KR101068232B1

KR101068232B1 - Carbon footprint assessment system and method in components of manufactured goods

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Publication number: KR101068232B1
Application number: KR1020090056112A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 유태연
Original assignee: (주)코리아컴퓨터
Priority date: 2009-06-23
Filing date: 2009-06-23
Publication date: 2011-09-28
Also published as: KR20100137867A

Abstract

The present invention measures the carbon emissions of each product (commodity) according to the transportation distance, distribution status, recycling status, and disposal status by using an electronic product code (EPC) assigned at the time of production or shipment of the product. The present invention relates to a system and method for evaluating the carbon emission of a component, which can be shown to the user by evaluating the eco-friendliness of each product.

Carbon emission evaluation system according to the present invention, RFID tag attached to the product; An RFID reader for reading RFID information from the RFID tag; A middleware server that receives the RFID information from the RFID reader and converts the RFID information into a format suitable for service processing of the object information server and transmits the RFID information to the object information server; An object information (EPCIS) server that stores and manages object information, history information, and event information of a product associated with an EPC code in the RFID information, and provides attribute information for interpreting the event information; A carbon emission database storing carbon emission information of the product or carbon emission information of parts of the product corresponding to the RFID information and the EPC code; And when the RFID information is received from the middleware server, obtain product information corresponding to the EPC code from the object information server based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the EPC code and the product information from the carbon emission database. It includes a carbon emissions evaluation server that outputs the environmentally friendly grade by taking the carbon emission information of the product corresponding to the product or the carbon emission information of the parts of the product.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the supplier can evaluate the carbon emission amount and the environmental friendliness according to the product or the product. In addition, the user can check and use the environmentally friendly grade for the product or product to be used.

Commodities, Products, Parts, Carbon Emissions, Assessment, EPC, EPCIS, RFID, Tags, BOM

Description

Carbon footprint assessment system and method in components of manufactured goods

The present invention relates to a system and method for evaluating carbon emissions of a product or product. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electronic product code (EPC) assigned at the time of production or shipment of a product. The present invention relates to a system and method for evaluating carbon emissions of parts, which can be shown to users by evaluating carbon emissions of each product (commodity) according to transportation distance, distribution status, recycling status, and disposal status.

Logistics centers and large discount stores for supplying large quantities of goods to large cities where populations are active are growing rapidly. Large discount stores offer large quantities of products to consumers and have a large number of target consumers based on a wide range of commercial rights.

Therefore, large-scale discount stores purchase a large number of products by many consumers, and there is an attempt to establish a distribution logistics system in which distribution centers can supply necessary products according to the fluctuation of products occurring in several large discount stores.

In particular, large discount stores are constantly selling products with many consumers coming and going, so the profits of large discount stores are directly related to how quickly the products sold in stores are quickly filled and how quickly the products are supplied where needed. In other words, accurate inventory management leads to cost savings and profits from large discount stores, which can differentiate them from competitors. Therefore, the importance of the distribution logistics system, which enables the product to grasp the overall product flow from the distribution center to the consumer of the large discount store, is increasing.

There is a method using a bar code (Bar Code) as a conventional distribution logistics system. Barcode is a binary code that is easy to process data, and is a serial signal indicating "0" or "1" due to black bar-shaped bars, differences in contrast due to white margins before and after bars, and bar thicknesses. Is represented by a combination of At this time, when the barcode reader scans light into the barcode, the barcode reader detects different reflectances of black bars having low reflectance and white margins having high reflectance to read the encoded information.

A distribution logistics system using a bar code as described above can accurately and simply read the manufacturer of the product, the product name and price of the product, which is information represented by a bar code attached to the product using a bar code reader. Through this, the conventional bar code method is mainly used for sales and inventory management in one store.

However, the conventional barcode method has a problem that automated barcode recognition is impossible due to the feature that one barcode is read at a close distance by one barcode reader. For example, if there is a barcode loaded in a product, a product packaging box, or a pallet in which a box is loaded, the barcode reader needs to recognize each barcode one-to-one so that it can be stored as information. In addition, the conventional barcode method has a closedness that is used only in one store, so there is a limit in processing the current state of products from the distribution center to the large discount store in real time.

