KR101866898B1 - Goods tracking and management method using RFID(Radio Frequency Identification) tag - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for tracing and managing goods using an RFID tag. According to the present invention, the method for tracing and managing goods using an RFID tag comprises the steps of: printing general information corresponding to corresponding goods and granting an RFID tag having a specific serial number in each predetermined area of a label base roll; attaching an RFID tag to the rear surface of a prepared main trademark or a point mark to be attached to the goods; cutting the label base roll, to which the RFID tag has been granted, into individual unit labels of a certain size; attaching the cut individual unit labels, and the main trademark or the point mark, which has the RFID tag attached to the rear surface thereof, to predetermined locations of the goods, respectively; reading information from the RFID tag attached to the label, main trademark, or point mark of the goods by an RFID reader when the goods come in or out of a warehouse, a distribution center, or a store; and transmitting the information, read by the RFID reader, to a computer system and processing the information by the computer system, so as to trace and manage the goods. According to the present invention as described above, the RFID tag having a specific serial number can be granted to the label attached to the goods, thereby efficiently tracing and managing a distribution channel, a stock state, the current state of the goods or the like.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a tracking and management method of an article using an RFID tag,

The present invention relates to a method of tracking and managing an article, and more particularly, to an RFID tag having a specific serial number, such as a trademark or a logo attached to an article, And more particularly, to an article tracking and management method using an RFID tag capable of effectively tracking and managing an article.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is also known as wireless recognition, and is a recognition system that reads stored data such as a tag, a label, and a card with a semiconductor chip in a noncontact manner using radio frequency. An RFID tag can be divided into an active type requiring power supply and a passive type driven by an electromagnetic field of the reader.

The RFID system related to RFID is composed of a tag, an antenna, and a reader, and the tag and the antenna transmit information from several meters to several tens of meters by radio. The reader receives the signal and decodes the product information and sends it to the computer . The computer receives and processes the information transmitted from the reader, thereby determining the status of the product. Therefore, all products tagged can be checked or tracked automatically anywhere, anytime, and tags can be updated and modified with built-in memory.

On the other hand, in Patent Document 1 of Patent Application No. 10-2010-0013541 (Patent Document 1), "an article management system using RFID and a control method thereof" is disclosed, and a "method for controlling an article management system using RFID" Receiving a RFID signal entering the beam region by transmitting a scanning signal of a beam pattern at a predetermined cycle, and processing RFID information; Processing the price information included in the RFID information to calculate a payment amount; Wherein the step of processing the RFID information comprises: radiating a directional beam pattern through a first beam-forming antenna; Extracting first RFID tag information from a signal received through the first beam forming antenna; Emitting a beam pattern having a direction through the second beam-forming antenna; Extracting second RFID tag information from a signal received through the second beam forming antenna; And checking whether the first RFID tag information and the second RFID tag information match with each other. If the first RFID tag information and the second RFID tag information do not coincide with each other, a re-scanning alarm is outputted .

In the above-described Patent Document 1, a tag scanning reader for reading an RFID tag using a narrow beam through a switched beam forming antenna is constructed to improve the performance of the RFID reader, and a reader is installed in the shopping cart It may be advantageous in that the system can be easily built and the equipment cost can be reduced by calculating the amount of the goods passing through the gate equipped with the scanning reader, The RFID reader is fixedly mounted on the gate so that the RFID reader can be prevented from being sold until it passes through the gate, There is a problem that it is difficult to trace the article.

Published Patent Application No. 10-2010-0013541 (2010.02.10.)

It is an object of the present invention to provide an RFID tag having a specific serial number on a label attached to an article so as to effectively track and track the distribution path, And an object of the present invention is to provide an article tracking and management method using an RFID tag that can be managed and can prevent an RFID tag from being damaged or removed by attaching the RFID tag to a part that can not be visually recognized easily.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for tracking and managing an article using an RFID tag,

a) printing general information corresponding to the article in a predetermined constant area of the prepared label base roll by a printing machine and giving an RFID tag having a specific serial number by a tag assigning machine;

b) attaching the RFID tag to the back of the main mark or point mark ready for attachment to the article by means of a tag attaching machine;

c) cutting the label base roll provided with the RFID tag into individual unit labels of a predetermined size by a label cutter;

d) attaching the truncated individual unit label and the main mark or point mark having the RFID tag attached on the rear surface to a predetermined position of the article by a mark / mark attacher, respectively;

e) reading the information from the RFID tag attached to the label, main brand or point mark of the article by the RFID reader when the article is entered / output at a warehouse, a warehouse, or a store; And

f) transmitting information read by the RFID reader to a computer system, and processing information by the computer system to track and manage the article.

