,
The web server
A data storage unit for storing the code information and the product information registered by the code registration module in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving picture;
A communication unit for performing data communication with the terminal and receiving data on the recognized bar code or QR code from the terminal;
An authentication unit for verifying validity of the received barcode or QR code by comparing data on a barcode or a QR code received from the terminal with code information stored in the data storage unit; And
A data processing unit for searching the data storage unit for product information corresponding to the received bar code or QR code and transmitting the retrieved product information to the terminal;
The product information providing apparatus comprising:
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A product information providing method using a product information providing apparatus,
The code registration module of the product information providing apparatus transmits the product information and the information on the code to be used for the product to the web server for the code marked product to register the code information and the product information to be used for the corresponding product ;
Storing code information and product information registered by the code registering module in the form of one or more of text, photograph, voice, and moving picture in a data storage unit of the web server;
A step of recognizing a barcode or a Quick Response Code (QR) code marked on the product by driving a smartphone application in the code recognition unit of the goods information providing apparatus;
Requesting, from the information requesting unit of the goods information providing apparatus, product information corresponding to the recognized bar code or QR code to the web server;
Performing a data communication with the terminal according to the request in the communication unit of the web server, and receiving data on the recognized bar code or QR code from the terminal;
Verifying the validity of the received barcode or QR code by comparing the barcode or QR code received from the terminal with the code information stored in the data storage unit in the authentication unit of the web server;
Retrieving product information corresponding to the received bar code or QR code in the data storage unit of the web server and transmitting the product information to the terminal;
Receiving the goods information from the web server on the display unit of the goods information providing apparatus and displaying the goods information on at least one of text, And
The image processing unit of the goods information providing apparatus superimposes the product information on the product in a three-dimensional enhanced image using the augmented reality technique based on the position and attitude information of the point at which the image of the product is taken The method comprising the steps of:
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The product information
Information relating to at least one of the origin of the commodity, the producer, the seller, the production history, the distribution history, the price, the event and the discount,
The code marking
By using one or more of the marking technique using ink, the marking technique using light wavelength, the watermarking technique, the air pressure marking technique, the sound wavelength specific marking technique, and the pressure or impact marking technique, Characterized in that the method is performed in such a manner that a part of a product sold without packaging is marked directly or invisibly without a separate medium. delete delete delete delete

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