On the other hand, in recent years, in order to reduce the carbon emissions in order to reduce the environmental problems caused by the use of products or products, the carbon content for each product or product is to be labeled. In addition, households can switch incandescent bulbs to fluorescent lamps, run automatic heat control programs, plant trees for shading, or install storm protection doors or window thermal devices to reduce carbon emissions.

However, according to the related art, consumers know how much carbon is contained in the products or products they use, and how much carbon is contained in the products or products they use, but how much is the current product or products in use? It is emitting carbon and using it without knowing exactly how much carbon is left.

Therefore, in the conventional distribution system, there is a demand for a technology for not only sales and inventory management for each product or product, but also how carbon emissions are generated depending on the present condition, distribution channel, and the state of the product (product).

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems and requirements is to provide a transport distance, a distribution state, a recycling state, a disposal state by using an electronic product code (EPC) assigned at the time of production of a product or when the product is shipped. System and method for evaluating the carbon emissions of each product (commodity) and evaluating the eco-friendliness of each product (commodity) according to In providing.

Carbon emission evaluation system according to the present invention for achieving the above object, RFID tag attached to the product; An RFID reader for reading RFID information from the RFID tag; A middleware server that receives the RFID information from the RFID reader and converts the RFID information into a format suitable for service processing of the object information server and transmits the RFID information to the object information server; An object information (EPCIS) server that stores and manages object information, history information, and event information of a product associated with an EPC code in the RFID information, and provides attribute information for interpreting the event information; A carbon emission database storing carbon emission information of the product or carbon emission information of parts of the product corresponding to the RFID information and the EPC code; And when the RFID information is received from the middleware server, obtain product information corresponding to the EPC code from the object information server based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the EPC code and the product from the carbon emission database. It includes a carbon emissions evaluation server that outputs the environmentally friendly grade by taking the carbon emissions information of the product corresponding to the information or the carbon emissions information for the parts of the product.

In addition, the eco-friendly grade, BOM information, carbon emissions, environmental grade of the product.

In addition, the carbon emissions evaluation server, and evaluates the carbon emissions according to the movement route, production status, recycling status, disposal form according to the transport distance, and calculates the eco-friendly grade for the goods or parts of the goods.

In addition, the movement route according to the transportation distance is subdivided according to the type of movement including the vehicle type, the movement distance, land and sea and air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

The object information server stores object information and history information of a product registered by each institution in association with the EPC code, and performs a service process including data processing, data representation, data exchange, and information naming.

On the other hand, the carbon emission evaluation server according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the middleware server interface for interfacing with the middleware server for providing the RFID information collected through the RFID reader from the RFID tag; An object information server interface unit for interfacing with an object information server providing information of goods associated with an EPC code in the RFID information; A DB interface unit for interfacing with a carbon emission database storing carbon emission information of the product and carbon emission information of parts of the product; When the RFID information is received from the middleware server, product information corresponding to the EPC code is obtained from the object information server based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the product information corresponding to the EPC code and the product information is obtained from the carbon emission database. An evaluation engine unit for evaluating eco-friendliness by taking carbon emission information of corresponding products or carbon emission information of parts of the product; And a web server for providing a web screen of the environmental evaluation results evaluated by the evaluation engine unit.

In addition, the environmental evaluation results, BOM information, carbon emissions, environmental ratings of the product.

In addition, with respect to the goods or parts of the goods, the carbon emissions are evaluated and eco-friendly grades are evaluated according to the movement route, production status, recycling state, and disposal form according to the transport distance.

The evaluation engine unit performs user authentication in a WS-Security method according to user authentication information present in a SOAP header and a middleware communication protocol present in a SOAP body.

On the other hand, the carbon emission evaluation method according to the present invention for achieving the above object, as a carbon emission evaluation method of the system including an RFID tag, RFID reader, middleware server, EPC information server, carbon emission database and carbon emission evaluation server (a) the RFID reader reading RFID information including an EPC code from the RFID tag and transmitting the RFID information to the middleware server; (b) converting, by the middleware server, the RFID information including the EPC code into a format suitable for service processing of the EPC information server, and transmitting the RFID information to the carbon emission estimation server; (c) the carbon emission evaluation server transmitting RFID information including the EPC code to the EPC information server to obtain product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPC information server; (d) evaluating, by the carbon emission evaluation server, the eco-friendliness of the product based on the obtained product information; And (e) outputting an environmental evaluation result of the product.