In the step a), the article may include at least one of clothing, a muffler, a shawl, a necktie, a bag, a handbag, a glove, shoes, furniture, and a frame.

The general information corresponding to the product in the step a) may include a size, a mixed ratio of fibers, a seller name, a manufacturer name, a date of manufacture, a country of manufacture, a customer consultation .

In addition, the serial number given to the RFID tag in the step a) may include information on style, color, size (title), and price of each product.

In addition, the RFID tag may further include a moisture sensor for causing a color change when the RFID tagged label is wetted by washing in step a).

At this time, the moisture sensor may include at least one of a phthalide type leuco dye, a fluororan type leuco dye, a bisheterocyclic substituted phthalide, a monoheterocyclic substituted phthalide, a 3-heterocyclic substituted aza phthalide, a bridged phthalide, , An alkenyl substituted phthalide, and an alkenyl substituted phthalide.

According to the present invention, an RFID tag having a specific serial number is assigned to a label attached to an article, thereby effectively tracking and managing the distribution path, the stock status, the current state, and the like of the article.

In addition, it has the effect of dramatically reducing costs by automating the processes of goods receipt, delivery, sales, returns, and inventory in all distribution processes from production → distribution center → store to customer.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an article tracking and management method using an RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view illustrating a label for general use and a label roll for washing used in the method for tracking and managing goods using the RFID tag according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a general-purpose individual unit label and an RFID tag used in a method for tracking and managing an item using an RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a view showing a state in which individual unit labels are attached to predetermined positions of an article according to an item tracking and management method using an RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a state where a main mark and a point mark attached with an RFID tag are attached to an article according to an article tracking and management method using the RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor can properly define the concept of the term to describe its invention in the best way Should be construed in accordance with the principles and meanings and concepts consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. Also, the terms " part, "" module, "and" device " Lt; / RTI >

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

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an article tracking and management method using an RFID tag according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, according to an item tracking and management method using an RFID tag according to the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B), a prepared label base roll 210 The general information corresponding to the article is printed by the printing machine for each predetermined area, and the RFID tag 220 having the specific serial number is tagged (Step S101). 2 (A) shows a general label, and (B) shows a label for washing, respectively.

In addition, the article (product) may include at least one of clothing, muffler, shawl, tie, bag, handbag, glove, shoes, furniture, frame. It goes without saying that other articles (goods) not mentioned here may be further included.

In addition, the general information corresponding to the product (product) may include a size, a mixed ratio of the fibers, a seller name, a manufacturer name, a date of manufacture, a country of manufacture, a customer consultation (contact information) And the like.

In addition, the serial number given to the RFID tag 220 may include information on style, color, size (title), and price of each product.

In addition, the RFID tag 220 may further include a moisture sensor (not shown) for causing a color change when the RFID tag-attached label is wetted with water by washing. At this time, the moisture sensor may include at least one of a phthalide type leuco dye, a fluororan type leuco dye, a bisheterocyclic substituted phthalide, a monoheterocyclic substituted phthalide, a 3-heterocyclic substituted aza phthalide, a bridged phthalide, , An alkenyl substituted phthalide, and an alkenyl substituted phthalide. If the RFID tag 220 further includes a moisture sensor, for example, if a user (customer) purchases an article (article) and wants to return the article for some reason, Can be discriminated through the color change of the moisture sensor, thereby preventing the seller from being unjustly damaged. In addition, when the antenna in the RFID tag is disconnected due to washing or the like in addition to the color change detection by the moisture sensor, the RFID reader can not receive the response signal, You can do it. It is also possible to discriminate whether or not a user has worn the clothes by distinguishing the specific ingredients (for example, certain chemicals contained in cosmetics) on the clothes he has worn by sensors sensitive to those particular components have. This is a countermeasure to prevent the seller from being unjustly harmed.