On the other hand, the carbon emission evaluation method of the evaluation server according to the present invention for achieving the above object is linked to the carbon emission database that stores the carbon emission information for each product, EPC code that the RFID reader read from the RFID tag A method of evaluating carbon emissions of an evaluation server that receives RFID information including a through a middleware server and communicates with an EPC information server based on the EPC code, the method comprising: (a) receiving RFID information including the EPC code from the middleware server Making; (b) transferring the RFID information including the EPC code to the EPC information server to obtain product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPC information server; (c) reading carbon emission information corresponding to the obtained product information from the carbon emission database; (d) evaluating the eco-friendliness of the product based on the read carbon emission information; And (e) outputting an environmental evaluation result of the product.

Here, the environmental evaluation results, BOM information, carbon emissions, environmental ratings of the product.

In addition, the step (d), for the product or parts of the product, to evaluate the carbon emissions according to the movement path, production status, recycling status, disposal form according to the transport distance and calculate the environmentally friendly grade.

In addition, the movement route according to the transportation distance is subdivided according to the movement type including the vehicle type, the movement distance, land and sea and air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

On the other hand, the carbon emission evaluation method of the evaluation server according to the present invention can be recorded as a program in a computer-readable medium.

According to the present invention, the supplier can evaluate the carbon emissions and the environmental friendliness according to the goods or products.

In addition, the user can check and use the environmentally friendly grade for the product or product to be used.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of a carbon emission evaluation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the carbon emission evaluation system 100 according to the present invention includes an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) reader 110, a middleware server 120, and an object information server. Code Information Services (hereinafter referred to as EPCIS) server 130, carbon emissions database 140, and carbon emissions evaluation server 150 (hereinafter referred to as evaluation server).

The RFID reader 110 reads RFID information from an RFID tag 112 attached to a product or a product.

The middleware server 120 receives the RFID information from the RFID reader 110, converts the RFID information into a format suitable for service processing of the object information server 130, and delivers the RFID information to the EPCIS server 130.

That is, the middleware server 120 collects, purifies, and manages EPC codes generated by a large number of RFID tags 112 from heterogeneous RFID readers 110 installed at each distribution stage of the product, and provides them to the EPCIS server 130. Is a software system.

In particular, the middleware server 120 has a single interface to allow the RFID readers 110 and the EPCIS server 130 to communicate using various communication methods (eg, RS232, TCP / IP, USB, etc.). To provide.

In addition, the middleware server 120 may define a predefined common format (hereinafter, “event” for processing data (ie, EPC code) of the RFID tag 112 received from the RFID reader 110 in the EPCIS server 130. Event) "and provide it to the EPCIS server 130. At this time, the event provided from the middleware server 120 to the EPCIS server 130 includes the event time and the EPC code recognized by the RFID tag 112 by the RFID reader 110 installed in each distribution step, and the "product history event" " Thus, the product history event includes the reader ID of the RFID reader 110.

The EPCIS 130 server stores and manages object information, history information, and event information of a product associated with the EPC code in the RFID information, and provides attribute information for interpreting the event information.

The carbon emission database 140 stores the carbon emission information of the product or the carbon emission information of the parts of the product corresponding to the RFID information and the EPC code.

When the evaluation server 150 receives the RFID information from the middleware server 120, the evaluation server 150 obtains the product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPCIS 130 based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the EPC from the carbon emission database 140. Eco-friendly grades are output by evaluating the carbon emission information of the product corresponding to the code and product information or the carbon emission information of the parts of the product.

In this case, the environmentally friendly grade includes bill of material (BOM) information, carbon emissions, and environmental grade of the product.

In addition, the middleware server 120, the EPCIS server 130, the carbon emission DB 140 and the evaluation server 150 is connected through a communication network, in which case the communication network may be a wired communication network such as the Internet or public switched networks.

In addition, the evaluation server 150 evaluates the carbon emission according to the movement route, the production status, the recycling state, and the disposal form according to the transportation distance, and calculates and outputs an eco-friendly grade for the goods or parts of the goods.

At this time, the movement route according to the transportation distance is subdivided according to the movement type including the vehicle type, the movement distance, land and sea and air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

The EPCIS server 130 stores object information and history information of products registered by each institution in association with the EPC code, and performs service processing including data processing, data representation, data exchange, and information naming. To perform.

Meanwhile, the RFID Information Service (EPCIS) is defined as the EPC Information Services (EPCIS) document of EPC global and can be called a standard for RFID-based industry.

RFID Information Service (EPCIS) is located on top of RFID middleware on the service layer and collects ALE (Application Level Event) events provided by middleware and changes it into an information service event that can be interpreted in terms of business terms. Or provide it to application services, such as distribution and logistics, or share with the information service providing server of the business partner.

Information service events provide events from four perspectives: 'when, where, what and why'. It includes the time when the event occurred and when it was recorded, and also contains the location information. It may also include an EPC code, production information (serial number, expiration date, etc.), and commerce information (delivery, invoice, etc.). It also indicates the reason for the occurrence of events such as goods receipt and delivery, loading and moving, and sale.

Information service events managed by RFID Information Services (EPCIS) are eventually managed by unique EPC codes assigned to the product. In various situations, such as a product having an RFID tag 112 including an EPC attached thereto, produced, loaded, moved, received, and sold, the state, location, and time of the product are automatically and systematically stored. The stored information is provided to various application services such as production, distribution, inventory, and sales.

In order to provide or share an information service event with an application service or a trading partner, or collect ALE events from middleware, security technologies such as authentication and authorization are essential for each interface with each system. Functions should be included.

The RFID information service has an interface for collecting ALE events from middleware and a query interface for providing information service events as an application service.The query interface exchanges responses to the query control interface such as registering and releasing a query again. It consists of question and answer interface.

The ALE collection interface must provide a means by which the middleware server 120 and the EPCIS server 130 can mutually authenticate, and the EPCIS server 130 sends a rule (ECSpec) for collecting events to the middleware server 120 You must provide a safe way to receive results (ECReport).

Although the standard does not define the means in the RFID Information Service (EPCIS) standard document, the ALE event is composed of XML so that security technology can be easily applied using the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Mutual authentication and message integrity by signing and encrypting event collection rules and their results by applying WS-Security technology that includes ALE events in a SOAP message and provides W3C (W3C) authentication and message security for SOAP. And confidentiality.

The query control interface presents two security interface methods in the standard document. SOAP message transmission using HTTP and XML message transmission using AS2 (Applicability Statement 2, MIME-based Secure Peer-to-Peer Business Data Interchange Using HTTP, RFC 4130). The Q & A interface adds an XML message transmission method using HTTPS. HTTPS is a security technology that can maintain the confidentiality of the channel sending the message.

The simplest security method for the query is to write the query control inside the EPCIS server 130 and transmit the result via HTTPS. An additional security method for accessing and using the query control interface from outside the system is provided. It is necessary.

Among the methods that can control the external query is sending SOAP message using HTTP. This method provides access control that uses WS-Security, similar to the security method of the ALE collection interface, to verify that the user has the authority to use the digital signature and encryption, and to control the query with the certificate used for the digital signature. Just do it. Using the same method, the query response interface for a query can safely deliver the results of a query to a query control registration application.

Another way to control queries externally is to use AS2. AS2 is a standard document of the IETF, a method of transmitting MIME messages using HTTP. This standard document describes how to use security technologies such as digital signatures and encryption technologies. Therefore, when AS2 is applied to the query control and query response interface, the security technology part of AS2 must also be operated.

The standard stipulates that the above three security technologies can be used according to the choice. RFID information service must apply one of three security technologies.

The RFID information service is defined so that any application can easily interpret the event by providing the information service event converted by adding business logic to various application services by receiving the event of the RFID middleware.

Any EPCIS server 130 is configured to receive compatible events in the same way. Therefore, the RFID information service (EPCIS) is more essential for security, such as authentication, authorization, and message security, which are necessary for the access and the questions and responses that the user wants, and must use one of the HTTPS, WS-Security, and AS2 technologies mentioned above. It should have access control function to apply query control only to authorized and applied applications.

2 is a configuration diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of a carbon emission evaluation server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the carbon emission evaluation server 150 according to the present invention includes a middleware server interface unit 210, an EPCIS server interface unit 220, a DB interface unit 230, an evaluation engine unit 240, and a web. Server 250.