5) and the mark 520 for the point, which are ready to be attached to the product, are completed, the process of printing the label base roll 210 and the application of the RFID tag 220 is completed. (Refer to Fig. 5) is attached to the rear surface of the RFID tag 220 by a tag attaching device (step S102). Here, the RFID tag 220 is attached to the rear surface of the main trademark 510 (see FIG. 5) or the point mark 520 (see FIG. 5) in order to prevent theft of the article . That is, by attaching the RFID tag 220 to the back of the main trademark 510 or the point mark 520 and sewing the RFID tag 220 on the article, the user (customer) It can not be damaged or removed. As a result, even if an arbitrary user (customer) wants to get out of the cash register (gate) after removing the label attached with the RFID tag 220 described later (intending to steal the article) The RFID reader reads the signal from the RFID tag 220 attached to the rear surface of the mark 520 to detect an intentional intention (theft), thereby preventing theft of the article .

Here, as described above, the operation of attaching the RFID tag to the back side of the main trademark 510 or the point-use mark 520 is performed by sequentially applying the printing and the RFID tag 220 to the label base roll 210 described above But this does not necessarily mean that they are performed in this order, and in some cases the order may be interchanged, or both tasks may be performed simultaneously.

3 (A), the label base roll 210 to which the RFID tag 220 is attached is attached to the label base roll 210, And cut into individual unit labels 215 of a predetermined size by a cutter (step S103). FIG. 3 (B) shows the RFID tag 220 attached to the individual unit label 215.

When the cutting of the individual unit label 215 to which the RFID tag 220 is attached is completed as described above, the cut individual unit label 215 and the main label 510 attached with the RFID tag on the rear side and / The point mark 520 is attached to the predetermined position of the article by the mark / mark attacher as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 (step S104).

Then, when the above-mentioned goods are input / output at a warehouse, a distribution center or a store, the individual unit label 215, the main trademark 510 and / Reads information from the RFID tag 220 attached to the RFID tag 520 (step S105). Here, the RFID reader may be a portable RFID reader or a fixed RFID reader installed at the gate of a counter, or may include both a portable RFID reader and a fixed RFID reader.

After the RFID reader reads the information from the RFID tag 220 attached to the individual unit label 215, the main trademark 510 and / or the point mark 520 of the article by the RFID reader, And transmits the read information to a computer system (not shown) (for example, a main server installed in a warehouse, a distribution center, a store, or the like). Then, the computer system (main server) receives and processes the information transmitted from the RFID reader, and tracks and manages the goods (goods) based on the processing result (step S106).

As described above, the method for tracking and managing an article using an RFID tag according to the present invention is a method for tracking and managing an article by providing an RFID tag having a specific serial number on a label attached to the article, It has the advantage of being able to track and manage effectively.

In addition, it has the effect of dramatically reducing costs by automating the processes of goods receipt, delivery, sales, returns, and inventory in all distribution processes from production → distribution center → store to customer.

Further, there is an advantage that the RFID tag is stuck to an article (article) by attaching the RFID tag to the rear surface of a main mark or a mark for a point, of course, in a general label.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but many variations and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Be clear to the technician. Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of the same should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

210: label base roll 215: individual unit label
220: RFID tag
510: Main Trademark 520: Mark for Point

Claims (6)

a) printing general information corresponding to the article in a predetermined constant area of the prepared label base roll by a printing machine and giving an RFID tag having a specific serial number by a tag assigning machine;
b) attaching the RFID tag by means of a tag attaching device to the rear side of the main mark or point mark prepared to be attached to the article;
c) cutting the label base roll provided with the RFID tag into individual unit labels of a predetermined size by a label cutter;
d) attaching the truncated individual unit label and the main mark or point mark having the RFID tag attached on the rear surface to a predetermined position of the article by a mark / mark attacher, respectively;
e) reading the information from the RFID tag attached to the label, main brand or point mark of the article by the RFID reader when the article is entered / output at a warehouse, a warehouse, or a store; And
f) transmitting information read by the RFID reader to a computer system, processing information by the computer system, and tracking and managing the article,
Wherein the RFID tag includes a moisture sensor for irreversibly changing color when the label attached with the RFID tag is wetted by washing in the RFID tag in step a).
delete delete delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the moisture sensor is a sensor comprising a phthalide type leuco dye, a fluororan type leuco dye, a bisheterocyclic substituted phthalide, a monoheterocyclic substituted phthalide, a 3-heterocyclic substituted aza phthalide, a bridged phthalide, And a leuco dye selected from the group consisting of phenyl-substituted phthalide.

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