The middleware server interface unit 210 interfaces with the middleware server 120 that provides the RFID information collected through the RFID reader 110 from the RFID tag 112.

The EPCIS server interface unit 220 performs interfacing with the object information server 130 that provides information of goods associated with the EPC code in the RFID information.

The DB interface 230 may interface with the carbon emission database 140 that stores the carbon emission information of the product and the carbon emission information of the parts of the product.

When the evaluation engine unit 240 receives RFID information from the middleware server 120, the evaluation engine unit 240 obtains product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPCIS server 130 based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the carbon emission database 140. ECO code and product information corresponding to the product's carbon emission information or carbon emission information on the parts of the product are taken from the environmental evaluation.

The web server 250 provides an eco-friendly evaluation result evaluated by the evaluation engine 240 on a web screen. At this time, the environmental evaluation results, including the BOM information, carbon emissions, environmental grade of the product.

In addition, for the goods or parts of the goods, carbon emissions are evaluated and eco-friendly grades are evaluated according to the transportation route, production status, recycling status, and disposal type according to the transport distance.

In addition, the travel route according to the transport distance is subdivided according to the travel type including the vehicle type, the travel distance, the land and the sea and the air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

In addition, the evaluation engine unit 240 performs user authentication in a WS-Security manner according to the user authentication information present in the SOAP header and the middleware communication protocol present in the SOAP body.

3 is a configuration diagram schematically showing a functional configuration of an object information server according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the EPCIS server 130 according to the present invention includes a transceiver 310, an object search server access unit (ONS Resolver) 320, an information processing unit (EPCIS Capturing / Accessing Application) 330, and information data. Repository 340 is included.

The transceiver 310 communicates with the EPCIS server interface 220 of the evaluation server 150 according to a predetermined protocol, and the object search server connection unit 320 is connected to and communicates with an object search server (not shown). Do this.

Here, the object search server (not shown in the drawing) exists in each institution network, and the address information of the EPCIS server 130 that stores the object information and the logistical history information of the product to which the corresponding EPC is granted for the EPC issued by the corresponding institution. And when receiving the request for inquiry of the EPC information, provides the address of the EPCIS server 130 that stores the information about the EPC.

The information processing unit 330 registers the EPC information transmitted from the middleware server 120 to the information data storage unit 340, transmits the EPC information to the object search server through the transceiver 310, and sends the EPC information from the object search server. The product information corresponding to the information is received and stored in the information data storage unit 340.

The information processing unit 330 receives the EPC information from the middleware server 120 or the evaluation server 150, and if there is an inquiry inquiry, transmits the inquired EPC code to the object search server through the object search server connection unit 320, and the object Product information corresponding to the EPC code is retrieved from the search server and provided to the evaluation server 150. In this case, when the EPC code information is stored, the object information and history information of the EPC are read from the information data storage 340 and provided to the evaluation server 150.

The information data storage unit 340 stores object information (product specification, color, etc.) of a product to which an EPC code is assigned, and stores logistic history information of the product. The logistic history information includes information on the date of manufacture of the goods to which the EPC code is assigned, information on the goods receipt time of the goods, and information on the goods release time of the goods.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a carbon emission evaluation method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the RFID reader 110 reads RFID information including an EPC code from the RFID tag 112 and transmits the RFID information to the middleware server 120 (S410).

Accordingly, the middleware server 120 converts the RFID information including the EPC code into a format suitable for service processing of the EPCIS server 130 and transmits it to the evaluation server 150 (S420).

The evaluation server 150 transmits the RFID information including the EPC code to the EPCIS server 130 (S430).

The EPCIS server 130 transmits product information corresponding to the EPC code to the evaluation server 150 (S440).

The evaluation server 150 obtains carbon emission information corresponding to the product information and the EPC code from the carbon emission database 140 based on the product information and the EPC code transmitted from the EPCIS server 130 (S450).

Evaluation server 150 evaluates the eco-friendliness of the product on the basis of the product information, EPC code and carbon emissions information (S460).

In addition, the evaluation server 150 outputs an environmentally friendly evaluation result of the product on the screen (S470).

Thus, the user or supplier can check the carbon emissions rating or eco-friendliness rating for the product or product.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for evaluating carbon emissions of an evaluation server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the evaluation server 150 is associated with a carbon emission database 140 that stores carbon emission information for each product, and the EPC code read from the RFID tag 112 by the RFID reader 110 is stored. The included RFID information is received from the middleware server 120 (S510).

When the evaluation server 150 receives the RFID information including the EPC code from the middleware server 120, the evaluation server 150 transmits the RFID information including the EPC code to the EPCIS server 130 (S520).

Subsequently, the evaluation server 150 obtains product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPCIS server 130 (S530).

The evaluation server 150 reads carbon emission information corresponding to the product information obtained from the EPCIS server 130 from the carbon emission database 140 (S540).

The evaluation server 150 evaluates the eco-friendliness of the product through the evaluation engine unit 240 based on the carbon emission information read from the carbon emission database 140 (S550).

At this time, the evaluation server 150 may evaluate the carbon emissions according to the movement route, the production status, the recycling state, and the disposal form according to the transportation distance, and calculate the environmentally friendly grade for the goods or parts of the goods. Here, the movement route according to the transportation distance may be subdivided according to the movement type including the vehicle model, the movement distance, the land and the sea, and the air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

Then, the evaluation server 150 outputs the eco-friendly evaluation result of the product on the screen as shown in FIG. 6 (S560). That is, the evaluation server 150 displays, on the screen, the results of eco-friendliness evaluation of the product including the BOM information, carbon emission, and environmental grade of the product through the web server 250.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for evaluating environmental friendliness of a product according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, the eco-friendly evaluation result screen of the product according to the present invention includes a carbon emission evaluation grade for a production step, a logistics step, a disposal step, and a recycling step for the product or the product.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, in the carbon emission evaluation screen of the production stage, a product name, a manufacturer, and a parts list for the product and a corresponding carbon emission are displayed. In addition, it displays the total power consumption and total carbon emissions of the product in the production stage, and finally the eco-friendliness level of the product due to carbon emissions.

In addition, the evaluation server 150 according to the present invention may consider a vehicle model, a distance, and a movement route when calculating carbon emissions according to a transportation distance, and the movement route may include land, sea, and air. In addition, the evaluation server 150 may measure the carbon emissions according to landfill or incineration in the case of disposal, and evaluate the environmentally friendly grade according to the carbon reduction amount of the product or parts in the case of recycling.

On the other hand, the carbon emission evaluation method of the evaluation server according to the present invention can be recorded as a program on a computer-readable medium such as a CD or a USB memory.

As described above, according to the present invention, each product (commodity) according to a transportation distance, a distribution state, a recycling state, or a disposal state by using an electronic product code (EPC) assigned at the time of production or shipment of the product The carbon emissions evaluation system and method, the carbon emission evaluation server and its carbon emission evaluation method of parts can be realized so that the carbon emissions of the carbon dioxide can be measured and evaluated for the eco-friendliness of each product (product).

As those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may implement the present invention in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative and not restrictive in all aspects. Should be. The scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. do.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for evaluating environmental friendliness of a product according to an embodiment of the present invention.

100: carbon emission evaluation system 110: RFID reader

120: middleware server 130: object information server (EPCIS) server

140: carbon emission database 150: carbon emission evaluation server

210: middleware server interface unit 220: EPCIS server interface unit

230: DB interface unit 240: evaluation engine unit

250: web server 310: transceiver

320: object search server connection unit 330: information processing unit

340: information data storage

Claims

RFID tags attached to the goods;

An RFID reader for reading RFID information from the RFID tag;

A middleware server that receives the RFID information from the RFID reader and converts the RFID information into a format suitable for service processing of the object information server and transmits the RFID information to the object information server;

An object information (EPCIS) server that stores and manages object information, history information, and event information of a product associated with an electronic product code (EPC) code in the RFID information, and provides attribute information for interpreting the event information;

A carbon emission database storing carbon emission information of the product or carbon emission information of parts of the product corresponding to the RFID information and the EPC code; And

When the RFID information is received from the middleware server, product information corresponding to the EPC code is obtained from the object information server based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the product information corresponding to the EPC code and the product information is obtained from the carbon emission database. A carbon emission evaluation server for outputting environmentally friendly grades by taking carbon emission information of corresponding products or carbon emission information of parts of the product and evaluating them;

Including,

The carbon emission evaluation server evaluates the carbon emission according to the movement route, the production status, the recycling state, and the disposal form according to the transportation distance, and calculates and outputs an eco-friendly grade for the product or the parts of the product.

The movement route according to the transportation distance is subdivided according to the type of movement including the vehicle type, movement distance, land and sea and air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

The method of claim 1,

The eco-friendliness rating, the carbon emissions evaluation system, characterized in that the bill of material (BOM) information, carbon emissions, environmental ratings.

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The method of claim 1,

The object information server stores object information and history information of a product registered by each institution in association with the EPC code, and performs a service process including data processing, data representation, data exchange, and information naming. Carbon Emission Rating System.

A middleware server interface unit for interfacing with a middleware server providing RFID information collected through an RFID reader from an RFID tag;

An object information server interface for interfacing with an object information server that provides information of a product associated with an electronic product code (EPC) code in the RFID information;

A DB interface unit for interfacing with a carbon emission database storing carbon emission information of the product and carbon emission information of parts of the product;

When the RFID information is received from the middleware server, product information corresponding to the EPC code is obtained from the object information server based on the EPC code in the RFID information, and the product information corresponding to the EPC code and the product information is obtained from the carbon emission database. An evaluation engine unit for evaluating eco-friendliness by taking carbon emission information of corresponding products or carbon emission information of parts of the product; And

A web server for providing a web screen of the evaluation results of the eco-friendliness evaluated by the evaluation engine unit;

Including,

For the goods or parts of the goods, the carbon emissions are evaluated and eco-friendly grades are evaluated according to the movement route, production status, recycling status, and disposal form according to the transportation distance,

The movement route according to the transportation distance is subdivided according to the movement type including the vehicle type, movement distance, land and sea and air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods.

The method of claim 6,

The environmental evaluation results, carbon emissions evaluation server, characterized in that the bill of material (BOM) information, carbon emissions, environmental ratings.

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The method of claim 6,

The evaluation engine unit, the carbon emission evaluation server, characterized in that for performing the user authentication in the WS-Security method according to the user authentication information present in the SOAP header and the middleware communication protocol present in the SOAP body.

A method of evaluating carbon emissions of a system including an RFID tag, an RFID reader, a middleware server, an EPC information server, a carbon emission database and a carbon emission evaluation server,

(a) the RFID reader reading RFID information including an EPC code from the RFID tag and transmitting the RFID information to the middleware server;

(b) converting, by the middleware server, the RFID information including the EPC code into a format suitable for service processing of the EPC information server, and transmitting the RFID information to the carbon emission estimation server;

(c) the carbon emission evaluation server transmitting RFID information including the EPC code to the EPC information server to obtain product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPC information server;

(d) evaluating, by the carbon emission evaluation server, the eco-friendliness of the product based on the obtained product information; And

(e) outputting an environmental evaluation result of the product;

Carbon emissions evaluation method comprising a.

It is linked with a carbon emission database that stores carbon emission information for each product, and receives RFID information including an EPC code read from an RFID tag by an RFID reader through a middleware server, and based on the EPC information server, As a method of evaluating the carbon emissions of the evaluation server to communicate,

(a) receiving RFID information including the EPC code from the middleware server;

(b) transferring RFID information including the EPC code to the EPC information server to obtain product information corresponding to the EPC code from the EPC information server;

(c) reading carbon emission information corresponding to the obtained product information from the carbon emission database;

(d) evaluating the eco-friendliness of the product based on the read carbon emission information; And

(e) outputting an environmental evaluation result of the product;

Including,

In the step (d), the carbon emissions are evaluated and eco-friendly grades are evaluated for the goods or parts of the goods according to the transportation route, the production status, the recycling status, and the disposal form according to the transportation distance,

The movement route according to the transportation distance is subdivided according to the movement type including the vehicle type, movement distance, land and sea and air used to transport the goods or parts of the goods. Way.

13. The method of claim 12,

The environmental evaluation results, the carbon emissions evaluation method of the evaluation server, characterized in that the bill of material (BOM) information, carbon emissions, environmental ratings.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having recorded thereon a method according to any one of claims 12 to 15.